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THE MATCHUP 2019-20 SCHEDULE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS EASTERN NEW MEXICO (DII) vs 0-0 0-0 RECORD 0-0 Head Coach: Rick Barnes Head Coach: Tres Segler SEC 0-0 Record at Tennessee: 88-50 (.638) / 5th year Record at Eastern New Mexico: 37-46 (.446) / 4th year NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 Career Record: 692-364 (.655) / 33rd year Career Record: Same HOME 0-0 vs. Opponent: X-X vs. Tennessee: X-X AWAY 0-0 NEUTRAL 0-0 GAME 0 | TENNESSEE vs. EASTERN NEW MEXICO - Oct. 30, 2019 | 7:01 p.m. ET | Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT O30 Eastern New Mexico (SEC Network+) 7 p.m. BROADCAST INFORMATION N5 UNC Asheville (SEC Network+) 7 p.m. SEC Network + Vol Network N12 Murray State (SEC Network) 9 p.m. TV | RADIO | N16 1-vs. Washington (ESPN+/TSN) 5 p.m. Roger Hoover, PxP Bob Kesling, PxP N20 Alabama State (SEC Network+) 7 p.m. Vincent Yarbrough, analyst Bert Bertelkamp, analyst N25 Chattanooga (SEC Network) 7 p.m. Kasey Funderburg, reporter Tim Berry, engineer N29 2-vs. Florida State 7 p.m. N30 2-vs. Purdue or VCU 4 or 7 p.m. VIDEO STREAM SATELLITE RADIO | SiriusXM WatchESPN and ESPN app Sirius: N/A | XM: N/A D4 Florida A&M (SEC Network) 7 p.m. UTSPORTS.COM GOEASTERNATHLETICS.COM D14 Memphis (ESPN) 3 p.m. D18 at Cincinnati (ESPN2) 7 p.m. D21 Jacksonville State (SEC Network+) 1 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS D28 Wisconsin (CBS) 1:30 p.m. Tennessee Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Other J4 LSU* (ESPN2/ESPNU) Noon J7 at Missouri* (SEC Network) 7 p.m. G 5 Josiah-Jordan James 6-6 208 Fr. Charleston, S.C. - - - J11 South Carolina* (SEC Network) 1 p.m. G 1 Lamonté Turner 6-2 187 RS-Sr. Florence, Ala. 11.0 2.8 .320 3FG% J15 at Georgia* (ESPN2/ESPNU) 7 p.m. G 23 Jordan Bowden 6-5 193 Sr. Knoxville, Tenn. 10.6 3.5 .378 3FG% J18 at Vanderbilt* (SEC Network) 6 p.m. F 35 Yves Pons 6-6 215 Jr. Fuveau, France 2.2 1.8 .516 FG% J21 Ole Miss* (SEC Network) 9 p.m. F 10 John Fulkerson 6-9 212 RS-Jr. Kingsport, Tenn. 3.1 2.6 .583 FG% J25 3-at Kansas (ESPN/ESPN2) 4 p.m. J28 Texas A&M* (SEC Network) 6:30 p.m. Eastern New Mexico Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Other F1 at Mississippi State* (TBD) 2 p.m. G 10 Devin Pullum 6-2 180 Jr. Little Elm, Texas 12.7 2.6 2.9 apg F4 at Alabama* (TBD) 7 p.m. G 5 Isaiah Murphy 6-5 190 Sr. Tucson, Ariz. 7.9 3.3 .384 3FG% F8 Kentucky* (CBS) 1 p.m. G/F 4 Darius Sawyer 6-5 195 Sr. Inverness, Fla. 7.1 3.2 0.9 spg F11 Arkansas* (TBD) 7 p.m. F 12 Malachi Haines 6-6 195 Sr. Allen, Texas - - - F15 at South Carolina* (SEC Network) 6 p.m. F 20 Deng Kuany 6-7 220 Sr. Melbourne, Australia 3.5 2.7 .422 FG% F18 Vanderbilt* (SEC Network) 6:30 p.m. F22 at Auburn* (CBS) Noon F26 at Arkansas* (SEC Network) 8:30 p.m. F29 Florida* (ESPN/ESPN2) 2 p.m.
BARNES ERA: YEAR FIVE M3 at Kentucky* (ESPN/ESPN2) 9 p.m. M7 Auburn* (ESPN/ESPN2) Noon M11-15 SEC Tournament (SEC Network) LAYUP LINES LAST SEASON THE SERIES Schedule Key • Tennessee enters Wednesday’s • TOP SPOT: The Vols spent four • Tennessee and Eastern New 1-James Naismith Classic (Toronto, Ontario) game with a 78-18 all-time record weeks atop the Associated Press Mexico have never met in any 2-Emerald Coast Classic (Niceville, Fla.) in exhibition contests, including a Top 25 rankings. And for the team sport. 3-Big 12/SEC Challenge 61-10 mark on the U.S. mainland. first time in program history, • Greyhounds head coach Tres *SEC Game • The 2019-20 campaign is Tennessee spent the entire season Segler got his start in collegiate Tennessee’s 33rd season in ranked among the top 10. basketball as a student assistant All Times Eastern; Opponent Rankings are AP Thompson-Boling Arena. UT owns • EIGHTH SWEET SIXTEEN: with Rick Barnes’ Texas program. a 385-129 record in 514 games at Tennessee advanced to last From 2003-09, Segler served Are you viewing these game notes TBA (exhibition results do not count year’s Sweet Sixteen with NCAA as a student manager, camp on a wifi-enabled mobile device? If toward official wins totals). Tournament wins over Colgate coordinator, weight room assistant so, click on any game’s score above to view the video highlights from • Four Tennessee home games and Iowa. It marked the eighth and graduate assistant with the that contest. have already sold out: Memphis, time UT reached the Round of 16 Longhorns. Kentucky, Florida and Auburn in its history, and the sixth since • With sales of 15,465 to date, UT’s 2000. season-ticket sales this season are • BRINGING IN THE HARDWARE: A WIN WOULD... the third-most in program history Grant Williams was a consensus • Give the Volunteers a 9-0 record and the most since 2008-09. first-team All-American and in exhibition games under head DIPLOMA CULTURE • Tennessee’s preseason rankings: repeated as SEC Player of the coach Rick Barnes. - KenPom No. 19 Year. Admiral Schofield was a • Extend Tennessee’s exhibition win Having graduated last May, senior Lamontè - Blue Ribbon No. 23 first-team All-SEC selection, and streak to 20 games. Turner is taking graduate-level courses this - NBC Sports No. 23 Jordan Bone garnered second- season. Junior guard Jalen Johnson is set to - USA Today Coaches No. 25 team honors. Rick Barnes earned graduate in December, while fellow juniors - Associated Press RV a pair of National Coach of the Jacob Fleschman and John Fulkerson project Year honors, including the Werner to complete their degrees in May. Ladder Naismith College Coach of the Year Award.
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THE BASICS Location: Knoxville, Tenn. Founded: 1794 Conference: Southeastern Enrollment: 29,460 Colors: Orange & White Nickname: Volunteers Mascot: Smokey Band: Pride of the Southland Interim University President: Randy Boyd Knoxville Chancellor: Dr. Donde Plowman Faculty Representative: Dr. Donald Bruce Director of Athletics: Phillip Fulmer Athletic Department Phone: 865-974-1220 Ticket Office Phone: 1-800-332-VOLS (8657)
COURT FACTS THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA Capacity: 21,678 Record in Arena: 385-129 (.749), 33rd season Record on Current Court: 54-11 (.831), 5th season Largest Crowd: 25,610 vs. Kentucky (1/21/89) TENNESSEE ROSTER Largest Crowd at Current Capacity: 22,326 vs. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) Gonzaga (1/7/09) 12 Victor Bailey Jr. G 6-4 186 Jr. Austin, Texas (University of Oregon) 23 Jordan Bowden G 6-5 193 Sr. Knoxville, Tenn. (22 Feet Academy [S.C.]) 4^ Jacob Fleschman G 6-3 176 RS-Jr. Austin, Texas (Westlake High School) 10 John Fulkerson F 6-9 212 RS-Jr. Kingsport, Tenn. (The Christ School [N.C.]) 0 Davonte Gaines G 6-7 178 Fr. Buffalo, N.Y. (Hargrave Military Academy [Va.]) MEDIA INFORMATION 5 Josiah-Jordan James G 6-6 208 Fr. Charleston, S.C. (Porter-Gaud School) 30^ Brock Jancek F 6-8 222 So. Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic HS) 13 Jalen Johnson G 6-6 196 RS-Jr. Durham, N.C. (Wesleyan Christian Academy) CREDENTIALS 33 Zach Kent F 6-11 235 RS-So. Magnolia, Del. (Blair Academy [N.J.]) Outlets interested in obtaining credentials to 21 Olivier Nkamhoua F 6-8 224 Fr. Helsinki, Finland (Bishop Walsh School) cover Tennessee basketball home games must 3 Drew Pember F 6-9 207 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden HS) apply for credentials via Sports Systems: 34 Uroš Plavšić F 7-0 240 RS-Fr. Ivanjica, Serbia (Arizona State University) www.sportssystems.com/clients/seccredentials/ 35 Yves Pons G/F 6-6 215 Jr. Fuveau, France (INSEP Academy) 1 Lamonté Turner G 6-2 187 RS-Sr. Florence, Ala. (IMG Academy [Fla.]) Applications for single-game credentials should be submitted at least one week in ^walk-on advance of the game(s) one plans to cover. STAFF COVERING PRACTICE Head Coach: Rick Barnes Record at Tennessee: 88-50 (5th Year) Only select Tennessee basketball practices are Overall Record : 692-364 (33rd Year) open to the media. Contact Associate AD Tom Associate Head Coach: Michael Schwartz Satkowiak ([email protected]) for dates and times. See Page 281 of the Tennessee Assistant Coach: Desmond Oliver Media Guide for specific coverage guidelines. Assistant Coach: Kim English Sports Performance Coach: Garrett Medenwald Athletic Trainer: Chad Newman TENNESSEE BASKETBALL MEDIA RELATIONS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCES Director of Player Development/Video Coord.: Bryan Lentz During SEC play, Rick Barnes hosts weekly Director of Basketball Operations: Mary-Carter Eggert TOM SATKOWIAK media press conferences in the Ray and Lucy Director of Student-Athlete Development: Aubin Goporo Associate AD for Communications Hand Digital Studio. Lunch for attendees is Assistant to the Head Coach: IJ. Poole Cell: 865-696-2897 provided in the Media Relations office. Graduate Managers: Lucas Campbell, Luke Schapker, Email: [email protected] Brad Woodson Twitter: @TomSatkowiak SEC COACHES TELECONFERENCE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE This year’s SEC coaches teleconferences are scheduled to occur Jan. 2 and 23 as well Jordan Bowden BAU-din (like old FSU coach) DOM PALUMBO as March 9. The postseason call takes place Davonte Gaines duh-VAHN-tay Media Relations Graduate Assistant March 16. All SEC teleconferences can be Aubin Goporo Aw-bin guh-POR-oh listened to online at SECsports.com shortly Brock Jancek JAN-sik Cell: 865-235-9728 after conclusion. Garrett Medenwald MAY-dihn-wald Email: [email protected] Olivier Nkamhoua OH-liv-ee-AY KAHM-wuh Twitter: @Dom_Palumbo9 Order of Appearance (All Times Eastern) Uroš Plavšić Ü-rōsh PLÄV-chich 11:00 a.m. Jerry Stackhouse, Vanderbilt Yves Pons EEV POHNS 11:07 a.m. Michael White, Florida Lamonté Turner luh-MAHN-tay 11:14 a.m. Frank Martin, South Carolina 11:21 a.m. Tom Crean, Georgia 11:28 a.m. Will Wade, LSU 11:35 a.m. John Calipari, Kentucky 11:42 a.m. Rick Barnes, Tennessee 11:49 a.m. Eric Musselman, Arkansas 11:56 a.m. Nate Oats, Alabama SOCIAL 12:03 p.m. Bruce Pearl, Auburn 12:10 p..m. Kermit Davis, Ole Miss 12:17 p.m. Ben Howland, Mississippi State @VOL_HOOPS TENNESSEE BASKETBALL 1TN.CO/YOUTUBE 12:24 p.m. Cuonzo Martin, Missouri [ + + ] 12:31 p.m. Buzz Williams, Texas A&M
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There are only six active NCAA Three Tennessee players were For the first time since 1972-73, head coaches who have more selected in the 2019 NBA the Vols received zero points from 6 career Division I wins to their 3 Draft. No school in the country 0 freshmen last season (true or credit than Rick Barnes (692). produced more. redshirt).
NOTEWORTHY
ROSTER BREAKDOWN BOWDEN & TURNER APPROACHING • The Vols’ 2019-20 roster features 14 players (12 1,000-POINT MILESTONE scholarship student-athletes) representing seven • The senior guard duo of Jordan Bowden and states as well as Finland, France and Serbia. Lamonté Turner enters the season less than 100 • There are four Vols who hail from the state of points away from eclipsing the 1,000-point mark for Tennessee, two from Texas and one each from their careers. Alabama, Delaware, North Carolina, New York and • A total of 50 Vols have accomplished that feat during South Carolina. their time on Rocky Top, with Admiral Schofield and • UT has two seniors, five juniors, two sophomores and Grant Williams being the most recent additions to five freshmen. the 1,000-Point Club last season. • Four Vols stand 6-5 or shorter, and 10 players are 6-6 • Turner (951 points) and Bowden (941 points) could or taller. both reach the milestone within the first month of the • Tennessee’s 12 scholarship players combine to boast season. Last season, Schofield and Williams achieved 445 games played (34.2 per man) and 121 starts (9.3 the feat in the same game, surpassing the mark in per man). UT’s win over Louisville in the NIT Season Tip-Off. • Tennessee has reached the Sweet Sixteen each of the last two seasons in which two players joined the TENNESSEE LOST 70 PERCENT OF 1,000-Point Club. In 2014, Jordan McRae and Jarnell ITS SCORING, TOP THREE SCORERS Stokes joined the club. • After losing four of the five starters from last year’s • All-time, UT has had 11 duos reach 1,000 points in the SPECIALTY STAT TRACKER squad and eight total players, the Vols have gone same season, including Ernie Grunfeld and Bernard from one of the most experienced rosters in college King in 1975-76. Opponent In Paint Off TOs 2nd Chance Bench basketball to one of the greenest. UNC Asheville • Of its 3,035 total points scored last season, Tennessee BARNES CLOSING IN ON Murray State vs. Washington returns just 922—or 30 percent—of its total scoring. 700TH CAREER COACHING WIN • UT’s top three scorers from a year ago in Grant Alabama State Williams (18.8 ppg), Admiral Schofield (16.5 ppg) and • Rick Barnes is eight wins shy of logging his 700th Chattanooga vs. Florida State Jordan Bone (13.5 ppg) either graduated or elected career victory as a college head coach. vs. Purdue or VCU to forgo their senior season to pursue a professional • With 692 Division I wins to his credit, he ranks seventh among active head coaches. He would become the Florida A&M playing career. Memphis • In addition to scoring, Tennessee also lost the majority 22nd head coach ever to log 700 Division I wins. • He is 12 victories away from recording his 100th win at Cincinnati of its production from last season in blocks (71.9%), Jacksonville State at Tennessee. assists (66.0%) and rebounding (65.1% ). Wisconsin • Entering last season, Tennessee’s roster had combined LSU to score 4,094 Division I points. The Vols’ 14-man TENNESSEE HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY at Missouri roster enters this season having scored just 2,773 IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS South Carolina points. at Georgia • Prior to the preseason AP rankings that were released • Two seniors, Jordan Bowden and Lamontè Turner, at Vanderbilt on Oct. 21, Tennessee was riding a streak of 35 account for 1,892 (68 percent) of those points. Ole Miss consecutive appearances in the Associated Press Top at Kansas NATION’S LONGEST WIN STREAK 25 Poll. That tied a school record set March 1, 1999, Texas A&M through Feb. 19, 2001. at Miss. State • Tennessee enters the 2019-20 season riding a 26-game • Tennessee was the third-leading vote-getter among at Alabama home win streak that is tied with Buffalo as the longest teams outside the AP preseason top 25. Kentucky active streak among Division I teams. • Last season, for the first time in program history, the Arkansas • The streak dates to the 2017-18 season. The Vols won Volunteers spent the entire season—20 polls—in the at South Carolina their final eight games at Thompson-Boling Arena that AP top 10. Tennessee spent four straight weeks at No. Vanderbilt year before going 18-0 at home last season. 1 last season before finishing the year at No. 6. at Auburn • Tennessee’s last loss in Knoxville was a 94-84 loss to at Arkansas Auburn on Jan. 2, 2018. Florida • The program record for consecutive home wins is 37 TENNESSEE IS SEC’s WINNINGEST at Kentucky (2006-09). The current streak is tied as the fourth- PROGRAM THE LAST TWO YEARS Auburn longest in UT history. The Vols have also authored • Tennessee is the SEC’s winningest program over the SEC Tournament home win streaks of 33 games (1966-68) and 28 last two seasons—both in terms of total victories and Total +/- - - - - games (1935-37). win percentage. Season Highs - - - - LEAGUE MEDIA PICKS VOLS FIFTH; TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. Tennessee 57-15 .792 TURNER IS PRESEASON ALL-SEC Kentucky 56-18 .757 • In mid-October, a panel of league media picked Auburn 56-18 .757 Tennessee to finish fifth in the SEC regular-season LSU 46-22 .677 FAST BREAK race. Mississippi State 48-23 .676 • The media tabbed guard Lamonté Turner as a second- team preseason All-SEC selection. Turner also was one The Volunteers under head coach Rick Barnes of nine players who received votes for SEC Player of are a perfect 4-0 at home against bitter rival the Year. Kentucky, defeating the Wildcats in Thompson- Boling Arena in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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THE OPPONENT PRESEASON HONORS NOTING THE GREYHOUNDS
Jordan Bowden Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame • Jerry West Award Watch List Street & Smith’s Superlatives • SEC All-Sharpshooter Team NCAA March Madness (Andy Katz) • Top 11 Breakout Candidates
STAT LEADERS (2018-19)
SCORING G-GS Pts. PPG Devin Pullum 27-3 344 12.7 Isaiah Murphy 27-24 213 7.9
REBOUNDING G-GS Rebs. RPG Isaiah Murphy 27-24 88 3.3 Darius Sawyer 25-12 81 3.2
ASSISTS G-GS Asts. APG Devin Pullman 27-3 78 2.9 Isaiah Murphy 27-24 42 1.5 Josiah-Jordan James Athlon Sports Superlatives BLOCKS G-GS Blks. BPG • No. 9 Impact Freshman Isaiah Murphy 27-24 16 0.6 ESPN.com Darius Sawyer 25-12 10 0.4 • No. 10 Impact Freshman
STEALS G-GS Stls. SPG Darius Sawyer 25-12 23 0.9 Deng Kuany 26-0 20 0.8
ABOUT EASTERN NEW MEXICO • Eastern New Mexico is a public university located in Portales, New Mexico founded in 1934, with an enrollment of 6,027. • Notable alumni of ENMU include current Oregon men’s basketball coach Dana Altman. Altman was the former coach of current Tennessee guard Victor Bailey Jr. at Oregon. • Former longtime Kansas State football coach Bill Lamonté Turner Snyder also is an alumni of Eastern New Mexico, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame earning a master’s degree in 1965. • Bob Cousy Award Watch List • ENMU competes in the Lone Star Conference. The Preseason All-SEC conference headquarters are located in Richardson, • Blue Ribbon Texas. The league has 18 member institutions located Street & Smith’s Superlatives in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. • SEC All-Defense Team • ENMU has a longstanding tradition of wearing green around campus on Fridays, similar to the tradition of Big Orange Fridays at the University of Tennessee. • There is a time capsule buried on ENMU’s campus that is set to be opened in 2035. • ENMU is New Mexico’s largest regional comprehensive university and is the most recently founded state university in New Mexico. • The Greyhounds, following a solid 2018-19 campaign, return their leading scorer, junior Devin Pullum. The slashing guard was named to the All-Lone Star Conference second team after averaging 12.7 points per game, with all but three of his 27 appearances coming off the bench. • The Hounds, however, do lose significant production entering the new season as their second-, third- and fourth-leading scorers graduated this past May. • The Hounds took a big step forward last season, finishing better than .500 in conference play (10-8) for the first time since 2005-06 when they finished 9-3.
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SIX EARN VOLSCHOLAR STATUS 251 WEEKS IN THE TOP 25 RANKINGS SCHWARTZ PROMOTED; • Six members of Tennessee’s roster are wearing the • During his 33 seasons as a head coach, Rick Barnes RISING STAR ENGLISH JOINS STAFF VOLScholar patch on their jersey this semester: Jacob has guided his teams to a total of 251 weeks in the • After former lead assistant Rob Lanier accepted the Fleschman, John Fulkerson, Brock Jancek, Jalen Associated Press Top 25 rankings. That includes 118 head coaching job at Georgia State last spring, Rick Johnson, Yves Pons and Lamonté Turner. total weeks in the top 10. Barnes promoted Mike Schwartz to associate head • To be eligible to wear the patch, Tennessee student- coach (the same title Lanier held). SCHOOL WEEKS IN TOP 25 WEEKS IN TOP 10 athletes must achieve a 3.0 GPA in either of the two • The vacancy created by Lanier’s departure was very George Mason 0 0 previous semesters, or they must own a cumulative quickly filled, as Barnes immediately hired rising Providence 2 0 3.0 GPA. star as an assistant coach. A former Clemson 34 14 Kim English All-Big 12 performer at Missouri and NBA Draft pick, Texas 180 84 WILL HIGH-POWER OFFENSE CONTINUE? English had previously worked as an assistant at Tulsa Tennessee 35 20 and most recently Colorado. • In Rick Barnes’ first three seasons at Tennessee, the TOTAL 251 118 Vols reached the 85-point mark 16 times in 101 games. • Immensely confident in each of his assistants, Barnes • Last season, Tennessee scored 85 or more 14 times BAILEY ON THE BENCH THIS YEAR often publicly asserts that each of them, Desmond Oliver included, is ready to take the reins as a Division (along with four 83-point games) in 37 games. • After transferring from Oregon this past summer, I coach now. guard Victor Bailey Jr. is sitting out this season and LAST YEAR’S SWEET SIXTEEN PUT will have two years of remaining eligibility starting VOLS ON NBA MOCK DRAFT BOARDS RICK BARNES IN RARE COMPANY next year. • Freshman guard Josiah-Jordan James and senior • Rick Barnes last season became one of only a dozen • Bailey played in 73 games at Oregon, including eight starts, and averaged 7.0 points in 17.9 minutes per guard Jordan Bowden both currently appear on head coaches ever to lead at least three different various mock 2020 NBA Drafts. schools to an NCAA Tournament Round of 16 game. As a sophomore last season, he scored in double figures 13 times and dropped a season-high 20 • Jonathan Givony of ESPN.com projects James to go to appearance (Clemson, Texas, Tennessee). the Houston Rockets with the 26th overall pick. • The 12 coaches who have led at least three different points on UCLA. • Residents of Austin, Texas, the Bailey family is very • The website NBAdraft.net projects Bowden to go to schools to the Round of 16 are: Lon Kruger (has done the Los Angeles Clippers as the 50th overall pick. it with four schools), Barnes, Gene Bartow, John familiar with Rick Barnes. Bailey’s mother, 1996 Calipari, Frank McGuire, Ralph Miller, Rick Pitino, Olympic bronze medalist Tonja Buford-Bailey, was an Bruce Pearl, Bill Self, Eddie Sutton, Tubby Smith and assistant track coach at the University of Texas while Bruce Weber. Barnes was leading the Longhorns’ hoops program. • Bailey Jr.’s father, Victor Bailey Sr., was a second-round NFL Draft pick out of Missouri in 1993 (wide receiver).
NATIONAL POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL USA TODAY COACHES’ POLL TRACKING TENNESSEE
Updated: Oct. 21 Updated: Oct. 24 AP Coaches Rank School Record Points Rank School Record Points Pre RV 25 1 Michigan State (60) 0-0 1619 1 Michigan State (30) 0-0 792 11/11 - no poll 2 Kentucky (2) 0-0 1497 2 Kentucky 0-0 734 11/18 - - 3 Kansas (3) 0-0 1457 3 Kansas (1) 0-0 687 11/25 - - 4 Duke 0-0 1399 4 Duke (1) 0-0 683 12/2 - - 5 Louisville 0-0 1386 5 Louisville 0-0 670 12/9 - - 6 Florida 0-0 1313 6 Florida 0-0 619 12/16 - - 7 Maryland 0-0 1134 7 Gonzaga 0-0 544 12/23 - - 8 Gonzaga 0-0 1096 8 Maryland 0-0 536 12/30 - - 1/6 - - 9 North Carolina 0-0 1060 9 Virginia 0-0 532 1/13 - - 10 Villanova 0-0 1048 10 Villanova 0-0 531 1/20 - - 11 Virginia 0-0 1007 11 North Carolina 0-0 503 1/27 - - 12 Seton Hall 0-0 863 12 Texas Tech 0-0 417 2/3 - - 13 Texas Tech 0-0 837 13 Seton Hall 0-0 403 2/10 - - 14 Memphis 0-0 773 14 Oregon 0-0 344 2/17 - - 15 Oregon 0-0 742 15 Memphis 0-0 331 2/24 - - 16 Baylor 0-0 523 16 Ohio State 0-0 280 3/2 - - 17 Utah State 0-0 491 17 Arizona 0-0 229 3/9 - - 18 Ohio State 0-0 407 18 Baylor 0-0 228 Final - - 19 Xavier 0-0 356 19 Utah State 0-0 218 20 Saint Mary’s 0-0 330 20 St. Mary’s 0-0 163 21 Arizona 0-0 265 21 Xavier 0-0 149 22 LSU 0-0 234 22 Purdue 0-0 123 23 Purdue 0-0 230 23 Auburn 0-0 105 24 Auburn 0-0 210 24 LSU 0-0 86 Ratings Tracker (through Oct. 27) 25 VCU 0-0 193 25 Tennessee 0-0 78 ESPN.com BPI - KenPom.com 19 Receiving Votes: Washington 164, Colorado 152, Receiving Votes: VCU 76; Marquette 62; Washington NCAA NET Rankings - Tennessee 78, Marquette 68, Florida State 36, Davidson 59; Florida State 47; Michigan 28; Colorado 28; Houston Sagarin - 34, Harvard 24, Illinois 14, Missouri 13, Mississippi State 17; Creighton 13; Davidson 11; USC 9; Providence 8; 12, Houston 11, Georgetown 11, Cincinnati 8, Notre Dame Mississippi State 7; Wisconsin 6; UCLA 6; Texas 6; Tennessee’s “Best” NET Wins: 7, Creighton 4, Syracuse 3, NC State 3, Michigan 2, Syracuse 6; Georgetown 6; Liberty 5; Dayton 5; Harvard Vermont 2, USC 2, Alabama 2, Liberty 2, Providence 1, 4; Oklahoma 3; Illinois 2; NC State 1. TBD Colgate 1, Dayton 1
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2018-19 SEC STANDINGS (Final) SEC Pct. H A ALL Pct. H A N Postseason LSU^ 16-2 .889 7-2 9-0 28-7 .800 15-2 9-1 4-4 NCAA Tennessee 15-3 .833 9-0 6-3 31-6 .838 18-0 7-3 6-3 NCAA Kentucky 15-3 .833 8-1 7-2 30-7 .811 17-1 8-2 5-4 NCAA South Carolina 11-7 .611 7-2 4-5 16-16 .500 11-6 4-8 1-2 Auburn* 11-7 .611 7-2 4-5 30-10 .750 15-2 5-6 10-2 NCAA Mississippi St. 10-8 .556 6-3 4-5 23-11 .677 14-3 5-5 4-3 NCAA Ole Miss 10-8 .556 5-4 5-4 20-13 .606 11-6 6-5 3-2 NCAA Florida 9-9 .500 4-5 5-4 20-16 .556 9-6 5-6 6-4 NCAA Arkansas 8-10 .444 5-4 3-6 18-16 .529 12-6 5-8 1-2 NIT Alabama 8-10 .444 5-4 3-6 18-16 .529 10-6 5-8 3-2 NIT Texas A&M 6-12 .333 3-6 3-6 14-18 .438 9-8 4-7 1-3 Missouri 5-13 .278 3-6 2-7 15-17 .469 9-7 2-8 4-2 Georgia 2-16 .111 1-8 1-8 11-21 .344 8-9 2-9 1-3 Vanderbilt 0-18 .000 0-9 0-9 9-23 .281 8-10 1-11 0-2
^ SEC Regular-Season Champion; * SEC Tournament Champion TEAM NOTES
UT ROSTER FEATURES SIX LEFTIES EGGERT’S EFFICIENCY AN ASSET “QUOTES” • While most studies estimate that 10 percent of the • Mary-Carter Eggert is one of only two women who population is left-handed, lefties make up nearly half serve as the Director of Basketball Operations with COMMENTS THAT TELL A STORY of this Tennessee basketball team. Six current Vols are a men’s program at the “major-conference” level “southpaws.” (Cal employs the other). “I’m not scared of coming back to the locker room • Tennessee’s left-handers include: Victor Bailey Jr., • Now in her fifth year in that vitally important role, and looking my teammates in the eye if I miss.” John Fulkerson, Davonte Gaines, Josiah-Jordan Eggert keeps the program organized, efficient and - Lamonté Turner James, Jalen Johnson and Yves Pons. running smoothly like a well-oiled machine. (on why he isn’t afraid of taking big shots) • Tennessee has more left-handed players than any • Vols freshman Josiah-Jordan James: “MC is really other team in the SEC this season. the mastermind behind it all. She’s our coach off “I grew up coming to all the games when I was the court. She plays a big role in all of the players’ younger with my mom and seeing all of the tradition WINDICATORS lives by checking on us daily, making sure we have and all of the fans. It’s something that I wanted to be everything we need, and she always keep our a part of, so coming here to play basketball was a • Tennessee under is 38-4 when holding its Rick Barnes spirits up. She brightens every room she’s in, and dream come true.” opponent below a .390 field-goal percentage. Tennessee basketball wouldn’t be as great as it is - Jordan Bowden, Knoxville native • Tennessee under Rick Barnes is 37-3 when it takes a without her.” double-digit lead into halftime. “I want to play more than I have in past seasons. I • The Vols are 10-1 during career when John Fulkerson’s VOLS FIVE FRESHMEN AVERAGE 6-8 want to be solid, be able to bring something to the he grabs five or more rebounds. table every day and be consistent, not just a one- • Tennessee is 7-1 during career when • Tennessee’s five scholarship freshmen have an average Lamonté Turner’s trick pony. I want to do all things—make shots but he makes four or more 3-pointers. height of 6-8+. • Josiah-Jordan James is the shortest of the bunch finish some in transition, rebound, a steal here, a block there, a deflection—just be an all-around THREE VOLS AMONG CBS TOP 101 at 6-6. The others, in ascending order, are Davonte Gaines (6-7), Olivier Nkamhoua (6-8), Drew Pember player. I want to focus on that role and be able to • On Oct. 24, CBS released its list of the 101 best players (6-9) and Uroš Plavšic (7-0). expand on it if called to do so.” in Division I basketball. • The full team boasts an average height of 6-63/4. - Jalen Johnson • Senior guards Lamonté Turner (No. 52) and Jordan Bowden (No. 81) made the list, as did freshman guard HOT ON THE TRAIL “I was not always the tall kid. In high school I was Josiah-Jordan James (No. 87). • Rumor has it, recruiting is going well. 6-foot. I had always been a guard. I played guard • The panel of CBS college basketball experts wrote of all through middle school, freshmen year. So then Bowden: “Heck, he could make us look dumb and turn freshmen to sophomore year I went from 6-foot to into a top-40 player by March.” 6-6. You can see it on my learner’s permit. So I went from 6-foot to 6-6, then 6-6 to 6-8 and then 6-8 to 6-10.” - Drew Pember
“Coach Barnes coaches the walk-ons, everybody the same, the same treatment. You would think, ‘Coach, why you spending time coaching him? That doesn’t make sense. Why?’ But he has a motive for everything. I’ve seen it with me. He coached me (tough) my sit-out year. The next year, I knew everything. So he has a reason why he does stuff. I talk to VJ (Bailey) a lot about that.” - Lamonté Turner
“We’re not coming in just to be that foundation. We’re coming in to start something and create something that’s going to last forever... We want to be that huge burst that comes to Tennessee. I think we’re national championship contenders in a few years.” - Grant Williams, 2019 NBA Draft Pick (as a high school senior in May of 2016)
6 2019-20 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL / UTSPORTS.COM / @VOL_HOOPS TENNESSEE BASKETBALL FUTURE FOES VOLS’ ROSTER BOASTS TEAM STAT RANKINGS (SEC & NCAA) • Tennessee next season will finish up home-and-home INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR series with Cincinnati (in Knoxville) and Wisconsin (in •Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has vastly expanded Category | Stat SEC NCAA SEC* Madison). Both series began this season. the program’s recruiting pipelines since arriving on Scoring Offense | - - - - | - • As the third and final game of the current contract, Rocky Top, including internationally. Since his hiring Scoring Defense | - - - - | - Tennessee will face in-state foe Memphis next season in 2015, Barnes has now signed four international Scoring Margin | - - - - | - in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena. players, including two in the 2019 class. FG Pct. | - - - - | - • Junior wing Yves Pons, from Fuveau, France, returns to FG Pct. Defense | - - - - | - the team this year after seeing an increased role during STRENGTH COACH MEDENWALD 3FG Pct. | - - - - | - his sophomore season. He appeared in 35 games with WAS A TWO-SPORT STANDOUT 3FG Pct. Defense | - - - - | - 13 starts and shot .516 from the field. In just his third Free Throw Pct. | - - - - | - • Vols Director of Sports Performance Garrett career start, he recorded seven points, six rebounds Rebounds Per Game | - - - - | - Medenwald has an impressive history as a two-sport and a block in UT’s thrilling upset of No. 1 Gonzaga. Rebound Defense | - - - - | - collegiate student-athlete. • Pons—who was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti—attended Rebound Margin | - - - - | - • At Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Point, he was an the INSEP (National Institute of Sport and Physical Off. Rebs Per Game | - - - - | - outfielder for the baseball team, which won the Education) Academy in Paris. Other notable INSEP Def. Rebs Per Game | - - - - | - Midwest Regional and finished fifth at the 2010 NCAA basketball alums include Boris Diaw, Tony Parker and Assists Per Game | - - - - | - Division III College World Series. Ronny Turiaf. Assist/Turnover | - - - - | - • As a football running back at Division III Wisconsin- • The Vols’ other international team members this Turnovers Per Game | - - - - | - Whitewater, he helped lead the Warhawks to back-to- season are forwards Olivier Nkamhoua, from Helsinki, Turnover Margin | - - - - | - back national championships in 2010 and 2011. Finland, and Ivanjica, Serbia, native Uroš Plavšic. Blocks Per Game | - - - - | - • Medenwald finished his football career at Whitewater • Nkamhoua competed for Finland (as a 6-4 point Steals Per Game | - - - - | - holding several program weight room records in guard) in 2016 FIBA U16 European Championships Fouls Per Game | - - - - | - cleans, snatch, split jerk, bench press, pro agility, broad divisional play. He is a true freshman this season. jump, vertical jump and 40-yard dash. • Plavšic, a redshirt freshman, has competed against SEC thru DATE | NCAA thru DATE * Conference games only • Also an elite powerlifter, Medenwald was a national fellow Serbian and NBA All-Star Nikola Jokic of the qualifier in Olympic weightlifting. Denver Nuggets, as well as Croatian NBA center Ivica Zubac. GAMES STARTED ANNIVERSARIES • All three players are the first from their respective • The 2019-20 season marks the 10th anniversary of countries to play for the Vols. Overall, Tennessee has Streak 2018-19 Career SEC Tennessee’s Elite Eight run in 2009-10. That marks signed 10 international players in its program history. Victor Bailey Jr. - 8 8 - still stands as UT’s deepest run in the postseason ever. Jordan Bowden - 5 68 36 The squad finished with a 28-9 record. During the PONS LOGGED FIBA MINUTES IN FRANCE John Fulkerson - - 7 - NCAA Tournament, the Vols defeated NBA All-Star • Junior Yves Pons spent the summer training with the Davonte Gaines - - - - Kawhi Leonard and San Diego State in the first round, U20 French National Team and then competing in the Josiah-Jordan James - - - - 62-59. After cruising past Ohio in the second round, FIBA U20 European Championships July 13-21 in Israel. Jalen Johnson - - - - Tennessee finally advanced past the Sweet Sixteen for • Pons started all seven games for France, averaging 2.6 Zach Kent - - - - the first time in program history with a 76-73 win over points per game. Olivier Nkamhoua - - - - Big Ten champion Ohio State, who was led by Evan • The French team fell to Germany in the third-place Drew Pember - - - - Turner, the No. 2 pick of the 2010 NBA Draft. The run game. Uroš Plavšić - - - - came to an end in the Elite Eight, where the Vols fell to Yves Pons - 13 13 6 Michigan State, 70-69. BRAGGING RIGHTS Lamonté Turner 18 18 24 17 • This season also marks the 20th anniversary of UT’s • Tennessee has won its most recent regular-season Sweet Sixteen run in 1999-2000. That was just the meeting against 11 of 13 SEC opponents. third time the Vols had reached the regional semifinals • Auburn and LSU are the only teams to hand the Vols but was the first since the tournament had expanded NON-CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN a loss in their last regular-season clash. to a 64-team format. That team also claimed an SEC Eastern Division title. The league abandoned divisional Team Record Result play following the 2010-11 season. UNC Asheville 0-0 Nov. 5 • Ten years ago (on Nov. 17, 2009), the Vols set single- Murray State 0-0 Nov. 12 game school records for points (124), assists (34) Washington 0-0 Nov. 16 and 3-pointers (16) in a victory over UNC Asheville. Alabama State 0-0 Nov. 20 Tennessee also recorded its second-most points in Chattanooga 0-0 Nov. 25 a half (66), its second-largest margin of victory ever Florida State 0-0 Nov. 29 (+75) and its fifth-most field goals in a single game Purdue or VCU 0-0 Nov. 30 (46). Florida A&M 0-0 Dec. 4 • Thirty years ago, during the 1989-90 campaign, UT’s Memphis 0-0 Dec. 14 all-time leading scorer, Allan Houston, posted the Cincinnati 0-0 Dec. 18 Tennessee single-game record for points scored by a Jacksonville State 0-0 Dec. 21 freshman with 43 against LSU (on Feb. 10, 1990). That Wisconsin 0-0 Dec. 28 mark ranks as the fifth-most points ever scored by a Kansas 0-0 Jan. 25 Vol in a game. Also in that game, Greg Bell chipped through date in 31 points, which is one of only five times ever when two Tennessee players scored 30 points in the same game. • Twenty years ago (on Dec. 21, 1999), the Vols set a single-game school record with 22 steals during a 102- 58 win over American-Puerto Rico. Ten years later, the 2009-10 squad posted the second-highest mark with 21 steals in a game against North Carolina A&T. • On Feb. 6, 1980, All-American Reggie Johnson matched the program record for field goals made with 19 against Florida. He finished with 43 points in the outing. • During the 1999-2000 season, C.J. Black improved his program-record in career blocks to 212. No other Vol has yet to eclipse the 200-block mark for their career. Black finished his career with an incredible 1.80 blocks per game average.
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CAPACITY: 21,678 | OVERALL RECORD IN 32 YEARS AT THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA: 385-129 FACILITIES NOTES
15-YEAR STREAK OF TOP-20 ATTENDANCE HOME HOOPS DURING THE BARNES ERA COMMITMENT TO BASKETBALL • Tennessee finished fourth nationally in average regular- • The Volunteers own a 54-11 record at Thompson-Boling season home attendance last year, drawing an average of Arena under the direction of head coach Rick Barnes. • Prior to the 2007-08 season, UT added 19,034 fans to 18 games at Thompson-Boling Arena. • With Barnes on the bench, Tennessee is 26-9 at home a basketball-only practice facility, Pratt • Last season’s average home attendance of 19,034 was against SEC opposition. Pavilion, which houses two full-size gyms Tennessee’s highest since the 2009-10 campaign, during • The Vols’ current 26-game home win streak is longest as well as an athletic training room, weight which it drew an average of 19,168 fans per game at of the Barnes era and ties as the longest active home room and film-study room. Thompson-Boling Arena. win streak in the nation (Buffalo). • Construction of Pratt Pavilion also marked • The Vols have ranked among the top 20 in men’s college • Barnes has led the Vols to a 4-3 home record against AP the beginning of the “first phase” of basketball attendance for 15 consecutive years, including top-25 opponents. renovations to Thompson-Boling Arena. seven seasons ranked in the top five nationally. This $19 million phase included the AVERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE DURING THE BARNES ERA addition of 32 luxury suites located in the 2018-19 AVERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE LEADERS north balcony, a loge area just below the Season Average NCAA Rank 1. Syracuse 21,992 6. Creighton 17,108 suites that includes 166 side court seats, 2015-16 14,233 17th 2. Kentucky 21,695 7. Kansas 16,236 new seats for the entire arena, a $3 million 2016-17 13,637 20th 3. North Carolina 19,715 8. Indiana 16,187 center-hung scoreboard and concourse 2017-18 16,210 8th 9. Louisville 15,748 refurbishments, such as graphics and 4. Tennessee 19,034 2018-19 19,034 4th 5. Wisconsin 17,170 10. Nebraska 15,649 other amenities. • In the “second phase” of Thompson- SEASON-TICKET SALES STAGGERING Boling Arena renovations, the athletics VOL FANS EAGER TO PACK TBA department overhauled the men’s and • Tennessee has sold 15,465 season tickets this season, • Four of Tennessee’s home games this season sold out women’s basketball offices during the marking the program’s highest total since 2008-09 before the end of October: Memphis (Dec. 14), Kentucky 2010-11 campaign, creating a new and (16,645). impressive “front door” for both programs. (Feb. 8), Florida (Feb. 29) and Auburn (March 7). • Before selling any single-game tickets, UT’s season-ticket • New to Thompson-Boling Arena for the • Last season, Tennessee had five sellouts. total by itself would be high enough to ensure a top-12 2013-14 season was a 360-degree LED • The Vols and Lady Vols combined for a total attendance finish in average home attendance. ribbon board that runs along the bottom of 476,317 last season—the most of any school in the • The total of Tennessee’s season-tickets sold is more than of the upper deck. country. the capacity of most (close to 300) Division I basketball • In March of 2014, Thompson-Boling Arena venues. became the third college basketball arena 20,000 STRONG to install an LED lighting system, which • Since Rick Barnes was named head coach prior to the features fixtures that are smaller, brighter, 2015-16 campaign, Tennessee has played in front of 11 and up to 85 percent more efficient than home crowds of 20,000 or larger. That includes eight conventional arena metal halide lights. games last season. • The weight room in Pratt Pavilion was renovated and expanded to 4,350 square • Tennessee has played in front of 61 home crowds larger feet in the summer of 2016. Additions than 20,000 over the last 13 seasons. include a full-court-length stretch of synthetic turf, a custom rubber floor, a 40-foot, steel-reinforced throwing wall, six Keiser Functional Trainers, four TRUEStretch Cages, three custom, 10- LARGEST VENUES & LEGENDS IN THE RAFTERS foot Power Lift pulley units (ideal for taller student-athletes), seven sets of 90-pound PowerBlocks and a zoned, high-powered LARGEST COLLEGE ARENAS LEGENDS IN THE RAFTERS stereo system. 1. The Carrier Dome (Syracuse) 35,446 RETIRED NUMBERS • In September 2018, work concluded on 2. Rupp Arena (Kentucky) 23,500 Name No. Retired on a $5 million locker-room renovation at 3. KFC Yum! Center (Louisville) 22,090 Ray Mears (coach) * March 1, 2006 Thompson-Boling Arena. In addition to 4. Dean Smith Center (North Carolina) 21,750 John Ward (broadcaster) * March 1, 2006 the beautifully revamped spaces for the Bernard King 53 Feb. 13, 2007 5. Thompson Boling Arena (Tennessee) 21,678 men’s and women’s teams, the Larry Pratt 6. Bud Walton Arena (Arkansas) 19,368 Ernie Grunfeld 22 March 2, 2008 Allan Houston 20 March 6, 2011 Basketball Locker Room Complex also 7. Marriott Center (BYU) 19,000 includes an athletic training facility featuring 8. Value City Arena (Ohio State) 18,809 RETIRED JERSEYS world-class hydrotherapy systems. T9. Thomas and Mack Center (UNLV) 18,000 Dale Ellis 14 March 1, 2014 T9. Colonial Life Arena (South Carolina) 18,000 * Honored with a personalized banner bearing the “Power T” logo
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VOLS WELL REPRESENTED IN THE NBA COMPREHENSIVE EXCELLENCE • Multiple Tennessee alums will have a presence in the • Tennessee’s men’s hoops squad isn’t the only team NBA in 2019-20—highlighted by a pair of veteran enjoying success on Rocky Top. starters with the Philadelphia 76ers in forward Tobias • Four UT teams are currently ranked in the top 25 of Harris (2010-11) and guard Josh Richardson (2011-15). their respective sports—with two ranked in the top 10. • Three VFLs had their names called in June’s NBA Draft. • Those teams include men’s basketball (No. 25, Grant Williams was drafted in the first round (22nd coaches), women’s basketball (No. 25, ESPNW), overall) by the Boston Celtics. Admiral Schofield was men’s swimming (No. 10, TYR/CSCAA) and women’s selected 42nd overall, and Jordan Bone was taken swimming (No. 3, TYR/CSCAA). with the 57th pick. Draft-day trades sent Schofield • Tennessee softball finished last season ranked No. 11 to the Washington Wizards and Bone to the Detroit (ESPN), while baseball ended the year ranked No. 23 Pistons. (NCBWA). • Tennessee was one of five schools to have three players selected in the NBA Draft, and UT was the first QUICK LOOK BACK AT 2018-19 school to have three upperclassmen selected in the • Tennessee was tied as the fifth-youngest team in same draft since Vanderbilt in 2012. the nation last season (in terms of class/eligibility), • Harris is embarking on his ninth NBA season. He started and the Volunteers were picked in the preseason to all 82 regular-season games last year (55 with the Los finish 13th in the SEC race. Angeles Clippers and 27 with the 76ers). He averaged • In Rick Barnes’ third season, the Vols exceeded a career-best 20.0 points per game, and his 18.2 ppg expectations by winning an SEC regular-season with the Sixers ranked second on the team. For his championship, earning a No. 3 seed in the NCAA career, Harris averages 15.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and Tournament and landing at No. 10 in the year-end RPI. 1.9 assists per game while shooting .364 from 3-point • One of the most beloved teams in program history range. authored one of the greatest seasons in program • Richardson enters his fifth NBA season—the previous history as the Volunteers tied the school record for four with Miami. The 26-year-old has started 154 wins, finishing 31-6 (15-3 SEC). games over the last two seasons and averages 12.1 • National Coach of the Year Rick Barnes guided points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists during his NBA Tennessee to a school-record 19-game win streak, a career. He also shoots at a .368 clip from 3-point range. perfect 18-0 record at Thompson-Boling Arena and His averages for points, rebounds and assists have a program-record-tying three wins over teams with improved every year as a pro. a top-five ranking. • New York Knicks Assistant GM Allan Houston (1989- • The Vols also spent the entire season—wire-to- 93) continues to play a key insider’s role with the wire—ranked in the top 10, including four weeks franchise he once starred for. He also serves as GM of atop both major polls. the NBA G-League’s Westchester Knicks. • Leading scorer Grant Williams earned consensus first-team All-America acclaim and was the first SEC FOUR VOLS ACTIVE IN NBA G LEAGUE player since 1996 to be named SEC Player of the • Tennessee has four alums currently active in the NBA Year in back-to-back seasons. G League. • Senior wing Admiral Schofield was a first-team All- • Those players are Kyle Alexander (Sioux Falls SEC performer, and junior point guard Jordan Bone SkyForce), Devon Baulkman (Westchester Knicks), was a second-team honoree. Scotty Hopson (Oklahoma City Blue) and Jarnell • The Vols earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Stokes (Sioux Falls SkyForce). Tournament and defeated Colgate and Iowa to • Alexander is embarking on his pro rookie season. He reach the Sweet Sixteen, where they suffered an went undrafted in June but signed a free-agent deal overtime loss to Purdue. with the Miami Heat after a strong showing with the club during the NBA Summer League. He was waived by the Heat at the conclusion of the preseason and quickly landed a roster spot with Sioux Falls.
LAST THREE GAMES
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CAREER RECORDS COACH BARNES: CAREER BREAKDOWN Overall Record: 692-364 Conference Games (regular season): 312-220 Year School Overall Conference Finish Postseason Ranking RPI Non-Conference Games (regular season): 314-84 1987-88 George Mason 20-10 .667 9-5 .643 T-2nd -/- 103 Conference Tournament: 37-31 Totals One Season 20-10 .667 9-5 .643 NCAA Tournament: 24-24 Overtime Games: 32-39 1988-89 Providence 18-11 .621 7-9 .438 T-6th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 29 One-Point Games: 17-24 1989-90 Providence 17-12 .586 8-8 .500 T-6th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 36 vs. AP Top 25: 102-173 1990-91 Providence 19-13 .594 7-9 .438 T-7th NIT Quarterfinals -/- 53 1991-92 Providence 14-17 .452 6-12 .333 9th -/- 119 1992-93 Providence 20-13 .606 9-9 .500 T-4th NIT Semifinals -/- 41 1993-94 Providence 20-10 .667 10-8 .556 T-4th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 23 VS. CURRENT SEC HEAD COACHES Totals Six Seasons 108-76 .587 47-55 .461 50.2
COACH All Tenn Tex Clem Prov GMU 1994-95 Clemson 15-13 .536 5-11 .313 T-6th NIT First Round -/- 33 Calipari, John 8-6 6-4 2-2 - - - 1995-96 Clemson 18-11 .621 7-9 .438 6th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 44 Crean, Tom 1-0 1-0 - - - - 1996-97 Clemson 23-10 .697 9-7 .563 4th NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 14/8 39 1997-98 Clemson 18-14 .563 7-9 .438 T-4th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 25 Davis, Kermit 1-0 1-0 - - - - Totals Four Seasons 74-48 .607 28-36 .438 35.3 Howland, Ben 9-2 6-1 3-1 - - - Martin, Cuonzo 3-1 2-1 1-0 - - - 1998-99 Texas 19-13 .594 13-3 .813 1st NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 45 Martin, Frank 8-7 5-3 3-4 - - - 1999-00 Texas 24-9 .727 13-3 .813 2nd NCAA Tournament Second Round 15/21 8 Musselman, Eric ------2000-01 Texas 25-9 .735 12-4 .750 T-2nd NCAA Tournament First Round 18/- 13 Oats, Nate ------2001-02 Texas 22-12 .647 10-6 .625 T-3rd NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen -/T18 15 Pearl, Bruce 4-6 3-4 1-2 - - - 2002-03 Texas 26-7 .788 13-3 .813 2nd NCAA Tournament Final Four 5/3 5 Stackhouse, Jerry ------2003-04 Texas 25-8 .758 12-4 .750 T-2nd NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 12/10 9 Wade, Will 1-1 1-1 - - - - 2004-05 Texas 20-11 .645 9-7 .563 T-5th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 38 White, Mike 4-1 4-1 - - - - 2005-06 Texas 30-7 .811 13-3 .813 T-1st NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 9/9 10 Williams, Buzz ------2006-07 Texas 25-10 .714 12-4 .750 3rd NCAA Tournament Second Round 11/16 26 TOTAL 39-24 29-15 10-9 2007-08 Texas 31-7 .816 13-3 .813 T-1st NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 7/5 6 2008-09 Texas 23-12 .657 9-7 .563 T-4th NCAA Tournament Second Round -/23 38 vs. BARNES... 2009-10 Texas 24-10 .706 9-7 .563 T-6th NCAA Tournament First Round -/- 35 Calipari, John was 1-2 at Memphis; 4-6 at Kentucky 2010-11 Texas 28-8 .778 13-3 .813 2nd NCAA Tournament Third Round 8/16 11 Crean, Tom is 0-1 at Georgia 2011-12 Texas 20-14 .588 9-9 .500 6th NCAA Tournament Second Round -/- 57 Davis, Kermit is 0-1 at Ole Miss 2012-13 Texas 16-18 .471 7-11 .389 7th CBI Opening Round -/- 121 Howland, Ben was 1-3 at UCLA; 1-5 at Miss. State 2013-14 Texas 24-11 .686 11-7 .611 T-3rd NCAA Tournament Third Round -/- 41 Martin, Cuonzo is 1-2 at Missouri; was 0-1 at Cal 2014-15 Texas 20-14 .588 8-10 .444 T-6th NCAA Tournament Second Round -/- 51 Martin, Frank was 4-3 at K-State; 3-5 at SC Totals 17 Seasons 402-180 .691 186-94 .664 31.1 Musselman, Eric no meetings Oats, Nate no meetings 2015-16 Tennessee 15-19 .441 6-12 .333 12th -/- 142 Pearl, Bruce was 2-1 at Tennessee, 3-4 at Auburn 2016-17 Tennessee 16-16 .500 8-10 .444 -/- 80 2017-18 Tennessee 26-9 .743 13-5 .722 T-1st NCAA Tournament Second Round 13/16 10 Stackhouse, Jerry no meetings 2018-19 Tennessee 31-6 .838 15-3 .833 T-2nd NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 6/5 9 Wade, Will is 1-1 at LSU 2019-20 Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 White, Mike is 1-4 at Florida Totals 4 Seasons 88-50 .638 42-30 .583 60.3 Williams, Buzz no meetings OVERALL 32 Seasons 692-364 .655 312-220 .585 41.1
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¢ 20-WIN SEASONS - ACTIVE HEAD COACHES BARNES 22nd ON DIVISION I WINS LIST RANK COACH 20-WIN SEASONS • With Tennessee’s 92-81 win over Louisville in New York FOLLOW THE TEAM 1 Mike Krzyzewski 35 City last season, Rick Barnes passed legendary UCLA 2 Jim Boeheim 33 Keep up with the Vols on Twitter: 3 Roy Williams 29 head coach John Wooden on the all-time Division I wins list. It was Barnes’s 665th career victory, which 4 Bob Huggins 28 @vbailey_ballisl - Victor Bailey Jr., Guard 5 John Calipari 27 ranked 26th all-time. 6 Bill Self 22 • Barnes currently ranks 22nd on the list with 692 wins. @jordybow3 - Jordan Bowden, Guard T-7 Rick Barnes 21 • He is now chasing Phog Allen and Don Haskins, each @jfleschman4 - Jacob Fleschman, Guard T-7 Tubby Smith 20 of whom totaled 719 career wins and are tied for 20th. @fulkerson_john - John Fulkerson, Forward through 2018-19 season @therealticket0 - Davonte Gaines, Guard ¢ DIVISION I WINS - ACTIVE HEAD COACHES UNDER BARNES, VOLS ARE @jjjames30 - Josiah-Jordan James, Guard RANK COACH SCHOOL WINS 1 Mike Krzyzewski Duke 1,132 50-14 AS A RANKED TEAM @brockjancek - Brock Jancek, Forward 2 Jim Boeheim Syracuse 946 • Tennessee has played 64 games as a ranked team (AP @the_jalen_ - Jalen Johnson, Guard 3 Roy Williams North Carolina 871 poll) under head coach Rick Barnes, and the Vols are @olivier_rn - Olivier Nkamhoua, Forward 4 Bob Huggins West Virginia 788 50-14 (.781) in those contests. 5 Cliff Ellis Coastal Carolina 766 @drewpember7 - Drew Pember, Forward 6 John Calipari Kentucky 708 @urosp34 - Uroš Plavšic, Forward 7 Rick Barnes Tennessee 692 TOP SPOT: BARNES IS ONE OF SIX 8 Bill Self Kansas 680 @airpons - Yves Pons, Guard/Forward • Rick Barnes led Texas to the No. 1 ranking for two 9 Dana Altman Oregon 645 @lturn1 - Lamonté Turner, Guard 10 Lon Kruger Oklahoma 639 weeks in January 2010. He most recently guided 11 Jim Larranaga Miami (Fla.) 617 Tennessee to four straight weeks at No. 1 last year. 12 Tubby Smith High Point 613 • He is one of six coaches ever to lead multiple schools 13 Tom Izzo Michigan State 606 to a No. 1 ranking: John Calipari, Frank McGuire, Rick 14 Bob McKillip Davidson 578 Pitino, Eddie Sutton and Roy Williams. FOLLOW THE BEAT through 2018-19 season Here is a list of reporters who regularly cover the ¢ NCAA TOURNAMENTS - ACTIVE SEC COACHES BARNES CLAIMS TWO 2019 NATIONAL Tennessee basketball beat and tweet about the Vols: RANK COACH SCHOOL BERTHS COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS 1 Rick Barnes Tennessee 24 @vincesports - Vince Ferrara, The Sports Animal 2 John Calipari Kentucky 18 • Rick Barnes last season earned his first two career 3 Ben Howland Mississippi St. 11 National Coach of the Year awards, as he received @genehenley3 - Gene Henley, Chattanooga Times Free Press 4 Bruce Pearl Auburn 10 the Werner Ladder Naismith Trophy for Men’s College @volquest_rob - Rob Lewis, VolQuest.com 5 Tom Crean Georgia 9 Coach of the Year Award and the USBWA’s Henry Iba @jimmyhyams - Jimmy Hyams, Sports Animal WNML 6 Buzz Williams Texas A&M 8 National Coach of the Year Award. 7 Kermit Davis Ole Miss 6 • One year removed from leading Tennessee to the @stevemegargee - Steve Megargee, Associated Press 8 Frank Martin South Carolina 5 T-9 Eric Musselman Arkansas 3 SEC Championship and a 26-9 overall record, Barnes @troy_provost - Troy Provost-Heron, Maryville Daily Times T-9 Cuonzo Martin Missouri 3 guided the Volunteers to a 31-5 mark. That impressive @grantramey - Grant Ramey, GoVols247.com T-9 Will Wade LSU 3 record included a school-record 19-game winning @wesrucker247 - Wes Rucker, GoVols247.com T-9 Michael White Florida 3 streak and three victories over top-five opponents. @corysanning - Cory Sanning, Sports Illustrated T-9 Nate Oats Alabama 3 • The Vols spent four weeks atop the Associated Press 14 Jerry Stackhouse Vanderbilt 0 Top 25 rankings. And for the first time in program @davidubben - David Ubben, The Athletic through 2018-19 season history, Tennessee spent the entire season ranked @rschump00 - Ryan Schumpert, The Daily Beacon ¢ NCAA TOURNAMENT WINS - ACTIVE SEC COACHES among the top 10. @bynoahtaylor - Noah Taylor, The Daily Beacon • Barnes also was a finalist for the and the Jim Phelan RANK COACH SCHOOL WINS @treywallace_ - Trey Wallace, FOX Sports Knoxville 1 John Calipari Kentucky 46 National Coach of the Year Award. 2 Rick Barnes Tennessee 24 @josh_ward - Josh Ward, Sports Animal WNML 3 Ben Howland Mississippi State 19 @bymikewilson - Mike Wilson, Knoxville News Sentinel 4 Bruce Pearl Auburn 15 5 Tom Crean Georgia 11 T-6 Frank Martin South Carolina 10 T-6 Buzz Williams Texas A&M 10 8 Michael White Florida 5 9 Cuonzo Martin Missouri 3 T-10 Kermit Davis Ole Miss 2 T-10 Eric Musselman Arkansas 2 T-10 Nate Oats Alabama 2 13 Will Wade LSU 1 14 Jerry Stackhouse Vanderbilt 0 through 2018-19 season
BARNES vs. THE SEC
vs. Southeastern Conference: 101-59
OPPONENT All Tenn Tex Clem Prov GMU Alabama 2-3 2-2 - - 0-1 - Arkansas 5-5 2-4 3-1 - - - Auburn 3-4 3-4 - - - - Florida 4-1 4-1 - - - - Georgia 3-6 2-4 1-1 0-1 - - Kentucky 7-6 6-4 0-1 1-1 - - RICK BARNES: WHERE & WHEN LSU 3-6 2-3 1-3 - - - Home: 430-86 November: 110-31 Ole Miss 4-2 3-2 - - - - Away: 156-182 December: 169-48 Mississippi State 9-1 6-1 3-0 - - - Neutral: 106-96 January: 165-104 Missouri 14-9 3-2 10-7 1-0 - - at TBA: 54-12 February: 146-103 South Carolina 10-3 5-3 - 4-0 1-0 - March: 102-77 April: 0-1 Tennessee 2-2 - 2-2 - - - Texas A&M 28-8 3-1 23-7 2-0 - - Vanderbilt 7-3 6-3 1-0 - - -
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ON THE BENCH MICHAEL SCHWARTZ Associate Head Coach •Texas, 1999 • Fourth season at Tennessee; played two years under Barnes at Texas and was a member of the 1999 Big 12 Championship team (then became a GA on Texas’ staff). • Spent the 2015-16 season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Tulsa, helping the Golden Hurricane advance to the NCAA Tournament. • Prior to that, he spent four seasons as the lead assistant under Rodney Terry (another Barnes pupil) at Fresno State, including one year as associate head coach. • No stranger to the Southeast and East Coast, Schwartz spent six years on staff at Miami (Fla.) in the ACC. DESMOND OLIVER Assistant Coach • Dominican College, 1992 • Fifth season at Tennessee; before joining the Vols, he spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Charlotte. • This is his 24th season in the Division I coaching ranks; he has experience in the Atlantic 10, Big 12, Ivy League and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. • Also boasts five years of previous SEC coaching experience at Georgia from 2004-09. • A native of Buffalo, New York. KIM ENGLISH Assistant Coach • Missouri, 2012 • Joined the Tennessee staff in April 2019 after two years as an assistant coach under Tad Boyle at Colorado and was an assistant at Tulsa during the 2016-17 season. • In May 2018, the NABC included English on its 2017-18 Under Armour 30-under-30 listing, one of only five selections from “Power Five” programs. • The Pistons selected English with the 44th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, and he appeared in 41 games during the 2012-13 season. • Was a four-year letterman at Missouri (2008-12), earning All-Big 12 honors; Mizzou won 107 games durng his career (winningest player in program history). GARRETT MEDENWALD Director of Sports Performance • Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2013 • Fifth season at Tennessee; he had three previous years of experience working alongside head coach Rick Barnes at Texas from 2012-15. • As a football running back at UW-Whitewater, he helped lead the Warhawks to back-to-back national championships in 2010 and 2011. • An elite powerlifter, Medenwald was a national qualifier in Olympic weightlifting and was a coach and co-founder of the UW-Whitewater Olympic Lifting Club. • Native of Green Bay, Wisconsin (lifelong Green Bay Packers fan). CHAD NEWMAN Athletic Trainer • Tennessee, 1994 • 24th season with the Tennessee basketball program. • Under his care, the Vols have advanced to postseason play 15 times, including 11 NCAA Tournament berths and six Sweet Sixteen appearances. • 2009 Tennessee Athletic Trainer’s Society (TATS) Athletic Trainer of the Year. • Native of Chattanooga, Tennessee BRYAN LENTZ Director of Player Development/ Video Coordinator • Lenoir-Rhyne, 2000 • Second season at Tennessee; is a North Carolina native. • Had four previous years of experience as a member of Rick Barnes’ basketball staff at Texas. • His father, John Lentz, was a legendary head coach at Lenoir-Rhyne and was Barnes’ roommate during college. • Spent the 2014-18 seasons as an assistant coach at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. MARY-CARTER EGGERT Director of Basketball Operations • Tennessee, 2011 • A two-time Tennessee graduate, Eggert is in her fifth season working in a basketball operations role. • One of only two women currently holding the role of director of basketball operations with a men’s program at a major-conference school. • Spent three years on UT’s media relations staff, working closely with the Tennessee football program from 2012 to 2014. • Native of Richmond, Virginia AUBIN GOPORO Director of Student-Athlete Development • Florida Tech, 1996 • A native of the Central African Republic, Goporo is in his third season as a part of the basketball staff • Coordinates community outreach and service efforts and also serves as a student-athlete mentor for personal and professional development. • Served as the Director of Student-Athlete Development last season at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. • Spent 15 years at the helm of the boys basketball program at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Florida. I.J. POOLE Assistant to the Head Coach • Texas, 2015 • In April 2019, Poole returned for his second stint on Rick Barnes’ Tennessee staff. • He previously was a graduate manager at Tennessee from 2015-17; this is his fifth overall year working with Barnes, as he was a two-year student manager at Texas. • Prior to returning to Tennessee, Poole worked for two seasons on the full-time staff at Appalachian State. • In 2017-18, he served as App State’s director of basketball operations. He then was promoted to assistant coach for the 2018-19 campaign.
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SR Guard | 6-5 | 193 | Africana Studies 23 JORDAN BOWDEN Knoxville, Tennessee | 22 Feet Academy (S.C.)
JORDYBOW3 Last name pronounced: BAU-din @ (like the former FSU football coach) • On track to complete his degree in Africana Studies in May. • Named to the watch list for the 2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. • All-SEC candidate enters his senior campaign just 59 points away from joining UT’s 1,000-Point Club. • Was one of Andy Katz’s “Top 11 Breakout Candidates” at the end of October. • Averaged 10.6 points last season but increased his scoring output to 12.1 ppg during SEC play. • Committed only 35 turnovers in 1,002 total minutes played last season (27.8 mpg). • Has made 137 career 3-pointers, with more than 50 makes in each of the last two seasons. • Has scored 20 or more points four times during his career. • Scored in double digits off the bench in six of UT’s final eight games last year and 19 times on the season. • Boasts a fun-loving personality and is often smiling, joking and/or dancing.
SEASON/CAREER BESTS
POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career 21 (2x), last vs. Furman (12/20/17) UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career 11 vs. Georgia Tech (11/13/18) Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career 7 vs. Georgia (3/3/18) Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career 2 (2x), last vs. Ole Miss (2/3/18) LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career 3 (8x), last vs. Loyola-Chicago (3/17/18) at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career 37 (2x), last vs. Georgia Tech (11/13/18) at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career 8 vs. Georgia (1/5/19) at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career 16 at Ole Miss (1/17/17) Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career 5 (4x), last vs. Arkansas (1/15/19)
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season - Last Season This Season Career Career 10 (2x), last vs. South Carolina (2/13/18) Scored 10+ Points 21 - 46 Scored 20+ Points 2 - 4 Had 5+ Assists 4 - 6 FREE THROWS MADE Led the Vols in Assists 2 - 9 Season - Had Multiple Steals 7 - 25 Career 8 vs. Lipscomb (12/9/17) Had 3+ Steals - - 8 Led the Vols in Steals 6 - 30 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Had Multiple Blocks - - 2 Season - Made Multiple 3-Pointers 15 - 40 Career 9 (3x), last vs. Furman (12/20/17) Made 4+ 3-Pointers 3 - 9 Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 19 - 51 CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 30-28 683 22.8 75-202 .371 35-111 .315 53-63 .841 24-63-87 2.9 62-1 40 22 5 27 238 7.9 2017-18 35-35 978 27.9 98-249 .394 51-129 .395 73-99 .737 32-93-125 3.6 86-3 66 39 11 39 320 9.1 2018-19 36-5 1002 27.8 128-279 .459 51-135 .378 76-93 .817 21-104-125 3.5 74-1 70 35 11 31 383 10.6 2019-20 TOTAL 101-68 2663 26.4 301-730 .412 137-375 .365 202-255 .792 77-260-337 3.3 222-5 176 96 27 97 941 9.3
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JR Guard | 6-3 | 176 | Business Finance 4 JACOB FLESCHMAN Austin, Texas | Westlake High School
@JFLESCHMAN4 • On track to complete his degree in Business Finance in May. • After redshirting his first year in the program (2016-17), he has appeared in seven career games. Is an extremely accurate shooter. VOLScholar • • Known to his teammates by his nickname, “Black” or “Blackjack” (given to him by Kevin Durant). • For each of the past two summers, he has interned with Austin Ventures, a private equity firm in his hometown of Austin, Texas. • Ranked among the top five in free-throw percentage in all of Central Texas as both a junior and senior. • His high school has produced several high-profile athletes, including NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees and Nick Foles and MLB pitcher Huston Street. • One of two walk-ons on the team, along with sophomore forward Brock Jancek.
SEASON/CAREER BESTS 2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career 3 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/28/18) UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career 1 vs. Tennessee Tech (12/29/18) Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career 1 vs. Tennessee Tech (12/29/18) Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career - LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career - at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career 4 vs. Tennessee Tech (12/29/18) at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career 1 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/28/18) at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career 2 (2x), last vs. Tennessee Tech (12/29/18) Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career 1 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/28/18)
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season - Career 2 (2x), last vs. Tennessee Tech (12/29/18)
FREE THROWS MADE Season - Career -
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Season - Career -
CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 REDSHIRT 2017-18 2-0 5 2.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0-0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2018-19 5-0 12 2.4 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.2 2-0 1 3 0 0 3 0.6 2019-20 TOTAL 7-0 17 2.4 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.1 2-0 1 3 0 0 3 0.4
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JR Forward | 6-9 | 212 | Recreation and Sport Management 10 JOHN FULKERSON Kingsport, Tennessee | The Christ School (N.C.)
@FULKERSON_JOHN • On track to complete his degree in Recreation and Sport Management in May. • Barnes has lauded Fulkerson’s improvement during the offseason. VOLScholar • Sees the floor well and is a gifted passer and playmaker. • Tennessee’s third-most experienced player in terms of games and minutes played. • Serves on the SEC Men’s Basketball Leadership Council. • Also serves on UT’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), along with fellow team rep Jalen Johnson. • One of six left-handers on the team (along with Bailey, Gaines, James, Johnson and Pons). • Blocked 113 shots as a senior at The Christ School, breaking former NBA center (and current Army Ranger) Marshall Plumlee’s single-season school record.
SEASON/CAREER BESTS 2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career 15 vs. Tennessee Tech (12/29/18) UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career 10 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career 5 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career 5 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career 3 (3x), last vs. Mississippi State (3/5/19) at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career 37 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career 6 vs. Tennessee Tech (12/29/18) at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career 9 vs. Georgia Tech (12/3/16) Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career -
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION TRACKER Season - Last Season This Season Career Career - Scored 5+ Points 12 - 18 Scored 10+ Points 2 - 4 Led the Vols in Scoring - - - FREE THROWS MADE Had 5+ Rebounds 5 - 11 Season - Had 10+ Rebounds - - 1 Career 8 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) Led the Vols in Rebounds - - 3 Had Multiple Assists 8 - 14 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Had Multiple Steals 5 - 12 Season - Had Multiple Blocks 6 - 9 Career 12 vs. Oregon (11/22/16) Led the Vols in Blocks 7 - 12 Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 9 - 19 CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 10-6 160 16.0 17-30 .567 0-0 .000 13-20 .650 14-32-46 4.6 23-0 10 8 9 11 47 4.7 2017-18 30-1 279 9.3 18-42 .429 0-0 .000 16-22 .727 18-31-49 1.6 36-0 16 22 9 16 52 1.7 2018-19 36-0 434 12.1 42-72 .583 0-0 .000 29-45 .644 39-56-95 2.6 67-0 24 21 25 18 113 3.1 2019-20 TOTAL 76-7 873 11.5 77-144 .535 0-0 .000 58-87 .667 71-119-190 2.5 126-0 50 51 43 45 212 2.8
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FR Guard | 6-7 | 178 | Recreation and Sport Management 0 DAVONTE GAINES Buffalo, New York | Hargrave Military Academy (Va.)
@THEREALTICKET11 First name pronounced: duh-VAHN-tay • Underwent right thumb surgery in late September to address an injury sustained the first week of practice. • The coaching staff loves his fierce competitiveness. • Graduated from Health Sciences Charter School in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2018 and spent the 2018-19 school year at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia. • Given the nickname “The Big Ticket” after recording 22 double-doubles, four triple-doubles and three quadruple- doubles as a high school senior. • Shares a hometown with Vols assistant coach Desmond Oliver. • One of six left-handers on the team (along with Bailey, Fulkerson, James, Johnson and Pons).
2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career - UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career - Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career - Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career - LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career - at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career - at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career - at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career - Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career -
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season - Career -
FREE THROWS MADE Season - Career -
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Season - Career -
CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 TOTAL 7-0 17 2.4 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.1 2-0 1 3 0 0 3 0.4
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FR Guard | 6-6 | 208 | Communication Studies 5 JOSIAH-JORDAN JAMES Charleston, S.C. | Porter-Gaud School
@JJJAMES30 • Has been limited recently by a hip injury. • Projects to be a major contributor this season. • Is Tennessee’s eighth McDonald’s All-American—the first since Tobias Harris in 2010. • Was the highest-rated prep basketball player ever to come out of the South Carolina “Lowcountry.” • Was a member of the United States team that won gold at the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. • One of six left-handers on the team (along with Bailey, Fulkerson, Gaines, Johnson and Pons). • His mother, Sonya Brice, is a former Division I basketball official. • His father, Kurt James, played basketball at Michigan State under head coach Jud Heathcote and was a Spartans co-captain in 1981-82.
SEASON/CAREER BESTS
POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career - UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career - Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career - Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career - LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career - at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career - at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career - at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career - Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career -
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION TRACKER Season - This Season Career - Scored 10+ Points - Scored 15+ Points - Led the Vols in Scoring - FREE THROWS MADE Had 10+ Assists - Season - Led the Vols in Assists - Career - Had a Double-Double - Had 3+ Steals - FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Led the Vols in Steals - Season - Made Multiple 3-Pointers - Career - Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio - Had Multiple Dunks - CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 TOTAL 7-0 17 2.4 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.1 2-0 1 3 0 0 3 0.4
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SO Forward | 6-8 | 222 | Civil Engineering 30 BROCK JANCEK Knoxville, Tennessee | Knoxville Catholic High School
@BROCKJANCEK • Appeared in six games last season, wearing jersey No. 30. • Recorded a rebound and a block in last year’s home win over Georgia (1/5/19). VOLScholar • One of two walk-ons on the team, along with redshirt junior Jacob Fleschman. • Graduated from Knoxville Catholic High School, where he earned TSWA All-State honors as a senior after averaging 21.0 points and eight rebounds per game. • His father was the Tennessee football program’s defensive coordinator from 2013-15 and now holds the same title at Colorado State. • His older brother, Zac, was a quarterback on the Tennessee football team and completed his eligibility in 2018; Zac is now a defensive graduate assistant at Colorado State. • Brock also has a younger brother, Jack, who plays quarterback for his high school.
SEASON/CAREER BESTS 2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career - UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career 1 (2x), last vs. Georgia (1/5/19) Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career - Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career 1 vs. Georgia (1/5/19) LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career - at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career 2 (3x), last vs. Georgia (1/5/19) at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career - at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career 1 (3x), last vs. Arkansas (1/15/19) Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career -
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season - Career -
FREE THROWS MADE Season - Career -
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Season - Career -
CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2018-19 6-0 9 1.5 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2-2 0.3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 2019-20 TOTAL 6-0 9 1.5 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2-2 0.3 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
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JR Guard | 6-6 | 196 | Communication Studies 13 JALEN JOHNSON Durham, North Carolina | Wesleyan Christian Academy
@THE_JALEN_ • On track to complete his degree in Communication Studies in December. • Will assume a much more prominent role this season after appearing in 39 games off the bench in his first VOLScholar two seasons as a Vol. • Versatile offensive skill set allows him to score from anywhere on the floor. • Serves on UT’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), along with fellow team rep John Fulkerson. • Enrolled in UT’s VOLeaders Academy, an intensive, year-long leadership curriculum. • Helped lead Wesleyan Christian Academy to two North Carolina state championships during his prep career. • One of six left-handers on the team (along with Bailey, Fulkerson, Gaines, James and Pons). • Is a talented illustrator. • Was part of an Athletes in Action collegiate contingent that traveled to Israel this past summer, and he was baptized in the Jordan River. • Both his parents were Division I track athletes (mother, Nikki Berry, at UNC; father, Brian Johnson, at ECU).
SEASON/CAREER BESTS 2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career 6 (3x), last vs. Wake Forest (12/22/18) UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career 3 (2x), last vs. Samford (12/19/18) Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season- Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career 2 (4x), last vs. Florida (2/9/19) Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career 1 (3x), last vs. Missouri (2/5/19) LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career 1 (4x), last vs. Mississippi State (3/5/19) at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career 17 at Alabama (2/10/18) at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career 2 (3x), last vs. Wake Forest (12/22/18) at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career 4 (2x), last vs. Mississippi State (3/5/19) Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career 2 (3x), last vs. Wake Forest (12/22/18)
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION TRACKER Season - Last Season This Season Career Career 3 (3x), last vs. Mississippi State (3/5/19) Scored 5+ Points 3 - 4 Scored 10+ Points - - - Had Multiple Assists 3 - 4 FREE THROWS MADE Led the Vols in Assists - - - Season - Had Multiple Steals - - - Career 1 (3x), last vs. South Carolina (2/13/19) Had 3+ Steals - - - Led the Vols in Steals 1 - 2 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Had Multiple Blocks - - - Season - Made Multiple 3-Pointers 2 - 3 Career 2 (2x), last vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/28/18) Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 5 - 7 Had Multiple Dunks - - -
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2016-17 REDSHIRT 2017-18 13-0 66 5.1 6-11 .545 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 3-7-10 0.8 0-0 5 2 2 2 16 1.2 2018-19 26-0 150 5.8 14-29 .483 9-20 .450 2-3 .667 7-12-19 0.7 17-0 8 6 1 2 39 1.5 2019-20 TOTAL 39-0 216 5.5 20-40 .500 12-26 .462 3-5 .600 10-19-29 0.7 17-0 13 8 3 4 55 1.4
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SO Forward | 6-11 | 235 | Communication Studies 33 ZACH KENT Magnolia, Delaware | Blair Academy (N.J.)
• Projects to take on a contributing role this season. • Appeared in two games as a true freshman in 2017-18 but sat out all of last season after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure in October of 2018. • Has great touch for a player his size and is comfortable shooting from the perimeter. • Kent is a product of Blair Academy in New Jersey, which has produced several high-profile basketball alums, including Luol Deng, Charlie Villanueva and Royal Ivey, who played for Barnes at Texas before enjoying a successful career in the NBA. • Kent is the first Delaware native ever to suit up for the Vols. • Enjoys photography as a hobby.
SEASON/CAREER BESTS 2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career 4 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career 2 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career - Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career - LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career - at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career 10 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career 2 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career 5 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career -
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season - Last Season This Season Career Career 1 vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17) Scored 5+ Points - - - Scored 10+ Points - - - Had 5+ Rebounds - - - FREE THROWS MADE Had 10+ Rebounds - - - Season - Had Multiple Blocks - - - Career - Led the Vols in Blocks - - - Had Multiple Assists - - - FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Made Multiple 3-Pointers - - - Season - Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio - - - Career - Had Multiple Dunks - - -
CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 2-0 13 6.5 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2-3 1.5 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 2018-19 0-0 0 0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0-0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2019-20 TOTAL 2-0 13 6.5 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2-3 1.5 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 2.0
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FR Forward | 6-8 | 224 | Business Management 21 OLIVIER NKAMHOUA Helsinki, Finland | Bishop Walsh School
@OLIVIER_RN Name pronounced: OH-liv-ee-AY KAHM-wuh • Barnes and staff are excited about his ability to contribute as a true freshman. • Very strong and tends to play with a physical edge. • A Cameroonian native of Finland, he moved to the United States in 2017 and graduated from Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland, Maryland, last May. • Largely went under the radar as a recruit, as he was sidelined with a leg injury for most of his junior year. • Competed for Finland (as a 6-4 point guard) in 2016 FIBA U16 European Championships divisional play. • Nkamhoua’s mother is Scoth/Finnish, and his father hails from Cameroon. • One of three international players on the roster, joining Yves Pons (France) and Uroš Plavšić (Serbia).
SEASON/CAREER BESTS 2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career - UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career - Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career - Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career - LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career - at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career - at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career - at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career - Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career -
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION TRACKER Season - This Season Career - Scored 5+ Points - Scored 10+ Points - Led the Vols in Scoring - FREE THROWS MADE Had 5+ Rebounds - Season - Had 10+ Rebounds - Career - Led the Vols in Rebounding - Had Multiple Steals - FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Had Multiple Blocks Season - Had Multiple Dunks - Career -
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 TOTAL 7-0 17 2.4 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.1 2-0 1 3 0 0 3 0.4
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FR Forward | 6-9 | 207 | Recreation and Sport Management 3 DREW PEMBER Knoxville, Tenn. | Bearden High School
@DREWPEMBER7 • Practiced only a handful of times between his enrollment and October due to a nagging foot injury from high school. • Made the most of his minutes in Tennessee’s preseason closed scrimmage vs. Davidson. • Has added more than 20 pounds to his frame since enrolling in May. • As a senior in 2018-19, he helped lead Bearden High School to the Tennessee Class AAA Championship, defeating Memphis East in the title game. • Joins senior guard Jordan Bowden as the only Knox County natives signed to a Tennessee basketball scholarship as freshmen in the last 30 years. • Bert Bertelkamp, who lettered for the Vols from 1977-80 and is currently the Vol Network color analyst for UT men’s basketball games, also graduated from Bearden (class of 1976). • His parents both were Division II student-athletes at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee; his mother played volleyball, and his father played men’s basketball.
SEASON/CAREER BESTS 2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career - UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career - Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career - Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career - LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career - at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career - at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career - at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career - Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career -
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION TRACKER Season - This Season Career - Scored 5+ Points - Scored 10+ Points - Had 3+ Assists - FREE THROWS MADE Had 5+ Rebounds - Season - Had Multiple Steals - Career - Had 3+ Steals - Led the Vols in Steals - FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Made Multiple 3-Pointers - Season - Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio - Career - Had Multiple Dunks -
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 TOTAL 7-0 17 2.4 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.1 2-0 1 3 0 0 3 0.4
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RS-FR Forward | 7-0 | 240 | Recreation and Sport Management 34 UROŠ PLAVŠIĆ Ivanjica, Serbia | Arizona State University
@UROSP34 Name pronounced: Ü-rōsh PLÄV-shich • Tennessee is awaiting word from the NCAA regarding his eligibility status. • Great passer for a player of his size, and he plays with physicality. • Graduated from Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga before redshirting last season at Arizona State. • Just the sixth 7-footer in program history and the first since Steve Hamer (1992-96). • In Serbia, Plavšić played on the Belgrade-based BC Mega Leks junior team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the Euroleague championships. • Has competed against fellow Serbian and NBA All-Star Nikola Jokić, as well as Croatian NBA center Ivica Zubac. • One of three international players on the roster, joining Yves Pons (France) and Olivier Nkamhoua (Finland).
2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career - UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career - Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career - Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career - LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career - at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career - at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career - at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career - Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career -
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION TRACKER Season - This Season Career - Scored 5+ Points - Scored 10+ Points - Led the Vols in Scoring - FREE THROWS MADE Had 10+ Rebounds - Season - Led the Vols in Rebounding - Career - Had a Double-Double - Had 3+ Blocks - FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Led the Vols in Blocks - Season - Made Multiple 3-Pointers - Career - Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio - Had Multiple Dunks - CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2019-20 TOTAL 7-0 17 2.4 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.1 2-0 1 3 0 0 3 0.4
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JR Guard/Forward | 6-6 | 215 | Recreation and Sport Management 35 YVES PONS Fuveau, France | INSEP Academy
@AIRPONS Name Pronounced: EEV PAHNS • After playing primarily on the perimeter the last two years, he will see more minutes in the frontcourt this season. • Played with the French National Team at the FIBA U20 European Championships in Israel this past summer. VOLScholar • Started 13 games as a sophomore last season. • 18 of his 39 career field goals are dunks (46 percent). • Arguably the most athletically gifted player on Tennessee’s roster; Impressive physical specimen never took part in an organized weightlifting or strength training program before enrolling at UT. • Was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and moved to France after being adopted at an early age (4-years-old). • Attended the INSEP (National Institute of Sport and Physical Education) Academy in Paris; other notable INSEP basketball alums include Boris Diaw, Tony Parker and Ronny Turiaf. • One of six left-handers on the team (along with Bailey, Fulkerson, Gaines, James and Johnson). • One of three international players on the roster, joining Olivier Nkamhoua (Finland) and Uroš Plavšić (Serbia).
SEASON/CAREER BESTS 2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career 10 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/28/18) UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career 9 vs. Samford (12/19/18) Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career 4 vs. Samford (12/19/18) Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career 3 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (11/6/18) LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career 2 vs. Mercer (11/29/17) at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career 32 vs. Samford (12/19/18) at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Kentucky 2/8/20 Season - Arkansas 2/11/20 Career 4 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/28/18) at South Carolina 2/15/20 Vanderbilt 2/18/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED at Auburn 2/22/20 Season - at Arkansas 2/26/20 Career 7 vs. Gonzaga (12/9/18) Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career 2 vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/28/18)
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season - Last Season This Season Career Career 3 (3x), last at Florida (1/12/19) Scored 5+ Points 6 - 6 Scored 10+ Points 1 - 1 Had 5+ Rebounds 5 - 5 FREE THROWS MADE Had Multiple Blocks 3 - 3 Season - Led the Vols in Blocks 2 - 2 Career 2 vs. Tennessee (12/29/18) Made Multiple 3-Pointers 1 - 1 Had Multiple Steals 1 - FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Led the Vols in Steals 1 - 3 Season - Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 6 - 9 Career 3 (3x), last vs. Tennessee Tech (12/29/18) Had Multiple Dunks 4 - 5
CAREER STATS
GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 24-0 124 5.2 7-14 .500 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 4-11-15 0.6 17-0 5 5 2 3 17 0.7 2018-19 35-13 411 11.7 32-62 .516 7-25 .280 6-15 .400 17-45-62 1.8 42-0 17 22 15 9 77 2.2 2019-20 TOTAL 59-13 535 9.1 39-76 .513 9-28 .321 7-17 .412 21-56-77 1.3 59-0 22 27 17 12 94 1.6
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SR Guard | 6-2 | 187 | Graduate-Level Courses (A.L.E.C. Program) 1 LAMONTÉ TURNER Florence, Alabama | IMG Academy (Fla.)
@LTURN1 First name pronounced: luh-MAHN-tay • Graduated in May 2019 (Communication Studies) and is taking graduate-level courses this year. • Named to the watch list for the 2020 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award and also was a second-team VOLScholar preseason All-SEC selection. • Deeply respected by all of his teammates, he is the team’s clear leader. • Enters his final season just 49 points away from joining UT’s 1,000-Point Club. • His 160 career 3-pointers are second-most among active SEC players. • Never afraid of taking the shot when the game is on the line, 53 percent of his career field goals have been 3-pointers (160 of 303). • Needs 11 3-pointers to ascend into UT’s top-10 list for career makes. • On pace to log one of the top career assist/turnover ratios in program history (269/140 = 1.92). • Has scored 20 or more points eight times during his career and has scored in double figures 44 times. • Was the 2018 SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year.
SEASON/CAREER BESTS 2019-20 GAME-BY-GAME STATS POINTS OPPONENT DATE St MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT PF A T/O BLK STL PTS Season - Eastern New Mex 10/30/19 Career 25 (2x), last at South Carolina (1/20/18) UNC Asheville 11/5/19 Murray State 11/12/19 REBOUNDS vs. Washington 11/16/19 Season - Alabama State 11/20/19 Career 9 vs. North Carolina (12/17/17)) Chattanooga 11/25/19 vs. Florida State 11/29/19 ASSISTS vs. Purdue/VCU 11/30/19 Season - Florida A&M 12/4/19 Career 9 vs. Wright State (3/15/18) Memphis 12/14/19 at Cincinnati 12/18/19 BLOCKS Jacksonville State 12/21/19 Season - Wisconsin 12/28/19 Career 1 (10x), last vs. Mississippi State (3/15/19) LSU 1/4/20 at Missouri 1/7/20 STEALS South Carolina 1/11/20 Season - at Georgia 1/15/20 Career 4 (2x), last Mississippi State (3/15/19) at Vanderbilt 1/18/20 Ole Miss 1/21/20 MINUTES at Kansas 1/25/20 Season - Texas A&M 1/28/20 Career 41 (2x), last vs. Purdue (3/28/19) at Mississippi St. 2/1/20 at Alabama 2/4/20 FIELD GOALS MADE Season - Kentucky 2/8/20 Career 8 (4x), last at Ole Miss (2/27/19) Arkansas 2/11/20 at South Carolina 2/15/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Vanderbilt 2/18/20 Season - at Auburn 2/22/20 Career 15 at Ole Miss (1/17/17) at Arkansas 2/26/20 Florida 2/29/20 at Kentucky 3/3/20 3-PT. FIELD GOALS MADE Auburn 3/7/20 Season - SEC Tournament Career 7 vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16)
3-PT. FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION TRACKER Season - Last Season This Season Career Career 11 vs. Presbyterian (12/6/16) Scored 15+ Points 7 - 21 Scored 20+ Points 3 - 8 FREE THROWS MADE Led the Vols in Scoring 3 - 16 Season - Had 5+ Assists 9 - 17 Career 13 vs. Auburn (1/2/18) Led the Vols in Assists 7 - 22 Had Multiple Steals 10 - 18 Had 3+ Steals 3 - 6 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Led the Vols in Steals 10 - 23 Season - Made Multiple 3-Pointers 16 - 46 Career 13 vs. Auburn (1/2/18) Made 4+ 3-Pointers 1 - 9 Had a Positive Assist/TO Ratio 21 - 57 CAREER STATS GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2015-16 REDSHIRT 2016-17 32-6 663 20.7 76-214 .355 41-125 .328 70-91 .769 10-71-81 2.5 67-0 86 55 6 19 263 8.2 2017-18 35-0 885 25.3 118-296 .399 70-177 .395 75-85 .882 19-92-111 3.2 70-2 78 43 2 24 381 10.9 2018-19 28-19 867 31.0 109-258 .422 49-153 .320 40-51 .784 9-68-77 2.8 70-1 105 42 3 35 307 11.0 2019-20 TOTAL 95-25 2415 25.4 303-768 .395 160-455 .352 185-227 .815 38-231-269 2.8 207-3 269 140 11 78 951 10.0
2019-20 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL / UTSPORTS.COM / @VOL_HOOPS 2018-19 Tennessee Basketball Tennessee Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 29, 2019) All games
Overall record: 31-6 Conf: 15-3 Home: 18-0 Away: 7-3 Neutral: 6-3
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 02 Williams, Grant 37-37 1180 31.9 234-414 . 5 6 5 15-46 . 3 2 6 213-260 . 8 1 9 82 196 278 7.5 110 6 117 83 55 42 696 18.8 05 Schofield, Admiral 37-37 1174 31.7 238-502 . 4 7 4 74-177 . 4 1 8 60-86 . 6 9 8 43 184 227 6.1 94 2 75 70 17 33 610 16.5 00 Bone, Jordan 37-37 1219 32.9 186-400 . 4 6 5 50-141 . 3 5 5 76-91 . 8 3 5 19 99 118 3.2 49 0 215 74 4 26 498 13.5 01 Turner, Lamonte 28-19 867 31.0 109-258 . 4 2 2 49-153 . 3 2 0 40-51 . 7 8 4 9 68 77 2.8 70 1 105 42 3 35 307 11.0 23 Bowden, Jordan 36-5 1002 27.8 128-279 . 4 5 9 51-135 . 3 7 8 76-93 . 8 1 7 21 104 125 3.5 74 1 70 35 11 31 383 10.6 11 Alexander, Kyle 37-37 881 23.8 108-176 . 6 1 4 3-7 . 4 2 9 52-79 . 6 5 8 96 150 246 6.6 99 6 19 43 64 17 271 7.3 10 Fulkerson, John 36-0 434 12.1 42-72 . 5 8 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 29-45 . 6 4 4 39 56 95 2.6 67 0 24 21 25 18 113 3.1 35 Pons, Yves 35-13 411 11.7 32-62 . 5 1 6 7-25 . 2 8 0 6-15 . 4 0 0 17 45 62 1.8 42 0 17 22 15 9 77 2.2 12 Woodson, Brad 5-0 12 2.4 2-4 . 5 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 0.2 1 0 2 0 0 1 8 1.6 13 Johnson, Jalen 26-0 150 5.8 14-29 . 4 8 3 9-20 . 4 5 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 7 12 19 0.7 17 0 8 6 1 2 39 1.5 15 Walker, Derrick 30-0 160 5.3 10-19 . 5 2 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-19 . 2 6 3 8 24 32 1.1 28 0 7 6 3 6 25 0.8 24 Campbell, Lucas 7-0 14 2.0 2-9 . 2 2 2 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.4 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 0.7 04 Fleschman, Jacob 5-0 12 2.4 1-4 . 2 5 0 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0.6 34 Jancek, Brock 6-0 9 1.5 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 Team 44 61 105 1 6 Total...... 37 7525 1106-2231 . 4 9 6 262-714 . 3 6 7 561-744 . 7 5 4 385 1006 1391 37.6 655 16 661 412 199 221 3035 82.0 Opponents...... 37 7525 888-2199 . 4 0 4 311-893 . 3 4 8 493-755 . 6 5 3 434 836 1270 34.3 697 - 455 472 95 230 2580 69.7
TEAM STATISTICS UT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 3035 2580 11/06/18 LENOIR-RHYNE W 86-41 16156 Points per game 82.0 69.7 11/09/18 LOUISIANA W 87-65 16864 Scoring margin +12.3 - 11/13/18 GEORGIA TECH W 66-53 16219 FIELD GOALS-ATT 1106-2231 888-2199 1 11/21/18 vs Louisville W 92-81 4981 Field goal pct . 4 9 6 . 4 0 4 1 11/23/18 vs Kansas L o t 81-87 5491 3 POINT FG-ATT 262-714 311-893 11/28/18 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 95-67 15036 3-point FG pct . 3 6 7 . 3 4 8 12/02/18 TEXAS A&M-CC W 79-51 14730 3-pt FG made per game 7.1 8.4 2 12/09/18 vs Gonzaga W 76-73 10172 FREE THROWS-ATT 561-744 493-755 12/15/18 at Memphis W 102-92 18528 Free throw pct . 7 5 4 . 6 5 3 12/19/18 SAMFORD W 83-70 15794 F-Throws made per game 15.2 13.3 12/22/18 WAKE FOREST W 83-64 19846 REBOUNDS 1391 1270 12/29/18 TENNESSEE TECH W 96-53 21165 Rebounds per game 37.6 34.3 * 01/05/19 GEORGIA W 96-50 21678 Rebounding margin +3.3 - * 01/08/19 at Missouri W 87-63 10165 ASSISTS 661 455 * 01/12/19 at Florida W 78-67 10923 Assists per game 17.9 12.3 * 01/15/19 ARKANSAS W 106-87 19282 TURNOVERS 412 472 * 01/19/19 ALABAMA W 71-68 21957 Turnovers per game 11.1 12.8 * 01/23/19 at Vanderbilt Wot 88-83 14316 Turnover margin +1.6 - 3 01/26/19 WEST VIRGINIA W 83-66 22149 Assist/turnover ratio 1.6 1.0 * 01/29/19 at South Carolina W 92-70 18000 STEALS 221 230 * 02/02/19 at Texas A&M W 93-76 10234 Steals per game 6.0 6.2 * 02/05/19 MISSOURI W 72-60 17264 BLOCKS 199 95 * 02/09/19 FLORIDA W 73-61 22261 Blocks per game 5.4 2.6 * 02/13/19 SOUTH CAROLINA W 85-73 19407 ATTENDANCE 342615 278521 * 02/16/19 at Kentucky L 69-86 24467 Home games-Avg/Game 18-19034 10-13884 * 02/19/19 VANDERBILT W 58-46 20523 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 9-15521 * 02/23/19 at LSU L o t 80-82 13581 * 02/27/19 at Ole Miss W 73-71 9500 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals * 03/02/19 KENTUCKY W 71-52 21729 Tennessee 1481 1497 57 3035 * 03/05/19 MISSISSIPPI STATE W 71-54 20555 Opponents 1168 1353 59 2580 * 03/09/19 at Auburn L 80-84 9121 4 03/15/19 vs Mississippi State W 83-76 19575 4 03/16/19 vs Kentucky W 82-78 20933 4 03/17/19 vs Auburn L 64-84 19452 5 03/22/19 vs Colgate W 77-70 19641 5 03/24/19 vs Iowa Wot 83-77 19610 6 03/28/19 vs Purdue L o t 94-99 19831
1 = NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 2 = Jerry Colangelo Classic (Phoenix, Ariz.) 3 = SEC/Big 12 Challenge 4 = SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) 5 = NCAA Tournament (Columbus, Ohio) 6 = NCAA Tournament (Louisville, Ky.) * = Conference game 2018-19 Tennessee Basketball Tennessee Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 09, 2019) Conference games only
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 15-3 9-0 6-3 0-0 CONFERENCE 15-3 9-0 6-3 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 02 Williams, Grant 18-18 583 32.4 108-196 . 5 5 1 6-21 . 2 8 6 116-134 . 8 6 6 46 89 135 7.5 52 2 50 40 23 20 338 18.8 05 Schofield, Admiral 18-18 555 30.8 108-235 . 4 6 0 31-79 . 3 9 2 27-36 . 7 5 0 20 92 112 6.2 54 2 28 35 9 15 274 15.2 00 Bone, Jordan 18-18 593 32.9 91-185 . 4 9 2 29-70 . 4 1 4 24-32 . 7 5 0 9 55 64 3.6 26 0 106 35 2 14 235 13.1 23 Bowden, Jordan 17-0 467 27.5 74-153 . 4 8 4 23-67 . 3 4 3 35-42 . 8 3 3 12 44 56 3.3 26 0 25 15 4 18 206 12.1 01 Turner, Lamonte 18-12 545 30.3 64-151 . 4 2 4 28-92 . 3 0 4 19-22 . 8 6 4 5 39 44 2.4 48 1 64 28 1 18 175 9.7 11 Alexander, Kyle 18-18 414 23.0 46-77 . 5 9 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 14-23 . 6 0 9 42 78 120 6.7 42 3 9 14 30 7 107 5.9 10 Fulkerson, John 18-0 201 11.2 17-32 . 5 3 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 13-16 . 8 1 3 13 23 36 2.0 32 0 8 8 12 8 47 2.6 12 Woodson, Brad 2-0 5 2.5 1-3 . 3 3 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.5 35 Pons, Yves 16-6 144 9.0 9-21 . 4 2 9 3-10 . 3 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 4 13 17 1.1 12 0 4 8 5 1 24 1.5 13 Johnson, Jalen 12-0 67 5.6 6-13 . 4 6 2 2-7 . 2 8 6 1-1 1.000 4 3 7 0.6 6 0 5 4 1 1 15 1.3 15 Walker, Derrick 15-0 66 4.4 6-7 . 8 5 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-9 . 3 3 3 4 8 12 0.8 12 0 3 0 1 3 15 1.0 24 Campbell, Lucas 2-0 5 2.5 1-5 . 2 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1.0 04 Fleschman, Jacob 1-0 2 2.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 34 Jancek, Brock 2-0 3 1.5 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 Team 20 31 51 1 3 Total...... 18 3650 531-1079 . 4 9 2 124-352 . 3 5 2 257-321 . 8 0 1 179 477 656 36.4 312 8 302 192 89 106 1443 80.2 Opponents...... 18 3650 421-1049 . 4 0 1 151-425 . 3 5 5 240-366 . 6 5 6 206 397 603 33.5 311 - 221 222 50 98 1233 68.5
TEAM STATISTICS UT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1443 1233 * 01/05/19 GEORGIA W 96-50 21678 Points per game 80.2 68.5 * 01/08/19 at Missouri W 87-63 10165 Scoring margin +11.7 - * 01/12/19 at Florida W 78-67 10923 FIELD GOALS-ATT 531-1079 421-1049 * 01/15/19 ARKANSAS W 106-87 19282 Field goal pct . 4 9 2 . 4 0 1 * 01/19/19 ALABAMA W 71-68 21957 3 POINT FG-ATT 124-352 151-425 * 01/23/19 at Vanderbilt Wot 88-83 14316 3-point FG pct . 3 5 2 . 3 5 5 * 01/29/19 at South Carolina W 92-70 18000 3-pt FG made per game 6.9 8.4 * 02/02/19 at Texas A&M W 93-76 10234 FREE THROWS-ATT 257-321 240-366 * 02/05/19 MISSOURI W 72-60 17264 Free throw pct . 8 0 1 . 6 5 6 * 02/09/19 FLORIDA W 73-61 22261 F-Throws made per game 14.3 13.3 * 02/13/19 SOUTH CAROLINA W 85-73 19407 REBOUNDS 656 603 * 02/16/19 at Kentucky L 69-86 24467 Rebounds per game 36.4 33.5 * 02/19/19 VANDERBILT W 58-46 20523 Rebounding margin +2.9 - * 02/23/19 at LSU L o t 80-82 13581 ASSISTS 302 221 * 02/27/19 at Ole Miss W 73-71 9500 Assists per game 16.8 12.3 * 03/02/19 KENTUCKY W 71-52 21729 TURNOVERS 192 222 * 03/05/19 MISSISSIPPI STATE W 71-54 20555 Turnovers per game 10.7 12.3 * 03/09/19 at Auburn L 80-84 9121 Turnover margin +1.7 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.6 1.0 1 = NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, N.Y.) STEALS 106 98 2 = Jerry Colangelo Classic (Phoenix, Ariz.) Steals per game 5.9 5.4 3 = SEC/Big 12 Challenge BLOCKS 89 50 * = Conference game Blocks per game 4.9 2.8 ATTENDANCE 184656 120307 Home games-Avg/Game 9-20517 9-13367 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Tennessee 728 694 21 1443 Opponents 588 627 18 1233 BROADCAST MEDIA CHEAT SHEET | Probable starters noted with orange numbers
DAVONTE GAINES duh-VON-tay • Had right thumb surgery in late September following a ligament injury sustained in practice Fr. • G • 6-7 • 178 • Buffalo, N.Y./Hargrave Military Academy (Va.) • Graduated from Health Sciences Charter School in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2018 and spent the 2018-19 school year at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia GP/GS PPG APG RPG FG% 3FG% FT% 19-20 -/------• Given the nickname “The Big Ticket” after recording 22 double-doubles, four triple-doubles and three 0 quadruple-doubles as a high school senior Career Highs Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - Stl: - Min: - • Shares a hometown with Vols assistant coach Desmond Oliver; one of six left-handers on the team
LAMONTÉ TURNER luh-MON-tay • Named to the watch list for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Sr. • G • 6-2 • 187 • Florence, Ala./IMG Academy (Fla.) • Needs 49 points to join UT’s 1,000-Point Club; needs 11 3-pointers to ascend into UT’s top-10 list for career makes • His 160 career 3-pointers are second-most among all active SEC players GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% • On pace to log one of the top career assist/turnover ratios in program history (269/140 = 1.92) 18-19 28/19 11.0 2.8 3.8 .422 .320 .784 • 53 percent of his career field goals have been 3-pointers (160 of 303) 1 Career 95/25 10.0 2.8 2.8 .395 .352 .815 • Has scored 20 or more points eight times during his career and has scored in double figures 44 times Career Highs Pts: 25 Reb: 9 Ast: 9 Stl: 4 Min: 41 • The 2018 SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year graduated in May of 2019 with a degree in Communication Studies DREW PEMBER • Practiced only a handful of times before October due to a nagging foot injury from high school Fr. • F • 6-9 • 207 • Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden High School • Has added more than 20 pounds to his frame since enrolling in May • Joins senior guard Jordan Bowden as the only Knox County natives signed to a Tennessee basketball GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% 19-20 -/------scholarship as freshmen in the last 30 years 3 • As a senior in 2018-19, he helped lead Knoxville’s Bearden High School to the Tennessee Class AAA Career Highs Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - Stl: - Min: - Championship, defeating Memphis East (led by James Wiseman) in the title game JACOB FLESCHMAN • On track to complete his degree in Business Finance in May Jr. • G • 6-3 • 176 • Austin, Texas/Westlake High School • Is an extremely accurate shooter • After redshirting his first year in the program (2016-17), he has appeared in seven career games GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% • Known to his teammates by his nickname, “Black” or “Blackjack” (given to him by Kevin Durant) 18-19 5/0 0.6 0.2 0.2 .250 .333 - 4 Career 7/0 0.4 0.1 0.1 .250 .333 - • One of two walk-ons on the team, along with sophomore forward Brock Jancek Career Highs Pts: 3 Reb: 1 Asst: 1 Stl: - Min: 3 JOSIAH-JORDAN JAMES • Projects to be a major contributor this season Fr. • G • 6-6 • 208 • Charleston, S.C./Porter-Gaud School • Missed practice time throughout October due to a sore hip/groin • Is Tennessee’s eighth McDonald’s All-American—the first since Tobias Harris (76ers) in 2010 GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% 19-20 -/------• Was the highest-rated prep basketball player ever to come out of the South Carolina “Lowcountry” 5 • Was a member of the United States team that won gold at the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship Career Highs Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - Stl: - Min: - • One of six left-handers on the team
JOHN FULKERSON • On track to complete his degree in Recreation and Sport Management in May Jr. • F • 6-9 • 212 • Kingsport, Tenn./The Christ School (N.C.) • Barnes has lauded Fulkerson’s improvement during the offseason • Sees the floor well and is a gifted passer and playmaker GP/GS PPG RPG APG SPG FG% FT% • Tennessee’s third-most experienced player in terms of games and minutes played 18-19 36/0 3.1 2.6 0.7 0.5 .583 .644 10 Career 76/7 2.8 2.5 0.7 0.6 .535 .667 • Serves on the SEC Men’s Basketball Leadership Council and UT’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee • One of six left-handers on the team Career Highs Pts: 15 Reb: 10 Asst: 5 Stl: 3 Min: 37 JALEN JOHNSON • On track to complete his degree in Communication Studies in December Jr. • G • 6-6 • 196 • Durham, N.C./Wesleyan Christian Academy • Versatile offensive skill set allows him to score from anywhere on the floor • Will assume a much more prominent role this year; had no career starts entering the season GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% 18-19 26/0 1.5 0.7 0.3 .483 .450 .667 • Serves on UT’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, along with fellow team rep John Fulkerson 13 • Helped lead Wesleyan Christian Academy to two North Carolina state titles during his prep career Career 39/0 1.4 0.7 0.3 .500 .462 .600 • One of six left-handers on the team; both his parents were Division I track athletes Career Highs Pts: 6 Reb: 3 Asst: 2 Blk: 1 Min: 17
OLIVIER NKAMHOUA OH-liv-ee-AY KAHM-wuh • Barnes and staff are excited about his ability to make significant contributions as a true freshman Fr. • F • 6-8 • 224 • Helsinki, Finland/ishop Walsh School (Md.) • Very strong and tends to play with a physical edge • Largely went under the radar as a recruit, as he was sidelined with a leg injury for most of his junior year GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% • A Cameroonian native of Finland, he moved to the United States in 2017 19-20 -/------21 • Competed for Finland (as a 6-4 point guard) in 2016 FIBA U16 European Championships divisional play Career Highs Pts: - Reb: - Blk: - Stl: - Min: - • Nkamhoua’s mother is Scoth/Finnish, and his father hails from Cameroon
JORDAN BOWDEN BAU-din • On track to complete his degree in Africana Studies in May Sr. • G • 6-5 • 193 • Knoxville, Tenn./22 Feet Academy (S.C.) • Named to the watch list for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award • Needs only 59 points to from join Tennessee’s 1,000-Point Club GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% • Averaged 10.6 points last season but increased his scoring output to 12.1 ppg during SEC play 18-19 36/5 10.6 3.4 1.9 .459 .378 .817 23 • Committed only 35 turnovers in 1,002 total minutes played last season (27.8 mpg) Career 101/68 9.3 3.3 1.7 .412 .365 .792 • Has made 137 career 3-pointers, with more than 50 makes in each of the last two seasons Career Highs Pts: 21 Reb: 11 Asst: 7 Stl: 3 Min: 37 • Scored in double digits off the bench in six of UT’s final eight games last year and 19 times on the season ZACH KENT • Projects to take on a contributing role this year So. • F • 6-11 • 235 • Magnolia, Del./Blair Academy (N.J.) • Enters the season as one of only two scholarship Vols taller than 6-8 who have played in a college game • Had an arthroscopic procedure in October of 2018 and did not see any action last season GP/GS PPG RPG BPG FG% 3FG% FT% • Has great touch for a player his size and is comfortable and effective shooting from the perimeter 18-19 0/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ------33 Career 2/0 2.0 0.0 0.0 .333 .000 .000 • Is Tennessee’s first-ever men’s basketball player from the state of Delaware Career Highs Pts: 4 Reb: 2 Blk: - Stl: - Min: 10
UROŠ PLAVŠIĆ Ü-rōsh PLÄV-chich • Tennessee is awaiting word on his eligibility status; he transferred from Arizona State in May RS-Fr. • F • 7-0 • 240 • Fuveau, France/INSEP Academy • Graduated from Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga before redshirting last year at ASU • Just the sixth 7-footer in program history and the first since Steve Hamer (1992-96) GP/GS PPG RPG BPG FG% 3FG% FT% 19-20 -/------• Has competed against fellow Serbian and NBA All-Star Nikola Jokić, as well as Croatian NBA center 34 Ivica Zubac Career Highs Pts: - Reb: - Blk: - Stl: - Min: -
YVES PONS EEV PAHNS • Played with the French National Team at the FIBA U20 European Championships in Israel this past summer Jr. • G/F • 6-6 • 209 • Fuveau, France/INSEP Academy • Started 13 games as a sophomore last season • 18 of his 39 career field goals are dunks (46 percent) GP/GS PPG RPG BPG FG% 3FG% FT% • Arguably the most athletically gifted player on Tennessee’s roster 18-19 35/13 2.2 1.8 0.4 .516 .280 .400 35 Career 59/13 1.6 1.3 0.3 .513 .321 .412 • Was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and moved to France after being adopted at 4 years old • One of six left-handers and three international players on the team Career Highs Pts: 10 Reb: 9 Blk: 3 Stl: 2 Min: 32
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