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2005 2006 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL Schedule/Results Game #27 Tennessee (20-6, 11-4) vs. Vanderbilt (16-10, 7-8) Date Opponent Time/Result 2:00 p.m. (EST) • Saturday, March 4, 2006 N3 Southern Indiana (exh.) W, 86-78 Memorial Gym • Nashville, 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. N30 1-Murray State W, 64-53 D6 Appalachian State (CSS) W, 89-81 Internet: Tennessee — www.UTsports.com. Vanderbilt — www.vucommodores.com. D17 at #6 Texas (ESPN) W, 95-78 Tickets: Sold Out. D22 2-Oklahoma State (ESPN2) L, 73-89 Rankings: UT is ranked 11th in the Associated Press Poll and in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. D27 Alabama A&M W, 93-68 D29 Lipscomb (CSS) W, 69-58 Series: Tennessee leads 103-65 and took a 69-62 win in Knoxville earlier this season. J4 South Alabama (FSN/SUN) W, 87-69 Coaches: Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl (Boston College 1982) is 20-6 in his first season at J8 *at South Carolina (JP) W, 76-69 Tennessee and 337-90 in his 14th season as a head coach. Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings (Purdue J11 *Georgia W, 89-76 1982) is 121-93 in his seventh season at Vanderbilt and 244-156 in his 13th year as a head coach. J14 *at LSU (FSN/SUN) L, 74-88 Officials: Announced on game day. J18 at #4 Memphis (CSTV) L, 79-88 Probable Starters J21 *#2 Florida (FSN/SUN) W, 80-76 Tennessee Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG J25 *at Mississippi State W, 88-65 F 22 Andre Patterson 6-7 217 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. 9.9 6.6 1.5 J28 *South Carolina (FSN/SUN) W, 81-65 F 23 Dane Bradshaw 6-4 200 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 7.3 5.8 4.1 C 1 Major Wingate 6-10 250 Jr. Florence, S.C. 10.3 3.7 1.2 F1 *Vanderbilt W, 69-62 G 5 Chris Lofton 6-2 197 So. Maysville, Ky. 17.4 3.5 1.9 F4 *Mississippi (JP) W, 86-72 G 32 C.J. Watson 6-2 176 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. 15.2 3.3 4.2 F7 *at Kentucky (ESPN) W, 75-67 Vanderbilt Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG F11 *at Georgia W, 83-78 F 4 Derrick Byars 6-7 225 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 11.9 3.7 3.4 F15 *Auburn W, 105-89 F 22 DeMarre Carroll 6-7 215 So. Birmingham, Ala. 11.3 6.2 1.8 F18 *at Alabama (JP) L, 79-92 F 33 Julian Terrell 6-9 250 Sr. Nashville, Tenn. 10.2 7.6 1.9 G 3 Alex Gordon 5-11 165 So. Pensacola, Fla. 5.4 1.4 2.5 F22 *at #12 Florida (JP) W, 76-72 G 32 Shan Foster 6-6 200 So. Kenner, La. 16.3 2.6 1.6 F25 *Arkansas (JP) L, 69-73 • Tennessee will conclude its regular season schedule when the Vols travel to Nashville to meet M1 *Kentucky (JP) L, 78-80 Vanderbilt at 2 p.m. EST Saturday, March 4, at Memorial Gym. M4 *at Vanderbilt (JP) 2:00 p.m. • The Vols will be looking to put an end to their two-game losing streak, which ties for their longest los- M9-12 SEC Tournament (JP & CBS) TBD ing streak of the season. UT dropped a 78-80 decision to a hot shooting Kentucky squad Wednesday night in Knoxville. The Wildcats made 15-of-19 shots in the second half and finished the game shooting 60.4 1-at the Gaylord Entertainment Center percent from the field in upsetting the Vols. 2-70th annual O’Reilly All-College Classic * Southeastern Conference Game • Chris Lofton broke Allan Houston’s school record for single-season 3-pointers against the Wildcats. All Times Eastern and Subject To Change Lofton’s 101 3-pointers this season rank in a tie for sixth on the SEC’s single-season charts. • Entering the final game of the SEC schedule, Tennessee has clinched the outright SEC Eastern Tennessee Sports Information Division championship. The Vols have recorded an 11-4 record while Florida and Kentucky have each 1720 Volunteer Blvd. • Knoxville, TN 37996 posted 9-6 conference marks. Florida and Kentucky will meet Sunday in Lexington to decide second Phone: 865-974-1212 place in the East. SEC Western Division champion LSU won the overall SEC title with a 13-2 record. Fax: 865-974-1269 • Lofton ranks third in the SEC in scoring with 17.9 points per game against league foes. He also leads Web site: UTsports.com the league in 3-point percentage (.496) and 3-pointers per game (3.93) in SEC games. His 50.3 percent Basketball SID: Craig Pinkerton field goal percentage in conference games is fifth in the SEC and best among guards. Office: 865-974-7501 • Senior guard C.J. Watson ranks second on the team with 15.2 points while quarterbacking the league’s Cell: 865-414-1167 highest scoring offense (82.2 ppg). His assist/turnover ratio of 2.22 is second-best in the SEC. The Las E-mail: [email protected] Vegas native is tied for second in the league for steals (2.12 spg), and is eighth in assists (4.19 apg). TENNESSEE BASKETBALL Tennessee Trends Tennessee’s first over a team ranked that high since • ESPN.com’s Pat Forde named Bruce Pearl the defeating No. 2 Kentucky 78-77 on Feb. 24, 1993. Media Information Internet SEC Coach of the Year in his March 2 column. • UT is 23-14 (.622) when playing before crowds of Information on Tennessee and the SEC is available on the • Tennessee’s last five regular season road games (at 20,000 or larger at Thompson-Boling Arena. This World Wide Web. To access information on Tennessee, visit the Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Vanderbilt) year the Vols were 4-2 playing in front of 20,000 fans university’s site at UTsports.com. Information on SEC have each been sold out. at home. Basketball, can be accessed on the Web at SECsports.com. • UT is shooting 40.1 percent from 3-point range as • UT has rallied to overcome deficits of nine points Covering Practice a team. The school record for 3-point percentage is or more five times. South Carolina (1/8/06) led by as Tennessee basketball practices are open to the media. Contact 39.1 percent set in 1992-93. 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 • Bruce Pearl’s 20 wins in his first season at the came back to win 76-69 in Columbia. only from the areas off the courts. helm of the Tennessee program is tied for the second- • The Vols have recorded at least 10 steals in 15 of Tennessee players and coaches will be available for inter- best record by a first-year coach at Tennessee. Don their 26 games. views at the conclusion of practice. If additional time is required DeVoe (1978-89) holds the record with 21 wins in his • Tennessee is getting an average of 22.4 points per with the players or coaches, contact Basketball SID Craig Pinkerton to make other arrangements. first season at UT. Pearl is tied with Jerry Green game from its bench. The Vols’bench has contributed (1997-98) for second-most wins. 581 points in 26 games this season. Media Luncheon • Over the last seven games, UT has shot 45.0 per- • UT has recorded more than 100 more steals than Bruce Pearl will host a media luncheon at noon each Monday beginning in January. cent (76-of-169) from 3-point range and is averaging its opponents. The Vols have 266 steals compared to 10.9 3-pointers per game. just 160 by their opponents. Postgame Interviews • In Southeastern Conference games, Tennessee’s • Tennessee’s opponents are averaging 18.7 The Tennessee locker room is closed. Coach Bruce Pearl will meet with the media following a brief cooling off period. opponents have a 2-11 record in the game immedi- turnovers per game this year. East Tennessee State’s Requested UT players will be available for interviews in the ately following their contests against the Vols. The (11/18/05) 33 turnovers are the most by a UT oppo- media room following Pearl’s press conference. only teams to win their next game after playing UT nent since American-Puerto Rico (12/21/99) turned SEC Teleconference were Georgia and LSU. the ball over 40 times. Ten times this season UT’s The 12 SEC men’s head basketball coaches are scheduled to • UT is 17-1 when leading with five minutes left in opponents have turned the ball over at least 20 times. participate every Monday and Thursday (Jan. 5 through March 6). the game. • The Vols are playing with just 10 scholarship play- The NCAA Tournament teleconference is set for Monday, March • UT’s eight-game SEC winning streak (1/21 - 2/15) ers this season.