The Tennessee Vols looked like they were on their way to a third win in three days when they opened up a 12-point lead with under 14 minutes to play against the Kansas Jayhawks on Wednesday night in the Players Era Festival Tournament in Las Vegas.

No. 16 Tennessee basketball won its Elite Eight rematch with No. 2 Houston in a thriller at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.

The Tennessee men's basketball team was 14 minutes away from a perfect week in Las Vegas, but the Vols lost a 12-point lead and fell to Kansas.

The Jayhawks, who trailed by seven points at halftime, upended Tennessee in the Players Era tourney’s third-place game.

Houston basketball lost 76-73 against the Tennessee Volunteers on Tuesday afternoon, at the Players Era Festival, inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vega

Tennessee basketball destroyed Rutgers to open Players Era Festival on Nov. 24. Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored a career-high 32 points.

Elmarko Jackson scored a career-high 17 points and Kansas erased a 12-point second half deficit to top No. 17.

The No. 17 Tennessee Men's Basketball Team defeated No. 3 Houston 76-73 in a thrilling second match of the Players Era Festival tournament in Las Vegas Tuesday night.

Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 22 points, including six free throws in the final 35 seconds, to lead No. 17 Tennessee to a 76-73 victory over No. 3 Houston in the Players Era Championship.