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The No. 1 crew and remaining unbeaten squad in school basketball has fallen.
High-ranked Tennessee misplaced to No. 8 Florida in blowout trend, 73-43 on Tuesday in Gainesville. The Vols got here into the sport 14-0 driving the momentum of an enormous win over No. 23 Arkansas on Saturday.
It was an uncharacteristically poor capturing night time from Tennessee because the Vols shot 21.4 p.c from the sphere and a dreadful 13.8 p.c from deep. Tennessee additionally made simply 62.5 p.c of its free throws.
The offensive struggles had been most noticeable for star guard Chaz Lanier, who got here into the sport placing up 20.3 factors per sport. The North Florida switch had simply 10 factors on 3-of-16 from the sphere and 1-of-9 from deep.
After the embarrassing loss, followers known as out the Vols for failing to indicate up in Gainesville.
Auburn Memes @AuburnMemes
It is virtually like Tennessee has performed 10 Quad 3 & 4 video games pic.twitter.com/7xmt5GVAIX
Matt Norlander @MattNorlander
Florida is eviscerating No. 1 Tennessee; solely query now’s what the ultimate margin is.
When you’re questioning concerning the largest loss by a No. 1 ever, here is the NCAA report guide. No. 2 Kentucky beating No. 1 St. John’s by 41 again in ’51 is the long-standing report. pic.twitter.com/mmqfLmFhcv
Adam Spencer @AdamSpencer4
Tennessee would possibly turn into the primary No. 1 crew to go from the highest spot to unranked.
Graham Corridor @GrahamHall
Tennessee’s 43 factors tonight is the fewest the #Gators have allowed within the Todd Golden period.
Florida will get a 30-point victory over the top-ranked crew within the nation.
MattBeGreat @mattbegreatyt
Tennessee soccer and basketball getting blown out by the #8 seed pic.twitter.com/KN88gqKrnA
Dylan Holt @DylanHolt_
The Tennessee Volunteers pic.twitter.com/LE5IEb7KFp
Frank DeLuca @FrankDeLucaTV
This week, Chaz Lanier stated it was “a beatdown” when his North Florida crew misplaced to Florida in 2021.
North Florida misplaced by 30 factors to the Gators in that sport.
The highest-ranked, undefeated Vols simply misplaced to Florida by that very same margin.
🏀🌪️Gront🌪️🏀 @GrantKessler8
Tennessee pic.twitter.com/LC7KBAobAu
Faculty Basketball Report @CBKReport
#1 Tennessee simply performed a complete sport towards #8 Florida and made 12 pictures.
By way of a complete 35 minutes of sport time, #1 Tennessee had 7 made baskets.
They only received smacked by THIRTY, 73-43.
Florida is harmful.
GrizzAllDay @grizzallday
Wow Tennessee is genuinely horrid at basketball😭
Making 12 pictures in a sport is embarrassing
The excellent news for Tennessee is that it’ll get a reasonably manageable three-game stretch to overlook about Tuesday night time’s dud. The Vols will face Texas, Georgia and Vanderbilt earlier than a gauntlet on the finish of January after they’ll play Mississippi State, Auburn, Kentucky and Florida once more.
Florida confronted its first lack of the season on Saturday towards Kentucky, however the Gators shortly bounced again with arguably the very best win in all of faculty basketball this season. They’re going to look to maintain their momentum going after they face Arkansas on Saturday.
