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Tennessee basketball: 5 players to watch from the South Region

By Billy Williford

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 15: Carsen Edwards #3 of the Purdue Boilermakers handles the ball in the second half against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 15, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 15: Carsen Edwards #3 of the Purdue Boilermakers handles the ball in the second half against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 15, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – DECEMBER 29: Carsen Edwards #3 of the Purdue Boilermakers brings the ball up court as Kevin McClain #11 of the Belmont Bruins defends at Mackey Arena on December 29, 2018, in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – DECEMBER 29: Carsen Edwards #3 of the Purdue Boilermakers brings the ball up court as Kevin McClain #11 of the Belmont Bruins defends at Mackey Arena on December 29, 2018, in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /

The Tennessee basketball team gets their NCAA Tournament underway on Friday afternoon as a No.2 seed in the South Region.

It’s here. It’s finally here.

March Madness begins on Thursday right around lunchtime. Now, the “real” game doesn’t begin until Friday around 2:45 pm when the Tennessee basketball team opens up with the Colgate Raiders.

We’ve broke down the Vols road to the Final Four earlier this week with a little bit of information on each team Tennessee could end up playing. If you haven’t had an opportunity to look at a bracket yet, who are you? But, we got you covered, take a look below.

1) Virginia (29-3) vs. 16) Gardner-Webb (23-11)
8) Ole Miss (20-12) vs. 9) Oklahoma (19-13)
5) Wisconsin (23-10) vs. 12) Oregon (23-12)
4) Kansas State (25-8) vs. 13) UC Irvine (30-5)
6) Villanova (25-9) vs. 11) Saint Mary’s (CA) (22-11)
3) Purdue (23-9) vs. 14) Old Dominion (26-8)
7) Iowa (22-11) vs. 10) Cincinnati (28-6)
2) Tennessee (29-5) vs. 15) Colgate (24-10)

In this post, we cover five players to keep an eye on from the South Region. Of course, most of the players will come from realistic matchup during the tournament. We start with Rapolas Ivanauskas from Colgate who the Vols will have to try to contain in the first round.

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