This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/tennessee as Everything Tennessee Basketball HC Rick Barnes and Nate Ament Said After Loss to Kansas. The Tennessee Volunteers basketball team suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of Kansas during the Players Era Festival.

The Tennessee Vols made a big statement on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Tennessee knocked off No.3 Houston in the Players Era tournament. The Vols' 76-73 win over the Cougars essentially announced to the rest of the country that Tennessee is a dangerous team this season.

Tennessee just knocked off one of the best teams in the country, beating Houston down the stretch to win 76-73. The win puts the Volunteers into the running for the title game, but that will be determined later tonight with the remainder of the outcomes.

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson highlighted the free-throw disparity after the third-ranked Cougars lost 76-73 to No. 17 Tennessee.

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Once a benchwarmer, Bishop Boswell became Tennessee’s difference-maker on defense, boosting the Vols’ Final Four outlook.

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