Jerry Stackhouse: Tennessee is “Best Team in SEC”

Vanderbilt head coach Jerry Stackhouse has seen loads of good basketball. He performed eighteen seasons within the NBA, making two All-Star groups with the Detroit Pistons.

Moreover, he has spent 4 seasons with the Commodores and improved their successful share every season. Even Stackhouse was puzzled on Tuesday when Tennessee pulled out a win over his squad.

The Commodores largely outplayed Tennessee for many of the sport. Tennessee did not play poorly, nevertheless it wasn’t as much as the usual that they had set for a lot of this season.

It did not matter. Heading into halftime, they trailed by two and instantly went on a 14-2 run to begin the second half. It silenced any and all Vanderbilt momentum, and the Volunteers coasted the remainder of the way in which.

Throughout postgame, Stackhouse ventured that the Volunteers are the very best workforce within the SEC. He is not the one one which shares that sentiment; presently, there are solely 5 ranked groups within the convention.

Tennessee slots in at No. 5, and the one in-conference workforce forward of them is Alabama at No. 4. The 2 squads face off on February 15 in Knoxville, a sport that is positive to garner a lot hype.

The respect between Tennessee and Vanderbilt is mutual. Head coach Rick Barnes famous that Vandy gave them as powerful a time as any program they’ve confronted so far, tipping his hat to the in-state rival.

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