Leading up to Saturday’s game, the Vols were pretty clear about their intentions against LSU.
“LSU, it’s payback,” Chandler said. “We lost to them on the road and we want to beat them. It’s a revenge game, and we gotta come in and we know they’ll be ready to play against us. Our goal is to get the win.”
Both teams were feisty from the opening tip and had to be officially separated on at least three different instances. The Vols displayed an edge — like when Tennessee’s newfound enforcer Uros Plavsis shoved an LSU player under the hoop and after the play early in the first half — that’s been noticeably missing on numerous occasions so far this year.