After a dud of a performance on Saturday against a really good Villanova team, how would this Tennessee group respond? After all, they still haven’t played a lot of basketball together, and a few young pieces are still finding their legs.
Early on, the response was good. Tennessee jumped out to early control of the game against the 18th ranked North Carolina Tar Heels. Justin Powell got the start in place of Josiah-Jordan James, who was ruled out with flu like symptoms. Powell got the first bucket of the game.
It was a balanced attack for Tennessee, coming off of a game where Santiago Vescovi was the only offense.