In less than one week, Bruce Pearl and the Tennessee men's basketball team has known the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

Last Saturday, the Volunteers went to Pittsburgh and handed the Panthers their first non-conference loss at home in nearly six years.

With that win, the Vols climbed to No. 7 in the polls and grabbed the No. 1 RPI rating.

Instead of that huge victory being a launching pad to bigger and better things, Tennessee has taken two giant steps backwards during the rest of this week.

Tuesday night in Knoxville, mid-major Oakland (MI) University came to town, and through the first half of the game, the Volunteers looked like they were going to blow the Golden Grizzlies o...

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