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Afternoon concert host and producer Whitney Dodds plays music during WUOT’s classical music program on weekdays from 1-4 p.m. Esther Choo • The Daily Beacon

What keeps you up at night? Courtney Anderson Contributor

If Matt Shafer Powell, director of news content at WUOT, has asked you to answer the question “What keeps you up at night?” on a piece of bright pink, green or orange paper, your response might be posted on his office wall. If, in the next few months, you happen to see a customized food truck driving around interviewing people, you’ll be looking at the enhanced version of that question. Independent radio station WUOT was recently named one of 15 radio stations that won the Association for Independence in Radio’s contest “Localore: Finding America.” The contest brings together independent producers and radio stations to find creative, innovative ways of sharing the news. The winners

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were chosen from more than 200 independent radio and television stations, as well as educators and coders. Radio stations had to submit video proposals explaining who they are, what they do and what kind of person they want to work with. Producers had to submit applications and find a radio station where they thought they would work well. “It’s like speed-dating,” Jess Mador, the independent producer who chose to work with WUOT, said. Mador has been an independent producer for radio news for a decade. She will be working with WUOT for the next nine months while the Association for Independence in Radios pays her salary. Knoxville was Mador’s first choice for a radio station. “I just thought what Matt wanted to do and what I wanted to do really fit,” Mador said. “What keeps you up at night?” is the ques-

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tion Powell brought to various communities and festivals in East Tennessee to ask people before WUOT entered Localore. Powell was working on his project Tenn Words, an anonymous project in which participants had to provide their age, gender, city, state and the answer to that question. Powell said the project started off as a “humble” one — so far, Tenn Words has gotten more than 650 responses from people in the region. Reaching different communities with Tenn Words was always Powell’s focus, and he said that working with Mador on a larger project provides an opportunity to take the concept behind Tenn Words and make it bigger. “I feel a little bit like I’m a parent watching my kid ride that bike on the road for the first time,” Powell said. See WUOT on Page 4

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Circle Park roll call honors Tennessee’s fallen veterans

Tanner Hancock News Editor

Several different variations of military vehicles took part in the parade on Veteran’s Day. Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon

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Tennessee students, faculty and visitors gathered in solemn observance Wednesday, Nov. 11 in order to remember those Tennessee service members who lost their lives as a part of the National Day of Remembrance and Roll Call. The event, which began in 2011 and is held in Circle Park, pays tribute to those veterans who have lost their lives since military operations began in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorists attacks of 2001. Preceded by a patriotic tribute form UT’s ReVOLution acapella group, UT President Emeritus Joe Johnson spoke of the sacrifices of veterans often overlooked in the daily motions of life. “Each of those names has a story. There’s a person, there’s a life, there’s a family,” Johnson said of the many veterans called out who gave their lives in combat. “It’s good for us to stop and every once in a while remember those people who have given themselves, time, energy and even their lives, to protect this nation and its freedoms.” A veteran of the Korean conflict, Johnson noted that while he no longer had to worry about serving in the military at the age of 82, he and those whose time for service has past should still pay tribute to those still expected to serve their country. “Those men and women have been avail-

able to go forth and sacrifice themselves, separated from their families, and we need always to remember them,” said Johnson. Alluding to the recent controversy surrounding Veterans Affairs Healthcare and the often poor treatment soldiers receive after returning from combat, Johnson maintained that our country’s responsibilities to our soldiers should not last the length of the conflict, but the entirety of our service men and women’s lives. “After that service is over, we keep in mind that they (service members) have adequate healthcare, adequate counseling, adequate guidance.” As the evening concluded with a performance of “Taps” from Cpl. Jordan Henderson, a student veteran, other students in attendance reflected on their pride as Americans. Erin Sherwin, a senior in biochemistry and member of the ReVOLution acapella group, explained the reason why she and other members of the choir ensemble felt the need to perform on Veterans Day. “It was really nice getting to be here, since we’re part of this university and people who are also affiliated with the university served in the military,” Sherwin explained. “It’s just a good way to honor them since they’re a part of our community.” Sherwin opened the event with National Anthem, and also performed “This Land is your Land” and “America the Beautiful.” UT President Emeritus Joe Johnson thanked those who put together the event.

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Tennessee students, faculty and visitors gathered in solemn observance Wednesday in order to remember those Tennessee service members who lost their lives as a part of the National Day of Remembrance and Roll Call. Tanner Hancock • The Daily Beacon

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What has been your biggest adjustment since coming to UT? “I came from a really small town where everyone was really secluded, and they weren’t really able to do much there. Everyone only knew what they were told. They couldn’t actually get out and go to different states. So actually coming here, everyone is so open about things, and you can actually go places whenever you want. it’s a much better atmosphere here, and it’s more accepting of stuff.” -Wesley Elder, freshman in neuroscience Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon

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Lecture to talk ancient interest with high fashion Adriana Ortega Contributor

Walk, walk, fashion baby. David Bowie’s lyrics may have been written for the hair-crazed ‘80s, but for Anne Chapin, professor at Brevard College, the world’s fascination with high fashion is as timeless as the Greek artifacts she studies. Tonight, Nov. 12, Chapin will be delivering a lecture, “Dress to Impress: Art and Haute Couture in the Aegean Bronze Age,” that explores images on ancient fresco pieces salvaged from the Aegean ruins and culture they represent. As an art historian and professor in archaeology, Chapin will discuss the symbolism of particular motifs and the depiction of class division and gender roles in the artifacts. Aleydis Van de Moortel, a UT professor in classics and event organizer, described the importance of this lecture and its significance to public knowledge. “What Dr. Chapin will talk about is really the latest insights into how dress expressed status and gender role,” Van de Moortel said. “Not many people have worked on this, so this gives new insights in the society of the time.” The UT professors elaborated on the rarity of Aegean fresco pieces as the items had once decorated wealthy Greek homes but were later destroyed by looters and volcanic eruptions. For Van de Moortel, Chapin’s excavations and analyses has presented the university with a rare glimpse into some of mankind’s greatest civilizations through the study of history’s “puzzle pieces.”

“(Archaeology) is a big, big, big puzzle with millions of pieces, and experts all over the world are working on part of that puzzle and we need to exchange information so we can all learn from each other,” she said. Theodora Kopestonsky, a UT lecturer in classics and specialist in Greek archaeology, said the correlation between ancient and modern fashion is a topic that can be studied in depth. “I think today, we are still very concerned with appearances and what people are wearing … and the ancient world is no different in the sense that your appearance is really important,” Kopestonsky explained. “By looking at past examples of representations of people, of what they’re wearing, we can learn about what people are thinking and in that way, we can understand the past better.” For those unfamiliar with the Aegean Bronze Age, the roughly three thousand year period took place on the islands in Aegean Sea, just off the coast of Greece. An era known for the Minoan and Mycenaean culture, Chapin will also discuss fashions displayed on frescoes in relation to images derived Homer’s epic poetry during the Trojan War. Chapin’s lecture is the fourth of eight symposiums held by the East Tennessee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. Next semester will consist of lectures on local archaeological projects, cave explorations, and the collapse of the Mayan Empire. This event will be on the evening of Nov. 12 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Alumni Memorial Building in Room 32. It is free and open to the public.

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WUOT continued from Page 1 Mador said that Localore is hoping to create regional diversity with the Finding America contest. While Localore’s contest in the previous year focused on cities such as Chicago, this year’s contest is expanding to communities in more isolated places like Anchorage, Alaska. For their project, Mador and Powell are creating TruckBeat, a multimedia, “people-driven” method of creating news. The pair will take a food truck, customize it with visual and audio recording systems and travel throughout the region asking people what issues concern them. They’ll be launching a digital crowdsourcing platform to help collect ideas from community members and identify trends in the stories they receive while continuing the in-person engagement of Tenn Words. It will be a way of turning the gate-keeper formula for news curation on its head and focusing more on what citizens think should be the news, versus telling citizens what they should consider news. “If that’s the only way we do things, we’re missing out a huge part of the picture,” Powell said. Mador said the project will help them learn how to get the audience involved at a much earlier stage than where they normally get a voice. Mador and Powell have not started producing packages yet. They are working on details with getting the food truck and being able to start going out. When they do start going out, Mador and Powell are hoping to get students involved in helping TruckBeat record the ideas and stories of East Tennesseans. Anyone looking for information about TruckBeat can visit www.truckbeat.org.

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Pottery sale coming to UT

Katey Robinson Staff Writer

Today is the second — and final — day of the UT Potters 2015 Holiday sale. Held in the atrium of the Art and Architecture building, this sale displays ceramics of alumni, faculty and current students of UT’s Ceramics Department that are available for purchase. The event has become quite a tradition; this is its twenty-third year. Ciara Jackson, senior in studio art, serves as Vice President of The UT Potters. She contributed to the organization of this year’s sale, in collaboration with ceramics professor Frank Martin and the club’s president. While she works on pottery in classes year-round, Jackson said that she enjoys the yearly opportunity to showcase and sell her ceramics. “I think it’s important for art students to support each other in their creative endeavors,” Jackson said. “The sale gives my peers from other disciplines the chance to see what I’m up to outside of class.” Shannon Tester, sophomore in studio art, agrees. She specializes in painting but admires the time and skill that goes into making pottery. “It’s amazing seeing all the time and care the students put into their ceramics. All the hard work pays off … literally,” says Tester. Jackson explained how money raised during the sale directly benefits ceramics students. “The proceeds of the sale go towards a fund that allows ceramics students to afford trips to NCECA, an annual ceramics conference.

Held in the atrium of the Art and Architecture building for 23 years, this sale displays ceramics of alumni, faculty and current students of UT’s Ceramics department that are available for purchase. Katey Robinson • The Daily Beacon The UT Potters are also able to occasionally bring in visiting artists and provide students with scholarships thanks to the sale,” said Jackson. Ashley Layendecker, senior in studio art, took a break from classes to check out the ceramics on display. “This is a great way to find unique handcrafted pieces of art by UT students. You can find great gifts while supporting the arts, which is always important,” Layendecker said. The UT Potters only put on two sales each year; today’s holiday sale is a great opportunity to find out a little more about UT’s art and ceramics program, talk to some of the ceramics students about their work and maybe walk out with a cool new mug. Items range in price from $5-$100. The UT Potters will be in the atrium of the Art and Architecture building today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

“There’s a lot of different ways to play this game, but once you decide how you’re going to play, you’re committed to it.” — Rick Barnes

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Baulkman overcoming past shoulder injuries in final season Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor

Devon Baulkman had been through plenty of shoulder dislocations before. But when it happened earlier this fall as Tennessee began preparing for its upcoming season, it was the first time Rick Barnes had witnessed the senior’s nagging injury. “One day, [Baulkman] hit the floor pretty hard,” the first-year UT head coach said during UT Media Day on Oct. 12. “I think [the shoulder] popped out a little bit. He thought he was dying. It was really kind of funny. He got it back in. He is a tough kid and he got back out there.” A year ago, though, the problem was much more serious. The start to Baulkman’s UT career was put on hold after the first dislocation of his left shoulder forced him to miss the Vols’ season opener against VCU in the Veterans Classic at the U.S. Naval

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Academy. Six days later, Baulkman, who transferred from Gulf Coast State College (Fla.), made his Tennessee debut, scoring five points in 10 minutes against Texas Southern. The Bainbridge, Ga., native went on to start in seven of the 31 games he played in, averaging 4.7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game, but he also dealt with two other dislocations throughout the season. “It was really frustrating,” Baulkman said. “I would just go home and think about it, like could this be the end of my career because I keep dislocating it and I try to keep coming back. I think it’s a mind thing, just me being confident about myself and just going out there and not thinking about it. But it’s been a long ride.” And that ride continued well beyond the Vols’ season. After dropping a career-high 22 points against Mercer on Dec. 22, 2014, Baulkman said he expected to undergo surgery at the end of the season on a torn ligament in his shoulder that was a result of a dislocation. But a month after his first campaign came to an end following the Vols’ 80-72 defeat at the hands of Arkansas in the second round of the SEC tournament on March 13, the 6-foot-4, 200-pound guard decided to ditch that plan.

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Senior Devan Baulkman shoots during the Vols exhibition game against University of Alabama-Huntsville on November 5. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics

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Punter and Moore look to lead depleated point guard position

Taylor White

Assistant Sports Editor Rick Barnes will be the first to tell you that the Vols don’t have a true point guard on their roster. But in today’s world of college basketball, who does? The college basketball landscape has become dominated by athletic combo guards that are capable of both distributing and scoring the basketball depending on what the situation calls for. That isn’t to say that the point guard position has lost its importance, but it means that Tennessee isn’t the only team in the country that will be playing this year without a pure point guard. “First of all, there aren’t many pure point guards anymore,” Barnes said at Tennessee’s media day. “You can call him a combination guard, but it’s something that you work on and you’re getting back to vision and understanding the game. There is a time to score depending on the situation you might be in, and communication. It’s keeping up with what is going on with the floor.” While Tennessee doesn’t have that true point guard, it does have players capable of running the team. Last season Donnie Tyndall turned to Josh Richardson, the team’s best returning scorer, to run the point and this year Barnes will do the same. Kevin Punter and Armani Moore both averaged 10.3 points per game last season, the highest returning players on the team, and those are the two seniors that Barnes will look to at the point guard position. Barnes’ up-tempo system relies on the point guard to facilitate the offense and make quick decisions, something that Punter, the team’s primary ball handler has had to adjust to in practice this season. “You have to see the floor,” Punter said. “You have to see the floor as a point guard. I feel like I’m still working on that, just trying my best to see everyone. That’s the biggest thing for me right now is just making sure I see everyone and everything. “You may be looking at one thing and in practice coach is looking at something else. He’s like, ‘Why didn’t you get it to him?’ As a point guard, you’re looking at something else. He wants you to see literally everything.” For Moore, the journey back to the point guard position has been an interesting one. He was recruited to play the position by

Cuonzo Martin and spent his freshman season as a back-up point guard. Last season Tyndall moved him to the post due to lack of depth, and he thrived down low thanks to his physicality. Now the Kennesaw, Georgia, native is playing a mix of the two, using his athleticism all over the floor. “My job for this team this year, is to pretty much play all over the floor,” Moore said. “I don’t look at that as bad thing. If coach wants me to play the point then I’ll play the point and if he wants me to play the four then I’ll play the four. I’m just all about competing and getting the win.” It’s that competitive nature that makes Moore so valuable to this team according to Barnes, regardless of the position that he’s playing. “We’re going to use him everywhere,” Barnes said. “He does see the floor, he does pass the ball well. We’re just going to use him as really another guard … One thing about Armani is he’s very competitive. His number one talent is he’s a big time competitor … We’re going to put him in a positions where we’re going to expect to make plays for us.” Punter and Moore can’t play every minute, though, and a cramp or a couple of untimely fouls could quickly send one or both players to the bench. Barnes said he’s been experimenting with multiple players in the emergency point guard role and mentioned Robert Hubbs, Detrick Mostella, Devon Baulkman and even true freshman Shembari Phillips as possible candidates to step into the point if needed. “I ran some point in high school, especially when we played bigger teams,” Phillips said. “Other than that I played point in my last summer of AAU ball, so I’m definitely comfortable handing the ball. But this is a whole other level. If I can keep getting the reps, though, I think I’ll be alright.” Barnes wants his point guards to be not only facilitators, but a threat to score as well. With the lack of a true point guard on the team, he wants all his guards to be well-rounded. “We’re not going to stop trying to develop them with their skills,” Barnes said. “Whether it’s passing, dribbling, shooting the ball or handling the ball, because you always have to plan for Murphy’s Law. If it can go wrong, it can go wrong. You can’t just think it’s going to go smooth, so we have to have a lot of guys continue to improve every day.”

Senior Kevin Punter will handle point guard responsibilites this season. Punter isn’t a natural point guard, but Tennessee’s lack of depth at the position is forcing him to adjust. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics

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Vols basketball welcomes fourth new head coach in past six years, adjust to new leadership Taylor White

Assistant Sports Editor When Ri Rick Barnes speaks to the media, oone phrase is heard more than any a other: player development. It was w player development that helped Barnes take a Clemson dubbed one of the worst in team du country, to the NIT in 1995. It the count was player development that allowed him to then ttake Clemson to the Sweet Sixteen and a No. N 2 national ranking just two years later. A And it was player development that led him to 16 NCAA Tournament appearance and a Final Fina Four in his 17 seasons at Texas. It’s that same concept conce of player development that Barnes looks to bri bring in his first season at a Tennessee program that has seen three basketball coaches in the past three seasons. “I think it’s the most important thing,” Barnes said at media day. “I th think one thing that’s great about college basketball iis we graduate guys or lose them to the NBA, but there the is always somebody else that’s waiting to showcase showcas what they can do. “Every year there is someone that comes out of s nowhere because of an a off-season improvement program … I think thin as coaches we have an obligation to teach our players the fundate mentals of the th game.” It didn’t take Barnes long to start developing the roster he had when he was hired hir in March, as he quickly began correcting the form and fundacor mentals of certain players. His first project? The team’s top returning scorer, Kevin Punter. retur The 6-foot-2 guard averaged 31 3 minutes and 10.3 points per game last season, but not even eve the team leader was able to escape Barnes’ criticism, as e there were certain elements of his jump shot that needed to be changed. He didn’t stop with Punter, as he made his way wa through the team tweaking different differen aspects of different players. For Jabari McGhee, it was his Ja free throw stroke and for freshman Shembari Phillips it was the form of his Ph jump shot. shot. In most cases, ca these players have been shooting a particular way for most of p their lives and that makes change a difficult concept. Not only does a player have to mentally want to change his shot, but he has to t try and erase the muscle

memory that he has developed over his career. “It was a little frustrating at first,” Phillips said. “But once I started seeing positive results, I started really appreciating what they were doing for me. After that, I asked no questions, I did what was I told and I see positive results every day. “The old shot definitely comes around every once in a while,” Phillips said. “But it’s just repetition and muscle memory. As long as I’m working on it every day, it will become natural for me.” Barnes admits, though, that all he can do is point a player in the right direction. It’s up to the individual to take that advice, and it if they don’t want to change then nothing will change. “There are certain things that you can’t help them with, if they don’t want to be helped,” Barnes said. “You get a group of guys that buy in, and it’s great when you get a player on your team that does buy in. The other guys see him and it makes it a little bit easier to communicate … There’s no secret to player development. The best ones to coach are the ones that are passionate, they love the game and they love to compete.” The Hickory, North Carolina native has been a head coach for 27 seasons, but this one is different. He spent the last 17 years at Texas, where he developed a comfort level with the program and with the players. Now he has to start over at Tennessee. Barnes runs a very specific system and coaches a very specific way with an extreme attention to detail, and while his players at Texas knew what to expect from him every day, his new team doesn’t. That’s been frustrating at times. “It’s teaching the mundane drills over and over again,” Barnes said. “We’ve had to do that. In the past I could say, ‘two-on-two double contest’ and they could get right into it. Now we’re teaching everything that we have to do. I’m very fortunate that I have a great teaching staff … They know how we want to play.” It’s no secret that this isn’t the most talented team that Tennessee has put on the floor over the last several years. The Vols finished with a .500 record last year in Donnie Tyndall’s lone season at Tennessee, and the team’s do-it-all player, Josh Richardson, is now with the Miami Heat. Tennessee doesn’t have the size or the depth it needs in the post, and on top of that, the Vols now have their fourth head coach in last six years. Barnes has a proven track record, though, making 22 NCAA Tournaments in those 27 years, and his players don’t have any reason to think he won’t do the same at UT. “He’s a coach that’s always going to be in the gym with us,” junior Robert Hubbs III said. “Anything we need extra help on, or we need a better understanding, he’s just going to sit down with us or demonstrate it for us. “Everything happens for a reason. This time we got a good one. I think he’s going to be here for a very, very long time.”

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Phillips, Schofield glad to stick with UT Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor

Nobody would have blamed Shembari Phillips and Admiral Schofield for choosing to attend other schools. Schofield, a three-star prospect out of Zion, Illinois, committed to play for the Vols on Aug. 31. A day later, Phillips, also a three-star prospect from Marietta, Georgia, did the same. Seven months later, though, the coach that had recruited them, Donnie Tyndall, was fired amidst allegations that he committed NCAA violations while coaching at Southern Mississippi. For Phillips, the firing of Tyndall and the hiring of Rick Barnes on March 31 — four days after Tyndall’s departure — did nothing to alter his decision. “Rick didn’t have to tell me anything,” Phillips said during UT’s Media Day on Oct. 12. “I did my homework on Rick Barnes and I knew what he was capable of and I knew who he coached and stuff like that and I knew he could get me to where I want to be. “As long as I keep soaking in all that he has to throw at me, I think I can get there. I committed to Tennessee and I’m here.” Schofield, though, did have second thoughts,

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but one conversation with Barnes was more than enough to keep him committed to UT. “There was a thought in my mind about changing,” Schofield said. “I had some other schools in mind, but talking to Rick that first time, he really reassured me that Tennessee was the place for me. “I think that staying here at Tennessee was one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long time because I’m getting the best opportunity to go to that next level, which is why we are all here.” The fact that Phillips, who he had become

good friends with during the recruiting process, was staying didn’t hurt either. “We talked a lot,” Schofield said. “I actually went down to Atlanta and we worked out together a couple of months before we came here. Me and him are really tight.” Now the two find themselves as integral pieces of the program Barnes is trying to build in his first year at Tennessee. Phillips brings an athleticism that fits right in with Barnes’ philosophy of trying to score in seven seconds or less.

The evidence of that is the dunk that the 6-foot-2, 190-pound guard threw down at the Spalding Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass., on Jan. 19, 2015 against California’s Bishop O’Dowd High School. The play was featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10, ranking as the No. 4 play of the day. “My point guard got the ball, and he passed it to one of my wings,” Phillips said. “I was the trail man at the time and I came down and just attacked the rim. It was a good play on our part. We got the ball down the court in three, four seconds and I finished with the and-one dunk. “I did have a goal for myself to make SportsCenter’s Top 10 (one day) and to make Top 5. I was proud of myself.” Schofield, who has added four inches to his wingspan since arriving at UT, adds size for a Vols squad that is lacking in that area. At 6-5, 240 pounds, the forward’s strength is rebounding, while also being versatile enough to shoot from three-point range. “He gives us a little bit of a inside,” Barnes said on Nov. 4. “He probably has improved more than anybody on this team from the time that we started. He’s put a lot of time in to get himself into shape. As a freshman, he really wants to be a good player … It’s going to be fun watching him grow.”

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The talent of Canadian players has slowly seeped into American basketball. There are only 13 Canadian players currently in the NBA, but two of the last three No. 1 picks in the NBA Draft — Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins — have come from north of the border. Canada, though, has been a talent pool that Rick Barnes and his coaching staff have been picking from over the last five years, and that trend continued shortly after they arrived at Tennessee with the signings of Ray Kasongo and Kyle Alexander. “(Associate head coach) Rob (Lanier) was recruiting both of the Canadians for Texas because we knew we were going to lose our front line,” Barnes said during UT Media Day on Oct. 12. “These were two guys we wanted to bring there. (Lanier) had developed such a great relationship with the people that once we got the job here, we told them we wanted them to come here.” The reason why Lanier was able to build those relationships is simple: he has an understanding of those players. The son of a Canadian citizen, Lanier grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., which is approximately 17 miles away from the border. But Lanier didn’t gain an appreciation for Canadian players until he played at St. Bonaventure, where he played alongside a few Canadians, including Rocky Llewellyn, who led the Atlantic 10 in scoring as a senior during the 1988-89 season. “Some of it is luck,” said Lanier, who was an assistant coach under Barnes at Texas from 19992001 and later returned to be his associate head coach in 2011. “You just try to find players wherever you can … I had a familiarity with the quality of play up there, and in the last decade or so, there have been so many good players come down and play at the prep school level and high school level, so you have some really renowned players from Canada … We’ve been fortunate to connect with some guys.” The connection that helped land Alexander was one that Lanier had built for years. “We started developing a little bit of a relationship from his days at Virginia and Florida,

but I had the chance to start really developing a relationship with him last year,” said Larry Blunt, Alexander’s coach at Orangeville Prep in Ontario. “He’s a good guy, and he’s done a nice job building relationships up in this region.” Those relationships have helped build upon the foundation that Barnes set before Lanier ever returned to Texas. Before the 2010-11 season, the connection between Texas and Canadian players began when Cory Joseph and Tristan Thompson, both five-star prospects, signed on to play for the Longhorns. Joseph, who plays for his hometown Toronto Raptors, averaged 10.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game as Texas’ starting point guard. Thompson averaged 13.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game and was named one of five finalists for National Freshman of the Year. As freshman, the duo led the Longhorns to a 28-8 record before entering the NBA Draft, where Thompson was selected fourth overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers — where he still plays — and Joseph was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs with the 29th overall pick. A year later, Myck Kabongo joined the Longhorns and averaged 9.6 points and 5.6 assists as a freshman. He was suspended for 23 games his sophomore season for alleged inappropriate contact with an agent, but went on to score 14.6 points per game in Texas’ final 11 games of the 2012-13 season and now plays in the NBA Developmental League. The successes of those three were also key factors in luring Alexander and Kasongo to UT. “That definitely helped with my decision,” Alexander said. “The fact they are able to take people from Canada, from the programs that I played for, and help them and progress them to get where they want to go to. That was the biggest difference.” Kasongo added: “If it’s not the (biggest reason), it’s definitely up there. The success of not just Canadians, but most of his players, is what attracted me to Coach Barnes. He is a vet. He’s been in this for such a long time, and you can tell when he is coaching he knows exactly what he is talking about.” But for Alexander and Kasongo, the path to a Division-I school was much different than it was for the three Canadians who played at Texas for Barnes. All three of those guys were five-star prospects garnering scholarship offers from every basketball powerhouse in the country. Alexander and Kasongo were three-star athletes trying to get noticed. In fact, their paths differed from each other’s in a lot of different ways as well. Kasongo, who has been cleared to practice with

the Vols but is still waiting to be cleared for competition by the NCAA, grew up playing in Canada before moving to Pikeville, Ky. where he played high school ball. “It’s really hard to get recruited in Canada unless you’re a big name like Andrew Wiggins,” Kasongo said. “For a guy like myself, and I think I’m a pretty good player myself, my name wasn’t really up that high until I decided to make that switch and come to America and that’s when my recruiting process really started picking up.” Upon graduating from Pikeville High School, Kasongo signed with Oregon, but was denied admission, forcing him to compete at the junior college level at the College of Southern Idaho for a year before transferring to UT. Meanwhile, Alexander played in the United States a lot in the two years he played basketball at Orangeville Prep. He also played AAU ball with the CIA Bounce program, which also provided a lot of stateside exposure for Alexander. The problem for Alexander, though, lay with the talent surrounding him. All six of the Athlete Institute’s — which encompasses Orangeville Prep — graduates went on to play at Division-I schools and the team also had a lot of younger talent, including Thon Maker, who is rated as the eighth-best overall prospect in the 2016 recruiting class by 247Sports. “The depth of talent up there isn’t conducive to everyone being seen,” Lanier said. “In Kyle’s case, he played in a big time program that came to the states and played in all of these tournaments. But he had some really high-profile teammates, so he was a guy who played with little notoriety because he was in the shadow of those other guys. “There are going to be some guys that fall though the cracks simply because the talent up there is so deep. My familiarity leads me to go up there and see for myself.” But with so much talent coming out of Canada, especially the Toronto area, things are starting to change in terms of recruitment of players. “With Canada being such a mixing bowl of people and cultures in conjunction with there being such a dense population within an hour of Toronto — which I think has the fifth largest population in North America,” Blunt said. “That and Andrew Wiggins and the Raptors and the success they are having, I think you have such a great population to pull from and now these guys are starting to train earlier and train longer. “As a result, you are getting guys that can really play and each class as time goes on is getting deeper and deeper with more talent.” As that happens, UT will continue to look for talent north of the border that can help build the program in the future.

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14 20 11 13 12 10 After sitting out a year, DeShields could help Tennessee return to final four Jonathan Toye

Sports Editor Tennessee women’s basketball coach Holly Warlick wants players on her team who aren’t afraid to take the big shots — players who want the ball when the game is on the line. Tennessee has boasted these players in the past. Chamique Holdsclaw led the Lady Vols to three straight national championships from 1996 to 1998. Candace Parker was the linchpin for Tennessee’s last two national championship teams in 2007 and 2008. Warlick admitted that it’s been awhile since the Lady Vols have had that kind of player — one who can consistently drain shots in critical moments of game. That drought could end when Diamond DeShields makes her Tennessee debut this season. DeShields, who transferred from North Carolina after her freshman season, enters the 2015 season with high expectations. She aver-

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aged 18 points in her freshman year at North Carolina, earning national freshman of the year honors. The national media expects the same at Tennessee. The Associated Press named her an honorable mention All-American. The coaches and the media both placed her on their All-SEC first team. “She is a competitor,” Warlick told the Daily Beacon at SEC Media Days. “She competes in everything that she does. She doesn’t like to lose, which is awesome. She is a different person when she crosses the basketball court. And when she is off, she is soft-spoken. She is highly intelligent, highly intelligent person and with the basketball. “She has a will to win. She wants to win at anything and everything that she does.” Before DeShields could win at Tennessee, she had to wait. The NCAA transfer rules state that transfers have to sit out the first year at their new institution. The rule ultimately meant that DeShields had to take a yearlong break from the sport that

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came so natural to her. She said she didn’t experience any withdrawals, but her confidence was shaken. “You start to have doubts,” DeShields said. “Well I did. I lost a little a bit of confidence at times and in myself because it was just hard. You are used to living a certain type of life inside of basketball and to have it all just turned off – no more lights, no more cameras, no more practice — that made me have to be more involved with my teammates and talk to them more and encourage them more because I knew that was what I needed as a player.” There were other benefits to sitting out a year. Warlick said DeShields now has a greater appreciation for the game, as she now sees the game from more of a coaching standpoint. “When you are watching (the game) and not worried about going in and ‘what did I do, what didn’t I do?’ I think you understand the game a little bit more,” Warlick said. “You look at the game as a whole and not just what you need to be doing. … You see the game and try to help the team.” Added DeShields: “I think I have grown

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tremendously as a player and I am very thankful for my sit-out year I think this whole year sitting out. I know I have become a better person and I will do everything in my power to be a positive influence on the rest of the team and the coaches when I get back out there.” “My wisdom has grown a lot since I’ve been here at UT. I give a lot of credit to my teammates and coaches for basically forcing me to develop more of a mental aspect to the game of basketball. I’ve become more of an intellectual, I like to say more of a coaching mind now.” There is one aspect of DeShields’ game that hasn’t changed: she is not scared to shoot. And she doesn’t mind having the ball in her hands when the game is on the line. That mentality might do the trick in ending the Lady Vols’ seven-year Final Four drought. “I have never met a shot I didn’t like,” DeShields said. “I hope we can find ourselves in a comfortable position at the end of the game, but if it has to be me I am willing to do it. “I am willing to do whatever we got to do to win the game.”

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Lady Vols biggest opponent in 2015-16 could be expectations Trenton Duffer Copy Editor

It’s almost unrealistic when a fan base expects a Final Four run every year from one team. However, that is the case this year with the Lady Vols, as the team has yet again been projected to finish among the NCAA women’s basketball elites once the year is finished. The Lady Vols are returning nine members, including three starters, from last year’s 30-6 (15-1 SEC) team. “What I’ve seen so far, we’ve got a very athletic, active team. I have not been disappointed,” head coach Holly Warlick said at the team’s media day. “This group loves competition, and as a coach, that’s awesome …We’ve been getting up and down, and I think we’re at a good point now.” The team has seen a steady increase in productivity since Warlick’s first season at UT. A 27-8 record with an Elite Eight berth in 2012-2013 soon improved to 29-6 in 2013-2014 but saw a drop to the Sweet 16. Tennessee found its way into the Elite Eight yet again in 2014-2015. “There’s only one team satisfied at the end of the year, and last year, that team was Connecticut,” Warlick said. “It’s something you’ve gotta keep working with and keep getting better.” The Lady Vols open their season against Central Arkansas on Sunday at Thompson-Boling Arena. Preseason prizes: The Lady Vols were picked fourth in USA Today’s Coaches Poll that was first released two weeks ago. Connecticut, South Carolina and Notre Dame are currently ranked above the Lady Vols in the poll. Tennessee’s road to remaining fourth won’t be an easy one, as the Lady Vols will face 13 teams this year that are either in the preseason top 25 or received votes to be. Tennessee was also picked to finish second in the SEC behind South Carolina. Warlick welcomes all the competition that the SEC has to offer. “I think it’s amazing how this conference just keeps getting better and better,” Warlick said. “I use Mississippi State as an example. They hired a great coach, and he went out to get players to fit his system. He’s getting the job done.” Mississippi State received the highest preseason ranking they’ve ever received when the SEC poll came out. The Bulldogs were picked to finish third in the SEC and are ranked eleventh nationally. Exhibition show and rule changes: Warlick’s squad is fresh off a 101-59 exhibition win over Carson-Newman on Monday that showed Mercedes Russell picking up her first career double-double. However, what stood out more was the team’s impressive passing efforts, as the Lady Vols racked up a total of 25 assists after the final buzzer rang. Tennessee’s flashy passes and prolific scoring

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Wake-up Vol: A day at a Lady Vol practice Trenton Duffer Copy Editor

6:15 a.m. is not a natural time for activity. Most people spend that time of day asleep. The Lady Vols have not had that luxury this past month. Instead, they have been practicing inside Pratt Pavilion. These early practices are part of the Lady Vols’ new “two-a-day” practice schedules that were implemented last month. Although most of the players aren’t huge fans of having to practice before the sun comes up, head coach Holly Warlick admits she loves waking up to go to practice with her team. “They’re not happy, and I’m in a great mood. I love it,” Warlick said, laughing. The team begins practice at 6:15 and practices hard for a couple of hours. Later in the afternoon, players and coaches return to go over what may have been sloppy in the morning practice. Although this is the first season that the team has done this while Warlick has been coach, it’s not the first time that the program has installed early morning practices. Former head coach Pat Summitt tried the system out many times, and if she wasn’t happy with the results she saw in the

morning practices, the team would return the next morning to work out the errors. Warlick admits that her team returns every morning — whether she’s happy with the results or not. “I wanted to use it as a part to teach, maybe shell our offenses, shell our defenses, doing things to put in (to games). I think it’s been a huge help for us,” Warlick said. “You can really focus on one thing, and then when you come back in the afternoon, you can do a little bit more competition and getting up and down the floor.” Redshirt junior Andraya Carter admitted that, although waking up and being ready for the early practices has been very difficult, the team feels like they have a step-up on their opponents. “There’s something that feels really good about doing things that other teams might not be doing,” Carter said. “Confidence comes from repetition and from knowing you put in the work. Just knowing that we’ve had to do that this preseason just gives us a little edge … We’ve put in so much work. We’ve woken up at 4:45 in the morning. I think it’s just a little more fortifying for us as a team.” The team will get their chance to sleep in at the end of this week when the early practices are cut so the team can be rested up for games.

Lady Vols huddle during the exhibition game against Carson Newman on Monday, Nov. 9. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

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Redshirt junior looks to “slither” into starting lineup Trenton Duffer Copy Editor

In the second quarter of Monday’s exhibition game against Carson-Newman, redshirt junior Andraya Carter was fouled and headed to the line to attempt the and-one. She stepped up to the line, dribbled the ball three times and prepared to shoot. As her arms went up to attempt the shot, Carson-Newman’s bench suddenly shouted out, “Look! A snake!” Carter missed the free throw but smiled a bit as she jogged back down the court. She was amazed at how the other team used her love for snakes as a way to distract during free throws. The Flowery Branch, Georgia native has three snakes — two more than she had last year. Nothing, the so-called “famous one” of the bunch, was featured on ESPN last year and is well known by many fans. Carter then adopted her second snake Hendrix and bought her baby snake Khaleesi a few months ago. Hendrix is named after famous guitarist Jimi Hendrix, and Khaleesi is named after the Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryan. All three of these snakes are types of boa pythons. “Snakes are kind of my interest outside of

basketball,” Carter explained. “Snakes are something that I’m interested in. I’ve loved them since I was little. My biological father had snakes. My mom had snakes.” Boas are fast, agile snakes, and that is the style that Carter has adopted over her three years at UT. She led the SEC in steals last year with 80 and shot close to 40 percent from the field. Now, this year, Carter is anticipated to be playing in the forward or shooting guard position. Head coach Holly Warlick has even discussed trying Carter out at point guard a few times this year if the team gets in foul trouble or want to play small and have a larger amount of shooters on the floor. Carter admits, though, that she wants to remain a defensive threat this year. “Defense has always been one of my main roles. It’s probably my top strength,” she said. “My high school coach always said that defense is something you can always do. It’s a controllable factor … Some nights, you can shoot perfect form like you’ve always practiced, and it just won’t fall. So I try not to focus on offense too much, but it is something I worked on during the summer.” See CARTER on Page 12B

Andraya Carter led the SEC in steals (80) and steals per game (2.3) last season. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

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BAULKMAN continued from Page 6B â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the type of dude who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to watch people play basketball because it makes me jealous,â&#x20AC;? Baulkman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plus I felt that people would get better than me (if I stopped playing). â&#x20AC;&#x153;I prayed about it and talked to mom about it and then I decided I was going to man up and fight through it and overcome it.â&#x20AC;? Then came the firing of the coach that brought him to Tennessee when Donnie Tyndall was let go amidst alleged NCAA violations committed under his watch at Southern Mississippi. After meeting with Barnes shortly after he was hired on March 31, though, Baulkman opted to stay at UT. Three months later, Baulkman joined fellow seniors Kevin Punter Jr. and Armani Moore in debuting the Volsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new Nike uniforms, sporting the new Smokey Grey jerseys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt like I was a model on a runway,â&#x20AC;? Baulkman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had fun. It was something new for me and I just wanted to enjoy the moment while I could. Everybody doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that moment, so I just took advantage and enjoyed myself.â&#x20AC;? Since then, Baulkman has worked with strength and conditioning coach Garrett Medenwald and associate director of sports medicine Chad Newman to build up the shoulder that once ailed him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really taken responsibility in cleaning up whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on with his shoulder,â&#x20AC;? Medenwald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continuing to keep it strong and keep it in a good place so he can function at the level he wants to on the court.â&#x20AC;? Baulkman, who is expected to be a starter for the Vols when they open the season against UNC Asheville on Friday at 7 p.m., now smiles and laughs like Barnes did in regards to his past injuries. A wrap still surrounds the shoulder, but that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Baulkmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more focused on making the most out of his final season at Tennessee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My confidence is really out the roof with the shoulder,â&#x20AC;? Baulkman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like it never happened before. I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even think about it anymore because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already been through the process and the struggle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a soldier â&#x20AC;Ś This is my last year so I have to give what I got. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got one more chance.â&#x20AC;?

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CARTER continued from Page 11B Carter got her first taste of game action on Monday in the teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; exhibition game against the Lady Eagles. The redshirt junior finished with 19 points, the second-highest total on the team behind Mercedes Russellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 23. Carter shot 7-14 from the field, including 3-5 from beyond the arc. She even made up for her four turnovers by stealing the ball four times.

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What stands out most to Coach Warlick, though, are the five assists that Carter had against the Lady Eagles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those assists and steals are impressive to me,â&#x20AC;? Warlick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought Andraya coming back had a very good game.â&#x20AC;? Warlick also praised Carter on taking smart shots in the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Andraya has a great shot, and I think that Andrayaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most affective when she takes good shots for Andraya. Those that are not forced, those that she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to create a shot,â&#x20AC;? Warlick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Andrayaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great offensive player when she takes shots that she can make. She doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take too many bad shots.â&#x20AC;?

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Maggitt’s status for rest of the season determined Taylor White

Assistant Sports Editor Curt Maggitt’s senior season hasn’t gone as planned. The defensive end came into the year with high expectations but recorded just seven tackles before suffering a chipped bone in his hip on Sept. 12 against Oklahoma that’s kept him out for the last seven games. Tennessee coach Butch Jones said last week that Maggitt was scheduled to undergo an MRI, and on Wednesday, Jones announced the results. “We did get back the MRI, and basically the status hasn’t changed,” Jones said. “It’s going to be based on how his body continues to heal over the next couple of weeks. Anything would be up to speculation to see whether he could play in the bowl game or not, but he is progressing and he is getting better.” Jones then said that it would be a “longshot” for Maggitt to see the field again before the Vols’ bowl game. Maggitt has struggled with injuries in the past, missing the entire 2013 season due to a torn ACL he suffered the year before, making this his fifth year at Tennessee. The NCAA rules state that a player can be granted a sixth year of eligibility if that player misses the equivalent of two seasons “for reasons beyond the student-athlete or institution’s control,” and Maggitt would meet those requirements as he’s missed two seasons now due to injury. Just because he can, though, doesn’t mean he would want to spend six years in college. “There’s a lot that goes into it. It’s not a slam dunk,” Jones said. “We’ll cross that bridge as we go, and we’re going to support him, but I know he’s got a lot of plans and things that he wants to do moving forward.” While his teammates would obviously like to have their leader back on the field one more season, they realize its a tough decision to make. “I just want him to do what’s best for him,” junior linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin said. “He’s done a lot for this program. He’s done everything that’s been asked of him. I just want him to make the right decision for him. I’ll support him any way he goes. I’m not on either side of the fence. I just want him to do what’s right for him.” SEC Player of the Week: Darrin Kirkland’s mother is his toughest critic. But even she didn’t have any gripes after his performance against South Carolina. Kirkland received SEC Freshman of the

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We’ll cross the bridge as we go, and we’re going to support him, but I know he’s got a lot of plans and things that he wants to do moving forward.” Butch Jones, Head Coach

Week honors after recording nine tackles in Tennessee’s 27-24 win over South Carolina. The Indianapolis native said he was proud to win the award, noting the significant improvement he has made since the season opener. His mom was happy too. “She was really happy,” Kirkland said. “She was just excited for the opportunity that I got — Freshman of the Week — to be able to get recognized. She is just excited for everything that I have done so far, and she is just happy for the future.” Injury Report: Freshman defensive end Kyle Phillips will miss the rest of the season, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said in his presser on Wednesday. Phillips will undergo shoulder surgery. Jones said it was the same shoulder that he had surgery on in January. “He was starting play very, very well,” Jones said of Phillips. “But we need to get that corrected so we can move forward and get him back. He has a chance to be a special player. I love everything about Kyle. “He will undergo surgery, and he will come back bigger and stronger because of it.” The Nashville native played against South Carolina but suffered an injury during the Vols 27-24 win over the Gamecocks, Jones said. Phillips, a former five-star recruit, played in six games in 2015, collecting six tackles and a sack. Meanwhile, wideout Marquez North is still day-to-day.

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McGhee ready to put both feet back on the court Taylor White

Assistant Sports Editor While rehabbing his foot during the offseason, Tennessee’s basketball training staff discovered an interesting fact about Jabari McGhee. One of his legs is two inches shorter than the other. The difference in the length has given him a certain lean when he walks around campus, but it’s something that hasn’t affected the 6-foot-5 forward on the basketball court. “I was on the table the other day, and the trainer was just kind of playing around with my leg,” McGhee said at Tennessee’s media day. “It’s just something I have to deal with. I had no idea. I don’t even think about it, there’s nothing I can change about it.” McGhee was recruited to Tennessee by former coach Donnie Tyndall and quickly carved out a role as the team’s hustle player. What he lacked in scoring, he made up for on the boards. The Albany, Georgia, native averaged close to four rebounds per game in just 12 minutes, with over half of those coming on the offensive end. That doesn’t mean that he can’t score, though, as he averaged over four points per game, and Tennessee fans may remember his quick spin to the basket to beat Kansas’ Cliff Alexander, a former five start prospect, for the bucket. McGhee played in the first eight games of the season, starting two of them, but he suffered an injury to his right foot in the Vols’ loss at North Carolina State on Dec. 17. He then had surgery to repair the foot later in the week, ending his season and earning a medical redshirt in the process. After months of rehab, the injury is in the past. “It came to a point where my body felt fine, but it was mental,” McGhee said. “This summer when we had to start doing full court stuff, I had to get over it. I want to play so I just had to get over it. I’m fine. “My foot was fine, I just wasn’t there mentally. I didn’t know if I could jump off this foot the way I wanted to. As time went on I started progressing and it was like, ‘I don’t really care. This is something I love doing and I have to get over it.’” On a team that has few options in the frontcourt, McGhee’s tenacity and experience could be a great help to Tennessee. There are just three players taller than McGhee on the roster, and just five other players listed at forward. One of those, Armani

Moore, has taken on more of a point guard role this season, leaving just five total forwards on the roster. Someone with McGhee’s knack for rebounding could be a commodity for first year coach Rick Barnes this season. “Jabari knows what we expect from him,” Barnes said. “If we could describe him in one word, it would have to be ‘relentless.’ He has to be relentless in what he does. He’s obviously an under-sized post player… “He’s going to work hard and he’s going to go get rebounds. That’s what he likes to do.” One area where McGhee struggled last season, albeit in limited opportunities, was the free throw line. He shot just 7-of-17 from the foul line last season, good for 41 percent. With the physical nature that he plays with, McGhee is prime candidate to draw fouls on a consistent basis, and those are points that Tennessee can’t afford to leave at the line this year. One of the first things Barnes worked with McGhee on was his shot, and that meant breaking bad habits that he had developed over the course of his career. “It was a struggle at first,” McGhee said. “I was trying so hard to do things, such as get my elbow in. My elbow had stayed out for so long that it hurt for a while, but I got a good coaching staff now and they helped me out a lot. “I have a lot more confidence. I feel like I can get up there and just knock down free throws, whether I’m tired or I’m fresh, it really doesn’t matter. I feel like I can knock it down. I got that much confidence.” Though he may not be the most polished offensive player, Tennessee doesn’t need to him to be a prolific scorer. It needs his energy and hustle this year, and Barnes acknowledges the importance of his skill set. “He’s guy that’s got a role,” Barnes said. “And he’s got to play that role for us to be successful.”

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He’s going to work hard and he’s going to go get rebounds. That’s what he likes to do.” Rick Barnes, Head Coach

The Daily Beacon â&#x20AC;˘ Thursday, November 12, 2015