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TENNESSEE (20-11) vs. 4 ALABAMA (20-11) 5
MARCH 15 » BRIDGESTONE ARENA » NASHVILLE, TENN.
GAME 32 - SEC TOURNAMENT
THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE
20-11, 11-7 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 39-26 (2nd yr) 100-67 (5th yr) UTsports.com
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ITEMS OF NOTE
ALABAMA
Record 20-11, 12-6 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Anthony Grant Record at School 83-50 (4th yr) Career Record 159-75 (7th yr) Website RollTide.com
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Alabama leads, 75-66 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 45-21 In Tuscaloosa: Alabama leads, 43-17 Neutral Sites: Alabama leads, 11-4 Current Streak: Tennessee has won one Last Meeting: Tennessee won 54-53 in Knoxville (1/26/13) Martin vs. Grant: Grant leads, 2-1
A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD... Give the Vols a two-game win streak in the series Improve the Vols to 2-1 vs. Alabama this season Give the Vols victories in 10 of their last 11 games Push the Vols ahead of Alabama into second place on the all-time SEC Tournament winning percentage chart (UT would be .564, Bama would be .561).
¢ Tennessee won nine of its last 10 games and owns a +8.6 scoring margin and a +6.3 rebounding margin during that span. ¢ With Thursday’s victory, Tennessee now has the second-most SEC Tournament wins (61). UT entered this year’s event tied for second all-time with Alabama (60). ¢ A Tennessee triumph on Friday would move UT ahead of Alabama into second place on the SEC Tournament win percentage chart. The Vols’ percentage would improve to .564; Alabama’s would drop to .561. ¢ This is the sixth time the SEC Tournament has been played in Nashville. UT owns an 8-5 record in SEC tourney games played in the Music City. ¢ The Vols are 15-3 (.833) in the state of Tennessee this season. ¢ Cuonzo Martin is 4-4 in conference tournaments as a head coach (three MVC Tournaments and two SEC Tournaments). ¢ Jarnell Stokes is one of only four players from the “major” conferences (and the only player from the SEC) who averaged a double-double in league games this season. See Page 4. ¢ The Vols are 12-0 this season when point guard Trae Golden scores at least 12 points. ¢ UT’s SOS is rated 25th by Sagarin and 34th by ESPN.com. The Vols are 4-4 against teams in the top 50 of ESPN.com’s daily RPI and 9-9 against teams in the top 100. ¢ Tennessee finished sixth nationally in average home attendance (17,395). The Vols now have a streak of eight seasons of top-six attendance.
PROBABLE STARTERS (5) Tennessee G 11 Trae Golden G 52 Jordan McRae G 1 Josh Richardson G 4 Armani Moore F 5 Jarnell Stokes
Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER 6-2 205 Jr. Powder Springs, Ga. 12.2 2.9 4.0 apg 6-5 178 Jr. Midway, Ga. 16.2 4.1 .364 3FG% 6-6 188 So. Edmond, Okla. 7.6 4.4 .472 FG% 6-5 203 Fr. Kennesaw, Ga. 2.3 2.5 0.6 bpg 6-8 270 So. Memphis, Tenn. 12.3 9.4 .534 FG%
(4) Alabama G 12 Trevor Releford G 5 Trevor Lacey G 20 Levi Randolph G 21 Rodney Cooper C 14 Moussa Gueye
Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 6-0 195 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. 6-3 215 So. Huntsville, Ala. 6-5 205 So. Madison, Ala. 6-6 215 So. Hurtsboro, Ala. 7-0 255 Jr. Dakar, Senegal
PPG RPG OTHER 15.6 2.5 .436 3FG% 11.9 4.0 3.2 apg 7.4 4.1 1.7 apg 10.7 4.7 2.0 orpg 1.4 3.9 1.5 bpg
THE RECORD
2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD Overall Record:
20-11
SEC 11-7 Non-conference 8-4 Home 13-3 Away 4-7 NEUTRAL 3-1
THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT N9 Kennesaw State (FSS) W 76-67 N15 1-UNC Asheville (ESPNU)^ W 75-68 N16 1-Oklahoma State (ESPNU)^ L 62-45 N18 1-UMass (ESPNU)^ W 83-69 N26 Oakland (FSS) W 77-50 N30 2-at No. 20 Georgetown (ESPN)^ L 37-36 D5 at Virginia (ESPN3)^ L 46-38 D13 No. 23 Wichita State (FSS) W 69-60 D18 Presbyterian (SS) W 78-62 D21 Western Carolina (FSS) W 66-52 D29 Xavier (ESPNU)^ W 51-47 J4 Memphis (ESPN2)^ L 85-80 J9 Ole Miss* (SEC Network) L 92-74 J12 at Alabama* (ESPN2)^ L 68-65 J15 at Kentucky* (ESPN)^ L 75-65 J19 Mississippi State* (SEC Network) W 72-57 J24 at No. 23 Ole Miss* (ESPN2)^ L 62-56 J26 Alabama* (ESPN2)^ W 54-53 J29 Vanderbilt* (ESPNU)^ W 58-57 F2 at Arkansas* (ESPN)^ L 73-60 F6 Georgia* (SEC Network)^ L 68-62 F10 at South Carolina* (FSS) W 66-61 F13 at Vanderbilt* (SEC Network)^ W 58-46 F16 No. 25 Kentucky* (CBS) W 88-58 F19 LSU* (ESPNU)^ W 82-72 F23 at Texas A&M* (SEC Network)^ 4OT W 93-85 F26 No. 8 Florida* (ESPN)^ W 64-58 M2 at Georgia* (SEC Network)^ L 78-68 M6 at Auburn* (CSS) W 82-75 M9 Missouri* (ESPN)^ W 64-62 M14 vs. Mississippi State (SEC Network)^ W 69-53 M15 vs. Alabama (ESPNU)^ 3:30 p.m. Schedule Key 1-Puerto Rico Tip-Off (Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamón, Puerto Rico); 2-SEC/Big East Challenge (Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.); 3-SEC Tournament (Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.) *Southeastern Conference Game; CSS-Comcast Sports Southeast; FSS-FOX Sports South; SS-SportSouth; ^-Available through the WatchESPN app on smartphones and tablets All Times Eastern; Opponent Rankings are AP
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