Tennessee advances to play No. 5 seed Duke in the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament on Saturday at 2:40 p.m. EDT (CBS).
Tyreke Key led the Volunteers with 12 points and four rebounds, while Jahmai Mashack contributed 11 points and three assists for the Vols.
With the win, Tennessee improves to 3-0 against the Ragin’ Cajuns in the NCAA Tournament (1982, 2000).
Following Tennessee’s first round win over Louisiana, Vols Wire looks at postgame social media buzz. Tennessee-Louisiana postgame social media buzz is listed below.
📊 FINAL NUMBERS 📊
KEY – 12p / 4r
MASHACK – 11p / 3a / 2s
PLAVSIC – 9p / 4r
NKAMHOUA – 8p / 5r
JAMES – 8p / 4r / 3a
AIDOO – 6p / 4r / 2b
VESCOVI – 3p / 4a / 2s
PHILLIPS – 1Vols 58, Louisiana 55 pic.twitter.com/xOJotGestg
— Tennessee Basketball (@Vol_Hoops) March 17, 2023
Tennessee holds on to win 58-53, and will face the Duke Blue Devils next.
Vols need a better offensive output, but can’t get much better than what they did defensively
— JP Acosta (@acosta32_jp) March 17, 2023
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes picks up $200,000 bonus for Vols advancing to NCAA men’s round of 32, which they do after nearly squandering a huge lead against Louisiana.
Barnes now has $500,000 in bonuses so far.
— Steve Berkowitz (@ByBerkowitz) March 17, 2023
With the Tennessee win, the @SEC ties the record for the most amount of wins (5) by a conference on a single day in NCAAM’s tournament history. https://t.co/V8KoeXGNa7
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) March 17, 2023
No. 13 Louisiana gave No. 4 Tennessee a game, but the Vols held on to win!
Tyreke Key finished with a team-high 12 points off the bench 😤 pic.twitter.com/y66VGs7Tmu
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2023
Half of the R32 matchups are set!
1 Kansas
8 Arkansas1 Alabama
8 Maryland1 Houston
9 Auburn2 Texas
10 Penn State2 UCLA
7 Northwestern7 Missouri
15 Princeton5 SDSU
13 Furman4 Tennessee
5 Duke— College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) March 17, 2023
Saturday schedule (all times ET): SDSU-Furman…
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