KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Instant analysis of No. 15 Tennessee’s 76-68 upset of No. 1 Kansas at Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday:
How the game was won: Tennessee had only six scholarship players available against the nation’s No. 1 team because of the arrests of four Volunteers on New Year’s Day. Bruce Pearl’s squad was further thinned by foul trouble, as starters Wayne Chism and J.P. Prince each picked up his fourth foul within seconds of each other early in the second half. But thanks to key contributions from walk-ons and just plain outhustling the disjointed Jayhawks, the Volunteers somehow patched enough together to score one of the season’s big upsets. Kansas was never in rhythm offensively and got less-than-usual production from stars Cole Aldrich (seven points) and Xavier Henry (10 points, one field goal attempt in the second half). More from Brian Bennett of ESPN.com
