A frantic comeback against Georgia and a blowout win over Florida have stabilized Tennessee, which suffered its first conference loss in Starkville last week. Dalton Knecht is absolutely on fire, while Zakai Zeigler is playing at a level we’ve never seen before out of him.
Those two, along with some help from big man Jonas Aidoo, have Tennessee winning basketball games despite some lacking offensive production from Santiago Vescovi and Josiah-Jordan James. The Volunteers will hope to keep that formula rolling on Saturday as they play host to Alabama, which has won six straight games.
Tennessee, now 13-4 overall, has been settled on the projected two-seed line for several weeks now in various versions of NCAA Tournament projections.