If you’re the Tennessee Volunteers, you have the 2017 SEC Player of the Year in Grant Williams. If you’re the LSU Tigers, you have the potential 2018 SEC Player of the Year in Tremont Waters.
Tennessee needs Williams, but on a night when Waters didn’t play and backup point guard Javonte Smart scored 29 points, it’s not so sure if LSU needs Waters.
LSU suffered the first big blow of the game after the news broke that stud point guard Waters wouldn’t be able to play due to an illness.