2015-16 Tennessee Men's Basketball Media Guide

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OUTLOOK 1-8

PLAYERS

Record vs. All Opponents Record vs. Conferences All-Time Series Results Exhibition Results & Longest Win Streaks Milestones & Overtime Results Preseason/Holiday Tournaments Year-by-Year Results In The Polls vs. Ranked Opponents

71-112

SEC Tournament Results NCAA Tournament & NIT Results NCAA Tournament Superlatives Postseason Game Records NCAA Tournament Individual Records NCAA Tournament Game Recaps

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Program History Head Coaching History All-Time Lettermen All-Time Assistant Coaches & Support Staff Lettermen by Hometown Incoming Transfer History Multi-Sport Student-Athletes All-Time Record Breakdown All-Time Player Statistics Thompson-Boling Arena Pratt Pavilion Legend of the Volunteer

MEDIA INFO 250 251 252 253 254

UT Media Relations Practice Coverage Guidelines Southeastern Conference Vol Network Area Information & Compliance

249-254

MEDIA INFO

72-73 74-75 76-91 92 93 94-95 96-109 110-111 111-112

168-169 170 171 172-173 174 175-194

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RESULTS

49-70

POSTSEASON 167-194

POSTSEASON

Results Statistics Highs & Lows Team Game-by-Game Comparison Superlatives Box Scores & Game Recaps SEC Standings / Honors

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

2014-15 REVIEW 50 51 52 53 54 55-70 70

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Head Coach Rick Barnes Associate Head Coach Rob Lanier Assistant Coach Chris Ogden Assistant Coach Desmond Oliver Strength & Conditioning Coach Garrett Medenwald Athletic Trainer Chad Newman Video Coordinator Riley Davis Director of Basketball Operations Mary-Carter Kniffen Assistant to the Head Coach Kyle Condon Graduate Managers Student Managers & Athletic Trainers University Administration Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Dave Hart Athletics Administration

151-166

152-156 157 158 159 160 161 162-163 164-165 166

RECORDS

28-31 32-33 34-35 36-37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46-47 48

HONORS

RESULTS

STAFF

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Team Single-Game Records Team Single-Season Records Scoring Records Rebounding Records Double-Double Records Offensive Rebounding Records Field Goal Records Free Throw Records 3-Point Field Goal Records Assists Records Assist/Turnover Ratio Records Blocked Shot Records Steals Records Playing Experience Records Attendance Records Yearly Top-Five Scorers Year-by-Year Team Totals 1,000-Point Club Thompson-Boling Arena Records Alternate Uniform History / 100-Point Games

REVIEW

Kyle Alexander / Devon Baulkman Devon Baulkman Lucas Campbell / Robert Hubbs III Robert Hubbs III Ray Kasongo / Jabari McGhee Jabari McGhee / Armani Moore Armani Moore Armani Moore / Detrick Mostella Detrick Mostella Shembari Phillips / Kevin Punter Jr. Kevin Punter Jr. Derek Reese Derek Reese Admiral Schofield / Lamonté Turner Brad Woodson Individual Game-by-Game Stats

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114 115 116-118 119-120 121 122-123 124 125 126-127 128-129 130-131 132-133 134-135 136 137 138-139 140-141 142-147 148-149 150

STAFF

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24-26

RECORDS

PLAYERS

2 Roster 3 Schedule & Quick Facts 4-5 Position-by-Position Breakdown 6-8 Notes

OUTLOOK

CONTENTS

CREDITS

Editor: Tom Satkowiak (please send edits to tomsid@tennessee.edu) Editorial Assistance: Kellen Hiser, 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: Tennessee began a multi-year apparel contract with Nike on July 1, 2015.

Printing: CCM Communications of Nashville, Tenn.

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OUTLOOK ROSTER

ALPHABETICAL No. Name 11 Kyle Alexander 34 Devon Baulkman 24^ Lucas Campbell 3 Robert Hubbs III 2 Ray Kasongo 21 Jabari McGhee 4 Armani Moore 15 Detrick Mostella 25 Shembari Phillips 0 Kevin Punter 23 Derek Reese 5 Admiral Schofield 1# Lamonté Turner 32^ Brad Woodson ^ walk-on

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Pos. F G G G F F F G G G F F G G

Ht. 6-9 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-8 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-7 6-5 6-2 6-0

Wt. 215 200 180 207 245 207 217 175 190 190 230 240 190 180

Cl. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. R-Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

NUMERICAL

Hometown (Previous School) Milton, Ontario (Orangeville Prep) Bainbridge, Ga. (Gulf Coast State College [Fla.]) Knoxville, Tenn. (Christian Academy of Knoxville) Newbern, Tenn. (Dyer County HS) Toronto, Ontario (College of Southern Idaho) Albany, Ga. (Hargrave Military Academy [Va.]) Kennesaw, Ga. (Mt. Paran Christian School) Decatur, Ala. (Notre Dame Prep [Mass.])

Atlanta, Ga. (Wheeler HS) Bronx, N.Y. (State Fair Community College [Mo.]) Orlando, Fla. (Olympia HS) Zion, Ill. (Zion-Benton Township HS) Florence, Ala. (IMG Academy [Fla.]) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Riverdale HS)

No. Name 0 Kevin Punter 1# Lamonté Turner 2 Ray Kasongo 3 Robert Hubbs III 4 Armani Moore 5 Admiral Schofield 11 Kyle Alexander 15 Detrick Mostella 21 Jabari McGhee 23 Derek Reese 24^ Lucas Campbell 25 Shembari Phillips 32^ Brad Woodson 34 Devon Baulkman

Pos. Cl. G Sr. G Fr. F So. G Jr. F Sr. F Fr. F Fr. G So. F R-Fr. F Sr. G Fr. G Fr. G Fr. G Sr.

will redshirt

BASKETBALL STAFF Name Rick Barnes Rob Lanier Chris Ogden Desmond Oliver Garrett Medenwald Chad Newman Riley Davis Mary-Carter Kniffen Kyle Condon Tom Satkowiak Janet Reynolds

Position Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Strength & Conditioning Coach Athletic Trainer Video Coordinator Director of Basketball Operations Assistant to the Head Coach Media Relations Director Administrative Specialist

Year 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 20th 1st 1st 7th 8th 15th

Alma Mater Lenoir-Rhyne, 1977 St. Bonaventure, 1990 Texas, 2004 Dominican College, 1992 Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2013 Tennessee, 1994 Texas, 2011 Tennessee, 2011 Tennessee, 2013 Tennessee, 2002

PRONUNCIATION

Devon Baulkman (DEV-in BAWK-mihn) Ray Kasongo (kuh-SAHN-go) Rob Lanier (luh-NEER) Garrett Medenwald (MAY-dihn-wald) Armani Moore (ahr-MAHN-ee) Detrick Mostella (DEE-trick moss-TELL-uh) Shembari Phillips (shem-BAR-ee) Lamonté Turner (luh-MAHN-tay)

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SCHEDULE/QUICK FACTS

Television Time SEC Network+^ 7 p.m.

SEC Network+^ 7 p.m.

ESPNU^ 7 p.m.

SEC Network+^ 7 p.m.

SEC Network^ Noon SEC Network^ 7 p.m.

American Sports Network ~9 p.m.

TBD Noon or 2:30 p.m.

FOX Sports 1 2:30 p.m.

SEC Network+^ 7 p.m.

ESPNU^ 11 p.m.

SEC Network+^ 7 p.m.

ESPNU^ 7 p.m.

CBS# 2 p.m.

ESPN2^ 7 p.m.

SEC Network^ 1 p.m.

SEC Network^ 7 p.m.

SEC Network^ 3:30 p.m.

SEC Network^ 9 p.m.

SEC Network^ Noon SEC Network^ 9 p.m.

ESPN2^ 2 p.m.

ESPN/ESPNU/SEC Network^ 7 p.m.

SEC Network^ 8 p.m.

SEC Network^ 7 p.m.

SEC Network^ 3 p.m.

ESPN/ESPN2^ 7 p.m. or 8 p.m.

ESPNU^ 5:30 p.m.

SEC Network^ 9 p.m.

SEC Network^ 7:30 p.m.

SEC Network^ 7 p.m.

SEC Network^ Noon SEC Network/ESPN^

STAFF REVIEW RESULTS RECORDS

NCAA First Round (Dayton, Ohio) NCAA Second & Third Rounds (Denver, Colo. / Des Moines, Iowa / Providence, R.I. / Raleigh, N.C.) NCAA Second & Third Rounds (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Oklahoma City, Okla. / Spokane, Wash. / St. Louis, Mo.) NCAA Regionals (Anaheim, Calif. / Louisville, Ky.) NCAA Regionals (Chicago, Ill. / Philadelphia, Pa.) NCAA Final Four (Houston)

HONORS

March 15-16 March 17 & 19 March 18 & 20 March 24 & 26 March 25 & 27 April 2 & 4

Site Knoxville Knoxville Atlanta, Ga. Knoxville Knoxville Knoxville Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y. Indianapolis, Ind. Knoxville Seattle, Wash.

Knoxville Knoxville Auburn, Ala. Knoxville Knoxville Athens, Ga. Starkville, Miss.

Knoxville Knoxville Tuscaloosa, Ala. Fort Worth, Texas Knoxville Fayetteville, Ark. Knoxville Columbia, Mo. Lexington, Ky. Knoxville Columbia, S.C. Knoxville Nashville, Tenn.

Knoxville Nashville, Tenn.

PLAYERS

Date Day Opponent Nov. 6 Fri. Alabama-Huntsville (exhib) Nov. 13 Fri. UNC Asheville Nov. 16 Mon. at Georgia Tech Nov. 19 Thur.

Marshall Nov. 22 Sun. 1-Gardner-Webb Nov. 24 Tues.

1-Army West Point Nov. 27 Fri. 2-vs. George Washington Nov. 28 Sat. 2-vs. Cincinnati or Nebraska Dec. 12 Sat. at Butler Dec. 16 Wed. Florida Atlantic Dec. 19 Sat. 3-vs. Gonzaga Dec. 22 Tues.

ETSU Dec. 29 Tues.

Tennessee State Jan. 2 Sat. at Auburn* Jan. 6 Wed. Florida* Jan. 9 Sat. Texas A&M* Jan. 13 Wed. at Georgia* Jan. 16 Sat. at Mississippi State* Jan. 20 Wed. Vanderbilt* Jan. 23 Sat. South Carolina* Jan. 26 Tues. at Alabama* Jan. 30 Sat. 4-at TCU Feb. 2 Tues.

Kentucky* Feb. 6 Sat. at Arkansas* Feb. 9 Tues.

Auburn* Feb. 13 Sat. at Missouri* Feb. 18 Thur. at Kentucky* Feb. 20 Sat. LSU* Feb. 24 Wed. at South Carolina* Feb. 27 Sat. Arkansas* March 1 Tues. at Vanderbilt* March 5 Sat. Ole Miss* March 9-13 SEC Tournament

OUTLOOK

SCHEDULE

POSTSEASON

Key 1-Barclays Center Classic (Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.)

2-Barclays Center Classic (Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York City) 3-Battle in Seattle (KeyArena, Seattle, Wash.)

4-Big 12/SEC Challenge presented by Sonic * Southeastern Conference Game ^ Also available through WatchESPN and streamed through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One. # Also available on CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports mobile app and mobile website.

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QUICK FACTS MEDIA RELATIONS Basketball SID: Tom Satkowiak Office: 865-974-7501 Cell: 865-696-2897 E-mail: tomsid@tennessee.edu Twitter: @TomSatkowiak Secondary Contact: Kellen Hiser Office: 865-974-1131 Cell: 307-760-8261 E-mail: KellenHiser@utk.edu Twitter: @toKelwithit Team Twitter/Instagram: @Vol_Hoops Media Relations Fax: 865-974-9496 Scorer’s Table Phone: 865-974-0110 SID Mailing Address: P.O. Box 15016, Knoxville, TN 37901

HEAD COACH Head Coach: Rick Barnes (Lenoir-Rhyne, 1977) Record at Tennessee: 0-0 (First Year) Career Record: 604-314 (28 Years) .586 Pct. Basketball Office Phone: 865-974-1207

MEDIA INFO

THE BASICS Location: Knoxville, Tenn.

Founded: 1794 Enrollment: 27,410 Colors: Orange & White Nickname: Volunteers Mascot: Smokey Conference: Southeastern Name: Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) 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

2014-15 RECAP 2014-15 Overall Record: 16-16 Home / Away / Neutral: 9-7 / 5-5 / 2-4 SEC Record: 7-11 Home / Away / Neutral: 2-7 / 5-4 / 0-0 SEC Finish: 10th Final Ranking (AP / USA Today): NR / NR

2015-16 ROSTER DATA Starters Returning / Lost: 3 / 1 Overnight Address: Other Players Returning / Lost: 4 / 6 1551 Lake Loudoun Blvd. Scholarship Newcomers: 5 Room AG007 Knoxville, TN 37996

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POSITION-BY-POSITION OUTLOOK

As the calendar flipped to September, we sat down with veteran associate head coach Rob Lanier for an in-depth, position-byposition breakdown of the 2015-16 Tennessee roster.

POINT GUARD “We’re still exploring all of the options we have, but we do have options. It all starts with the guys who have experience there—in particular seniors Kevin Punter Jr. (10.3 ppg, 1.9 apg, .352 3FG) and Armani Moore (10.3 ppg, 2.2 apg, 6.8 rpg). Both guys are tough, ball-handlers who have experience making decisions and competing at this level. So, more than any of them being quote-unquote ‘true point guards,’ it has more to do with the trust that you have in those guys as leaders. That’s what the point guard position is all about— leadership. So those are the guys we expect to play leadership roles who have a good enough skill-set, and enough experience, to play the play the position in the capacity that we will ask of them. We’re not going to ask them to be anything that they’re not as players. But within their capabilities, they can do the things we will ask of them inside our system. “(True freshman and fall enrollee) Lamonté Turner is a guy who has more of the traditional skill-set of a classic point guard in terms of ball-handling and playmaking ability. He’s a scorer; he’s a guy who can really shoot the ball and score well. But he has more of the prototypical skill-set that you would associate with the position. But he’s also a guy who can play off the ball some because of his ability to shoot the ball. One of the things we really like about our team is that there’s a lot of versatility from the 1, 2 and 3—and even at the 4.

So we have a lot of interchangeable parts. (Lamonté) adds to that, because he can play on and off the ball—as can KP and Armani. And I would add (true freshman) Shembari Phillips to that. As long as we simplify things, his skill-set does suggest that he can be a ‘primary ball-handler’ more than a ‘point-guard,’ per se, but he has the ball skills to get from Point A to Point B. He too, is a scorer by nature— he’s a very good shooter—and a very good athlete. He’s a guy who could take on some ball-handling duties as well.”

NOTE: On Sept. 28, it was announced that Turner had been denied clearance through the NCAA Eligibility Center. He is ineligible to compete or travel with the team in 2015-16, but he can participate in practice.

WINGS “The 2 and 3 (in our system) are totally interchangeable. In terms of the makeup of our team, we’ve got guys who will play all three

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spots (including point guard). I think KP and Armani are great examples. We’re going to ask a lot of Armani. He will do everything 1-4 for the most part, and he’ll play some 1 from the 4. But those two wing positions are interchangeable, and we like our depth there.

Because we’ve got some interchangeable parts, we can play a big perimeter lineup with KP, Armani, junior Robert Hubbs III (7.2 ppg, .333 3FG) and senior Devon Baulkman (4.7 ppg, .382 3FG). Those guys all can play both wing spots. They can all shoot the basketball, and they’re all very good athletes. We could have any of those guys on the floor, or we could have all four of them on the floor together.

So we do have some versatility there.

“In sophomore Detrick Mostella (3.4 ppg), we have a guy who is really a 2-guard. He’s a guy who you can probably fit into that box. But he’s a guy who can really score the basketball and is a tremendous athlete. We think there’s a lot to tap into there. And we also think there’s a lot to tap into with Baulkman. There’s a lot of untapped-into production, if you will, in DB, Robert Hubbs and Detrick Mostella. We think we have three guys there who are potential double-digit guys in terms of point production. And that excites us, because we walked in here (in the spring) not really knowing what we had. As we’ve gone through the off-season and preseason, we’re discovering we’ve got some talented perimeter guys.

“We could also use true freshman Admiral Schofield at the 3-spot. With his size, strength and ability to shoot the ball, he could potentially be most effective at the 4. But again, there’s some versatility there.

“True freshman walk-on Brad Woodson has been a real pleasant surprise, because the first day he walked on the floor this summer, his ball was going in the basket. He is a competent basketball player; he knows the game. There are some times where maybe, athletically, he doesn’t necessarily equal these other guys on the floor, but he’s not overwhelmed. That was really the case from day one when he got out there, because he can really shoot the basketball, he’s pretty smart, doesn’t try to do things he can’t do. But he’s a pretty efficient guy for someone who’s walking on, came in in the summertime and still has been pretty effective when you consider he doesn’t have experience at this level. He’s really a big-time shooter. So he’s been a pleasant surprise.”

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ROBERT HUBBS III

PLAYERS STAFF REVIEW

BIGGEST AREA OF STRENGTH WITH THIS ROSTER “Versatility—on the wings in particular. We do have a healthy group of guys who are capable outside shooters. And then we have pretty good skill at the 2, 3 and 4. There’s a potential for real effectiveness as a team whenever you can really shoot the ball. And we think we’ve got the potential to do that very well. We don’t have depth up front in terms of size. We do have some guys who can take on the ball-handling duties, but as we are constructed right now, we don’t have true point-guard depth. Normally, when you play small, it’s because the strength of your backcourt allows you to do so. That’s something that we have to develop as the year goes on.”

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NOTE: McGhee suffered a season-ending foot injury that required surgery after appearing in Tennessee’s first eight games (two starts) as a true freshman last year.

POSTSEASON

“Redshirt freshman Jabari McGhee’s (4.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg) No. 1 strength is that knows who he is—he is an undersized post player.

And in order to compensate for a lack of size, you have to have a high motor, a level of toughness and he has those things. Our expectation is that he will be a guy who will be effective in that role.”

“True freshman Kyle Alexander is a big ball of clay. We all know that he doesn’t have a lot of experience in the game, but he’s been a fun guy to coach because you can really see that he’s hungry, that he picks things up quickly and he’s the poster boy for a kid who has come into college basketball with zero entitlement. Because of that, he’s fun to coach. You can see in him that he wants to be good. He’s realistic about where he is right now, and his approach to the game is really pure. He runs, he goes to the offensive glass every time a shot is taken, and he’s got touch. He can finish around the basket.

He’s obviously athletic. It’s exciting. We don’t know how soon he’s going to be able to be productive and contribute, but we do know that time is coming. There’s going to come a time when the lights do come on, and we’re going to see a special player. We truly believe Kyle has a chance to be special at some point, but right now it’s just been a matter of chipping away at it, and it’s been a fun process.”

HONORS

“Senior Derek Reese (6.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg) is a another guy who… we’re going to have to play some different and unconventional lineups because of his athleticism and his physical gifts. We can use him at the 4 and the 5. I think one of the things that is probably underrated about Derek—and maybe sometimes he doesn’t even realize it—is that he’s got a really good feel for the game as a passer and a playmaker from the 4-spot. He’s a good ball-mover. He probably would benefit from being very selective when it comes to shot attempts. He could really become a much more efficient player if he streamlines his game and becomes better at shot selection and puts more value in offensive rebounding, running the floor and hustle plays in general. Just having him wear that hard hat a little bit more is something we’re going to try to get him to focus on.

starts with the fact that he can learn a lot from Jabari—getting that motor going and wearing that hard hat a little bit more and putting more value in those areas. Because Ray is a guy who will be able to make enough plays just by accident, if his effort level is high, than most guys because he has so many natural gifts. He’s got a lot to learn, he’s a great kid and he’s in a good place right now in terms of really grasping what we’re asking him to become.

RECORDS

“Well, we just mentioned Admiral as a guy who can be most effective at the 4. He’s a guy who can really shoot the ball from the perimeter. He’s done a great job getting himself into big-time shape, and he’s still on that journey, but you can see it coming. So we like the possibilities there, because he’s got a chance to be an effective guy, stretching the floor. Armani, of course, is a guy who we think can be a matchup problem for people, because he can shoot the ball, he can handle it very well, he’s an excellent decision maker and he’s an all-around tough, competitive kid. He’s a guy who—in terms of the way the game is being played nowadays—really fits into that 4 spot comfortably. Even though he may be undersized, he’s tough enough to take that challenge on defensively. And he’s skilled and tough enough, offensively, to create problems for people.

RESULTS

4-MAN (POWER FORWARD)

5-MAN (CENTER) “Sophomore junior-college transfer Ray Kasongo (6.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.2 bpg for College of Southern Idaho) is supremely athletic. He has eye-popping athleticism. We were doing this drill recently with the heavy ball, where you just have to continuously dunk the ball, and everybody in the gym stopped. I was working with the guards on the opposite end of the court, and they’re all looking at Ray at the other end and watching him do this drill. It was ridiculous. Ray is in the early stages of really developing his game in terms of taking that great athleticism that he has and being able to translate that into the kind of production he’s capable of having someday. And it

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NOTES ROSTER BREAKDOWN • The Vols’ 2015-16 roster features 14 players (12 scholarship studentathletes) representing six states as well as Ontario, Canada.

• There are three Vols who hail from the state of Tennessee, four from Georgia, and a pair of players are from Alabama. Florida, Illinois and New York also are represented.

• Tennessee has four seniors, one junior, two sophomores and seven freshmen (including one redshirt freshman).

• Eleven Vols stand 6-5 or shorter, and three players are 6-6 or taller.

• For the first time since the 1995-96 season, UT has just three players listed at 6-7 or taller. And this is the first year since 2011-12 that the Vols have no players taller than 6-9 on the roster.

ANNIVERSARIES • The 2015-16 season marks the 80th anniversary of Tennessee’s first-ever SEC Championship in any sport. Head coach Blair Gullion’s 1935-36 team, led by All-American center Harry Anderson, All-SEC forward Floyd “Biggy” Marshall and talented guard Gene Johnson, finished with a final record of 15-6 (8-4 SEC) that year. In the postseason, the Vols defeated Auburn, Kentucky and Alabama to win the SEC Tournament in Knoxville. That year also marked the final season of the old center-jump rule, with a jump ball taking place after every made field goal.

• Sixty years ago, during the 1955-56 campaign, first-team All-SEC performer Carl Widseth made a school-record 222 free throws. His 288 free-throw attempts that year also still stand as a Tennessee single-season record.

• Jan. 24, 2016, marks the 50-year anniversary of the best singlegame team rebounding performance in Tennessee history. The Vols pulled down an incredible 84 rebounds during a 121-42 thumping of the University of Mexico in Knoxville (Jan. 24, 1966).

• This season signals the 10-year anniversary of SEC all-time 3-point king Chris Lofton’s most prolific campaign from beyond the arc.

Lofton made a school-record 3.8 3-pointers per game as a sophomore that year, and his nine 3-pointers made at Georgia on Feb. 11, 2006, remain the most in a single game in UT history.

VOLS LOOKING TO EXTEND 10-YEAR STREAK OF TOP-15 ATTENDANCE • Tennessee finished 13th nationally in average regular-season home attendance last year, drawing an average of 15,064 fans to 16 games at Thompson-Boling Arena.

• The Vols have ranked among the top 15 in men’s college basketball attendance for 10 consecutive years, including six seasons ranked in the top five nationally.

• Tennessee has played in front of 50 home crowds larger than 20,000 over the last 10 seasons.

SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING SHOWS PASSION OF TENNESSEE FAN BASE • Tennessee joins Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Wisconsin as the only men’s basketball programs in America that rank among the national top 10 in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram followers.

• The official Tennessee team Twitter account, @Vol_Hoops, is the 10th-most followed collegiate men’s basketball team account in the nation, with more than 71,000 followers.

• Tennessee’s Instagram account (also @Vol_Hoops) is the fifth most popular among NCAA basketball teams, boasting more than 19,800 followers.

• And on Facebook, the Tennessee team page ranks ninth nationally with more than 154,000 “likes.”

• Those three social media platforms combine to total more than 244,000 socially engaged Vol fan accounts.

MOORE, PUNTER AND REESE READY FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES • The senior trio of Armani Moore, Kevin Punter and Derek Reese are poised to collectively fill the leadership void left by the departure of NBA Draft pick Josh Richardson this season.

• Moore is Tennessee’s returning leader in seven individual statistical categories, including scoring and rebounding. See chart on next page.

• Moore started all 32 games last season, while Punter started all but one. Both averaged 10.3 points while playing more than 30 minutes per game.

• Reese appeared in every game for the Vols last season, making 11 starts. He averaged 6.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in 25.3 minutes per game.

VOLS HOPE FOR HUBBS, MOSTELLA TO EMERGE ON THE WING • The Tennessee coaching staff hopes to see junior guard Robert Hubbs III and sophomore guard Detrick Mostella to emerge into reliable contributors on the wing this season.

• Both talented and explosive players have shown flashes of highscoring potential during their short careers as Vols.

• Hubbs averaged 7.2 points per game last season, but he scored 15 or more points four times on the year, (twice vs. Arkansas, at Georgia and vs. Vanderbilt).

• Mostella’s freshman scoring average stood at just 3.4 points per game, but he erupted for 17 vs. VCU and 13 vs. Kansas.

SEVEN SCHOLARSHIP RETURNERS TO BLEND WITH FIVE SCHOLARSHIP NEWCOMERS • Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes’ first season on Rocky Top signals the addition of five scholarship newcomers • The Vols return seven scholarship players: senior guard Devon Baulkman and Kevin Punter, senior forwards Armani Moore and Derek Reese, junior guard Robert Hubbs III, sophomore guard Detrick Mostella and redshirt freshman forward Jabari McGhee.

McGhee appeared in only eight games last season, as his debut campaign was cut short by a foot injury that required surgery.

• Tennessee natives and true freshmen guards Brad Woodson and Lucas Campbell joined the program as a walk-ons.

RETURNERS HAVE NOT BEEN RELIED UPON FOR SCORING • This season marks the first time since 1996-97 that Tennessee enters the year with no players who have scored at least 550 career Division I points.

• Tennessee’s top returning career scorer is senior Armani Moore, whose three-year points total stands at 504.

• Brandon Wharton was the top returning scorer on former coach Kevin O’Neill’s 1996-97 Tennessee squad, and he entered that campaign with a one-year total of 366 points. In each of the 18 seasons since then, UT’s top returning scorer had at least 550 career points to his credit.

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BARNES HAS ENJOYED SUCCESS IN YEAR ONE

WHAT RETURNS? WHEN IT COMES TO STATS...

POSTSEASON

Statistic ‘14-15 Returning Lost % Return Scoring 2,025 1,367 658 .675 Field Goals 725 482 243 .665 3-Pt. FGs 194 148 46 .763 Free Throws 381 255 126 .669 Rebounding 1,040 675 259 .649 Assists 350 219 131 .626 Blocked Shots 108 64 44 .593 Steals 247 165 82 .668 Minutes 6,425 4,510 1,915 .702 Starts 160 104 56 .650

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WHEN IT COMES TO STATS LEADERS...

Category Stat Leader Scoring 10.31 Moore Field Goals 125 Moore Field Goal % .445 Moore 3-Pt. FGs 43 Punter 3-Pt. FG % .382 Baulkman Free Throws 74 Moore Free Throw % .795 Baulkman Rebounding 6.8 ^Moore Assists 2.2 Moore Blocked Shots 1.2 ^Moore Steals 1.6 Punter Minutes 31.0 Punter

MEDIA INFO

• Rick Barnes’ commitment to his players’ academic achievement cannot be overstated. His teams have posted a perfect 1,000 score in each of the last five multi-year APR reports, as well as perfect single-year APR scores every year dating to 2005-06.

• A total of 28 Tennessee men’s basketball players have graduated in the last seven years. Those players are: Josh Bone, Galen Campbell, Quinn Cannington, Quinton Chievous, Ryan Childress, Wayne Chism, D’Montre Edwards, John Fields, Melvin Goins, Kenny Hall, Tony Harris, Michael Hubert, Brandon Lopez, Justin Jackson, Chris Lofton, Jeronne Maymon, Skylar McBee, Jordan McRae, Dwight Miller, Rob Murphy, Steven Pearl, J.P. Prince, Josh Richardson, Tyler Summitt, Cameron Tatum, C.J. Watson, Tanner Wild and Renaldo Woolridge.

• Of those 28 Vol graduates in the last seven years, 16 went on to sign professional basketball contracts and two have gone into coaching.

• Anyone. Anytime. Anywhere. That is Rick Barnes’ approach to building Tennessee’s non-conference schedule. Barnes believes that if you want to be considered an elite, national program, you have to play an ambitious national schedule.

• In his first season with the Volunteers, Barnes will take his team on the road to face Gonzaga (Seattle), Georgia Tech (Atlanta), Butler (Indianapolis) and TCU (Fort Worth). Tennessee also will play two games at the Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn, New York, at Thanksgiving.

• Barnes’ scheduling philosophy has proven effective as it relates to garnering NCAA Tournament berths. In his 28 seasons as a head coach, his teams have made the tournament 22 times and have posted an average year-end RPI of 38.4.

HONORS

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

BARNES BUILDING AMBITIOUS NATIONAL SCHEDULE

RECORDS

• Tennessee this season is faced with the tall task of replacing versatile and productive guard Josh Richardson, who graduated in May and was selected by the Miami Heat in the second round of the NBA Draft in June.

• Richardson started all 32 games at point guard last season and led the Vols in scoring (16.0 ppg), field-goal percentage (.461), free-throw percentage (.798), assists (3.6 apg), steals (2.1 spg) and minutes played (36.3 mpg).

• He accounted for 25.3 percent of the Vols’ scoring last season, 32.9 percent of the team’s assists, 25.3 percent of the team’s total field goals made, 23.7 percent of the team’s 3-pointers made and 27.1 percent of the team’s steals.

• After averaging 11.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game with the Heat’s NBA Summer League teams in Orlando and Las Vegas, Richardson signed a three-year contract with Miami on Aug. 3.

• Tennessee began an eight-year apparel and sponsorship agreement with Nike on July 1, 2015. The Vols revealed their three new Nike uniforms that same day (White, Orange, Smokey Grey).

RESULTS

REPLACING RICHARDSON WILL BE COLLECTIVE EFFORT

VOLS WELCOME NIKE BACK TO ROCKY TOP

REVIEW

• At his four previous head coaching stops, Rick Barnes has averaged 18 wins in his first year guiding a program.

• Over the last five years in the SEC, men’s basketball teams with first-year head coaches have averaged 14.9 wins.

• Barnes’ highest first-year win total was 20, which he attained as a rookie head coach at George Mason in 1987-88. His lowest first-year wins total was 15; that occurred in 1994-95 at Clemson.

Barnes guided Providence to 18 victories during his first year there in 1988-89, and his 1998-99 Texas squad totaled 19 wins.

• His debut campaigns at Providence and Texas both ended with trips to the NCAA Tournament.

• In three of the aforementioned seasons, Barnes managed to guide his new school to a top-50 year-end RPI: No. 29 with Providence in 1988-89; No. 33 with Clemson in 1994-95; No. 45 with Texas in 1998-99.

STAFF

• The newcomer duo of forwards Kyle Alexander and Ray Kasongo gives the Vols multiple Canadians on the same roster for the first time in program history.

• Tennessee has just one letterman from Canada in the program’s history. Hamilton, Ontario, native Bobby Croft starred as a Vol from 1967-70 and was a first-team All-SEC selection as a senior.

• Kasongo is a sophomore who played at the College of Southern Idaho last season. He is a native of Toronto, Ontario. Alexander, a true freshman, hails from Milton, Ontario, which is about a onehour drive southwest of Toronto.

• Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes boasts an impressive history of signing and developing Canadian standouts, including Cory Joseph (Toronto; now plays for the Toronto Raptors), Myck Kabongo (Toronto; now plays in the NBA D-League) and Tristan Thompson (Brampton, Ontario; now plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers).

PLAYERS

PROGRAM FIRST: VOLS ROSTER FEATURES CANADIAN DUO

• After averaging just 14.7 minutes primarily off the bench last season (he started just seven games), rising senior wing Devon Baulkman could be looked upon as a player to help fill the void left by Josh Richardson’s departure.

• Baulkman was a junior-college newcomer a season ago, so now that he’s had a year to adjust to the high-major level, he could flourish as the smooth, natural scorer that he has shown flashes of during offseason workouts.

• Baulkman shot .382 from 3-point range last season (attempting just 2.1 triples per game), and he has a game similar to fellow senior Kevin Punter in that they can both shoot with range but also get to the rim at will.

OUTLOOK

BREAKOUT BREWING FOR BAULKMAN?

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NOTES ARMANI MOORE

SCHEDULING NOTES • The Rick Barnes era officially tips off when Tennessee opens the regular season Nov. 13 against UNC Asheville. Barnes is a North Carolina native, having grown up in Hickory, where he also attended college at Lenoir-Rhyne University. The Vols lead the alltime series with UNC Asheville 9-0, dating to 1997. Barnes owns a 2-2 record in head coaching debuts with a new program.

• Four current Vols will make a homecoming of sorts Nov. 16 when UT travels to their home state of Georgia to play at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Tennessee leads its all-time series with the Yellow Jackets (once members of the SEC) 42-27, dating to 1921.

• During the week of Thanksgiving, Tennessee takes part in the four-team Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn, New York. The field also includes Cincinnati, George Washington and Nebraska.

The Vols will play two games at the event (Nov. 27 and Nov. 28).

• Tennessee concludes a two-year, home-and-home contract with Butler Dec. 12 at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. UT’s all-time series with Butler is tied at 2-2, dating to 1958. Rick Barnes’ 17-year head coaching tenure at Texas ended with a loss to Butler in the second round of last season’s NCAA Tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• Tennessee makes its first trip to the West Coast since 2009 when it heads to Washington for the “Battle in Seattle” against Gonzaga. This year’s clash marks a rematch of the 2007 event, in which 11th-ranked Tennessee defeated the Bulldogs 82-72 (one of only four losses for the Zags in the event’s 12-year history).

Tennessee trails its all-time series with Gonzaga 1-2, dating to that 2007 meeting. The “Battle in Seattle” is technically a neutral-site game, as the Bulldogs’ campus is located in Spokane. The series contract calls for a return game in Nashville in 2016-17.

• Former UT assistant coach Steve Forbes (2006-11) returns to Thompson-Boling Arena as a first-year Division I head coach when his ETSU squad visits Knoxville Dec. 22. Tennessee leads its all-time series with ETSU 13-2, dating to 1945.

• Rick Barnes renews his rivalry with Texas A&M when the Aggies visit Thompson-Boling Arena Jan. 9. As a head coach, Barnes has faced Texas A&M 32 times, compiling a 25-7 (.781) record. His Texas teams went 23-7 vs. the Aggies from 1999-2015, and he also led Clemson to a 2-0 record against A&M in the mid-90s. The only teams Barnes has faced more than the Aggies are Oklahoma (41 meetings), Oklahoma State (40), Baylor (39) and Texas Tech (37).

• Rick Barnes returns to the Lone Star State when the Vols travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to face TCU Jan. 30 as part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Vols own an 11-16 all-time record against current members of the Big 12, including an 0-1 mark against TCU (a 73-59 defeat at the 1991 San Juan Shootout in Puerto Rico). Barnes, however, is a perfect 8-0 all-time against TCU.

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KENTUCKY RIVALRY RESTORED THROUGH SEC’s STRUCTURE FOR “PERMANENT OPPONENTS” • In May, the Southeastern Conference announced a new scheduling model beginning in 2015-16 that features three permanent opponents. Tennessee’s three permanent opponents are Kentucky, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

• The new scheduling format restores the historic TennesseeKentucky rivalry back to an annual home-and-home series. In 2013-14, Kentucky did not visit Knoxville for the first time since 1953. And last season, the Vols did not play in Lexington for the first time since 1953.

• Prior to this season, Tennessee’s only “permanent” (home/away) SEC opponent was in-state rival Vanderbilt.

• Each SEC team now faces the other 13 teams at least one time during league play. They will then play their three permanent opponents a second time (essentially making the permanent opponents an annual home/away matchup), and the remaining two games will be scheduled on a rotating basis.

THREE CORE PRINCIPLES • In an attempt to establish the culture that has yielded glowing results throughout his career, Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has set forth three “core principles” under which the Vols will operate: Humility, respect and responsibility.

• According to associate head coach Rob Lanier: “Number one is humility because we believe that is the mindset you need to have in order to grow and develop. You have to have an appreciation for this overall opportunity. If you have a humble nature in your approach, you’re going to treat the people you come into contact with with respect. And then lastly, if there’s one thing we want you to learn walking out of here, it’s responsibility. Because at that point, when you leave here as a young man, we want you to be able to go out into the world and take the tools that you learn here over the course of your time with us and exercise those things in the real world.”

• To go along with the three core principles, the Tennessee staff also has implemented a daily team-first mindset signified by the acronym INAM, which stands for “It’s not about me.”

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