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Elite Eight Preview: Can Tennessee basketball slay No. 1 Michigan to finally reach Final Four?

GoVols247: A Tennessee Volunteers athletics podcast

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4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

GoVols247's Ben McKee is joined by Isaac Trotter of CBS Sports and 247Sports to recap Tennessee basketball's win over Iowa State in the Sweet 16, and preview Sunday's matchup with No. 1 Michigan in the Elite Eight.

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0:00.0

Welcome in to the Go Balls 24-7 podcast. I'm Ben McKee, and I'm joined here on March 28th, a late Saturday night.

0:07.9

Well, I guess it's not too late. It feels really late because what is the concept of time in the month of March, especially when it is March 28th.

0:17.3

And Tennessee is once again for the third straight season 40 minutes away from its first

0:23.5

ever appearance in the Final Four, but it will have a tall task in front of it when it plays

0:29.1

number one Michigan on Sunday at 2.15 p.m. Eastern Tennessee advancing to the Elite 8 for

0:35.6

the third consecutive year because it dominated Iowa State in the Sweet 16 on Friday night 76 to 62.

0:44.3

Iowa State was without its star, All-American Joshua Jefferson, but what could go right pretty much did go right for the Vols and even when things didn't go their way.

0:53.2

Turnovers, Iowa State was not able to

0:55.7

capitalize, really struggled at the free throw line. Tennessee's defense had Iowa State's key

1:01.1

players in handcuffs throughout that contest. Just a really great, gritty performance. And who better to

1:07.6

have on to recap that performance and preview Tennessee's trip to the Elite 8 other than Isaac Trotter of CBS Sports and 247 sports.

1:18.6

Of course, Isaac was on our last podcast with us.

1:21.2

Did a great job of preview in the Sweet 16 matchup between Tennessee and Iowa State.

1:26.0

And the game basically played out the way Isaac said it was going to play out.

1:31.6

So who better to get back on and help preview this Elite 8 matchup?

1:35.6

Isaac, how are you, my friend?

1:36.6

I appreciate you joining us.

1:38.1

Of course, yeah, doing well.

1:39.6

I feel like last night, you know, I said like, hey, man, I think Tennessee can really give, I would say,

1:44.4

to some trouble on the offensive glass, but I can't take credit for 16 offensive rebounds.

1:49.7

Like that was a whole different level.

1:52.8

I offensive rebounded 53% of their misses and just kind of imposed their will.

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