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Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Game 28 N13 Austin Peay (SS) W 83-54 Tennessee vs. Kentucky N17 UNC Asheville (FSN) W 124-49 Noon ET • Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 N20 1-East Carolina W 105-66 Thompson-Boling Arena • Knoxville, Tenn. N22 1-DePaul (FCS) W 57-53 TV: The game will be televised nationally on CBS. Ian Eagle has the play-by-play duties, while Jim N23 1-No. 6 Purdue (FSN) L 73-72 Spanarkel provides analysis. Mark Wolff is the producer. N27 College of Charleston (CSS) W 86-69 Radio: The game will air on the Vol Radio Network (50-plus stations covering 28 states). Bob Kesling is in his 11th year calling the play-by-play. Former Vol Bert Bertelkamp (1977-80) joins him courtside D2 ETSU (SS) W 78-66 to provide color commentary. Tim Berry is the engineer, and Glenn Thackston is the producer. A free D11 2-vs. Middle Tennessee (CSS) W 75-54 live audio stream of the broadcast is available on UTsports.com. D15 Wyoming (ESPNU) W 77-58 Tickets: Contact the University of Tennessee Ticket Office at 1-800-332-VOLS (8657) or 865-656-1200 or visit UTtix.com. D19 at Southern California (FSN) L 77-55 D23 North Carolina A&T (CSS) W 99-78 Tennessee At A Glance Kentucky D31 at Memphis (ESPN2) W 66-59 20-7 (8-5 SEC) Record 27-1 (11-1 SEC) J6 Charlotte (CSS) W 88-71 19th AP / 17th ESPN/USA Today Coaches ................Ranking ................. 2nd AP / 2nd ESPN/USA Today Coaches J10 No. 1 Kansas (CBS) W 76-68 Bruce Pearl (Boston College, 1982).........................Head Coach........................John Calipari (Clarion State, 1982) J14 Auburn* (ESPN2) W 81-55 118-44 (5th year) ......................................................Record at School .......................................................... 27-1 (1st year) 435-128 (18th year) ................................................... ..................................................472-141 (18th year) J16 No. 21 Ole Miss* (SEC Network) (OT) W 71-69 Overall Record UTsports.com ..................................................................... Web Site ............................................................... UKathletics.com J19 at Alabama* (ESPN) W 63-56 Tennessee leads 69-48 ...................................................... Series ......................................................Kentucky leads 143-65 J23 at Georgia* (FSN) L 78-63 *Updated national rankings will be released Monday afternoon J27 No. 21 Vanderbilt* (ESPNU) L 85-76 Probable Starters J31 Florida* (CBS) W 61-60 Tennessee Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG G 21 Melvin Goins 5-11 195 Jr. San Diego, Calif. 5.4 2.1 2.0 F4 at LSU* (ESPN2) W 59-54 G 3 Bobby Maze 6-3 195 Sr. Suitland, Md. 9.4 2.7 3.1 F6 South Carolina* (ESPN) W 79-53 G 32 Scotty Hopson 6-7 200 So. Hopkinsville, Ky. 12.9 3.6 1.3 F9 at No. 22 Vanderbilt* (ESPN) L 90-71 F 30 J.P. Prince 6-7 205 Sr. Memphis, Tenn. 8.3 3.9 3.1 C 4 Wayne Chism 6-9 246 Sr. Jackson, Tenn. 12.9 6.9 1.0 F13 at No. 3 Kentucky* (ESPN [College Gameday]) L 73-62 F17 Georgia* (SEC Network) W 69-60 Kentucky Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG G 11 John Wall 6-4 195 Fr. Raleigh, N.C. 16.7 4.1 6.2 F20 at South Carolina* (SEC Network) W 63-55 G 24 Eric Bledsoe 6-1 190 Fr. Birmingham, Ala. 10.6 3.0 3.2 F23 at Florida* (ESPN) L 75-62 G 1 Darius Miller 6-7 223 So. Maysville, Ky. 6.3 2.4 1.6 F27 No. 2 Kentucky* (CBS) Noon F 54 Patrick Patterson 6-9 235 Jr. Huntington, W.Va. 15.1 7.6 1.0 F 15 DeMarcus Cousins 6-11 260 Fr. Mobile, Ala. 16.3 10.2 1.0 M3 Arkansas* (CSS) 7 p.m. M6 at Mississippi State* (ESPN) 6 p.m. • Fifth-year head coach Bruce Pearl has led the Vols to 54 regular-season SEC wins since the start of M11-14 3-SEC Tournament the 2005-06 campaign. That total leads the league during that span. Tennessee has won at least 10 SEC games in each of Pearl’s four full seasons on Rocky Top. Schedule Key • Tennessee currently ranks fourth nationally in average home attendance with 18,952 fans 1-U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam (UVI Sports & Fitness Center in St. Thomas); 2-Sun per game at Thompson-Boling Arena. Belt Classic (Nashville Arena in Nashville, Tenn.); 3-SEC Tournament (Nashville Arena in Nashville, Tenn.); * Southeastern Conference Game; CSS-Comcast Sports • Tennessee under Bruce Pearl is the first program in the storied, 76-year history of the SEC to Southeast; FCS-Fox College Sports; SS-SportSouth; FSN includes FS South, FS finish ahead of Kentucky in the league standings for four straight seasons. Southwest and SUN Sports • Wayne Chism is Tennessee’s all-time leader in games played (132). The Vols are 96-36 (.727) during his four-year career and have never failed to win 20 games or make the NCAA Tournament. All Times Eastern & Subject to Change; Opponent Rankings are AP • Tennessee’s current streak of five 20-win seasons ties for the longest such streak in school history. Former head coach Don DeVoe led UT to five straight 20-win campaigns from 1981-85. Tennessee Media Relations • The Vols have used eight different starting lineups this season. 1720 Volunteer Blvd. • Knoxville, TN 37996 • Tennessee is 49-4 (.925) during the Bruce Pearl era when it holds its opponent to 40 percent shoot- Basketball SID: Tom Satkowiak ing or below. That includes a 15-0 mark this season. E-mail: [email protected] • When the NCAA Tournament brackets are announced next month, there is a legitimate chance that Office: 865-974-7501 Tennessee’s regular-season schedule will have featured four games against three different No. 1 seeds Cell: 865-696-2897 (Kansas, Purdue and Kentucky [twice]). Fax: 865-974-1269 • After inking three highly-touted signees during November’s early signing period, UT’s current crop Web site: UTsports.com of recruits is ranked fourth nationally by Rivals.com. For more, see the signee note on Page 8. Team Twitter Feed: @UTbasketVOLS • Former Tennessee and NBA great Bernard King is a finalist for election to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this spring. Tennessee Trends to rank second … Kentucky’s 143 wins against Media Information • Tennessee has an all-time record of 1,463-928-2 Tennessee are the most of any opponent … The Internet in its 101st season of varsity basketball. Kentucky series is Tennessee’s oldest and most- Information on the Tennessee Volunteers and the • In all eight of his full seasons as a Division I head played among SEC opponents … The Vols and Southeastern Conference is available on the Internet. To coach, Bruce Pearl’s teams have won at least 10 Wildcats first met on Feb. 5, 1910 … That was just access information on Tennessee, visit the university’s games in conference play. the second season that the University of Tennessee official athletics Web site at UTsports.com. Info on SEC • Bruce Pearl is 20-14 vs. ranked teams at UT. sponsored a varsity a basketball team ... Bruce Pearl basketball is accessible on the Web at SECsports.com. • UT is 69-6 when scoring 80 or more points under is 2-3 in head-to-head matchups with UK head the direction of Bruce Pearl. coach John Calipari. Covering Practice • Tennessee is 68-8 at Thompson-Boling Arena Tennessee basketball practices are open to the since the start of the 2005-06 season. Noting Kentucky media. Contact the media relations office for practice • The Big Orange have won five games this season Kentucky enters Saturday’s game with a 27-1 (12-1 dates and times. when trailing at halftime. SEC) record and a 6-1 mark in true road games Tennessee players and coaches are available for • UT’s +4.1 turnover margin ranks second in the ... The Wildcats under first-year head coach John interviews at the conclusion of practice. If additional SEC and ranks 10th nationally. Calipari outscore their opposition by 15.3 points time is required with the players or coaches, contact • UT leads the SEC in 3-point defense, holding per game while boasting a rebounding margin of Basketball SID Tom Satkowiak to make arrangements. foes to .299 shooting from long range. +10.0 ... In SEC play, the Cats are shooting .455 from • Senior wing J.P. Prince has drawn a team-high 17 the field and .309 from 3-point range ... Kentucky Media Luncheon charges, and Wayne Chism is second with 15. is holding its league opponents to .379 shooting Bruce Pearl’s media luncheons begin at noon on • J.P. Prince ranks fourth in the SEC in steals with overall and .274 from beyond the arc ... Freshman Mondays throughout the season in Room A in Arena an average of 1.6 per game. DeMarcus Cousins averages 17.2 points and 10.8 Dining at Thompson-Boling Arena. Following are all the • Wayne Chism’s average of 2.0 blocks in SEC rebounds in SEC play ... Freshman guard John Wall luncheon dates: November 9, 16; December 7, 14, 21, play ranks third in the league, trailing only Jarvis averages 16.1 points and 4.0 assists in league play 28; January 4, 11, 20, 25; February 1, 8, 15, 22; March 1, Varnado (5.2) and Sam Muldrow (2.8). ... Junior forward Patrick Patterson is shooting .585 8, 15. overall this season and is Kentucky’s third leading Postgame Interviews The Kentucky Series scorer after exploring his NBA Draft options last The Tennessee locker room is closed.