Tennessee defense travels well

Marvin Westwestwords

Long-ago UCLA basketball coach John Wooden said defense travels well. Offense has ups and downs on the road.
Wooden’s offense didn’t have all that many downs. His Bruins, in the 1970s, …

Vols still searching for who-are-we identity

Marvin Westwestwords

With just nine games to go, Tennessee basketball still hasn’t told us who it is.
It isn’t that the Volunteers are keeping a secret. They don’t know, either.
Rick Barnes has no …

Could be Vols are finally out of the muck

Marvin Westwestwords

Rick Barnes may finally have pulled his chariot from the muck and realigned it on the straight and narrow.
We’ll see in the days and weeks to come. Tennessee’s Wednesday foe …

Will miracles never cease? Maybe not

Marvin Westwestwords

There is an auto repair business in Arlington, Texas named Miracles Never Cease.
I can’t say for certain that it got its name from Zakai Zeigler but it could have.
Zeigler is a …

Tennessee famous fathers and sons

Marvin Westwestwords

Navy Shuler’s transfer to Tennessee is a nice, warm story, family-friendly plus.
He might even have a football future. Navy was not a stiff as a three-star quarterback at Christ School …