VU basketball unplugged; update on Brandt
vs. UT @ home, 8 PM ET/7 CT on ESPN3 and the SEC network in the Nashville area. Big game for us as they all are with UT. Need to get a win streak going. Next two at home with UT tonight and Texas A&M on Saturday (6:30 PM ET/5:30 CT Fox Sports South).The guy to watch for on UT is Jarnell Stokes. He’s a load in the middle at 6’8″, 245-250, so Hendo and James Siakam, if he gets some time, will have to bring their hard hats and do a lot of work in the paint tonight. Rod will have to be tough in the middle as well and Kevin Bright needs to do his always hard work on the boards. Probably need to double team Stokes and make them shoot it from the outside. They’re not a great shooting team. Need this one. Lost by one to UT in Knoxville a couple of weeks ago. Kede, Kyle, Rod and Dai-Jon will need to be leaders and really bear down on both ends tonight. Tennessee is a very physical team. We need to match their physicality both on the floor and on the boards., we need to play stellar defense, run good offense and outshoot them.