Three things you have to pay attention to: Tennessee Basketball at LSU

Tennessee Basketball is back on the street on Tuesday evening, as they prepare to take over LSU in Baton Rouge.

The tigers are at the end of the SEC classification, but have played better lately. Tennessee estimates a seed in the NCAA tournament and has to win it if you want to do it.

Here you can see three things in the Sec -Showdown.

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Take Cam Carter and Jordan Sears out of the game

The LSU is one of just two SEC teams that have been classified outside the top 100 in the adapted offensive efficiency, which is a bad formula when tenenesses are offset by high-ranking defense.

The tigers are strongly dependent on two offensive players, Point Guard Jordan Sears and Shooting Guard Cam Carter. Carter, a transfer to Kansas State, leads the tigers with 16.9 points per game. Sears is second with 12.1 points per game. No other healthy tiger on average over nine points per game.

Both players have high usage rates. Carter's is higher than any other on Tennesses squad and Sears is a smidge higher than Chaz Lanier to give a perspective. The key to Tennessee lies on the defensive to get these two out of the game.

The good news is that Zakai Zeigler and Jahmai Mashack are great in it. Zeigler will probably draw Sear's drawing and Mashack will probably pull carter.

Can Tennessee win sales and rebound fight?

It is difficult to see that LSU's offensive against Tennessee has every success. If you win this game, you will probably need more shots. Winning the back and sales battle is the way to do this.

Only Tennessee should win both matchups. The LSU has converted the ball at high speed and did a bad job in force sales. They are a solid offensive rebound team, but have done terrible work to defend the glass.

On paper, the Vols should win all of these matchups. Tennessee, which restricts its sales, would be the area that I would particularly prioritize, as this was a problem for them in a series of games. If Tennessee wins both sales and the back bumper fight, you will win this game.

Will Jordan Gainey roll his swing?

This is a small cherry at the top for Tennessee. Jordan Gainey entered the Texas A & M game and in the last five games of the Vols turned three out of 18 from the three-point area. He missed his first three triples against the aggies before making two critical threesome.

Let's see if the Gainey has lit out of his shooting breakage and he starts shots on the clip that he used to be in the season. What Gainey is impressive and illustrates its growth from last season is that he also found other ways to meet and influence the game.

If he can find his stroke, Tennessee becomes a much more dangerous team and you should roll past the Tigers on Tuesday evening.