ETSU Will Be Better Than the Vols in 2019–20.

Marky Billson
Nov 2 · 4 min read

The two men’s basketball programs won’t meet this year. Because Rick Barnes doesn’t like to lose.

Some schools live in the shadow of others, but East Tennessee State seems to be subservient to the University of Tennessee.

From the fact their athletic director, head football, and head men’s basketball coach all used to coach at Tennessee to the fact the Volunteers often get hometown coverage the Buccaneers don’t in the Tri-Cities media, where other SoCon members beat the larger schools in their vicinity, Randy Sanders joked…

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