It happened again. Tennessee’s basketball team let the second half slip away against Kentucky, and the loss hurt like last time. But if there’s one thing Rick Barnes made crystal clear in his postgame comments, it’s that the Vols aren’t falling apart.
Barnes understandably was frustrated and upset, but he was proud of how the Vols had guts for all 40 minutes, something they didn't do in the first meeting.
"We didn't compete the second half in Knoxville. I mean, they out-competed us. You know, tonight I thought our guys competed for forty minutes, but the last twenty minutes at Knoxville, we did not compete.