At UT is mental. For Cal especially. He seems to lose his mind at Knoxville and Columbia SC.Texas Tech and Arkansas both more intimidating. We know how those games turned out.
Our advantage over these teams are team speed, talent, and usually athleticism. The ONLY WAY these lesser talented teams have a chance to beat UK is to slow the tempo, get into a halfcourt grind it out slugfest, and depend on the refs for a favorable whistle. It usually happens for them at Knoxville.
Unfortunately, for whatever reason, we always seem to play right into their hands by also slowing down the tempo and attempting to grind it out on offense in a halfcourt throw down.
This totally neutralizes our advantages over these teams.
Cal needs to speed the game up, press, and fast break to take advantage of our better talent.
For some reason, he does the opposite when he plays at UT.