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CAMPUS Associate Dean of Students Danny Glassmann will leave the university on Friday to pursue a position at San Francisco State University.

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CITY Heartwarming adventures and sci-fi thrillers will flood theaters this week and resident movie lover Jake Yoder has previews for them.

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Counseling Center faces student criticism KYLIE HUBBARD Editor-in-Chief TYLER WOMBLES Managing Editor

OPINIONS Columnist Grey Mangan believes SGA Senate should meet each week.

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SPORTS Tennessee jumped to No. 1 in Monday’s Associated Press Top 25 rankings after beating Arkansas and Alabama at home.

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As the end of the semester grew near last fall, a conversation about the UT Student Counseling Center was just beginning.

Junior studying psychology Taylor Winkel took to Twitter to express her concerns with the counseling center and its staff performance.

“UTK loves to act like they care about their student‘s mental health,” Winkel said in the Tweet.

Winkel recounted memories and interactions with the counseling center including staff unprofessionalism and a lack of resources.

“I’m just so disappointed in UT student health and people need to know how hard they f***ed me over,” Winkel said in a Tweet. “I’ve never had suicidal tendencies with intent, but my god if it were someone else in my spot that did, I don’t know if they would be here.”

Winkel addresses SGA Senate, bill passes A week later at the Student Government Association’s last Senate meeting of the semester, Winkel addressed the senators in an open town hall.

Winkel described her struggle with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder throughout high school and college, which she said was based on personal and familial circumstances.

“I began to be so strung out with anxiety and depression here at UT that I ended up having nightmares for a month,” Winkel said of her freshman year at the meeting.

Winkel said she reached out to the Counseling Center to find no sessions available until the spring semester.

“I begged for help and I cried and I asked for anything that you guys can do for me and I was sent out of there with no resources, no help,” Winkel said.

A psychiatrist was made available to Winkel her sophomore year, but Winkel said it was “an absolute nightmare.”

“She was the most unprofessional woman I’d met in my life,” Winkel added.

“I gave her three chances,” Winkel said. “I wanted it to work so bad and I was so desperate for help.”

After Winkel’s story, SGA Senator of the College of Arts and Sciences, sophomore in interdisciplinary programs and former chair of the student health committee Sophia Rhoades presented a bill to address Counseling Center concerns.

“The work that they do is amazing and they all work very hard,” Rhoades said at the meeting. “But there are ... steps that need to be tak-

en. So this bill kind of addresses all of that.”

The Counseling Center currently has 13 fulltime staff members and are expected to add another this month. according to information released at the Senate meeting. The International Association of Counseling Services recommends 18-20 counselors for the current 28,894 students on campus.

The bill resolved that Senate and administration reexamine the funding allocation for the Student Counseling Center, SGA integrate the link to the counseling center and the 974HELP hotline in their bios on all social media platforms and the front page of its website, and ensure adequate funding is provided for the student counseling center to increase staff and visit other parts of campus.

Students raise own concerns, director responds Once Winkel shared her experiences on Twitter, many other UT students, alumni and other affiliates expressed their own concerns.

A common complaint was the difficulty of scheduling appointments and seeing counselors. Counseling Center Director Paul McAnear said the counseling center staff share student concerns, especially in connection to follow-up session availability.

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‘New Music’: UT music professor and guest artist bring contemporary explorations in sound COLEMAN NUMBERS Staff Writer

Jorge Variego and Abby Fisher presented a joint recital of contemporary percussion and electronic music at UT on Tuesday evening. The recital, titled “New Music,” featured duets for bass clarinet and marimba, a solo vibraphone piece and a trio for viola, bass clarinet, and marimba.

Variego is an adjunct assistant professor of music theory and composition at UT, while Fisher is a former UT faculty member, having served as a visiting lecturer in the music school’s percussion program in fall of 2017.

The recital also featured Hillary Herndon, associate professor of viola and professor of strings at UT. Among the small audience were music students from both Variego’s and Fisher’s (former) respective departments.

As the concert began, the house lights dimmed, leaving only the stage lit in warm yellow, accentuated by soft chromatic back-lighting.

The opening piece, titled “Epidermis” (Dan Van Hassel, 2017) integrated airy riffs from Variego’s bass clarinet with forceful, pointed pas-

Jorge Variego and Abby Fisher present a joint recital full of ‘New Music’ on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Coleman Numbers / The Daily Beacon sages from Fisher’s marimba to create, in the words of the composer quoted in the program, “a single machine-like entity playing funky rhythmic patterns made up of percussive sounds with electronics forming a noisy protective layer around the players.”

Following “Epidermis,” Variego exited the stage, and a short, silent interlude ensued, in which the yellow overhead lights flashed in an oscillating, ponderous pattern across the stage.

Fisher broke the interlude by stepping up to the vibraphone and played an off-kilter solo, “Inner Blues,” composed by Variego himself.

Variego explained, according to the program, that the piece is “a jazz ballad in sulfuric acid.”

“Inner Blues” was followeed by “De Kooning Movements” (Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, 2001), an abrupt, dramatic piece inspired by the DutchAmerican composer of the same name.

“Thread and Fray” (Sarah Kirkland Snider, 2006) concluded the program. Herndon joined Fisher and Variego onstage for this piece.

Variego and Fisher presented music that is more organized around a specific concept than emotional impetus. It is from a vein of contemporary percussion composition, though Fisher admits that there was no definite theme in mind.

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Associate Dean of Students departs from UT GABRIELA SZYMANOWSKA Campus News Editor

When Daniel “Danny” Glassmann came to UT four years ago, he didn’t know how much of an impact the Volunteer community would have on him and how much change he would be a part of.

Glassmann, the associate dean of students and student ombuds, started at UT in the summer of 2015 after coming from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta where he was the Assistant Dean of Students.

“I came because my role really oversees areas in the division of student life that work on leadership, engagement, involvement-- really I wake up every day in this roll thinking about how can we help students, how do we help volunteers help and serve,” Glassmann said.

Now, Glassmann is venturing out west to San Francisco State University to begin his new position as the Associate Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students.

Glassmann will have a handful of work ahead of him in multiple student service areas in his new position. This role will include leading the

Office of Dean of Students, Student Conduct, Student Activities and Events, Career Services, Leadership Development, New Student Programs, Residential Life and Campus Recreation.

However, before his week-long road trip across the country, Glassmann reflected on his time at UT and the initiatives he was proud to be a part of.

“What I’ve enjoyed the most in my time here in Tennessee has certainly been the moments to be in community with students, faculty, staff and just feel the Volunteer spirit,” Glassmann said. “And so, I’ve seen that in moments like when we created the largest human letter. I’ve seen it in moments where we’re doing service in communities that can benefit from just the talents, skills and abilities of our students, faculty, staff to learn about their community, but to also to give back to the community.”

Glassmann, who began his cheerleading experience in junior high school and throughout his own college years, has been a cheerleader for the UT community, including for the Center for Leadership and Service, Center for Student Engagement, the Pride Center, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Student Media.

One area of campus that Glassmann has had a big impact on is the Pride Center, being the liaison for the LGBTQ+ community.

Courtesy of Dean of Students

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Lean Into It: Enter your report on the Senate

GREY MANGAN Columnist Hello Vols!

If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, first let me say thank you. This column has gone through a lot of changes since it began and I appreciate the support.

Secondly, you’ll know that SGA and more specifically SGA’s Student Senate is a subject I focus on quite a bit.

I started this year with, as has been clearly communicated to me by the Senate body, naively high expectations. I am pleased to report that I know better now, and will not be mak-

ing such unfounded positive comments on the body as a whole again.

I have communicated many times, through various platforms, that Senate ought to meet weekly.

The Senate body is seemingly unable to get their job done on a biweekly basis, there is not enough time to get the updates necessary, have guest speakers and get their primary job of voting on legislation done by 8 p.m. It’s not a criticism! The Senate has a lot to do and little time to do it.

The criticism was that they met biweekly.

Enter Senators Jake Tidwell and Hannah Blackwell. They created a bill that would create the Constitutional change to have Senate meet on a weekly basis. This would not go into effect until next year, allowing all those running for Senatorial positions to understand and recognize the time commitment necessary to be a Senator.

It was written intentionally to be somewhat vague so that the next administration could purpose the new Senate meetings in a manner of their choosing (i.e. making one week less legislative and more professional development, expanding their existing structure of committee meetings, etc.).

It was a beautifully written bill that I wish I

could link you to, but unfortunately SGA does nothing quickly and thus, it is not on their legislative archive.

Constitutional changes must pass the Senate twice in two consecutive Senate sessions. Senators Tidwell and Blackwell’s bill for weekly meetings, largely supported by students on campus, had already passed the body once before winter break. Again, I wish I could link you to the voting records here, but those are also not published on SGA’s website – though they should be.

Somehow, after break, an overwhelming majority of people voted against this bill and failed it.

Senate will not meet weekly in the coming academic year.

Now what would make a majority of people refuse a bill they had just passed with flying colors?

Why my dear friends, we’re approaching election season!

The two senators that led the charge against this bill were Owen Flomberg and Justin Cross, both of whom are rumored to be running in campaigns this election season.

During the senate session, Flomberg suggested a more restrictive change to the bill during the Senate session to make the new

meetings strictly focused on Senate committees. Readers, I would not be surprised in the slightest if Senator Flomberg were to present a bill in the coming months that said exactly the same thing that Senators Tidwell and Blackwell’s bill said, but with his additional restrictions on what the new meetings would be used for.

If you’re confused about why Senator Flomberg would vote “no” on the most recent bill only to author one of his own that says roughly the same thing, I’d consider watching “House of Cards” and then thinking about it again.

STORY CONTINUED ONLINE Read more at utdailybeacon.com Grey Mangan is waiting for change, but he’s not holding his breath. He is a sophomore studying Cinema Studies and can be reached at emangan1@vols.utk.edu.

Columns and letters of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.

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Beacon Beats: Genre-defying sound COLEMAN NUMBERS Staff Writer

combination of piano, strings, drum, bass and synth is, on a first listen, mesmerizing.

After: 4/5

What’s new? What’s worth a listen? Every week, a Daily Beacon writer reviews some of the world’s newest albums, keeping you posted on brand-new hits and flops. This week: hypnotic sounds that cross genre boundaries.

Outer Peace—Toro Y Moi Before: 3/5 Since 2011, Toro Y Moi, otherwise known as Chazwick Bradley Bundick, has been a powerhouse creator, consistently releasing albums on biannual schedule. His psychedelic mixture of punk and alt motifs, overlaid with ruminative, wavering vocals, has generally been well received; although, it has been noted by certain critics that his music falls into a somewhat predictable niche.

During: 4/5 “Outer Peace” offers a hypnotic, colorful array of sounds that interact beautifully throughout the course of each track. The palette is complemented by percussion that is driving, though in comparison to melodies and harmonies, a bit perfunctory. There are some memorable lyrical moments, and Toro Y Moi’s voice processing fits the kaleidoscopic mood that his instrumentation evokes.

After: 4/5 In this album, Toro Y Moi is more indebted to the hip-hop/R&B scene than ever; however, he has his own interpretation. His ability to take common tropes of the genre and apply a dream-like, serene filter over them is certainly commendable, though this reviewer could’ve used more experimentation, especially considering his past work.

Act One - Music for Inanimate Objects—Subjective Before: 3/5 Subjective is a newly minted electronic and dance duo consisting of producer Goldie BME and sound engineer James Davidson. As this is their debut full-length album, the critical and popular reception of the group remains to be seen. Goldie has been a successful artist in his own right; his 1995 album “Timeless” topped UK charts at number 7. Davidson is not as well known but has been described by Goldie as an “exceptional engineer and unsung producer in his own right.”

During: 5/5 Goldie and Davidson create unique, textured soundscapes that don’t adhere to the frenetic clichés of the electronic genre — the careful

“Act One” is evocative of a movie soundtrack.

Many of the songs are more of a slow burn than invigorating dance bops. It’s the sort of music one could easily stare out of a car window to.

This can be frustrating, as the producers readily demonstrate their ability to produce a gripping tableaus of sound, but the music has its way of convincing you to stick around, to take pause, to sit down and truly listen. That’s a rare feat.

Phoenix—Pedro the Lion Before: 3/5 As a group, Pedro the Lion has had a somewhat rocky history. David Bazan, the primary songwriter and vocalist, has been the only constant amidst a swirling, rotating cast of supporting musicians. This hasn’t stopped Bazan and co. from releasing several full-length albums, EPs and singles, one of which coming in at number 24 on Billboard’s “Top Independent Album” list.

During: 4/5 The classic rock instrumentation of the album combined with the full, low-register vocals of front man David Bazan are a bracing tonic in an indie scene populated by groups with over-refined voices. The record avoids a stale, overplayed sound with inventive rhythmic and tonal decisions; although, sometimes these aren’t coherent with the overall sound of the album.

After: 3/5 While Pedro the Lion considers some interesting sonic ideas in their newest release, their sound ultimately falls into a predictable but pleasurable niche. David Bazan’s verse, however, is the aspect of the album that leaps out at a listener — his lyrics have a religious bent to them, conjuring images such as sitting on a piano bench at church, swaying along to hymns with one’s family. Bazan also contemplates the relationship between guilt and pleasure in life — including the pleasures of music itself. The verse is thoughtful and poetic.

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Many of the songs are more of a slow burn than invigorating dance bops.

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This week in theaters: Films for both families and horror junkies JAKE YODER Contributor

In the dead of winter, many cinema fans prefer to stay home and watch Netflix rather than braving cold weather to go out to a theater.

That’s why film studios often slow down their releases in the first few months of the year.

But as always — there are still many people who catch new movies on the weekends. So if you fit into this category, don’t be afraid of the January lull. There are no new blockbusters this weekend, but several new films are coming to theaters this week. This weekend, we will get a new thriller set on a tropical island, a familyfriendly adaptation of a medieval tale and an exciting new horror story.

Courtesy of IMDB

The Boy Who Would Be King Ordinary boy Alex Elliot lives an ordinary life — being picked on at school and just trying to survive. His whole world is turned upside down, however, when he accidentally finds King Arthur’s legendary sword Excalibur. He soon learns that he must gather a new round table of knights and, with the help of the famous wizard Merlin, defeat the evil enchantress Morgana.

The film stars Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Tom Taylor, Rebecca Ferguson, Angus Imrie and Patrick Stuart. The family-friendly adventure is written and directed by Joe Cornish, writer of 2011’s “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,” 2011’s cult hit “Attack the Block” and 2015’s “Ant-Man”. Families and medieval history buffs alike will want to see “The Kid Who Would Be King” this weekend.

Courtesy of IMDB

Serenity Set on the tropical enclave Plymouth Island, “Serenity” is the year’s first “sexy” noire thriller. Yeah, you might want to leave the kids at home for this one. The film follows Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who leads tours off of the island. Dill’s quiet life is interrupted when his ex-wife Karen appears on the island with their son, pleading Dill to save them from her new abusive husband. This thrusts Dill back into a life that he would rather forget, as he is forced to decide what is right and what is wrong.

“Serenity” stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jason Clarke. The film is written and directed by Steven Knight, Academy Award nominated screenwriter of 2002’s “Dirty Pretty Things”. Anyone looking for a suspenseful adventure will want to see “Serenity” this weekend.

The Final Wish When his antique collector father passes away, Aaron Hammond is forced to return to his hometown to help his distraught mother grieve. Amid complex and strained family dynamics, Aaron decides to go through his father’s belongings. He comes across a mysterious urn — and his luck begins to change.

But as one might expect from the film’s ominous trailer, things quickly go sour as Aaron learns to be careful what he wishes for. “The Final Wish” stars Lin Shaye, Michael Welch, Melissa Bolona and Spencer Locke. The film is written by Jeffrey Reddick, creator of the “Final Destination” franchise. “The Final Wish” will be in theaters only on Thursday, so horror fans should take advantage of this brief window to see Reddick’s new horror story on the big screen.

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ESPORTS

UTK Esports ‘a place to learn about gaming and esports industry’ MARTYNE VANDER STOEL Copy Editor

Video games have been a part of college life practically since their inception. Gaming has only increased in worldwide popularity since those days of SpaceWar! and Pong, and as time moves forward, it is becoming more and more difficult to find a college without some form of gaming club.

UT is no exception to this trend, because on top of the many groups of friends that play video games together on their own terms, there is also UTK Esports.

UTK Esports is the predominant gaming club at Tennessee that, as its name suggests, has a focus on esports, which is a form of competition using video games. Primary organization advisor and Tennessee data analyst Jason Smethers details the club’s main purpose.

“It is a place for students, faculty and staff who want to grow and learn about the gaming and esports industry to gather with others (as well as) to expand and deepen their knowledge and skills in esports,” Smethers said.

He also explains that, at its core, the club is about gaming, which is not exclusive to anyone to enjoy.

“The club will always be a welcoming home for all gamers to gather together with new and old friends to play games,” Smethers said.

UTK Esports offers quite a few opportunities for high skill gamers in the form of collegiate level teams.

It has an ever-growing list of teams that participate in tournaments for different games, as well as several individuals that represent the club and the university in non-team based esports games, like fighting games and real time strategy games.

UTK Esports student president and senior studying marketing Michael Slandzicki details the process of creating these teams and gives some general insight into their structure.

“Each year a representative is selected for our competitive games,” Slandzicki said.

“These representatives host tryouts, and then it is their responsibility to form the competitive teams. Most teams do not have an official coach, but they do normally have a team captain.”

Every semester, each of the competitive teams tries to participate in at least one tournament. These tournaments could span anywhere from a few days to a couple months. The longer tournaments are generally much higher profile than the shorter ones and have large organizations behind them like Tespa and even the publisher of the game itself.

In terms of tournament success, UTK Esports has been somewhat lacking. Last semester, the Overwatch team and Rainbow Six Siege B team both lost the first round of the playoffs for their respective tournaments, while the two Rocket League teams and Rainbow Six A team failed to make it into the playoffs.

It’s not all doom and gloom, though, because the Smite team almost managed to fight their way out of the loser’s bracket of the National Association of Collegiate Smite Championships, finishing in the top 8. However, that tournament was much smaller than the ones for the other previously mentioned games.

The team that has had the greatest success to date is the Heroes of the Storm team. In 2016, they took part in the aptly named Heroes of the Dorm tournament. They beat out many

other college teams across the United States and Canada to be among the final four teams, known as The Heroic Four, where they were ultimately defeated with zero match wins in their final round, finishing tied for third and fourth alongside the University of Connecticut.

However, due to the publisher of Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard, cancelling all esports events for the game that it sponsored, including Heroes of the Dorm, it remains to be seen whether Tennessee will have a competing Heroes of the Storm team this year.

Despite the relatively low competitive performance of UTK Esports, Smethers is still hopeful about what the club can accomplish.

“We hope to have great success this year with our competitive teams,” Smethers said.

“All of our major teams will be competing in a variety of intercollegiate tournaments and we hope that a few of them will win their leagues.

We also hope to one day become a fully formed department at Tennessee that hosts many competitive teams and provides proper scholarships to our students, and proper research support to faculty on campus interested in gaming scholarship.”

FOOTBALL

Finebaum: Phillip Fulmer ‘saved’ Vols football as athletic director TYLER WOMBLES Managing Editor

“The Voice of the SEC” is sold on Phillip Fulmer.

Renowned sports radio host, SEC authority and UT alum Paul Finebaum told The Daily Beacon in an exclusive interview that he believes Tennessee athletic director Fulmer has been more than positive for the football program since taking the reins just over a year ago.

“I criticize like the next person, and I’m not saying I wasn’t in favor of (Fulmer’s firing as football coach),” Finebaum said, “but I think the most important thing that’s happened to the Tennessee football program in a generation is Phillip Fulmer returning when he did last year. I think it saved the program from literally going under.”

Fulmer, who had a championship-winning tenure as the Vols’ football coach before being fired in 2008, was named Tennessee’s athletic director on Dec. 1, 2017. He replaced John Currie, who was removed from the position after a botched search to replace former head football coach Butch Jones.

“I have been a part of the University of Tennessee athletics program when it’s been at its best,” Fulmer said at his introductory press conference. “I have seen what honest commu-

nication, trust and hard work achieve. It is my mission to lead our entire athletic department in a way that honors our university’s legacy and insists (on) excellence.”

Fulmer ended the search days after his promotion by hiring current head coach Jeremy Pruitt.

Finebaum said that Fulmer’s firing as coach “turned out to be the worst thing that ever happened” for Tennessee.

“If Tennessee had just remained patient, I think the football program would have corrected itself,” Finebaum said. “Instead, the program has been an abject disaster the last 10 years from athletic director change to chancellor and presidential change to ultimately Lane Kiffin, to Derek Dooley, to Coach (Butch) Jones, to where we are now.”

But according to Finebaum, Fulmer’s composure as athletic director has been just what the school and football program needed. “(Fulmer) brought a calm and a confidence and a peace to the university that I had not seen or nobody has seen in a very long time,” Finebaum said. “And I think he saved it.” *Tennessee sports teams “progressing” under Fulmer* Pruitt’s Vols finished the 2018 season with a 5-7 overall record, including a 2-6 record in SEC play.

Tennessee notched key wins over thenNo. 21 Auburn and then-No. 11 Kentucky, but

Tennessee Athletic Director Phillip Fulmer meets with players after winning the game against Auburn on Oct. 13, 2018 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Megan Albers / The Daily Beacon finished the year with two straight losses, including a 38-13 loss to rival Vanderbilt. It was enough, though, to get Finebaum’s attention.

“I think we saw this year in the Auburn game and in the Kentucky game what this program is capable of,” Finebaum said. “It didn’t end well, but the seeds have been sown, and I think you saw that from a recruiting standpoint. … I have very high hopes for Tennessee football.”

Other sports programs at Tennessee are ex-

periencing success as well. The men’s basketball team is currently ranked No. 1 in the nation and is 16-1 on the season. The Tennessee volleyball team is coming off of a strong season under first-year head coach Eve Rackham, another Fulmer hire.

“I think the basketball program is in the best place it’s been in 10 years as well and some other programs are progressing,” Finebaum said.

“But I think it’s all because of Phillip Fulmer.”

PUZZLES & GAMES

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The Daily Beacon • Thursday, January 24, 2019

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Vols climb to No. 1 in AP Poll after hot SEC start BLAKE VON HAGEN Sports Editor

Tennessee jumped to No. 1 in Monday’s Associated Press Top 25 rankings after beating Arkansas and Alabama at home.

This is just the second time that the Vols have been No. 1 in the AP Poll, with the first time coming on Feb. 25, 2008. Duke and Michigan dropped below Tennessee after both teams lost to unranked opponents this week.

“I don’t think anything about it,” head coach Rick Barnes said after Saturday’s game against Alabama. “I think we are going to be in a lot of games like this whether we are ranked No. 1, No. 21 or No. 41.”

Barnes led Texas to the No. 1 spot for two weeks in January 2010. That team would

lose 8 of its last 13 games in the regular season before being bounced in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Barnes’ teams have now been in the top 10 for a combined 110 weeks, along with 243 weeks in the top 25. Tennessee has been in the AP Top 25 for 27 weeks in a row, which is the third-longest streak in program history.

“For me, I think it’s just a number,” junior forward Grant Williams said after the Vols win against the Crimson Tide. “We are just going to do our jobs. Going to a game against a talented Vanderbilt team and it will be a hostile environment.”

The Vols are now on a 12-game winning streak and have not been beaten at home this season. Tennessee’s lone blemish came at the hands of then-No. 2 Kansas in November.

Williams leads the SEC with 18.9 points

per game, and senior guard Admiral Schofield come in at third in the league with 17.4 points per game.

Jordan Bowden is averaging 17.6 points per game off the bench during SEC play. Junior point guard Jordan Bone has the best assist-to-turnover ratio in the SEC during league play with a ratio of 5.0.

During the last 10 years, only one team that has been ranked No. 1 at this point in the season went on to win the National Championship, as Villanova did it last year.

Two teams that were ranked No. 1 on Jan. 21 over the last 10 years lost in the Final Four and another three lost in the Elite Eight.

Tennessee travels to Nashville for a game against Vanderbilt on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. ET. The last time the Vols were No. 1, they lost to the Commodores on the road the following Tuesday.

Admiral Schofield, #5, during game against Alabama on Jan. 19, 2019 at Thompson-Boling Arena.

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Lady Vols looking to regain confidence against No. 1 Notre Dame WILL BACKUS Asst. Sports Editor

The months of January and February in college basketball are typically marked by a tough conference slate for any team, and that’s no different for the Tennessee women’s basketball team, with tough matchups against LSU and Mississippi State still in store.

But before the Lady Vols can even think about the rest of the season, they face their toughest test thus far on Thursday night, welcoming the defending national champions and top-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish amidst one of the worst streaks in team history.

“Forget the rest of the season, it’s big because it is the next game,” head coach Holly Warlick said. “We will prepare for it. We have to go out and be confident. We aren’t supposed to win the game, and that’s fine.”

In years past, this particular showdown was billed as a matchup between two powerhouse, likely top-10 teams. While Notre Dame fits that bill, Tennessee is on the backend of a five-game losing streak, all to conference opponents.

Four of those five games were lost by a combined nine points, the most recent of which was a one-point, 80-79 loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks in Knoxville. That skid has damaged the confidence of this young squad, and Warlick knows.

“Right now it is not very good,” Warlick said. “We have lost so many games in tight

situations. It’s tough on these kids… We are young, but we have to continue to get smart.”

A lack of confidence is something a team doesn’t want when facing the top team in the nation. While the Lady Vols have lost five games in a row, the Irish have won 11-straight games. Their only loss this season came to then No. 1 UCONN. Tennessee has history on its side, however.

It holds a 21-7 all-time advantage in the series, though Notre Dame came out on top in last year’s showdown in South Bend, In. In 2017, the Lady Vols faced similar circumstances to this year’s game.

Then unranked, they hosted the sixthranked Irish in Thompson-Boling. Tied 69-69 with 10 seconds remaining, Jaime Nared hit a jumper to give Tennessee the decisive lead, and a 71-69 victory.

This Irish team is a completely different animal, however. They return four starters from the National Championship winning team, including Arike Ogunbawale, who has made a name for herself by hitting game-winners against UCONN in the Final Four and Mississippi State in the National Championship.

She has consistently been one of the best players in the nation this season, placing tenth in the nation in scoring with an average of 21.5 points per game. All five of the Irish’s starters average double-digit points per game.

They also place third in the nation in scoring, averaging 87.8 points per game, while holding opponents to just around 62 points on average.

The biggest knock on Tennessee’s defense this season has been the ability to defend the

Evina Westbook, #2, fights off Arkansas defenders during game on Jan. 21, 2019 at Thompson-Boling Arena. Caitlyn Jordan / The Daily Beacon three-point line. Teams like Arkansas, Kentucky, and Missouri have all taken advantage of this kink.

The Lady Vols can expect much of the same from Thursday’s opponent. Notre Dame averages about 12 three-point attempts per game, converting on about four of them. Marina Mabrey leads her team with 33 perimeter

makes out of 75 attempts.

“Notre Dame is the No. 1 team in the country, so it’s going to be a challenge for us,” forward Rennia Davis said. “They’ll probably be one of the toughest teams we play this year…

We’ve got to put a full 40 minutes together.”

Tip-off is slated for 7:00 p.m., and the game will be broadcast nationwide on ESPN.