NIT: Tennessee vs. Mercer

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TENNESSEE (20-12) vs. 7 MERCER (23-11)

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MARCH 20 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN.

GAME 33 - NIT

THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE

20-12, 11-7 SEC NR / NR Cuonzo Martin 39-27 (2nd yr) 100-68 (5th yr) UTsports.com

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ITEMS OF NOTE

MERCER

Record 23-11, 13-5 A-Sun Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Bob Hoffman Record at School 98-72 (5th yr) Career Record 498-242 (22nd yr) Website MercerBears.com

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Mercer leads, 3-1 In Knoxville: Series tied, 1-1 In Macon: Mercer leads, 2-0 Neutral Sites: No meetings Current Streak: Tennessee has won one Last Meeting: Tennessee won 67-45 in Knoxville (12/28/93) Martin vs. Hoffman: No meetings

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...  Set the stage for a second-round game at either BYU or Washington this weekend  Give the Vols victories in 10 of their last 12 games  Give the Vols a two-game win streak in their all-time series vs. Mercer  Improve UT’s home record to 14-3 this season  Improve UT’s all-time NIT record to 13-13

¢ Tennessee won nine of its last 11 games and owns a +6.9 scoring margin and a +5.9 rebounding margin during that span. ¢ For the second straight year, UT won eight of its final nine regular-season games. Only three other Tennessee teams in the modern era won eight of nine to finish the regular season (1967, 2008 and 2012). ¢ Located in Macon, Ga., Mercer has an enrollment of 8,200 and competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. This year, the Bears captured their first outright regular-season A-Sun Championship with a 13-5 league record. ¢ Veteran head coach Bob Hoffman, who is in his fifth season at Mercer, was named the 2013 Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year. ¢ Bears guards Langston Hall and Travis Smith both earned second-team All-Atlantic Sun honors this season. ¢ Mercer won at Florida State and Alabama this year and is allowing just 58.2 points per game. ¢ The winner of Wednesday’s game will travel west to face the winner of Tuesday’s clash between BYU and Washington. ¢ Jarnell Stokes is one of only four players from the “major” conferences (and the only player from the SEC) who averaged a double-double in league games this season. See Page 4. ¢ The Vols are 12-0 this season when point guard Trae Golden scores at least 12 points. ¢ Tennessee finished sixth nationally in average home attendance (17,395). The Vols now have a streak of eight seasons of top-six attendance.

PROBABLE STARTERS (2) 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. 11.9 2.9 4.0 apg 6-5 178 Jr. Midway, Ga. 16.0 4.1 .364 3FG% 6-6 188 So. Edmond, Okla. 7.9 4.4 .473 FG% 6-5 203 Fr. Kennesaw, Ga. 2.3 2.6 0.6 bpg 6-8 270 So. Memphis, Tenn. 12.3 9.5 .531 FG%

(7) Mercer G 21 Langston Hall G 2 Travis Smith G 5 Bud Thomas F 20 Jakob Gollon C 52 Daniel Coursey

Ht. Wt. 6-4 180 6-3 185 6-6 200 6-6 200 6-10 220

Yr. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER Jr. Atlanta, Ga. 11.0 3.2 4.9 apg Sr. Johns Island, S.C. 13.5 2.8 .421 3FG% Jr. Highlands Ranch, Colo. 7.8 4.6 2.7 apg Jr. Stevens Point, Wis. 8.5 5.1 1.2 spg Jr. Savannah, Ga. 7.1 3.8 1.3 bpg

THE RECORD

2012-13 » SCHEDULE & RECORD Overall Record:

20-12

SEC 11-7 Non-conference 8-4 Home 13-3 Away 4-7 NEUTRAL 3-2

THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT N9 Kennesaw State (FSS) W 76-67 W 75-68 N15 1-UNC Asheville (ESPNU)^ L 62-45 N16 1-Oklahoma State (ESPNU)^ N18 1-UMass (ESPNU)^ W 83-69 N26 Oakland (FSS) W 77-50 N30 2-at No. 20 Georgetown (ESPN)^ L 37-36 L 46-38 D5 at Virginia (ESPN3)^ 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 L 85-80 J4 Memphis (ESPN2)^ L 92-74 J9 Ole Miss* (SEC Network) L 68-65 J12 at Alabama* (ESPN2)^ L 75-65 J15 at Kentucky* (ESPN)^ 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 L 73-60 F2 at Arkansas* (ESPN)^ L 68-62 F6 Georgia* (SEC Network)^ 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 L 78-68 M2 at Georgia* (SEC Network)^ M6 at Auburn* (CSS) W 82-75 M9 Missouri* (ESPN)^ W 64-62 M14 3-vs. Mississippi State (SEC Network)^ W 69-53 M15 3-vs. Alabama (ESPNU)^ L 58-48 8:03 p.m. M20 4-Mercer (ESPNU)^ 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.); 3-SEC Tournament (Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.) 4-NIT; *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

 ESPNU  John Saunders (PxP)  Bob Knight (analyst)  Todd Kulis (producer)

RADIO

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

SATELLITE RADIO  Sirius  None  XM  None

ONLINE UTsports.com  Free Vol Network audio stream  Free TV stream

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