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Pearce is a key for UT's defense and a true stud. If he's healthy, I'd expect the same wherever he plays in the NFL. #1 overall pick? Meh...There's a lot that can happen between now and the 2025 draft.

I was thinking that this was what it COULD have been like before the PAC12 imploded.

I guess, "The Five Families" would have made it too obvious. That scene from The Godfather could easily represent the heads of the 5 conferences getting together and discussing NIL money instead of drugs. How to control it. Regulate it. Prevent an Infamnia. And there will be the peace. That's okay though. One day all accounts will be settled. Barzini, Tattaglia, Strachi, Moe Greene-the heads of ALL the five families. They'll all be gone. In their place, One Don To Rule Them All. All I know is it's a pity life can't be simple again.

A whole bunch of drivel from Hayes. The NCAA wasn't coming for Nico. They were using Nico to come after Tennessee. They thought they could just casually throw a death threat on the table and have the University cower in submission. But they weren't dealing with Mike Hamilton who would be a cuckold while they kneecapped Bruce Pearl. NC double A climbed on Rocky Top, looking for a moonshine still, Strangers ain’t come down from Rocky Top, ........Reckon they never will.

I think the NCAA was using Nico to come after Tennessee. Tennessee viewed it as a death threat, treated it accordingly.

Alabama had a Final Four season that included zero wins against Tennessee. Just saying.

Hmmm, Billy Donovan was swept by Tennessee when he won a natty in 2006. In like manner, Oats was swept by Tennessee this year. I see the comparison now.

I hate to tell you, Bammers, but O'Gara is on your bandwagon. You're officially sunk. He jumped on the Kentucky bandwagon. They lost the next game. Ditto for Tennessee. You all are next. Salute on making the final four, but the O'Gara Curse is on ye.

I'm not happy with the officiating where Edey is concerned. In spite of that, if Tennessee hits a few more of their shots, then we're in Phoenix. Heck, they only trailed by a bucket with about 3 to go. That's when Purdue hit only their 3rd (of 15 attempts) 3-point shot which was YUUGE. These guys gave their all for Tennessee and I can't ask for more.

Even the referees overlooked him...

Who are you gonna root for next, O'Gara? I'll know to bet against them.... ___ Tennessee did just what they wanted to in this game. Put it all on Edey and limit the rest of their guys. And in some really nice stretches, they got shots to go and put points on the baord. They just could not get shots to fall at the right times. I give Barnes a lot of credit for this year. He let Knecht play. He yanked Aidoo fast when he wasn't getting it done. He even used timeouts!! It was a really great season that ended a couple of games too short. About the only thing Tennessee didn't do is secure that #1 seed. Get that 1 seed and the Vols are in Phoenix. You don't get put out there to play at 1030 on a Friday and turn around for the first game on Sunday afternoon. You don't have to face Purdue in the regional, but instead might get them in the Final Four. As for Edey, can't wait to see how he does when he gets the same whistle as everyone else.

Great win for Alabama. Y'all got any more of them...."ACC-Is-So-Awesome" articles from Friedlander? Asking for a fren

Probably Friedlander using a different user name.

Go cheer for someone else, O'Gara. We saw what you did for Kentucky. Don't jump onto the Tennessee bandwagon now.

Not even going to read the article. 1) Unless the ACC is merging with the SEC, why is this here? 2) The condescension in the title is typical ACC-splaining to everyone why the ACC is so special and you rubes suck.

Hate to see it end like that for Carolina. Couisnard just couldn't miss though. I mean, what can you do with that? Plus, those guys had a chip on their shoulder (a little like Carolina) needing the conference tourney championship just to get in.

It's a good thing Kentucky is a football school now. Otherwise folks would be REALLY upset about this.

Just win baby!

SDS turns off comments on Friedlander and all his ACC drivel. O'Gara too. I'll helpfully point out the cowardice in other articles.

"...Clemson has long been considered one of the most likely conferences to leave the ACC." Spelling Down South. It just memes more.

Yep. One change; The WORD says that it is the LOVE of money that's the root of all evil. But I get you.

If only someone with great influence and credibility had offered some sort of suggestion that met in the middle between the NCAA's idea of "amateurism" that had all players mere chattel and unrestricted free agency. If only someone with that kind of insight and foresight had spoken up in the 9 years since O'Bannon vs NCAA... Saban profited mightily both on the field and off from the system that was in place all those years. He held all the controls in his hands. Until he realized he didn't. Then he walked away. And now-NOW mind you, he's speaking out about it like he's the grey eminence of the sport. (Instead of having a meltdown about Jimbo Fisher buying a recruiting class.) Saban isn't upset about what the sport has become. He's upset because he's not in command.

"That’s on the heels of Congress ruling against the NCAA and in favor of Tennessee in regards to the organization enforcing interim NIL policies." Are you referring to a FEDERAL JUDGE recently approving the preliminary injunction against the NCAA?

The National Press: Tennessee needs to keep winning in the SEC Tournament. Also the National Press: The conference tournaments don't matter. I have a feeling they will move the goalposts/net and do whatever it takes to deny Tennessee a 1 seed. The ACC is weak this year compared to the SEC. Yet UNC will get the benefit of being regal without regard to their own conference. Tennessee wouldn't get the same treatment if the roles were reversed. Tennessee went 3-1 against an absolute gauntlet and won the conference outright in the third win in that gauntlet. Name some teams that had a comparable stretch of 4 games and their records. After winning the SEC outright, beating Kentucky would have been the cherry on top of this sundae. But it would not have been the whole sundae.

Also, I don't understand how you award one and only one shot on a Technical Foul. ?!?!?!? I've watched a lot of basketball, but I've never seen that.

Yep. And when an opponent goes to shooting 50+% from beyond the arc, you're losing. Period. Sucks to lose to them on Senior Day, but Tennessee still wins the SEC Championship.

This is a team that defies the 1 and done mold. And sort of defies the NIL show me the money thing. Though Rick Barnes is old school, he has bent a little to the reality and that's been a good thing. When the defense on Knecht is not spot on, he can just drain shot after shot. When the defense on Knecht is tight, he can spot the open man and dish it to him for a good look at the bucket. The chemistry on this team is great as well. Unselfish. Vesco stepped off the plane from Uruguay like Derrick Broadus did as a kicker. And he started shooting 3s. Now, he's a defensive machine. JJJ came back as a WALK-ON to play a role with this team. Knecht-though he could be the scoring machine, held a meeting with the team after the loss to Carolina and essentially told them that he came here to win championships, not to just score points. Everything doesn't need to come TO him. Unselfish. Since that time, the Vols are undefeated except for laying the egg at ATM. There's similarities between this team and the FistBallers. The big difference in the two teams is Knecht. I'd love to match up Peak FistBallers vs. the Dalton Gang. What a game that would be.

Full disclosure: Perloff once hit a free throw, pointed at the scoreboard, and then shot his arrow towards the crowd.

A very good game by Carolina. A CHAMPIONSHIP game by Tennessee. Three games, three great wins, and all of them done just a little differently. Going into Columbia, playing their game, and beating them at it in their house with the championship on the line…EPIC.

A TENNESSEE VOL!!