Zeigler bros will face off when Peacocks meet Vols

day, it’s still a team sport. Me and my team, we’re really competitive as a team. I’m not sure how they are on their team, but on our end, we’re really competitive. We’re going to do whatever it takes to go out there and get the win.

“Once we step between the lines, whether it’s my friend, my brother, whoever it is — whether it’s my dad — it doesn’t matter, I’m trying to go out there and win.’’

Asked what it’ll be like playing against each other, Armoni said, “It’s going to be a dogfight out there.

“It’s going to be a great, emotional moment, but I can’t get too emotional about it. When we play tomorrow, he’s not my brother. After the game, he’s my brother, but not now.’’

As Armoni was speaking to The Post courtside, with the Saint Peter’s hour-long shootaround practice having ended, the Tennessee players were running onto the court for their session and Zakai ran over and hugged his half-brother, younger by two years.

“That was a great moment right there,’’ Armoni said after the embrace. “He means everything to me. That is my brother. That is my heart. That is my world. I love him to death.’’

Armoni described his brother as “scrappy, fast, he creates shots for himself and for his teammates … he’s a great guard.’’

He described himself as “downhill, a transition demon, I can hit open shots, I’m very athletic.’’

Zakai and Armoni are half-brothers by birth. They share a father and a last name.

“We don’t do the half-brother thing,” Ryan O’Malley, Armoni’s stepfather, told the Knoxville News Sentinel. “They are brothers. They look at themselves as brothers. There’s no half-brother about it.”

Charmane, Zakai’s mother and Armoni’s stepmother, told the Knoxville News Sentinel: “I watched these little boys when this was their dream.’’

Now they’re all living their dream — from Long Island to North Carolina on the biggest stage. Both brothers wear No. 5 for their respective teams, their shared favorite number. On Thursday, they’ll share the same floor. “Those two have an incredible bond,” Vols forward Tobe Awaka said.

“I think it is going to be a great moment for both of them,” Tennessee guard Santiago Vescovi said.

A great moment, indeed.