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2005 2006 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL Schedule/Results Game #26 Tennessee (20-5, 11-3) vs. Kentucky (18-10, 8-6) Date Opponent Time/Result 8:00 p.m. (EST) • Wednesday, March 1, 2006 N3 Southern Indiana (exh.) W, 86-78 Thompson-Boling Arena • Knoxville, Tennessee N11 Carson-Newman (exh.) W, 106-73 Television: Jefferson Pilot Sports (WVLT Channel 8 in Knoxville). Tom Hammond will handle the play- by-play duties while Larry Conley will join him to do the color commentary. Roger Roebuck produces. N18 East Tennessee State (FSN/SUN) W, 106-83 N22 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 83-76 Radio: The Vol Radio Network (50-plus stations covering 28 states). Bob Kesling is in his seventh year calling the play-by-play. Former Vol Bert Bertelkamp joins him courtside to provide the color commen- N25 Eastern Kentucky W, 92-58 tary. Tim Berry is the engineer. The game will also be available on SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel 121. N30 1-Murray State W, 64-53 D6 Appalachian State (CSS) W, 89-81 Internet: Tennessee — www.UTsports.com. Kentucky — www.ukathletics.com. D17 at #6 Texas (ESPN) W, 95-78 Rankings: UT is ranked 11th in the Associated Press Poll and in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. D22 2-Oklahoma State (ESPN2) L, 73-89 Series: Kentucky leads the all-time series 137-63 but UT won the first meeting this season 75-67. D27 Alabama A&M W, 93-68 D29 Lipscomb (CSS) W, 69-58 Coaches: Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl (Boston College 1982) is 20-5 in his first season at J4 South Alabama (FSN/SUN) W, 87-69 Tennessee and 337-89 in his 14th season as a head coach. Kentucky head coach Orlando “Tubby” Smith (High Point 1973) is 237-68 in his eighth season at UK and 361-130 in 14 years as a head coach. J8 *at South Carolina (JP) W, 76-69 J11 *Georgia W, 89-76 Officials: Announced on game day. J14 *at LSU (FSN/SUN) L, 74-88 Probable Starters J18 at #4 Memphis (CSTV) L, 79-88 Tennessee Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG J21 *#2 Florida (FSN/SUN) W, 80-76 F 22 Andre Patterson 6-7 217 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. 10.1 6.5 1.4 F 23 Dane Bradshaw 6-4 200 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 7.3 5.8 4.1 J25 *at Mississippi State W, 88-65 C 1 Major Wingate 6-10 250 Jr. Florence, S.C. 10.4 3.7 1.2 J28 *South Carolina (FSN/SUN) W, 81-65 G 5 Chris Lofton 6-2 197 So. Maysville, Ky. 17.5 3.6 1.9 F1 *Vanderbilt W, 69-62 G 32 C.J. Watson 6-2 176 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. 15.2 3.4 4.2 F4 *Mississippi (JP) W, 86-72 Kentucky Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG F7 *at Kentucky (ESPN) W, 75-67 F 13 Bobby Perry 6-6 219 Jr. Durham, N.C. 6.3 3.4 0.8 C 10 Lukasz Obrzut 7-0 270 Jr. Gliwice, Poland 2.3 2.0 0.3 F11 *at Georgia W, 83-78 G 1 Brandon Stockton 5-9 167 Sr. Glasgow, Ky. 2.5 0.7 0.7 F15 *Auburn W, 105-89 G 2 Ravi Moss 6-2 190 Sr. Hopkinsville, Ky. 6.1 3.1 1.1 F18 *at Alabama (JP) L, 79-92 G 22 Patrick Sparks 6-0 180 Sr. Central City, Ky. 9.2 2.0 3.4 F22 *at #12 Florida (JP) W, 76-72 • Tennessee will play its final home game of the 2005-06 season Wednesday, March 1, when the Vols F25 *Arkansas (JP) L, 69-73 host the Kentucky Wildcats. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. and will be televised by Jefferson Pilot Sports. M1 *Kentucky (JP) 8:00 p.m. • It is Senior Day for the Vols as they will honor Stanley Asumnu, Eddie DeBro, Andre Patterson and C.J. Watson in a pregame ceremony. At halftime, Tennessee will honor former coach Ray Mears and M4 *at Vanderbilt (JP) 2:00 p.m. broadcaster John Ward. M9-12 SEC Tournament (JP & CBS) TBD • With two games remaining on the schedule, Tennessee has clinched the outright SEC Eastern Division 1-at the Gaylord Entertainment Center championship. The Vols have recorded an 11-3 record while Florida and Kentucky have each posted 8-6 2-70th annual O’Reilly All-College Classic conference marks. SEC Western Division champion LSU holds the overall SEC lead with a 12-2 record. * Southeastern Conference Game • Tennessee will be trying to complete the season sweep of Kentucky for the first time since 1998-99. All Times Eastern and Subject To Change UT took a 75-67 win Feb. 7 in the first meeting between the schools. • Chris Lofton ranks second in the SEC in scoring with 18.1 points per game against league foes. He Tennessee Sports Information also leads the league in 3-point percentage (.500) and 3-pointers per game (4.00) in SEC games. His 50 1720 Volunteer Blvd. • Knoxville, TN 37996 percent field goal percentage in conference games is fifth in the SEC and best among guards. Phone: 865-974-1212 • Lofton enters the Kentucky game needing two 3-pointers to break Allan Houston’s single-season Fax: 865-974-1269 record of 99 set in 1990-91. The Maysville, Ky., native has made 98-of-207 (47.3 percent) of his 3-point- Web site: UTsports.com ers this season. Basketball SID: Craig Pinkerton • Senior guard C.J. Watson ranks second on the team with 15.2 points while quarterbacking the league’s Office: 865-974-7501 highest scoring offense (82.4 ppg). His assist/turnover ratio of 2.26 is second-best in the SEC. The Las Cell: 865-414-1167 Vegas native is tied for second in the league for steals (2.12 spg), and is seventh in assists (4.16 apg). E-mail: [email protected] TENNESSEE BASKETBALL Tennessee Trends Tennessee’s first over a team ranked that high since • UT is shooting 39.9 percent from 3-point range as defeating No. 2 Kentucky 78-77 on Feb. 24, 1993. Media Information Internet a team. The school record for 3-point percentage is • UT is 23-13 (.639) when playing before crowds of Information on Tennessee and the SEC is available on the 39.1 percent set in 1992-93. 20,000 or larger at Thompson-Boling Arena. This World Wide Web. To access information on Tennessee, visit the • Bruce Pearl’s 20 wins in his first season at the year the Vols are 4-1 playing in front of 20,000 fans university’s site at UTsports.com. Information on SEC helm of the Tennessee program is tied for the second- at home. Basketball, can be accessed on the Web at SECsports.com. best record by a first-year coach at Tennessee. Don • UT has rallied to overcome deficits of nine points Covering Practice DeVoe (1978-89) holds the record with 21 wins in his or more five times. South Carolina (1/8/06) led by as Tennessee basketball practices are open to the media. Contact first season at UT. Pearl is tied with Jerry Green many as 15 points in the second half before the Vols the sports information office for practice dates and times. Photographers are allowed to shoot practice but are asked to shoot (1997-98) for second-most wins. came back to win 76-69 in Columbia. only from the areas off the courts. • Tennessee’s last four road games (at Kentucky, • The Vols have recorded at least 10 steals in 15 of Tennessee players and coaches will be available for inter- Georgia, Alabama and Florida) have each been sold their 25 games. views at the conclusion of practice. If additional time is required out. The Vols’road finale at Vanderbilt on March 4 is • Tennessee is getting an average of 22.2 points per with the players or coaches, contact Basketball SID Craig Pinkerton to make other arrangements. expected to be sold out. game from its bench. The Vols’bench has contributed • Over the last six games, UT has shot 44.8 percent 554 points in 25 games this season. Media Luncheon (57-of-123) from 3-point range and is averaging 10.8 • UT has recorded more than 100 more steals than Bruce Pearl will host a media luncheon at noon each Monday beginning in January. 3-pointers per game. its opponents. The Vols have 258 steals compared to • In Southeastern Conference games, Tennessee’s just 154 by their opponents. Postgame Interviews opponents have a 2-11 record in the game immedi- • Tennessee’s opponents are averaging 18.6 The Tennessee locker room is closed. Coach Bruce Pearl will meet with the media following a brief cooling off period. ately following their contests against the Vols. The turnovers per game this year. East Tennessee State’s Requested UT players will be available for interviews in the only teams to win their next game after playing UT (11/18/05) 33 turnovers are the most by a UT oppo- media room following Pearl’s press conference. were Georgia and LSU. nent since American-Puerto Rico (12/21/99) turned SEC Teleconference • UT is 17-1 when leading with five minutes left in the ball over 40 times. Ten times this season UT’s The 12 SEC men’s head basketball coaches are scheduled to the game. opponents have turned the ball over at least 20 times.