The Tennessee Volunteers and Alabama Crimson Tide played a basketball game on Saturday, as they have for decades and will continue to do until college sports collapse under the weight of NIL, the transfer portal, and myriad gambling scandals. It's nothing new that these two SEC rivals met on the hardwood, and while the Vols beating a ranked Alabama team in Tuscaloosa is a significant and mildly surprising result, it's what happened on social media that has the public stirring. After Tennessee took down Bama, the Vols' social media team posted their final score graphic, again, as is the case with every game for every sports team that has a social media account, but this one had a little extra spice added to the dish. For the uninitiated, the social media post is referring to the Delaware Blue Coats, a G-League team in the NBA's developmental league.
Published: January 25, 2026 4:45 pm
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