TENNESSEE 2011-12 VOLUNTEERS BASKETBALL Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result GAME 7 N3 Carson-Newman (Exhib.) W 73-52 2011 HTC BIG EAST/SEC CHALLENGE N7 Lincoln Memorial (Exhib.) W 76-67 Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh N11 1-UNC Greensboro (FS South) W 92-63 5:20 p.m. ET Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 N16 ULM W 85-62 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn. N21 2-No. 6 Duke (ESPN2)^ L 77-67 N22 2-No. 8 Memphis (ESPN2)^ 2OT L 99-97 TV: The game will be televised nationally on ESPN. Mark Jones handles the play-by-play, while Len Elmore provides analysis. Kim Belton is the producer. N23 2-Chaminade (ESPNU)^ W 86-60 Radio: The game will air on the Vol Radio Network (50-plus stations covering 28 states). Bob Kesling N28 at Oakland (ESPNU) L 89-81 is in his 13th year calling the play-by-play. Former Vol Bert Bertelkamp (1977-80) joins him courtside D3 3-No. 17 Pittsburgh (ESPN) 5:15 p.m. to provide color commentary. Tim Berry is the engineer, and Glenn Thackston is the producer. A free D10 Austin Peay (CSS) Noon live audio stream of the broadcast is available at UTsports.com. D14 at College of Charleston (ESPN2) 9 p.m. Tennessee at a Glance Pitt D20 UNC Asheville (SS) 7 p.m. 3-3 Record 6-1 D23 ETSU 7 p.m. NR ............................................................................................Ranking ..............17th AP / 17th ESPN/USA Today Coaches D29 The Citadel (SS) 7 p.m. Cuonzo Martin (Purdue, 2000) .................................Head Coach.......................................... Jamie Dixon (TCU, 1987) J2 Chattanooga (SS) 7 p.m. 3-3 (1st year)...............................................................Record at School .....................................................222-61 (9th year) J4 at Memphis (FS South) 8 p.m. 64-44 (4th year) ...........................................................Overall Record ..............................................................................Same J7 Florida* (ESPN2)^ 11 a.m. UTsports.com ..................................................................... Web Site ...............................................PittsburghPanthers.com J12 at Mississippi State* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ 9 p.m. UT leads, 4-1 .......................................................................... Series J14 Kentucky* (ESPN)^ Noon J18 at Georgia* (SEC Network)^ 8 p.m. Probable Starters J21 Connecticut (CBS) 4 p.m. Tennessee Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG G 11 Trae Golden 6-1 209 So. Powder Springs, Ga. 17.0 3.7 6.2 J24 at Vanderbilt* (ESPNU) 7 p.m. G 52 Jordan McRae 6-5 174 So. Midway, Ga. 15.3 1.8 1.5 J28 Auburn* (ESPN2)^ 6 p.m. G 23 Cameron Tatum 6-7 193 Sr. Lithonia, Ga. 11.3 3.7 2.8 J31 at Kentucky* (ESPNU)^ 7 p.m. F 34 Jeronne Maymon 6-7 265 Jr. Madison, Wis. 13.3 8.8 0.8 C 20 Kenny Hall 6-9 222 Jr. Stone Mountain, Ga. 5.7 4.5 0.3 F4 Georgia* (FS South)^ 8 p.m. F8 South Carolina* (SEC Network)^ 8 p.m. Pitt Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG F11 at Florida* (SEC Network)^ 4 p.m. G 1 Tray Woodall 5-11 190 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. 14.1 3.4 8.3 F15 Arkansas* (SEC Network)^ 8 p.m. G 12 Ashton Gibbs 6-2 190 Sr. Scotch Plains, N.J. 19.1 2.6 3.1 F 21 Lamar Patterson 6-5 221 So. Lancastre, Pa. 8.0 5.2 4.0 F18 at Alabama* (SEC Network)^ 1:30 p.m. F 35 Nasir Robinson 6-5 225 Sr. Chester, Pa. 12.9 4.3 2.3 F22 Ole Miss* (CSS)^ 7 p.m. F 24 Khem Birch 6-9 220 So. Montreal-Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec 4.7 5.4 0.0 F25 at South Carolina* (FS South)^ 8 p.m. F29 at LSU* (CSS)^ 9 p.m. • Tennessee is undefeated in the four-year history of this event—previously known as the SEC/Big East Invitational. The Vols beat Pitt last season in Pittsburgh, Pa.,, and UT’s only other previous appear- M3 Vanderbilt* (ESPN/ESPN2)^ 4 p.m. ance in the event resulted in an 80-68 win over 24th-ranked Marquette in Nashville, Tenn., in 2009. M8-11 SEC Tournament (SEC Network/ABC) • The Vols shocked third-ranked Pitt at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., last season. It was the Panthers’ first non-conference loss in their home city in nearly six years. Schedule Key 1-EA SPORTS Maui Invitational Opening Game (Thompson-Boling Arena in • Pitt senior Ashton Gibbs, a National Player of the Year candidate, played for USA Basketball’s 2011 Knoxville, Tenn.); 2-EA SPORTS Maui Invitational (Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Men’s World University Games Team, which competed in Shenzen, China, in August. Hawaii); 3-Big East/SEC Challenge (Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn.); Cuonzo Martin *Southeastern Conference Game; CSS-Comcast Sports Southeast; FS South-Fox was an assistant coach on that squad, which earned a fifth-place finish. Gibbs started five of the team’s Sports South; SS-SportSouth; ^-Streamed live on ESPN3.com eight games in China and ranked third on the team with 11.6 ppg. All Times Eastern & Subject to Change; Opponent Rankings are AP • Beginning with the Pitt game, the Volunteers are entering a stretch of games during which six of seven contests will be played at home in Thompson-Boling Arena. The Dec. 14 game at College of Tennessee Media Relations Charleston is UT’s only game away from Rocky Top during the month of December. 1720 Volunteer Blvd • Knoxville, TN 37996 • Only once in the last seven years has Tennessee shot better than 70 percent at the free-throw line Basketball SID: Tom Satkowiak (.701 in 2005-06). The Vols are shooting .745 at the charity stripe so far this season. E-mail: [email protected] • Tennessee players are responsible for the top two individual scoring performances by SEC players Office: 865-974-7501 so far this season. Jeronne Maymon scored 32 points vs. No. 8 Memphis (11/22/11), and Trae Golden Cell: 865-696-2897 dropped 29 points on UNC Greensboro (11/11/11). Fax: 865-974-1269 • Three different Vols—Jordan McRae (15-30), Cameron Tatum (11-22) and Skylar McBee (10- Website: UTsports.com 20)—are shooting exactly 50 percent from 3-point range this season. As a team, Tennessee owns a Team Twitter Feed: @Vol_Hoops .435 shooting percentage from beyond the arc. Facebook Fan Page: Facebook.com/BallWithTheVols • Tennessee joins Duke and Michigan as teams who lost their first game back from the Maui Invitational. All three losses came on the road (UT at Oakland, Duke at Ohio State and UM at Virginia). 2011-12 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL UTsports.com /// @Vol_Hoops Tennessee Trends the NCAA Tournament each of the last 10 years ... • Through the games of Nov. 30, the Vols lead the Senior shooting guard Ashton Gibbs is only return- MEDIA INFORMATION SEC in 3-point percentage (.435; 17th nationally) and ing first-team All-Big East performer from a season rank second in the league in scoring (84.7 ppg; 12th ago ... As a sophomore least season, point guard All media requests related to the Tennessee bas- nationally) and free-throw percentage (.745). Tray Woodall finished with an assist-to-turnover ketball program should be directed to Tom Satkowiak • Cuonzo Martin’s teams are 14-2 when they ratio of 2.34, second-best in the Big East ... Pitt was (865-974-7501, [email protected]). score at least 80 points. picked by the Big East head coaches in October to • Jeronne Maymon ranks third in the SEC in total finish fourth in the league race this season. Media Credentials Outlets interested in obtaining credentials to cover rebounding (8.8 rpg) and is second in the league in Tennessee basketball home games must apply for offensive rebounding (3.8 orpg). The Pitt Series credentials via Sports Systems. • Trae Golden leads the SEC in assists (6.2 apg) and Tennessee holds a 4-1 all-time advantage in head- is tied for third in scoring (17.0 ppg). to-head meetings with Pitt, dating to 1961 ... The Link: www.sportssystems.com/clients/seccredentials/ • Senior guard Cameron Tatum has more career first two games in the series were played on neutral Upon visiting the link provided above, applicants must check a games with 10+ points than any other Vol has courts, with Tennessee winning 84-83 in Evansville, box indicating that they agree to the Southeastern Conference’s media credentialing terms and conditions for use before select- career starts (37). Ind., in 1962 and Pitt taking a 55-54 decision at the ing “Tennessee men’s basketball.” Applications for single-game • 81 percent of junior Skylar McBee’s career 1981 Far West Classic in Portland, Ore. ... The Vols credentials should be submitted at least one week in advance of field-goal attempts have been 3-pointers (168-208). won both games of a home-and-home series from the game(s) one plans to cover. • True freshman backup point guard Wes 1998-99 ... UT posted a 56-53 win in Knoxville on Washpun is riding a streak of 69 minutes played Dec. 6, 1998, and then logged a 76-50 victory at Covering Practice Only select Tennessee basketball practices are open without a turnover (spans four games, two against Pitt on Dec. 4, 1999 ... The 1998 game was current to the media. Contact basketball SID Tom Satkowiak top-10 teams). UCLA coach Ben Howland’s fifth game as Pitt’s ([email protected]) for dates and times. See Page • Tennessee is averaging 17.3 pass deflections per head coach, and Jamie Dixon was in his first year 181 of the Tennessee media guide for specific practice game so far this season. as a Pitt assistant ..