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All for Tennessee Official Men’s Basketball SEC Power Rankings for Jan. 30: Vols Shoot Up

By Caleb Calhoun

Jan 28, 2017; Knoxville, TN, USA; The Tennessee Volunteers bench reacts after a three pointer against the Kansas State Wildcats during the second half at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tennessee won 70 to 58. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 28, 2017; Knoxville, TN, USA; The Tennessee Volunteers bench reacts after a three pointer against the Kansas State Wildcats during the second half at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tennessee won 70 to 58. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /
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NCAA Basketball: South Carolina at Missouri
NCAA Basketball: South Carolina at Missouri /

No surprise here. The Missouri Tigers continued their tradition of losing, and they have earned their spot at the bottom of these SEC Power Rankings.

They are now riding a 12-game losing streak and still haven’t won a conference game. Even worse, this losing streak dates back to some pretty pathetic non-conference losses.

The Tigers fell to Eastern Illinois and Lipscomb before SEC play began, and they also have bad losses to Davidson and North Carolina Central.

So no way around it, this is a bad team in every sense of the word.

At 5-15 and 0-8, they are No. 267 in the RPI and have the No. 96 ranked strength of schedule.

Why the Tigers don’t just go ahead and fire Kim Anderson right now is a major mystery to everybody close to the program. After all, this situation’s not going to get any better.

The Tigers have to travel to Gainesville to face the Florida Gators on the road next, and then they have to face the Arkansas Razorbacks and Texas A&M Aggies.

So there’s no hope of things getting better in Columbia unless a miracle happens. And they have already lost arguably their only winnable SEC game, a home loss to the second-worst team in these SEC Power Rankings.

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