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OUTLOOK 1-6
PLAYERS
2013-14 REVIEW
Results Statistics Highs & Lows Team Game-by-Game Comparison Superlatives Box Scores SEC Standings / Honors
Record vs. All Opponents All-Time Series Results Milestones & Streaks Preseason/Holiday Tournaments Yearly Results Overtime Results In The Polls vs. Ranked Opponents
RECORDS 114 115
Team Single-Game Records Team Single-Season Records
49-74
75-112
SEC Tournament Results NCAA Tournament & NIT Results NCAA Tournament Superlatives Postseason Game Records NCAA Tournament Career Records NCAA Tournament Top Performances / NCAA Infractions Report FAQ NCAA Tournament Game Recaps
VOLMANAC 187-222 188-196 197-199 200-202 203 203 204-207 208 209-234 235 236 237 238
Program History Head Coaching History All-Time Lettermen All-Time Assistant Coaches All-Time Support Staff Lettermen by Hometown All-Time Record Breakdown All-Time Player Statistics Thompson-Boling Arena Pratt Pavilion Historical Home Venues Legend of the Volunteer
MEDIA INFO
113-142
240 241 242 243 244
UT Media Relations Practice Coverage Guidelines Southeastern Conference Vol Network Area Information & Compliance
239-244
MEDIA INFO
76-77 78-93 93 94-95 96-109 109 110-111 111-112
160-161 162 163 164-165 165 166 167-186
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RESULTS
POSTSEASON 159-166
POSTSEASON
50 51 52 53 54 55-73 74
27-48
143-158
All-Americans All-SEC Other SEC Honors Regional & National Honors / USA Basketball Academic & Service Honors SEC & NCAA Statistical Champions SEC Championship Teams Vols in the NBA Annual Team Awards
HONORS
Donnie Tyndall Al Pinkins Adam Howard Chris Shumate Justin Phelps J.T. Burton Beau Braden R.J. Rush Todd Moyer Chad Newman Kyle Condon / Ty Proffitt Team Support Staff University Administration Athletics Administration
144-148 149 150 151 152 153 154-155 156-157 158
RECORDS
28-31 32-33 34-35 36-37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47-48
HONORS
RESULTS
STAFF
7-26
REVIEW
Devon Baulkman / Braxton Bonds Galen Campbell Willie Carmichael III / Ian Chiles Robert Hubbs III Brandon Lopez Jabari McGhee Armani Moore Detrick Mostella / Tariq Owens Kevin Punter Derek Reese Roster Breakdown Josh Richardson Dominic Woodson Individual Game-by-Game Stats
Scoring Records Rebounding Records Double-Double Records Offensive Rebounding Records Field Goal Records Free Throw Records 3-Point Field Goal Records Assists Records Blocked Shot Records Steals Records Playing Experience Records Attendance Records Yearly Top-Five Scorers 100-Point Games Year-by-Year Team Totals 1,000-Point Club Thompson-Boling Arena Records
STAFF
8 9 10 11 12 13 14-15 16 17 18 19 20-21 22 23-26
116-118 119-120 121 122-123 124 125 126 127-128 128 129 130 131 132-133 133 134-135 136-141 141-142
PLAYERS
1 Table of Contents 2 Roster 3 Schedule & Quick Facts 4-6 Notes
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CONTENTS
CREDITS
Editor: Tom Satkowiak (please send edits to tomsid@tennessee.edu) Editorial Assistance: Rachel Bain, Mary-Carter Kniffen, Amanda Pruitt (design, layout & photography) Brooke Satkowiak, Jason Yellin Photography: Donald Page & UT Athletics Digital Media Staff, Wade Rackley, David Coyle, Patrick Murphy-Racey, UT Photo Services Cover & Divider Pages Design: Evan Ford On The Cover: Head coach Donnie Tyndall and senior guard Josh Richardson Printing: CCM Communications of Nashville, Tenn.
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ALPHABETICAL No. 34 32^ 25^ 24 5 3 33^ 21 4 15 11 0 23 1 55
Name Pos. Devon Baulkman G Braxton Bonds G Galen Campbell G Willie Carmichael III F Ian Chiles G Robert Hubbs III G Brandon Lopez G Jabari McGhee F Armani Moore F Detrick Mostella G Tariq Owens F Kevin Punter G Derek Reese F Josh Richardson G Dominic Woodson F
Ht. 6-5 6-1 6-2 6-8 6-1 6-6 6-1 6-8 6-5 6-3 6-10 6-4 6-8 6-6 6-10
Wt. 200 170 190 210 200 206 180 210 215 170 205 180 220 200 280
BASKETBALL STAFF Name Donnie Tyndall Al Pinkins Adam Howard Chris Shumate Justin Phelps J.T. Burton Beau Braden R.J. Rush Chad Newman Todd Moyer Tom Satkowiak Kyle Condon Ty Proffitt
Cl. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So.
NUMERICAL
Hometown (Previous School) Bainbridge, Ga. (Gulf Coast State College [Fla.]) Nashville, Tenn. (Christ Presbyterian Academy) Knoxville, Tenn. (Fulton HS) Apopka, Fla. (Wekiva HS) Louisville, Ky. (IUPUI) Newbern, Tenn. (Dyer County HS) Knoxville, Tenn. (Austin-East HS) Albany, Ga. (Hargrave Military Academy [Va.]) Kennesaw, Ga. (Mt. Paran Christian School) Decatur, Ala. (Notre Dame Prep [Mass.]) Odenton, Md. (Mt. Zion Prep School) Bronx, N.Y. (State Fair Community College [Mo.]) Orlando, Fla. (Olympia HS) Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe HS) Austin, Texas (University of Memphis)
Position Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Basketball Operations Director of Player Development Video Coordinator Special Assistant to the Head Coach Athletic Trainer Strength & Conditioning Coach Media Relations Director Graduate Assistant Graduate Manager
Year 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 20th 1st 7th 6th 1st
No. Name Pos. Cl. 0 Kevin Punter G Jr. 1 Josh Richardson G Sr. 3 Robert Hubbs III G So. 4 Armani Moore F Jr. 5 Ian Chiles G Sr. 11 Tariq Owens F Fr. 15 Detrick Mostella G Fr. 21 Jabari McGhee F Fr. 23 Derek Reese F Jr. 24 Willie Carmichael III F Fr. 25^ Galen Campbell G Jr. 32^ Braxton Bonds G Fr. 33^ Brandon Lopez G Sr. 34 Devon Baulkman G Jr. 55 Dominic Woodson F So.
Alma Mater Morehead State, 1993 NC State, 1998 Western Kentucky, 2008 Murray State, 2004 Kent State, 2006 Tennessee Wesleyan, 1999 Centre College, 2009 Slippery Rock, 2011 Tennessee, 1994 Bowling Green, 2002 Tennessee, 2002 Tennessee, 2013 Morehead State, 2012
PRONUNCIATION
Devon Baulkman (DEV-in BAWK-mihn) Ian Chiles (EE-ihn) Armani Moore (ahr-MAHN-ee) Detrick Mostella (DEE-trick moss-TELL-uh) Tariq Owens (ty-REEK) Chris Shumate (SHOO-mate) Dominic Woodson (dah-mihn-EEK)
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SCHEDULE/QUICK FACTS
Television Time SEC Network+ 7 p.m. SEC Network+ 7 p.m. CBS Sports Network 6:30 p.m. Fox Sports Net^ 7 p.m. ESPN2^ Noon ESPN/ESPNU^ Noon or 2:30 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU^ TBD ESPN2^ 3:15 p.m. ESPNU^ 2 p.m. ESPN2^ 7 p.m. Fox Sports Net^ 7 p.m. SEC Network^ 7 p.m. SEC Network^ 8:30 p.m. SEC Network^ 1 p.m. SEC Network^ 9 p.m. SEC Network^ 2 p.m. ESPNU^ 7 p.m. SEC Network^ 6 p.m. ESPNU^ 9 p.m. Fox Sports Net^ 1 p.m. ESPNU^ 9 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2^ Noon SEC Network^ 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2^ Noon SEC Network^ 9 p.m. SEC Network^ 4 p.m. ESPN^ 7 p.m. ESPNU^ 7:30 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2^ 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2^ TBD SEC Network^ 7 p.m. Fox Sports Net^ 4 p.m.
STAFF REVIEW RESULTS RECORDS
NCAA First Round (Dayton, Ohio) NCAA Second & Third Rounds (Jacksonville, Fla. / Louisville, Ky. / Pittsburgh, Pa. / Portland, Ore.) NCAA Second & Third Rounds (Charlotte, N.C. / Columbus, Ohio / Omaha, Neb. / Seattle, Wash.) NCAA Regionals (Cleveland, Ohio / Los Angeles, Calif.) NCAA Regionals (Houston, Texas / Syracuse, N.Y.) NCAA Final Four (Indianapolis)
HONORS
March 17-18 March 19 & 21 March 20 & 22 March 26 & 28 March 27 & 29 April 4 & 6
Site Knoxville Knoxville Annapolis, Md. Knoxville Orlando, Fla. Orlando, Fla. Orlando, Fla. Knoxville Knoxville Raleigh, N.C. Knoxville Knoxville Knoxville Knoxville Starkville, Miss. Knoxville Knoxville Columbia, Mo. Columbia, S.C. Knoxville Fayetteville, Ark. Knoxville Knoxville Athens, Ga. Nashville, Tenn. Knoxville Knoxville Oxford, Miss. Knoxville Gainesville, Fla. Baton Rouge, La. Knoxville Nashville, Tenn.
PLAYERS
Date Day Opponent Nov. 3 Mon. Pikeville (exhib) Nov. 8 Sat. Lenoir-Rhyne (exhib) Nov. 14 Fri. 1-vs. VCU Nov. 20 Thur. Texas Southern Nov. 27 Thur. 2-vs. Santa Clara Nov. 28 Fri. 2-vs. Kansas or Rhode Island Nov. 30 Sun. 2-vs. TBD Dec. 6 Sat. 3-Kansas State Dec. 14 Sun. Butler Dec. 17 Wed. at NC State Dec. 19 Fri. Tennessee Tech Dec. 22 Mon. Mercer Dec. 27 Sat. Tennessee State Dec. 31 Wed. ETSU Jan. 7 Wed. at Mississippi State* Jan. 10 Sat. Alabama* Jan. 13 Tues. Arkansas* Jan. 17 Sat. at Missouri* Jan. 20 Tues. at South Carolina* Jan. 24 Sat. Texas A&M* Jan. 27 Tues. at Arkansas* Jan. 31 Sat. Auburn* Feb. 3 Tues. Mississippi State* Feb. 7 Sat. at Georgia* Feb. 11 Wed. at Vanderbilt* Feb. 14 Sat. LSU* Feb. 17 Tues. Kentucky* Feb. 21 Sat. at Ole Miss* Feb. 26 Thur. Vanderbilt* Feb. 28 Sat. at Florida* March 4 Wed. at LSU* March 7 Sat. South Carolina* March 11-15 SEC Tournament
OUTLOOK
SCHEDULE
POSTSEASON
Key 1-Quicken Loans Veterans Classic (Alumni Hall, U.S. Naval Academy) 2-Orlando Classic (HP Field House) 3-SEC/Big 12 Challenge * Southeastern Conference Game ^ Available via WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku and Xbox 360 or Xbox One.
HISTORY First Year of Basketball: 1908-09 All-Time Record: 1,553-986-2 (.612) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 20 (1967, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 89, 98, 99, 00, 01, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 14) Last NCAA Opponent: Michigan (3/28/14) Result: L, 73-71 NIT Appearances: 13 (1945, 69, 71, 84, 85, 88, 90, 92, 96, 03, 04, 12, 13) Last NIT Opponent: Mercer (3/20/13) Result: L, 75-67
TEAM INFORMATION 2013-14 Overall Record: 24-13 Home / Away / Neutral: 14-3 / 4-7 / 6-3 ARENA SEC Record: 11-7 Name: Thompson-Boling Arena Home / Away / Neutral: 7-2 / 4-5 / 0-0 Capacity: 21,678 SEC Finish: 4th Record in Arena: 322-111 (.744) 26 Seasons Final Ranking (AP / USA Today): NR / NR Largest Crowd: 25,610 vs. Kentucky (1/21/89) Starters Returning / Lost: 1 / 4 at current capacity: 22,326 vs. Gonzaga Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 4 / 7 Scholarship Newcomers: 8 (1/7/09)
HEAD COACH Donnie Tyndall (Morehead State, 1993) Record at Tennessee: 0-0 (First Year) Career Record: 200-107 (9 Years) .654 Pct. Basketball Office Phone: (865) 974-1206 MEDIA RELATIONS Basketball SID: Tom Satkowiak (Tenn., 2002) Office: 865-974-7501 Cell: 865-696-2897 E-mail: tomsid@tennessee.edu Twitter: @TomSatkowiak Secondary Contact: Amanda Pruitt (Harding, 2009) Office: 865-974-6315 Cell: 501-827-6071 E-mail: akpruitt@utk.edu Media Relations Fax: 865-974-9496 Press Row Phone: 865-974-0110 SID Mailing Address: P.O. Box 15016, Knoxville, TN 37901
MEDIA INFO
THE BASICS Location: Knoxville, Tenn. Founded: 1794 Conference: Southeastern Enrollment: 27,523 Colors: Orange & White Nickname: Volunteers Mascot: Smokey Band: Pride of the Southland University President: Dr. Joe DiPietro Knoxville Chancellor: Dr. Jimmy Cheek Faculty Representative: Dr. Donald Bruce Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics: Dave Hart Athletic Department Phone: 865-974-1220 Ticket Office Phone: 1-800-332-8657
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Overnight Address: 1551 Lake Loudoun Blvd. Room AG007 Knoxville, TN 37996
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NOTES ROSTER BREAKDOWN
TYNDALL RANKS 12th ON TWITTER
• The Vols’ 2014-15 roster features 15 players (12 scholarship studentathletes) representing nine states. • There are four Vols who hail from the state of Tennessee, three from Georgia, and a pair of players are from Florida. Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma and Texas also are represented. • Tennessee has three seniors, five juniors, two sophomores and five freshmen. • Eight Vols stand 6-5 or shorter, and seven players are 6-6 or taller.
• With close to 36,000 followers as of Oct. 20, Vols head coach Donnie Tyndall (@UTCoachTyndall) ranks 12th among the mostfollowed Division I basketball coaches nationally. • The official Tennessee team account, @Vol_Hoops, is the eighthmost followed collegiate men’s basketball account in the nation, with more than 48,900 followers.
ANNIVERSARIES • The 2014-15 season marks the 40th anniversary of the highestscoring team in school history. Head coach Ray Mears’ 1974-75 squad averaged 86.6 points per game (2251 points in 26 games). • It was also 40 years ago that a member of that team, Hall of Famer Bernard King, set the school record for single-season scoring average. The legendary Vol averaged 26.4 ppg – as a freshman. • In King’s college debut – the 40th anniversary of which takes place Nov. 30, 2014 – he dropped 42 points on Wisconsin-Milwaukee. That still stands as a record for most points in a Tennessee debut. • That 1974-75 season was a good year to be a Tennessee point guard, and Rodney Woods capitalized. With weapons like King, Ernie Grunfeld and Mike Jackson flanking him, Woods, a senior, set the UT single-season record for total assists (227) and assists per game (8.73). • Fifty years ago, Mears put together one of the school’s top-rebounding teams. The 1964-65 Vols boasted the best rebounding margin in program history, out-rebounding opponents by 16.7 rpg.
VOLS LOOKING TO START NEW STREAK OF TOP-10 ATTENDANCE • Tennessee finished 12th nationally in average regular-season home attendance last year, snapping a streak of eight straight seasons finishing in the top six. • The Vols still managed to draw more than 15,000 fans to home games at Thompson-Boling Arena last year, averaging 15,475 through 17 home games. • Tennessee has sold more than 12,000 season tickets for each of the last eight years and appears on track to do so again this season.
RICHARDSON READY FOR LEADERSHIP ROLE • After earning SEC All-Defensive Team honors as a junior last season, senior guard Josh Richardson is ready to replace departed starters Jeronne Maymon (Israel), Jordan McRae (NBA) and Jarnell Stokes (NBA) and assume the role of team leader. • Richardson is Tennessee’s returning leader in all but one individual statistical category (Derek Reese is the team’s top returning rebounder). See chart on next page. • Richardson has started 68 of Tennessee’s last 69 games spanning the past two seasons. • During the 2013-14 regular season, Richardson averaged 9.5 ppg. But in Tennessee’s four NCAA Tournament games, he increased his scoring average to 19.3 ppg.
RICHARDSON LOOKING TO JOIN 1,000-POINT CLUB • Senior guard Josh Richardson enters his final season on Rocky Top needing just 261 points to become the 47th all-time member of Tennessee’s 1,000-Point Club. • Richardson scored a career-high 381 points last season, and he totaled 261 as a sophomore starter in 2012-13. He appeared in all 34 games as a freshman in 2011-12, scoring 97 points.
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FOUR SCHOLARSHIP RETURNEES, PROGRAM-RECORD EIGHT SCHOLARSHIP NEWCOMERS • Tennessee head coach Donnie Tyndall’s first season on Rocky Top signals the addition of eight scholarship newcomers, which marks the most in program history (previous high was seven). • The Vols return only four scholarship players: senior guard Josh Richardson, junior forward Armani Moore, junior forward Derek Reese and sophomore guard Robert Hubbs III. Hubbs appeared in only 12 games last season, as his debut campaign was cut short by a shoulder injury that required surgery. • Among SEC teams, Tennessee’s nine newcomers (includes one walk-on) ties Missouri for the most in the league. And UT’s four returning lettermen tie Missouri and Texas A&M for fewest among SEC teams. • Richardson is the only returner who started any games last season (36), while Moore started 16 games as a freshman in 2012-13.
TYNDALL’S TEAM POST SOLID RPIs • In his two seasons at Southern Miss, first-year UT head coach Donnie Tyndall’s teams turned in year-end RPIs of No. 27 in 2013 and No. 29 in 2014. • In his last six seasons as a head coach, Tyndall’s teams have an average year-end RPI of 87.5. And that’s while competing in “mid-major” leagues such as the Ohio Valley Conference and Conference USA. • Tennessee’s average year-end RPI the last six years has been 45.5.
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RECORDS
• Shortly after settling in as Tennessee’s new head coach, Donnie Tyndall, his wife, Nikki, and his daughters, Taylor and Grace, formed The Tyndall #Family Foundation, a pending 501(c)(3) public charity that facilitates the family’s involvement in philanthropic causes throughout the state of Tennessee. • In addition to raising funds to give to nonprofit organizations, The Tyndall #Family Foundation strives to raise the public’s level of awareness regarding philanthropy. One of the goals of the foundation is to encourage members of Tennessee communities, and members of the basketball community, to become involved in and support charitable activity in the greater Knoxville area and the state of Tennessee.
RESULTS
DONNIE, NIKKI ESTABLISH TYNDALL #FAMILY FOUNDATION
• Four departed Vols who started played key roles for Tennessee during last season’s charge to the Sweet Sixteen are now playing professional basketball. • The quartet of forwards Jeronne Maymon (9.7 ppg, 8.1 rpg) and Jarnell Stokes (15.1 ppg, 10.6 rpg) and guards Jordan McRae (18.7 ppg, .351 3FG%) and Antonio Barton (7.5 ppg, .340 3FG%) combined to account for 71 percent of UT’s scoring and 63 percent of the team’s rebounding last year. • Stokes (35th overall) and McRae (58th overall) both were selected in the second round of the 2014 NBA Draft in June. Stokes was drafted by Utah, and his rights were soon traded to Memphis. McRae’s rights ended up with Philadelphia after he was initially drafted by San Antonio. • June’s draft marked the fourth time Tennessee has had multiple players selected in the first two rounds of the NBA Draft (1977, 1989, 2002). It was the 10th time multiple Vols were drafted in the same year. • Tennessee joined Stanford and UConn as the only schools in the nation to have multiple upperclassmen selected in the 2014 draft. • Maymon signed a contract with Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Super League in August. • Barton signed a contract with SK Cherkasy of the Ukraine Super League in September.
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VOLS REPLACING TWO DRAFT PICKS, FOUR PROS
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• The aggressive, matchup-zone defensive system employed by UT head coach Donnie Tyndall led to both of his Southern Miss teams ranking among the Division leaders in steals each of the past two seasons. • During the 2012-13 campaign, Southern Miss ranked fifth nationally with an average of 9.6 steals per game. And in 2013-14, Tyndall’s Conference USA championship team ranked 17th nationally with 8.2 steals per game. • To compare, last year’s Tennessee squad averaged just 5.2 steals per game.
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STEALS PREVALENT IN TYNDALL’S SYSTEM
• Sophomore guard Robert Hubbs III enters the season with a clean bill of health after appearing in just 12 games as a true freshman last year (the first 12 games of the season). • Hubbs underwent season-ending surgery on his left shoulder Jan. 14, 2014, to address an injury dating to his senior year in high school. The Newbern, Tenn., native received full medical clearance this past summer. • In his limited action last year, during which he wore a soft shoulder brace, Hubbs averaged 5.0 points and 1.5 rebounds while shooting .281 from 3-point range.
OUTLOOK
HUBBS HEALTHY HEADING INTO SOPHOMORE SEASON
HONORS
TYNDALL WANTS VOLS TO OVERACHIEVE
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
WHEN IT COMES TO STATS...
Statistic 13-14 Returning Lost % Return Scoring 2,672 605 2,067 .226 Field Goals 927 222 705 .239 3-Pt. FGs 205 60 145 .293 Free Throws 613 101 512 .165 Rebounding 1,424 270 1,154 .190 Assists 472 93 379 .197 Blocked Shots 172 65 107 .378 Steals 192 49 143 .255 Minutes 7,450 2,053 5,397 .276 Starts 185 36 149 .195
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WHEN IT COMES TO STATS LEADERS... Category Stat Leader Scoring 10.3 Richardson Field Goals 139 Richardson Field Goal % .474 Richardson 3-Pt. FGs 34 Richardson 3-Pt. FG % .340 Richardson Free Throws 69 Richardson Free Throw % .793 ^Richardson Rebounding 3.0 Reese Assists 1.5 Richardson Blocked Shots 0.8 Richardson Steals 0.7 ^Richardson Minutes 30.3 Richardson
MEDIA INFO
• During Donnie Tyndall’s career as a head coach, 23 of the 24 players who exhausted their eligibility under him have graduated on time. • A total of 25 Tennessee men’s basketball players have graduated in the last six years. Those players are: Josh Bone, Quinn Cannington, Quinton Chievous, Ryan Childress, Wayne Chism, D’Montre Edwards, John Fields, Melvin Goins, Kenny Hall, Tony Harris, Michael Hubert, Justin Jackson, Chris Lofton, Jeronne Maymon, Skylar McBee, Jordan McRae, Dwight Miller, Rob Murphy, Steven Pearl, J.P. Prince, Tyler Summitt, Cameron Tatum, C.J. Watson, Tanner Wild and Renaldo Woolridge. • Of those 25 graduates in the last six years, 14 went on to sign professional basketball contracts and two have gone into coaching.
WHAT RETURNS?
POSTSEASON
• First-year Tennessee head coach Donnie Tyndall has preached a mantra of “overachieving” to his 2014-15 squad, and he hopes the UT fan base will do its part to help give the Vols an edge. • Tyndall: “What I want to really try to get our fans to do this year is help us be the most overachieving team in college basketball. That’s going to be our goal. And I don’t want to say that to undersell our talent level or undersell our players, but we need to overachieve this year to have a good year, and our fans need to help us do that.”
^ team leader in 2013-14
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SCHEDULING NOTES • Tennessee opens the regular season Nov. 14 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., where it meets VCU as part of the inaugural Quicken Loans Veterans Classic. • During the week of Thanksgiving, Tennessee takes part in the eight-team Orlando Classic at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World. The tournament field also includes Georgia Tech, Kansas, Marquette, Michigan State, Rhode Island, Rider and Santa Clara. • Tennessee hosts Kansas State Dec. 6 as part of the 2014 SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The Volunteers have never previously faced K-State on the hardwood. Tennessee’s all-time record against current members of the Big 12 stands at 10-15. • Tennessee begins a two-year, home-and-home contract with Butler Dec. 14 in Knoxville. UT trails its all-time series with Butler 2-1, dating to 1958. Tennessee and Butler are two of only 13 programs in the nation to make at least four NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances in the last eight seasons. • With the launch of the SEC Network, the scheduling of midweek games has been adjusted. In addition to the traditional Tuesday night games on ESPN and ESPNU, there will also be two Tuesday games on the SEC Network. Wednesdays will feature two contests on the SEC Network, while Thursdays will highlight one game on either ESPN or ESPN2. • And after not playing in Knoxville last season for the first time since 1953, Kentucky returns to Rocky Top Feb. 17 for an ESPN “Super Tuesday” matchup. The Vols do not play at Rupp Arena this season, marking UT’s first hoops campaign without a trip to Lexington, Ky., since 1953. • Texas A&M handed the Big Orange a pair of heartbreaking, buzzer-beater losses last season. That series resumes Jan. 24 in Knoxville when the Aggies visit Thompson-Boling Arena. • Former UT head coach Bruce Pearl (2005-11) returns to ThompsonBoling Arena as Auburn’s head coach Jan. 31. • For the first time since 1964, Georgia does not visit Knoxville. The Bulldogs host Tennessee Feb. 7.
LOPEZ LIKELY LOST FOR SEASON • Tennessee’s point guard depth suffered a blow this summer when senior walk-on Brandon Lopez tore his right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) July 26. He underwent surgery Aug. 14 and is expected to miss the entire 2014-15 season. • The Knoxville, Tenn., native has been with the program since the 2011-12 campaign and appeared in 31 games over the previous three seasons.
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• This summer, he had positioned himself to contend for the starting point guard spot, and would have assuredly received significant minutes. • Said Tyndall: “It’s very disappointing for our team, but it’s even more disappointing for a great young man who has worked extremely hard this off-season. Brandon’s positive attitude and upbeat mentality will get him through this tough time.”
VOLS ONCE AGAIN HAVE HUGE PRESENCE ON TV • Thanks in part to the Southeastern Conference’s TV package, each of Tennessee’s 30 regular-season contests this season will be televised. • All told, the Vols play 15 games on the primary ESPN networks (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU), 10 games on the SEC Network, four games on Fox Sports Net and one game on CBS Sports Network. • Tennessee’s final 29 regular-season games (all of them except the season-opener vs. VCU at The Veterans Classic) are also going to be available through WatchESPN—accessible on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app—and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
NOTES FROM THE WEIGHT ROOM • The Vols spent their summer working intensely with first-year strength and conditioning coach Todd Moyer, who tracked each player’s development throughout the summer. • Junior forward Armani Moore finished the summer owning “team bests” in the 185-pound bench press (17 reps) and body-weight chin-ups (18 reps). Sophomore forward Dominic Woodson shared bench-press honors with Moore by also hoisting 17 reps. • True freshman forward Willie Carmichael III showed the team’s biggest improvement in the bench press, increasing his max reps by 10 through the course of summer workouts. Carmichael also added a team-best 11.6 pounds of muscle over the summer. • True freshman guard Detrick Mostella posted the team’s highest “standing” vertical jump, leaping 33 inches. • The top “max” vertical jump went to fellow freshman Jabari McGhee, who rose 40.5 inches. That marked a two-inch personal improvement from the beginning of summer workouts. • Senior guard Ian Chiles dropped a team-high 2.8 percent of his fat over the summer (a total of 5.5 pounds of fat).
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