[Cactus Jack]

Sure was going to be a tough hill to climb but w/o your two primary ball handlers out there it just turned into mount Everest.

Tennessee is 8.5-point favorites, that was before the Butler news, kindly surprised that line hasn't moved much any. Carr is still questionable with the back, have to give him all the credit in the world for fighting through this injury and still playing, but if he's out tonight, it's going to take not only a monumental effort, but a literal perfect storm to win this.

As always, I'll be rooting for them, but I sure dread this one.

Came here to post the same thing. Wondering if the oddsmakers had the drop on this news, as I thought the thread would have been ~6.

Agree that it's going to be tough without Butler. Think we'll be okay offensively but will sorely miss his defense.

Wouldn't be nearly as much of an issue if we weren't already lacking depth. Wish the utmost success for Perry and Noah, but this is a game that you don't want to be relying on freshmen. Imagine that one or both will at least see some minutes.

Assuming no (or a very limited) Carr, I'm guessing that the rotation will be:
PG - Robinson
SG - Brea
SF - Oweh
PF - Almanor
C - Williams

See Garrison spelling each of the bigs and getting around 20 minutes. Think Chandler gets anywhere from 8-15 and Perry 5-10 minutes depending on the flow of the game. Noah may see spot duty.

Good news for Kentucky-- the over/under is around 149.5. Would have to think that a game played at a pace 10+ points more than Tennessee's average PPG would work in Kentucky's favor.