Random Trivia

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  1. Tar Volon

    Tar Volon Me Blog @RockyTopTalk.com

    With the start of SEC play, I got to thinking about Barnes’ record at UT against conference opponents. So I dug around, and some stuff lined up pretty well with my memory, and some was more of a surprise. So, without looking it up, how many can you answer?

    1. Since coming to Tennessee, Barnes has a losing record against just four SEC opponents. Who are they?

    2. Which SEC opponent has the best winning percentage against Barnes at Tennessee?

    3. Shifting to the positive side, which SEC opponent has the worst winning percentage against Barnes at Tennessee?

    4. Which SEC opponent has Barnes beaten the most since coming to Tennessee?
     
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  2. dknash

    dknash Chieftain

    1. Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Texas A&M
    2. Auburn
    3. Ole Miss
    4. Vandy
     
  3. Tar Volon

    Tar Volon Me Blog @RockyTopTalk.com

    You got the easy one (Vandy, with eight losses, although Kentucky is close with seven) and two of the four on question one (Auburn, LSU)
     
  4. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    you thought barnes had a losing record to UK? My dude, he has the better of Calipari. He leads the series.
     
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  5. utvol0427

    utvol0427 Chieftain

    Calipari sends a "Good night, daddy" text to Rick Barnes every night.
     
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  6. dknash

    dknash Chieftain

    I knew we've been good against Kentucky, but I'm surprised we're .500. Although I knew we were pretty close.

    For #3, I figured that there was some West trash that is 0-5. Guess it isn't Ole Miss.
     
  7. Tar Volon

    Tar Volon Me Blog @RockyTopTalk.com

    We’re 7-5 against Kentucky under Barnes (8-3 against Vandy).

    We’re neither undefeated nor winless against anybody in the conference since he took over, but there is a team that’s only beaten us once in that stretch.
     
  8. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    1. Auburn LSU Bama Florida?
    2. Bama?
    3. SC or State?
     
  9. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    And Barnes is the only coach in UT history to have a winning record against Kentucky.
     
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  10. Tar Volon

    Tar Volon Me Blog @RockyTopTalk.com

    Auburn and LSU are correct, no dice on the rest (and one incredibly ironic guess)
     
  11. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    is Arkansas the answer to #2, and one of the ones in #1?
     
  12. Tar Volon

    Tar Volon Me Blog @RockyTopTalk.com

    Arkansas is not the answer to #2. We now have collected three answers to #1: LSU, Auburn, and Arkansas. None are the answer to #2.
     
  13. Tar Volon

    Tar Volon Me Blog @RockyTopTalk.com

    We’re 6-2 against State, which is the second-best mark against any conference opponent under Barnes. Would be the best if they hadn’t gotten us last year. South Carolina beat us by 25 two years in a row early in Barnes’ tenure (including in their Final Four season). We’re 6-4 overall against them.
     
  14. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Honestly couldn't remember the early days.
     
  15. Tar Volon

    Tar Volon Me Blog @RockyTopTalk.com

    I think it was Barnes’ second year, where we kept playing ridiculously tight games against top ten teams and losing (I want to say we had narrow losses to something like UNC, Oregon, Gonzaga, Wisconsin, a couple good SEC teams), we lost by like 27 to South Carolina. Their D ate us alive. That’s the year they made the Final Four, and was one of three consecutive double-digit losses to them, and I honestly don’t recall the other two.
     
  16. InVolNerable

    InVolNerable Fark Master Flex

    I know Georgia has had his number. I’m guessing they’re one of the ones in #1 and answer to #2. I don’t think he beat them until year 3 or 4.
     
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  17. Tar Volon

    Tar Volon Me Blog @RockyTopTalk.com

    Despite a 46-point win over Georgia two years ago, we’re just 2-5 against them under Barnes. They join LSU, Auburn, and Arkansas as the only teams with winning records against us, and theirs is the most lopsided (despite getting outscored overall, thanks to said 46-point win).

    #3 is the only one left on the board. There’s only one SEC team that’s only beaten us once under Barnes.
     
  18. Ssmiff

    Ssmiff Went to the White House...Again

    iir, ga had a little lefty pg we couldn't stop. We were ranked last in the SEC when Barnes took over, with limited talent on the roster and a bullshit culture left over by Clownzo and Chaz Bono.
     
  19. Tar Volon

    Tar Volon Me Blog @RockyTopTalk.com

    Yeah given where we were when he took over it’s unfathomable (and hilarious, and awesome) how we have a winning record against Kentucky. Would love to see us just stretch that out this year.
     
  20. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    so either bama or Florida on 3
     

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