Vol Hoops vs. UTEP (Battle 4 Atlantis)

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TENNESSEE (3-1) vs. UTEP (3-2)

NOV. 28 » IMPERIAL ARENA » PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS

GAME 5

THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS

3-1, 0-0 SEC RV / RV Cuonzo Martin 42-29 (3rd yr) 103-70 (6th yr) UTsports.com

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ITEMS OF NOTE

MINERS

13-14 Record 3-2, 0-0 C-USA Ranking NR / NR Head Coach Tim Floyd Record at School 61-43 (4th yr) Career Record 389-223 (20th year) Website UTEPathletics.com

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UTEP leads, 1-0 In Knoxville: No Meetings In El Paso: UTEP leads, 1-0 Neutral Sites: No meetings Current Streak: UTEP has won one Last Meeting: UTEP won, 77-57, in Knoxville 12/28/62 Martin vs. Floyd: No meetings

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...  Give Tennessee a four-game win streak.  Even the all-time series with UTEP at 1-1.  Give UT a 4-3 record in holiday tournaments under head coach Cuonzo Martin.  Give the Vols a 46-34 all-time record against the current members of Conference USA.

¢ Atlantis is located 800 miles from Knoxville. ¢ The Vols shared a chartered Boeing 737 jet to Paradise Island with the Xavier basketball team. ¢ When the lone previous meeting in this series took place, UTEP was known as Texas Western University. The Miners’ head coach was Don Haskins, who later guided Texas Western on its famous national championship run in 1966. ¢ Nolan Richardson, who went on to coach Arkansas to a national title in 1994, scored a gamehigh 20 points for UTEP in that contest, which the Miners won 77-57 on Dec. 28, 1962, in Knoxville. ¢ After landing on the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 earlier this month, senior Jordan McRae and junior Jarnell Stokes were named to the Naismith Trophy watch list last Thursday. ¢ Antonio Davis, father of Vols freshman A.J. Davis, played on four NCAA Tournament teams at UTEP and helped the Miners win 95 games from 1986- 90. Antonio played 13 seasons in the NBA. ¢ Reigning SEC Player of the Week Jordan McRae has led the Vols in scoring in all four games this season. Dating to last season, he has led the team in scoring in nine of UT’s last 12 games. ¢ Point guard Antonio Barton owns a “true shooting percentage” of .847, which leads all Division I players nationally. ¢ Tennessee is shooting .444 (24-of-54) from 3-point range through the season’s first four games. That ranks 19th nationally. ¢ Junior wing Josh Richardson has played 101 minutes this season and has yet to commit a single turnover (seven assists).

PROBABLE STARTERS Tennessee G 2 Antonio Barton G 52 Jordan McRae G 1 Josh Richardson F 34 Jeronne Maymon F 5 Jarnell Stokes

Ht. Wt. 6-2 178 6-6 185 6-6 190 6-8 260 6-8 260

Yr. Hometown Sr. Baltimore, Md. Sr. Midway, Ga. Jr. Edmond, Okla. Sr. Madison, Wis. Jr. Memphis, Tenn.

PPG RPG OTHER 10.8 1.8 .696 3FG% 21.5 2.5 3.0 apg 6.3 2.8 .600 3FG% 9.3 8.5 4.3 orpg 11.5 8.3 1.3 bpg

UTEP G 13 McKenzie Moore G 5 C.J. Cooper G 4 Julian Washburn F 32 Vince Hunter F 31 Cedrick Lang

Ht. 6-6 6-0 6-8 6-8 6-10

Yr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr.

PPG RPG OTHER 14.0 4.8 3.3 apg 8.4 1.4 2.4 apg 10.4 4.0 .444 3FG% 10.2 7.4 1.0 bpg 11.0 7.3 2.8 orpg

Wt. 200 180 210 200 255

Hometown Pleasant Hill, Calif. Chino, Calif. Duncanville, Texas Detroit, Mich. Sioux Falls, S.D.

THE RECORD

2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:

SEC 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 3-1 HOME 3-0 AWAY 0-1 NEUTRAL 0-0

THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT N2 Florida Southern (EXH) W 105-80 N7 Southern Indiana (EXH) W 78-47 N12 at Xavier (Fox Sports 1) L 63-67 N16 USC Upstate (SportSouth) W 74-65 N18 The Citadel (FSN) W 86-60 N22 Tennessee State (FSN) W 88-67 N28 1-UTEP (NBC Sports Net) 9:30 p.m. N29 1-No. 23 Iowa or Xavier 1 or 7 p.m. N30 1-TBD TBD D7 Tennessee Tech (FSN) noon D14 at Wichita State (ESPN2)^ 2 p.m. D18 NC State (ESPNU)^ 7 p.m. D23 Morehead State (ESPNU)^ 7 p.m. D30 Virginia (ESPN2)^ 7 p.m. J4 Tusculum College 2 p.m. J7 at LSU* (ESPN)^ 7 p.m. J11 Texas A&M* (FSN)^ 6 p.m. J15 Auburn* (CSS)^ 7 p.m. J18 at Kentucky* (CBS) noon J22 Arkansas* (SEC TV)^ 8 p.m. J25 at Florida* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ 4 p.m. J29 Ole Miss* (SEC TV)^ 8 p.m. F1 at Alabama* (ESPN2)^ 8 p.m. F5 at Vanderbilt* (ESPN3)^ 8 p.m. F8 South Carolina* (ESPNU)^ 3 p.m. F11 Florida* (ESPN)^ 7 p.m. F15 at Missouri* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ 4 p.m. F18 Georgia* (ESPNU)^ 9 p.m. F22 at Texas A&M* (ESPNU)^ 3 p.m. F26 at Mississippi State* (SEC TV)^ 8 p.m. M1 Vanderbilt* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ noon M5 at Auburn* (SEC TV)^ 8 p.m. M8 Missouri* (ESPN)^ 4 p.m. M12-16 SEC Tournament Schedule Key 1-Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas); *Southeastern Conference Game; CSS-Comcast Sports Southeast; FSN-FOX Sports Net; ^-Also available via WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN mobile app, ESPN on Xbox LIVE (Gold members) and Apple TV. All Times Eastern; Opponent Rankings are AP

EXPERIENCE THE ACTION TV

 NBC Sports Net  Terry Gannon (PxP)  Stan Van Gundy (analyst)  Marty Snider (reporter)

RADIO

 Vol Network  John Wilkerson (PxP)  Bert Bertelkamp (analyst)

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SATELLITE RADIO

 Sirius  Channel 85 (UT feed)  XM  Channel 85 (UT feed)

ONLINE UTsports.com  Free audio stream only

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