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TENNESSEE (17-11, 9-7 SEC) at AUBURN (9-20, 3-13 SEC) MARCH 6 » AUBURN ARENA » AUBURN, ALA.

GAME 29

THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE

17-11, 9-7 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 36-26 (2nd yr) 97-67 (5th yr) UTsports.com

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ITEMS OF NOTE

AUBURN

Record 9-20, 3-13 SEC Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Tony Barbee Record at School 35-56 (3rd yr) Career Record 117-108 (7th yr) Website AuburnTigers.com

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tennessee leads, 71-37 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 43-7 In Auburn: Auburn leads, 26-22 Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 6-4 Current Streak: Tennessee has won four straight Last Meeting: Tennessee won 64-49 in Knoxville (1/28/12) Martin vs. Barbee: Martin leads, 1-0

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...  Give the Vols a five-game win streak in the series  Give the Vols two consecutive victories at Auburn  Give the Vols at least 10 SEC victories for the seventh time in the last 10 years.  Put Cuonzo Martin just two victories shy of his 100th career win as a head coach

¢ If the SEC Tournament started today, Tennessee would be the No. 7 seed and would face 10thseeded Vanderbilt on the event’s second day. ¢ The Vols are tied in the standings with Arkansas, but the Razorbacks hold the tiebreaker over UT because they won this season’s only matchup between the programs (Feb. 2). ¢ Wednesday’s game matches the nation’s firstand fourth-highest-scoring coaching staffs. Tennessee’s four full-time coaches scored an unmatched 5,381 points as collegians. See Page 4. ¢ When these teams met last season in Knoxville, Tennessee held the Tigers to just 49 points while logging the 1,500th win in program history. ¢ Over the last five games, SEC Player of the Year candidate Jordan McRae may be the hottest player in America. In those contests, he is shooting .535 from the field, .636 from 3-point range (21-for-33) and .840 at the foul line while averaging 26.8 points and 6.0 rebounds. ¢ Among players from the six “major” conferences, McRae’s 19.4 points in league games rank tied for fifth in the nation. See Page 3 for top-five list. ¢ Sophomore power forward Jarnell Stokes is the SEC’s top rebounder, and averages a doubledouble in SEC play (13.3 ppg, 10.5 rpg). ¢ In SEC play, Tennessee ranks fourth in the league with a .444 team field-goal percentage. ¢ UT’s SOS is rated 20th by Sagarin and 29th by ESPN.com. The Vols have faced 10 teams in the top 100 of the official NCAA RPI this season. ¢ Tennessee currently ranks seventh nationally in average home attendance (17,104).

PROBABLE STARTERS 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. 11.8 2.8 4.0 apg 6-5 178 Jr. Midway, Ga. 16.0 4.0 .375 3FG% 6-6 188 So. Edmond, Okla. 7.6 4.3 .480 FG% 6-5 203 Fr. Kennesaw, Ga. 2.2 2.5 0.6 bpg 6-8 270 So. Memphis, Tenn. 12.4 9.2 .532 FG%

Auburn G 23 Frankie Sullivan G 11 Josh Wallace G 5 Shaquille Johnson F 2 Allen Payne C 41 Rob Chubb

Ht. 6-1 5-10 6-5 6-6 6-10

Wt. Yr. Hometown 206 Sr. Uniontown, Ala. 170 Sr. Pensacola, Fla. 210 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga. 215 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio 250 Sr. Peachtree City, Ga.

PPG RPG OTHER 14.1 4.0 2.8 apg 3.7 2.0 2.8 apg 5.7 3.1 .416 FG% 7.9 4.7 1.2 spg 8.8 6.7 2.4 orpg

THE RECORD

2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD Overall Record:

17-11

SEC 9-7 Non-conference 8-4 Home 12-3 Away 3-7 NEUTRAL 2-1

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) 9:05 p.m. M9 Missouri* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ 4 p.m. M13-17 SEC Tournament 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.); *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

EXPERIENCE THE ACTION TELEVISION

 CSS  Matt Stewart (PxP)  Daymeon Fishback (analyst)  Jimmy Lee Starling Jr. (producer)

RADIO

 Vol Network  Bob Kesling (PxP)  Bert Bertelkamp (analyst)

SATELLITE RADIO

 XM  Channel 199 (home feed)

ONLINE UTsports.com  Free audio stream only  WatchESPN.com  Free TV stream

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