No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Kansas: How To Watch, Betting Odds, Prediction

Kansas:

Points: Hunter Dickinson — 22 PPG, 68 FG%, 70 3PT%

Rebounds: Hunter Dickinson — 11.2 RPG, 8.2 DRPG, 3 ORPG

Assists: DaJuan Harris — 6.6 APG, 2.4 TOPG, 30.5 MPG

Last Five Games

Tennessee:

• 71-67 loss against Purdue (Maui Invitational)
• 76-53 win over Syracuse (Maui Invitational)
• 82-61 win versus Wofford
• 80-70 win at Wisconsin
• 80-42 win versus Tennessee Tech

Kansas

Prediction

After battling with Zach Edey and No. 2 Purdue, Tennessee turns around and faces No. 1 Kansas and Hunter Dickinson less than 24 hours later. It’s a familiar foe for Tennessee. This is the Vols’ fifth matchup in six years against Kansas while Dickinson shined as Michigan defeated Tennessee in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.

Dickinson will be a major challenge for Tennessee though in a different way than Edey was. If the Vols can limit the All-American big man I think they’ll have enough answers for the Jayhawks’ offense.

My two questions for Tennessee. First, what does the offense look like? They’ve struggled in each of the first two games in Maui and particularly against Purdue. Secondly, is there any lingering affects from Wednesday’s game? Not only was that an emotional loss but it was an incredibly physical and taxing on. Tennessee played with hig intensity for 40 minutes.

Still, Kansas has even less time off between games. I think this is a solid matchup for Tennessee and they’ll get it done.

Tennessee 68, Kansas 65