2010-11
passion. poise. purpose. ose.
VOLUNTEERS Game 27 - OUTLIVE
Date
Opponent (TV)
N12
Chattanooga (SS)
Time/Result W 82-62
Tennessee vs. Georgia
N16
1-Belmont (ESPNU)
W 85-76
N17
1-Missouri State
W 60-56
1:05 p.m. ET Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn.
N24
2-VCU (ESPN2)
W 77-72
N26
2-No. 7 Villanova (ESPN)
W 78-68
N30
Middle Tennessee (FS South)
W 86-56
D11
3-vs. No. 3 Pittsburgh (ESPN)
W 83-76 L 89-82
D14
Oakland (ESPNU)
D17
4-at Charlotte (CBS College)
L 49-48
D21
Southern California (SS)
L 65-64
TV: The game will be televised regionally on CBS. Gus Johnson calls the action, while Bill Raftery provides analysis. Mark Wolff is the producer. Radio: The game will air on the Vol Radio Network (50-plus stations covering 28 states). Bob Kesling is in his 12th year calling the play-by-play. Former Vol Bert Bertelkamp (1977-80) joins him courtside to provide color commentary. Tim Berry is the engineer, and Glenn Thackston is the producer. A free live audio stream of the broadcast is available on UTsports.com. Tickets: Contact the Tennessee Ticket Office at 1-800-332-8657 or visit UTtix.com.
D23
Belmont (SS)
W 66-65
Tennessee
D29
UT Martin (CSS)
W 68-62
16-10, 6-5 SEC ...................................................................... Record ........................................................................17-8, 6-5 SEC
D31
College of Charleston (ESPN2)
L 91-78
NR ............................................................................................Ranking .......................................................................................... NR
J5
No. 21 Memphis (ESPN2)
Georgia
at a Glance
W 104-84
Bruce Pearl (Boston College, 1982).........................Head Coach.................Mark Fox (Eastern New Mexico, 1991)
L 68-65
142-56 (6th year) ......................................................Record at School ..................................................... 30-25 (2nd year)
OT L 81-75
459-140 (19th year) ...................................................Overall Record .......................................................153-68 (7th year)
Vanderbilt* (ESPN - College GameDay)
W 67-64
UTsports.com ..................................................................... Web Site ............................................................GeorgiaDogs.com
J18
at Georgia* (ESPNU)
W 59-57
J22
5-at No. 8 Connecticut (CBS)
J26
LSU* (SEC Network)
W 75-53
J29
at Ole Miss* (SEC Network)
W 74-57
F3
at Auburn* (ESPN2)
W 69-56
F5
Alabama* (FS South)
OT L 65-60
F8
at No. 18 Kentucky* (ESPN)
L 73-61
F12
at No. 17 Florida* (ESPN)
L 61-60
F16
South Carolina* (CSS)
F19
Georgia* (CBS)
J8
at Arkansas* (SEC Network)
J11
Florida* (ESPN)
J15
UT leads, 91-52 ..................................................................... Series ................................................................. UK leads, 144-66
L 72-61
W 73-67 1 p.m.
F22
at Vanderbilt* (ESPN)
9 p.m.
F26
Mississippi State* (ESPN)
6 p.m.
M3
at South Carolina* (ESPN/ESPN2)
7 p.m.
M6
Kentucky* (CBS)
Noon
M10-13 SEC Tournament (SEC Network/ABC) Schedule Key 1-Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn.); 2-Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.); 3-SEC/Big East Invitational (CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.); 4-at Time Warner Cable Arena; 5-at XL Center; *Southeastern Conference Game; CSS-Comcast Sports Southeast; FS South-Fox Sports South; SS-SportSouth All Times Eastern & Subject to Change; Opponent Rankings are AP
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Probable Starters Tennessee G 2 Melvin Goins G 32 Scotty Hopson G 23 Cameron Tatum F 12 Tobias Harris C 25 John Fields
Ht. 5-11 6-7 6-6 6-8 6-9
Wt. 180 200 192 226 222
Yr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr.
Hometown San Diego, Calif. Hopkinsville, Ky. Lithonia, Ga. Dix Hills, N.Y. Fayetteville, N.C.
PPG 8.0 16.8 10.2 14.2 3.1
RPG 3.2 3.4 3.3 7.4 3.4
APG 3.0 1.5 2.2 1.4 0.2
Georgia G 3 G 22 G 1 F 33 C 50
Ht. 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-10 6-8
Wt. 182 180 202 245 264
Yr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr.
Hometown Powder Springs, Ga. Nashville, Tenn. Decatur, Ga. Lithonia, Ga. Decatur, Ga.
PPG 8.1 13.0 14.0 16.2 8.9
RPG 3.1 2.6 7.2 7.6 5.2
APG 3.9 3.8 2.8 1.6 0.6
Dustin Ware Gerald Robinson Travis Leslie Trey Thompkins Jeremy Price
• This is the Tennessee basketball program’s third annual OUTLIVE game, and a white-out is planned for Thompson-Boling Arena. The Vols are 2-0 in OUTLIVE games, having defeated Florida in 2009 and Kentucky in 2010. To learn more about OUTLIVE, see Page 2. • Bruce Pearl and his family have once again purchased 3,000 OUTLIVE t-shirts to give to UT students who attend Saturday’s game. And Earlier this week, UT Athletics Director Mike Hamilton Tweeted that he would donate $1 to OUTLIVE for every new Twitter follower he gained before Saturday’s game. • Tennessee has won nine its last nine home games against Georgia, has won 14 of the last 16 in the series and holds a 10-1 edge over the Bulldogs during the Pearl era. • Saturday provides the Volunteers with an opportunity to sweep its regular-season with Georgia for the fifth time in Bruce Pearl’s six years on Rocky Top. • Bruce Pearl shook up Tennessee’s point guard rotation earlier this week. In the win over South Carolina on Wednesday, sophomore Skylar McBee served as the backup to Melvin Goins at the point. • Junior All-SEC candidate Scotty Hopson is averaging 22.5 points in UT’s last two games. The Vols are 15-4 this season when the Hopkinsville, Ky., native scores at least 15 points. • Tennessee’s average home attendance this season stands at 18,548. That ranks fourth nationally behind Kentucky, Louisville and Syracuse. • UT boasts the nation’s No. 1 “strength of schedule.” See Page 3 for a few reasons why. • Tennessee has six wins over teams in the top 50 of the most recent NCAA RPI (Pittsburgh, Villanova, Vanderbilt, Memphis, Georgia, Missouri State). • UT recently announced plans to retire Louisville, Ky., native Allan Houston’s (1990-93) No. 20 during a halftime ceremony before the March 6 Kentucky game at Thompson-Boling Arena.