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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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Jan 25, 2017; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Florida Gators guard Kasey Hill (0) shoots a jump shot against LSU Tigers forward Brian Bridgewater (20) during the first half of the game at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Florida Gators won 106-71. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 25, 2017; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Florida Gators guard Kasey Hill (0) shoots a jump shot against LSU Tigers forward Brian Bridgewater (20) during the first half of the game at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Florida Gators won 106-71. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports /

Johnny Jones is not far behind Kim Anderson as far as SEC Coaches with the warmest hot seat. In fact, given the fact that he massively underachieved last year with Ben Simmons on the roster, he could even be in worse shape.

It’s looking like that this year as the LSU Tigers are 9-11, 1-7 in the SEC, and on a seven-game losing streak.

This all comes after a decent start and solid non-conference play. After all, they entered the SEC season with an 8-3 record and then started 1-1.

Heck, they even had some decent non-conference wins against Top 100 RPI teams, including the Houston Cougars and Charleston Cougars.

But against Top 100 teams from power conferences, they have been a complete joke.

Their one SEC win came against the Missouri Tigers, far and away the worst team in the conference, and then they have fallen apart since then.

So they clearly belong here as one of the bottom-two teams in our SEC Power Rankings, and nothing has changed for either of these teams in the past month.

For LSU, though, things get even more brutal. They are hanging on by a thread right now, but over the next three games they face the South Carolina Gamecocks, the red-hot Texas A&M Aggies, the Kentucky Wildcats, and then the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Don’t be surprised to see this team fall to 9-15 and have Jones fired on the spot.

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