2010-11
passion. poise. purpose. ose.
VOLUNTEERS Game 30
Date
Opponent (TV)
N12
Chattanooga (SS)
Time/Result W 82-62
Tennessee at South Carolina
N16
1-Belmont (ESPNU)
W 85-76
N17
1-Missouri State
W 60-56
7:02 p.m. ET Thursday, March 3, 2011 Colonial Life Arena Columbia, S.C.
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 nationally on ESPN. Rece Davis calls the action, while Mark Gottfried provides analysis. Jeff Neubarth 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 Gamecocks Athletic Ticket Office at 1-800-472-3267 or visit GamecocksOnline.com.
D23
Belmont (SS)
W 66-65
Tennessee
D29
UT Martin (CSS)
W 68-62
17-12, 7-7 SEC ...................................................................... Record ..................................................................... 14-13, 5-9 SEC
D31
College of Charleston (ESPN2)
L 91-78
NR ............................................................................................Ranking .......................................................................................... NR
J5
No. 21 Memphis (ESPN2)
South Carolina
at a Glance
W 104-84
Bruce Pearl (Boston College, 1982).........................Head Coach............... Darrin Horn (Western Kentucky, 1995)
L 68-65
143-58 (6th year) ......................................................Record at School ....................................................... 50-39 (3rd year)
OT L 81-75
460-142 (19th year) ...................................................Overall Record .......................................................161-87 (8th year)
Vanderbilt* (ESPN - College GameDay)
W 67-64
UTsports.com ..................................................................... Web Site ..................................................GamecocksOnline.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)
F22
at No. 18 Vanderbilt* (ESPN)
F26
Mississippi State* (ESPN)
M3
at South Carolina* (ESPN)
7 p.m.
M6
No. 20 Kentucky* (CBS)
Noon
J8
at Arkansas* (SEC Network)
J11
Florida* (ESPN)
J15
UT leads, 34-23 ..................................................................... Series ................................................................. UK leads, 144-66
L 72-61
W 73-67 L 69-63 W 60-51 L 70-69
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 17.6 9.4 14.3 2.9
RPG 3.3 3.4 3.3 7.6 3.3
APG 2.9 1.4 2.2 1.4 0.1
South Carolina G 23 Bruce Ellington G 12 Ramon Galloway F 30 Lakeem Jackson F 24 Damontre Harris F 44 Sam Muldrow
Ht. 5-9 6-2 6-5 6-9 6-9
Wt. 197 176 230 214 229
Yr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Sr.
Hometown Moncks Corner, S.C. Philadelphia, Pa. Charlotte, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Florence, S.C.
PPG 13.1 10.5 7.9 3.6 11.0
RPG 3.4 2.5 5.7 3.6 7.0
APG 3.3 1.7 2.6 0.4 0.3
• Tennessee has won each of its last eight meetings with South Carolina and is 9-2 against the Gamecocks during the Pearl era. • In SEC play, UT’s scoring defense is nearly seven points better on the road than at home (60.4 to 67.0). • Under head coach Bruce Pearl, the Vols have never failed to reach the 20-win mark or make the NCAA Tournament. A berth in this year’s tournament would be UT’s sixth straight—a school record. • UT boasts the nation’s No. 1 strength of schedule (RPIratings.com). See Page 3 for a few reasons why. • Tennessee has seven wins over teams in the top 50 of the most recent NCAA RPI (Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt [2x], Villanova, , Memphis, Georgia, Missouri State), and more than half of UT’s wins have come against top-100 RPI teams (11). • Junior All-SEC candidate Scotty Hopson ranks 26th on Tennessee’s career scoring list with 1,237 points. He has scored 20 or more points in six SEC games and averages 19.4 ppg in league play. • Freshman All-America candidate Tobias Harris has eight double-doubles. Among all freshmen in the six “major” conferences, he ranks third in rebounding (7.6) and tied for fourth in scoring (14.3). • SEC Sixth Man of the Year candidate Brian Williams shoots .432 from the floor and averages 5.8 ppg at home this season, but the senior center shoots .648 and averages 8.7 points on the road. • Former Tennessee and NBA great Dale Ellis (1980-83) was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Macon, Ga, last Saturday. Ellis is a native of Marietta, Ga. • UT will retire Louisville, Ky., native Allan Houston’s (1990-93) No. 20 during a halftime ceremony before Sunday’s Kentucky game at Thompson-Boling Arena. Sunday also is Senior Day on Rocky Top. • Tennessee’s average home attendance this season stands at 18,791. That ranks fifth nationally behind Kentucky, Syracuse, Louisville and North Carolina.