Tennessee defense turns soft in second-half collapse vs Kentucky | Adams

Tennessee basketball apparently didn’t study the scouting report on Kentucky closely enough. If the Vols had prepared properly, they would have known not to be duped by the Wildcats’ flagrantly inept first-half play. So what if Tennessee led by as many as 17 points in the first half. Kentucky led at the end in an 80-78 victory at Food City Center on Jan. 19. The comeback was nothing new for coach Mark Pope’s Wildcats, who repeatedly have rallied in the second half after stumbling around for the first 20 minutes of a game. They outdid themselves in their previous game when they made only one field-goal try against LSU in the first 12 minutes while...