CBB Preview: Tennessee Faces Syracuse on Tuesday Night

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00:00John, you know where I went to college? We're a football school now up in central New York,

00:07Syracuse heads to Knoxville to take on Tennessee tonight. Tennessee number three in the AP poll,

00:13but tops the net rankings. Large spread, 18 and a half in favor of the Volunteers. What is the

00:19best thing about this year's version of the Vols under Rick Barnes? Well, you know, Tennessee

00:25doesn't necessarily have what it had last season with, you know, Dalton Connect, but it still has

00:32enough to be, you know, at the top of the SEC. I think the one thing, you know, you really like

00:37about this Tennessee team is the maturity for the returning guys. Jermiye Macek and Zakai Ziegler

00:43come to mind. I also think that Felix Akpara, the transfer from Ohio State, are suited to flourish

00:50in the SEC versus the Big Ten because of how athletes are highlighted and showcased in this

00:56league. Chaz Lanier is obviously somebody that people are going to put in bold print, the transfer

01:00from North Florida, but Tennessee is going for its seventh consecutive NCAA tournament appearance

01:06under Rick Barnes. I know he's only been to the Final Four once during his career,

01:10but at some point, Ben, we have to appreciate the consistency of this man. Remember, at Texas,

01:1717 years as the head coach, 16 NCAA tournaments.