Winthrop at Tennessee

Who doesn't think the Tennessee seed is the worst of this year's bracket. Winthrop has won 17 of their last 19 and are peaking now. Can Winthrop hang with the best teams in the Nation? Consider that they only lost to Memphis (in Memphis) by 10 and to Alabama (in Alabama) by 3. This is their sixth trip to the Dance in eight years so don't view them as an inexperienced lightweight. They have the defense to give Tennessee problems here. Winthrop has held their last five opponents to just 57.6 PPG. Meanwhile, Tennessee allows a ridiculous 74 PPG - not the stuff of champions. Tennessee has lost three of four and four of their last six games both SU and ATS. The Vols are just 5-19 ATS in tournament play since 1997 and 9-21 ATS on nuetral courts. We're getting a lot of points here. Three stars on Winthrop.