CHICAGO – Nate Ament scored 18 points, Ja’Kobi Gillespie finished with 16 and Tennessee beat Iowa State 76-62 on Friday night to advance to the Elite Eight for the third straight year. Coach Rick Barnes’ team used a dominant effort on the glass and a strong second half to defeat Iowa State (29-8) and move…
An 11th seed SMU team sneaking into the NCAA tournament in the First Four was one thing for Miami (Ohio). No. 6 Tennessee on Friday proved to be completely different. No. 11 Miami was unable to build on the success of its First Four victory over SMU in a 78-56 loss to Tennessee in the…
Tennessee (20-7, 10-4 SEC) defeated No. 18 Vanderbilt (21-6, 8-6), 69-65, on Saturday at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. The Commodores led, 35-31, at halftime. Saturday’s victory clinched the Vols’ fifth consecutive 20-win season and seventh in the last nine years. Advertisement Ja’Kobi Gillespie had 17 points, three rebounds and three steals for Tennessee. He…
