March Madness 2022: Five keys for Tennessee Vols vs. Longwood in NCAA Tournament Round of 64

2. Don’t get shot out of the building

Longwood will get their shots. They are just too good of a team from outside, and no matter how great your defense is, great shooting always wins over it. As a result, in addition to playing elite perimeter defense to not let it get out of hand, the Vols have to keep pace by shooting the ball well from beyond the arc themselves.

Look, their focus should still be going inside, and Longwood’s only opportunity is to collapse the paint as much as possible. It’s pretty simple at that point. They’ve got to hit some threes to make sure they can maintain their dominance in the game.

Santiago Vescovi is obviously the specialist, hitting nearly three three-pointers a game while shooting 39.6 percent from beyond the arc. However, Kennedy Chandler makes nearly one and a half a game and shoots 37.2 percent from three. Zakai Zeigler makes between one and one and a half and shoots 35.9 percent. When in the game, Justin Powell shoots 38.1 percent.

This makes for plenty of weapons with Vescovi leading the way, and a couple of them need to step up in this one. If they can, the Vols will advance to the second round of March Madness and not have to worry about the Lancers giving them a scare.