Vol Hoops vs. Florida (SEC Semifinals)

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TENNESSEE (21-11) vs. 1 FLORIDA (30-2)

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MARCH 15 » GEORGIA DOME » ATLANTA, GA.

GAME 33 - SEC TOURNAMENT

THE MATCHUP VOLUNTEERS

21-11, 11-7 SEC RV / NR Cuonzo Martin 60-39 (3rd yr) 121-80 (6th yr) UTsports.com

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ITEMS OF NOTE

GATORS

Record 30-2, 18-0 SEC Ranking 1/1 Head Coach Billy Donovan Record at School 444-168 (18th yr) Career Record 479-188 (20th yr) Website GatorZone.com

VOLS IN THE SEC TOURNAMENT Overall: 62-49 In Atlanta: 10-13 As the No. 4 seed: 1-2 vs. Florida: Tennessee leads, 4-3 Cuonzo Martin in SEC Tournament: 2-2 Martin vs. Donovan: Martin leads, 3-2 Overall Series vs. Florida: Tennessee leads, 72-54

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...  Give the Vols a six-game win streak, its longest of the season.  Put the Vols in the SEC Tournament Championship Game for the first time since 2009 (lost to Mississippi State in Tampa).  Give third-year UT head coach Cuonzo Martin’s Vols a 10-5 record in March (5-0 this March).

¢ If the Vols win Saturday, they will play in the SEC Tournament Championship Game Sunday at 3:15 p.m. ET on ESPN. ¢ Saturday’s game marks Cuonzo Martin’s 100th game as Tennessee’s head coach (60-39). ¢ The Vols have not won the SEC Tournament since 1979 in Birmingham, Ala. Current Vol Network radio analyst Bert Bertelkamp was a member of that team. Cuonzo Martin was 8-years-old. ¢ On 11 separate occasions, an unranked Tennessee team has beaten a Florida squad ranked in the Associated Press top 25. ¢ And on eight occasions, the Vols have beaten a Florida team that was ranked in the Associated Press top 10 (most recently Feb. 26, 2013). ¢ The Vols are 4-3 vs. Florida in SEC Tournament matchups, but UT hasn’t beaten the Gators in the tourney since 1984 (three straight losses). ¢ This is the 14th time the SEC Tournament has been held in Atlanta and the 11th time it has been played at the Georgia Dome. UT owns a 6-9 (.400) all-time record in the Georgia Dome, with all those contests taking place in the SEC Tournament. ¢ Cuonzo Martin is 5-5 in conference tournaments as a head coach (three MVC Tournaments and three SEC Tournaments). ¢ Tennessee has not trailed in its last five games (200 total minutes). ¢ Jarnell Stokes is the reigning co-SEC Player of the Week, his fifth career SEC weekly award. ¢ Friday’s win was UT’s first victory this season in which it scored fewer than 60 points.

PROBABLE STARTERS (4) Tennessee G 2 Antonio Barton G 52 Jordan McRae G 1 Josh Richardson F 34 Jeronne Maymon F 5 Jarnell Stokes

Ht. Wt. 6-2 180 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 7.7 2.3 2.1 apg 18.7 3.5 .376 3FG% 9.4 2.9 .361 3FG% 10.1 8.2 3.6 orpg 14.8 10.4 4.2 orpg

(1) Florida G 5 Scottie Wilbekin G 20 Michael Frazier II F 24 Casey Prather F 15 Will Yeguete C 4 Patric Young

Ht. 6-2 6-4 6-6 6-8 6-9

Yr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr.

PPG 13.0 13.0 14.4 5.1 10.8

Wt. 176 199 212 230 240

Hometown Gainesville, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Jackson, Tenn. Bordeaux, France Jacksonville, Fla.

RPG OTHER 2.6 .400 3FG% 3.4 .449 3FG% 5.1 .615 FG% 5.3 1.1 spg 6.1 .548 FG%

THE RECORD

2013-14 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:

21-11

SEC 11-7 NON-CONFERENCE 9-4 HOME 14-3 AWAY 4-7 NEUTRAL 3-1

THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT 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) L 70-78 N29 1-Xavier (AXS.tv) W 64-49 N30 1-Wake Forest (AXS.tv) W 82-63 D7 Tennessee Tech (FSN) W 84-63 D14 at No. 12 Wichita State (ESPN2)^ L 61-70 D18 NC State (ESPNU)^ L 58-65 D23 Morehead State (ESPNU)^ W 82-67 D30 Virginia (ESPN2)^ W 87-52 J4 Tusculum College W 98-51 J7 at LSU* (ESPN)^ W 68-50 J11 Texas A&M* (FSN)^ L 56-57 J15 Auburn* (CSS)^ W 78-67 J18 at No. 13 Kentucky* (CBS) L 66-74 J22 Arkansas* (SEC TV)^ W 81-74 J25 at No. 6 Florida* (ESPN)^ L 41-67 J29 Ole Miss* (SEC TV)^ W 86-70 F1 at Alabama* (ESPN2)^ W 76-59 F5 at Vanderbilt* (ESPN3)^ L 64-60 F8 South Carolina* (ESPNU)^ W 72-53 F11 No. 3 Florida* (ESPN)^ L 67-58 F15 at Missouri* (ESPN2)^ L 75-70 F18 Georgia* (ESPN)^ W 67-48 F22 at Texas A&M* (ESPNU)^ (OT) L 68-65 F26 at Mississippi State* (SEC TV)^ W 75-68 M1 Vanderbilt* (ESPN2)^ W 76-38 M5 at Auburn* (SEC TV)^ W 82-54 M8 Missouri* (ESPN)^ W 72-45 M14 2-South Carolina (ESPNU)^ W 59-44 M15 2-No. 1 Florida (ABC)^ 1 p.m. Schedule Key 1-Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas); 2-SEC Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.); *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

 ABC (ESPN3)  Brad Nessler (PxP)  Jimmy Dykes (analyst)  Shannon Spake (reporter)

RADIO

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

SATELLITE RADIO  Sirius  Channel 108  XM  Channel 199

ONLINE UTsports.com  Free audio stream and live blog  WatchESPN.com  Free TV stream

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