Knoxville, Tennessee - Monday morning, February the 25th, the Tennessee men’s basketball team is almost certain to rise to the number 1 ranking in the country.

This will be the first time ever that the UT men’s basketball team has been ranked number 1 in the country.They earned that spot by defeating the formerly number 1 ranked University of Memphis Tigers who were unbeaten in an unbelievable 47 straight home games. Tennessee’s 66-62 victory over Memphis was a thriller from beginning to end.Watched by a capacity crowd which included Priscilla Presley and Peyton Manning, Tennessee came out shooting and never looked back.I saw some online tickets for sale for $10,000! Believe me if I had a pair to that game and someone offered me 20 grand for them they would have a deal very quickly.

We watched from the comfort of our den and it was a great game with the outcome still in doubt up to the final 3 seconds when UT player Chris Lofton sunk two free throws after a foul to put the game out of reach for the Tigers.

A hearty “Congratulations!” goes to Coach Pearl and his soon to be number 1 basketball Vols.

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UPDATE: It’s official, the UT men’s basketball team is now number 1 in the country.

“The Volunteers (25-2) were a runaway choice, receiving 69 first-place votes and 1,797 points from the 72-member national media panel after a 66-62 victory at Memphis.”

Unfortunately the Vols won’t get to bask in the glory very long; they face Vanderbilt this coming Tuesday night and the Commodores are riding a 17 game winning streak.