Jan 11, 2019
GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Grant Ramey went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down third-ranked Tennessee’s torrid start to SEC play and talk about this weekend’s usually-tough test at Florida.
Virtually every team in virtually every sport virtually every season has to overcome adversity and play through some rough spells, but things at the moment are looking smooth for the Vols, who entered SEC play looking like the league favorites and have done nothing but enhance that status, winning at home against Georgia and then at Missouri by a combined 70 points.
Mizzou actually held a nine-point lead over the Vols through 14 minutes of Tuesday’s game in Columbia, and Tennessee stars Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield started the game sluggishly, but none of that mattered. The Vols — thanks to a couple of timely 3-pointers from newly-returned junior guard Lamonte Turner — turned around the game with a 24-4 run, and they did most of that with Williams and Schofield on the bench.
How has Tennessee reached this point? Why are things going so well for the Vols? What, if anything, could change that? How much does Turner’s return change things? What are the few things not going well at the moment? What, if anything, can rival Florida do this weekend in Gainesville to give Tennessee a tougher test? Those and several other topics are discussed in this episode.