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A group of rowdy fans welcomed Tennessee’s men’s basketball team back to campus after claiming its first SEC Tournament Title in 43 years.
The Vols’ dominated in Tampa, trailing for only 1:09 in three games. Tennessee’s defense suffocated offenses as it earned double-digit wins over Mississippi State and Texas A&M and a rubber match victory over Kentucky.
Kennedy Chandler earned the SEC Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player Award while he, Josiah-Jordan James and Santiago Vescovi landed on the All-Tournament Team.
The first tournament title since 1979 led to massive celebration inside Amalie Arena and Tampa and all across the Volunteer State. Take a look at some images from the celebration off of Stokely Hall.
It's a great day to be a Vol. pic.twitter.com/mYHfCUVwe3
— Tennessee Basketball (@Vol_Hoops) March 14, 2022
Vols fans welcome back the 2022 SEC Champion Tennessee Volunteers from Tampa. The Vols head to Indianapolis next where they’ll be the #3 seed taking on the Longwood Lancers. @wvlt pic.twitter.com/VJgs9S6MdV
— Jared Austin (@JaredAustinTV) March 14, 2022
Scenes from the #Vols arrival back to Knoxville: pic.twitter.com/pGCCEirUDk
— Ryan Sylvia (@RyanTSylvia) March 14, 2022
It feels like ‘79 🧡🏀🧡 Vol Nation turning out to welcome back the 2022 SEC CHAMPS @Vol_Hoops! LETS GO VOLS! pic.twitter.com/s8QMR6lX7V
— Sydney (@Syd615_Preds) March 14, 2022
#VolNation we love y'all. For real.
Thank you for the incredible welcome back home pic.twitter.com/mabs9wJoGN
— Tennessee Basketball (@Vol_Hoops) March 14, 2022
Tennessee earned a three-seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament and will travel to Indianapolis for the opening weekend of game. The Vols will face 14-seed Longwood in the first game. If they win, Tennessee would face the winner of No. 6 seed Colorado State and No. 11 seed Michigan in the Round of 32.
The Vols and Lancers tip-off at 2:45 ET on Thursday. Tennessee opened up as 17-point favorites in the Round of 64 matchup.
