Tennessee basketball: 5 players to watch in the 2019 SEC Tournament

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LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY – FEBRUARY 26: Tyler Herro #14 of the Kentucky Wildcats celebrates in the game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Rupp Arena on February 26, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

If Kentucky and Tennessee both take care of business on Friday night, the two teams will meet in the Semifinals on Saturday. If you are the SEC, you’d rather have this game on Sunday to decide the Championship, but you know LSU had to do their thing.

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You had to know a player from Kentucky was going to make the list, so we went with the walking bucket himself, Tyler Herro.

Although he wasn’t much of a bucket in Knoxville when the Vols held him to six points on 2-for-11 shooting, including 0-for-5 from the three-point line.

In fairness, Herro did score 15 points on Tennessee in the first meeting at Rupp Arena. The freshman connected on 8-of-9 free throws to help with a pretty poor shooting night.

Herro is averaging 14.2 points per game while pulling down boards and dishing out his fair share of assists.

If the Vols and Cats match up, you can’t put him on the line. Herro has only missed one free throw in conference play.

He’s 58-for-59 from the charity stripe, which is the best in the league. The Vols will have to watch the dribble drives and stay out of foul trouble.

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