No doubt, the SEC had a down year and the Vols looked pretty bad last night.

Next year is next year and this year is this year.  SEC down this year, will be back next year.

In fact, in my post before the game yesterday I thought they would get beat. That "organized chaos" offense is not consistent enough to win back to back. Lofton takes horrible shots... and 80% of the time down court the 1st guy who touched the ball shot it with no rebounding help. They have done this plenty this year, but fortunately played against weak competition MOST of the time... sure, they stepped up against Memphis. But they also had some pretty bad losses to Vandy, UK, and Texas where they looked like an average SEC team (which this year is not a compliment).

At the same time, Louisville has stepped it up.

I am a gator, but my whole family are UT alum and even they were not surprised last night.