2010-11
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VOLUNTEERS Date
Opponent (TV)
N12
Chattanooga (SS)
W 82-62
N16
1-Belmont (ESPNU)
W 85-76
N17
1-Missouri State
W 60-56
Game 32 - SEC Tournament
Time/Result
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
D14
Oakland (ESPNU)
D17
4-at Charlotte (CBS College)
L 49-48
D21
Southern California (SS)
L 65-64
L 89-82
E5 Tennessee vs. Arkansas W4 7:30 p.m. ET Thursday, March 10, 2011 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Ga. TV: The game will be televised regionally on the SEC Network. Dave Neal calls the action, while Mark Gottfried provides analysis and Shannon Spake reports from courtside. Tom Scofield is producing. 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 TicketMaster at 1-800-745-3000 or visit SECsports.com.
D23
Belmont (SS)
W 66-65
Tennessee
D29
UT Martin (CSS)
W 68-62
18-13, 8-8 SEC ...................................................................... Record ..................................................................... 18-12, 7-9 SEC
D31
College of Charleston (ESPN2)
L 91-78
NR ............................................................................................Ranking .......................................................................................... NR
J5
No. 21 Memphis (ESPN2)
W 104-84
Bruce Pearl (Boston College, 1982).........................Head Coach............................ John Pelphrey (Kentucky, 1992)
J8
at Arkansas* (SEC Network)
L 68-65
144-59 (6th year) ......................................................Record at School ......................................................69-58 (4nd year)
OT L 81-75
461-143 (19th year) ...................................................Overall Record .................................................... 149-125 (8th year)
Arkansas
at a Glance
J11
Florida* (ESPN)
J15
Vanderbilt* (ESPN - College GameDay)
W 67-64
UTsports.com ..................................................................... Web Site ............................................. ArkansasRazorbacks.com
J18
at Georgia* (ESPNU)
W 59-57
UT leads, 15-13 ..................................................................... Series ................................................................. UK leads, 145-66
J22
5-at No. 8 Connecticut (CBS)
J26
LSU* (SEC Network)
L 72-61
Probable Starters
W 75-53
J29
at Ole Miss* (SEC Network)
W 74-57
F3
at Auburn* (ESPN2)
W 69-56 OT L 65-60
F5
Alabama* (FS South)
F8
at No. 18 Kentucky* (ESPN)
L 73-61
F12
at No. 17 Florida* (ESPN)
L 61-60 W 73-67
F16
South Carolina* (CSS)
F19
Georgia* (CBS)
F22
at No. 18 Vanderbilt* (ESPN)
F26
Mississippi State* (ESPN)
L 70-69
M3
at South Carolina* (ESPN)
W 73-69
M6
No. 20 Kentucky* (CBS)
L 64-58
M10
6-Arkansas (SEC Network)
7:30 p.m.
L 69-63 W 60-51
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; 6-SEC Tournament (Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga.); *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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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 17.7 9.4 14.7 2.8
RPG 3.2 3.4 3.3 7.5 3.2
APG 2.9 1.3 2.3 1.4 0.2
Arkansas G 23 G 15 G 12 F 33 F 21
Ht. 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-7 6-9
Wt. 170 184 198 220 220
Yr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Sr.
Hometown Jackson, Miss. Verdigris, Okla. Madison, Ark. Newport News, Va. Chicago, Ill.
PPG 8.4 15.1 5.3 11.1 9.4
RPG 2.8 3.1 2.0 4.7 7.2
APG 3.0 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.8
Julysses Nobles Rotnei Clarke Marcus Britt Marshawn Powell Delvon Johnson
• Tobias Harris, Scotty Hopson and Brian Williams all earned SEC postseason honors. See Page 3. • Tennessee has only been the East 5 once previously since divisional play began. Ironically, the event was in Atlanta that year (2005), and the Vols defeated West 4 Arkansas 65-46 in the first round. • The Vols have won four of their last five SEC Tournament games against Western Division teams. • 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. • Defense and rebounding have been points of emphasis for Tennessee this year, and in SEC play, the Vols currently rank second in the league in scoring defense (64.1 ppg) and rebounding (37.1 rpg). • UT boasts the nation’s No. 2 strength of schedule (RPIratings.com). See Page 3 for a few reasons why. • Tennessee has eight wins over teams in the top 50 of the most recent NCAA RPI (Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt [2x], Villanova, , Memphis, Georgia, Missouri State, VCU), and more than half of UT’s wins have come against top-100 RPI teams (11). Tennessee occupies the No. 36 spot in the RPI. • Junior guard Scotty Hopson ranks 24th on Tennessee’s career scoring list with 1,274 points. He scored 20 or more points in seven SEC games this season and averaged 19.3 ppg in league play. • Among all freshmen in the six “major” conferences, Tobias Harris ranks fourth in scoring (14.7) and fifth in rebounding (7.5). Harris joins Jared Sullinger (Ohio State) and Terrence Jones (Kentucky) as the only players ranked in the top five in both statistical categories. He also has eight double-doubles. • Former Vols guard Jimmy England (1969-71) will be Tennessee’s SEC Legend at this week’s SEC Tournament. England was a 1971 All-America and a two-time first-team All-SEC performer at UT. • Tennessee’s average home attendance this season was 18,952, marking the sixth straight season that UT has finished in the top five nationally (all six years of the Pearl era).