More photos » by Wade Payne - AP Let's go get us some more players. Browse more photos » With the regular season behind them and the bowl location and opponent yet to be determined, the Kiffin Chimera is focused on winning the next competition: recruiting. Lane blew off the Knoxville QB Club (and somehow roped BrucePearl into filling in for him) so that he could recruit,...
... Fulmer exit, with Lane Kiffin now in his first year of rebuilding the program. On the other hand, BrucePearl's arrival has brought unprecedented success to Tennessee Basketball. And Pat Summitt has seen a bit of both, winning back-to-back National Championships only to get bounced in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever. Change began at the top, in a moment...
2009-2010 Tennessee Predictions 2008-09 Record: (21-13, 10-6 SEC East) Coach: Bruce Pear (5th year, 98-37 at Tennessee) Assistants: Tony Jones, Jason Shay, Steve Forbes Ret. Starters/Lost: 0/5 Need winning college basketball predictions each week? Visit ATS Consultants and sign-up for the free sports picks newsletter for college basketball betting information and free college basketball picks...
Hopson leads No. 9 Vols past Charleston 86-69KNOXVILLE, Tenn.(AP) No. 9 Tennessee claimed it was a tired team Friday night, and the Volunteers looked like it for a vast majority of their 86-69 win over College of Charleston in Thompson-Boling Arena. Tennessee pulled away in the final minutes, but coach BrucePearl and his Vols admitted fatigue kept things interesting a little longer than...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- No. 9 claimed it was a tired team Friday night, and the Volunteers looked like it for a vast majority of their 86-69 win over in Thompson-Boling Arena. Tennessee pulled away in the final minutes, but coach BrucePearl and his Vols admitted fatigue kept things interesting a little longer than they expected against the sweet-shooting Cougars. "To play the way we play,...
... more than a decade has gone through a significant change in these last four years: Rich Brooks and BrucePearl have changed the culture of Kentucky Football and Tennessee Basketball. Now both programs are accustomed to winning where there was once only frustration. Difference is, while Tennessee has finished ahead of Kentucky in basketball in each of Pearl's four seasons, the...
Game of the Night. Purdue 73, Tennessee 72. This game between two of the best teams in the Big Ten and SEC was a back-and-forth affair that predictably came down to the final possession. It was that final possession, however, that exhibited why we tend to not believe in BrucePearl’s Vols as a true [...]
... dropped. The basketball Vols played well in a one point loss to 6th-ranked Purdue last night, but BrucePearl says that the "guard-stopper job" is still open ($?). Trivia question for the day: Which Tennessee basketball player has played the most career minutes since 1996? Vote first, then check out the answer . Poll Which Tennessee basketball player has logged the most...
... physical if both teams weren't a little fatigued from playing (Sunday) night,'' Tennessee coach BrucePearl said. ''I thought both teams played very well, and I thought we played well enough to win.'' Joining Moore on the all-tournament team were Hummel, Chism, of Tennessee, DePaul's and Northern Iowa's .
... "I was concerned this game would be in the fifties, we tried to pick it up," Vols head coach BrucePearl said. "DePaul did a good job defending us. I'm going to give our defense a lot of credit, but I obviously wasn't happy with our offense." Tennessee's Tyler Smith takes the ball down court.DePaul came out in the first half controlling the pace of the game and keeping up with the...