Tennessee begins life without starting power forward Olivier Nkamhoua with a tough road test against Mississippi State. The Volunteers got the news that Nkamhoua was likely to miss the rest of the season following an ankle injury against South Carolina over the weekend.
It comes as the Volunteers were playing pretty good basketball, winners of five straight conference games. Now with lineup uncertainty ahead, Tennessee has some questions to answer with just a month left in the regular season.
The Bulldogs are a bubble team, and could really use this one to get themselves in better standing with the committee.