I haven’t kept up with college basketball too much this season. That’s generally how things work from year to year; football is on, I don’t watch much. Football ends, I’m glued to the television, studying each team so I can make sure my bracket’s solid in March.

This week won’t require the studying aspect for me to watch. As a former UT student, this week will be plenty fun for me, watching the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the nation square off in a game that could ultimately decide who’s the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.

CBS Sportsline has a poll on who will win: 49 percent of the fans are saying the Tigers, while the other 51 percent are taking the Vols. I’m taking the Vols, but it may be out of heart more than thought. I know CDR is a beast for Memphis, as well as Derrick Rose, but I just don’t see the Tigers slowing down UT’s three-point attack of Chris Lofton and JuJuan Smith, and every other player on Tennessee that can shoot the lights out.

It’s early, and there’s a lot of week left, but I’m calling UT by 2.