DETROIT — Tennessee and Creighton have made the NCAA Tournament a combined 51 times, but neither team has reached the magical Final Four.A pair of victories in Detroit this weekend in the Midwest Region would change that narrative for one of the programs. They’ll meet in the Sweet 16 on Friday night.Tennessee (26-8), the No. 2 seed, has one Elite Eight appearance on its resume, in 2010. The Volunteers reached the Sweet 16 last season, then got upset by Florida Atlantic 62-55.The Vols had no trouble with No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s in this year’s first round, rolling to an 83-49 victory. Tennessee’s second-round opponent, No. 7 seed Texas, took it to the limit in Charlotte. The Volunteers needed four free throws from star Dalton Knecht to secure a 62-58 win.”I’m just excited we’re moving on because a year ago we were a good team,’ Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said. “(Guard Zakai Zeigler) went down (last season), and we really had to re-create ourselves at the end of the year. We won games like this to get to the Sweet 16 a year ago. We struggled to score, but we won these kind of games. Actually, the older guys kept saying, we’ve been here before. We know what we’ve got to do.”Tennessee’s usually stout defense enabled the team to advance. Texas shot 36.4 percent from the field and committed 17 turnovers. The Vols made only 33.8 percent of their shots, including a 3-for-25 performance on 3-point attempts.Knecht anticipates the Vols will need similar defensive efforts to advance.”It’s a grown man’s game,” he said. “Just be ready to go out and give the first hit and just keep learning in film with Coach Barnes and the rest of the coaching staff, as well as just going out there and competing with my teammates.”