No. 25 Tennessee (16-7, 9-7 SEC) lost, 77-72, Saturday at Auburn.
The Vols are 4-4 in its last eight contests. Tennessee will conclude the regular season Saturday against Florida at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Following Tennessee’s loss at Auburn, Vols’ head coach Rick Barnes recapped his team’s performance. Below is a transcript provided by the University of Tennessee.
On if Tennessee has energy based on the lack of energy displayed in the last few games:
“Three guys brought energy today. Jaden Springer was battling a cold, but I thought him, Keon Johnson and Yves Pons did exactly what we looked for them to do, but other than that, not so much. When you’re not playing with confidence, I think it can drain you a little bit, but right now, the bottom line is we don’t have a post-game. That’s something we’ve always had at Tennessee ever since I’ve been here—is someone that can consistently score around the rim. We don’t have that right now and because of that, it’s putting a lot on the freshmen to step up and it shouldn’t be like that. We need Victor Bailey, Josiah James, Santiago Vescovi and John Fulkerson playing to the level that they’re capable of and we haven’t gotten all seven or eight guys doing that in a couple of weeks.”
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