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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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Bruce Pearl’s team looked like they were back in the mix for things after getting everybody healthy two weeks ago.

And quite honestly, splitting last week against the South Carolina Gamecocks and the TCU Horned Frogs is nothing to be ashamed of.

But struggling to put away TCU while getting blown out by South Carolina is why we have to knock them down two spots in our SEC Power Rankings. They didn’t even put up a fight against the Gamecocks.

Meanwhile, other teams in the SEC were impressive enough to move ahead of them, which we are still in the process of getting to.

Pearl at least took a major step in his third year as head coach, but the Tigers still have a ton of work to do to get themselves onto the bubble of the NCAA Tournament.

Currently, they are No. 61 in the RPI due to their 14-7 record, but they have the No. 67 ranked strength of schedule.

So they aren’t there yet.

But with their 3-5 SEC record, they have a chance to move into the conversation with some huge games this week. They host the red-hot Tennessee Vols, Pearl’s former team, on Tuesday, and then they face Alabama on the road again Saturday.

Auburn’s play will give us a good idea of where they stand in the tournament picture after this week ends.

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