The women looked as good as I have seen them, better offense and defense. I cannot figure out how all of our shooters have bad nights at the same time, but the defense was good enough to get the win. This team now has an inside and outside game. If we can't hit the threes, we can drive and dish off inside. We still manage to miss crip and dunk shots. I will just celebrate the win. Hopefully we bring our game in Detroit.

MORE on Jackson's career:

2023-24 season in the books:

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The Lady Vols are looking for a third-straight appearance in the Sweet 16.

Standing in the way is NC State on the Wolfpack's home floor.

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Rebounding., shooting, turnovers, can not get back on defense, I do not think they are ready to play.

Everything from Monday's practice:

Tennessee offensive line coach Glen Elarbee and select players will meet with the media following Tennessee's fifth spring practice on Monday.

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Another late one. Have the coffee ready. https://tennessee.rivals.com/news/tip-off-time-for-tennessee-creighton-sweet-16-clash-set

@RyanTSylvia is on the road covering Lady Vols, so I'll try my best to give you some observations from what little we got to see today.

Not much has changed here.

Non-participants
- Bru McCoy
- Elijah Herring
- Massai Reddick
- Javontez Spraggins
- Nathan Leacock
- Andrej Karic
- Garrett Young
- Christian Charles
- Peyton Lewis
- Arion Carter*
- Kaleb Beasley

Like last week, Carter went through some drills again with the LBs but is still in no pads.

Obviously Beasley is out for the remainder of spring -- https://tennessee.rivals.com/news/v...iss-remainder-of-spring-practices-with-injury.

A couple of the O-line guys that are expected to start/play a lot like Spraggins and Karic were still off to the side but were moving around fine.

Quarterbacks

- Nico connection with Squirrel White, Dont'e Thornton Jr. and Kaleb Webb looked good. He completed five of six passes to the three in routes on air. Air-mailed one in the back of the end zone to Webb before we went inside.

Wide Receivers

- Squirrel made a nice one-handed grab in the back corner of the end zone on a throw from Nico.

- Chris Brazzell II had a strong grab on a throw from Jake Merklinger. Held on after an assistant slapped his arms with the pads right after the catch.

Running backs

- Dylan Sampson was coaching up Khalifa Keith during a drill. Good show of leadership from RB1

Defense

- Didn't get a lot of time to watch defensive drills. D-line looked quick and sharp under the chute.

- Kennan Pili continues to be a strong presence anytime we watch LBs and looks completely healthy.

I bet we win.

More on Powell:

MORE on Knecht wanting the ball at the end:

Sure it was the right call, but it would have been Tennessess's ball. Is this something that was addressed or plan to be addressed in the offseason? The play should have been reviewed right away

Tennessee and Ole Miss will meet in a rubber match at Lindsey Nelson Staidum this afternoon.

First pitch is set for 1 p.m. ET on SEC Network+

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On Tennessee's leaning on its defense to clinch its second-straight Sweet 16 berth: https://tennessee.rivals.com/news/o...ren-t-falling-tennessee-did-what-it-does-best

My thoughts on a memorable win:

The 2-seed Vols will look to earn a spot in a second-straight Sweet 16.

Standing in the way is 7-seed Texas. This marks a match against the Longhorns in three consecutive seasons.

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Tennessee drops its first home match of the year:

They came through today.