In the firs half, Tennessee basketball was riding a wave of momentum to make Vols fans think the Purdue upset was just a taste of what was to come. But a harsh wake up to reality in the second half, and a huge Villanova run, brought them back to reality.
Still, the Vols only lost by nine points to the No. 5 ranked team in the country. Rick Barnes’s bunch played until the very end in the Battle 4 Atlantis before falling to 3-1 on the year.
Their next game will be against the loser between the N.