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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
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