Tennessee Volunteers NCAA Basketball News

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team was buried early in its season opener Friday night.

The 10th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers of the SEC are set to host the Austin Peay Governors of the Ohio Valley Conference in the season opener for both squads.

Records: Alcorn State , Arkansas Hoop scoop: If Arkansas can pick up where it left off defensively in the second half of the Razorbacks' last exhibition game against LeMoyne-Owen, then coach John Pelphrey should be a happy man tonight.

Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl announced Thursday that Midway, Ga., native Jordan McRae has signed with the University of Tennessee and will play basketball for the Volunteers beginning with the 2010-11 season.

Since Head Coach Bruce Pearl came to Rocky Top in 2005, the Tennessee Volunteers have consistently challenged themselves in nonconference play.

Preseason poll with last season's record. Outlook by USA TODAY's Dick Patrick. 1. Connecticut Points: 775 .

Tennessee Forward Tyler Smith University of Tennessee Thirty NCAA men's basketball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court were tabbed as candidates Wednesday for the 2009-10 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, and Tennessee's Tyler Smith was among them.

Vols senior basketball player Tyler Smith is listed as one of 30 candidates for the 2009-10 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

Sophomore guard Scotty Hopson scored 20 points in 18 minutes Wednesday night to lead No.

Tennessee Vols senior forward Tyler Smith bypassed the NBA to return for his senior season, and he'll have an opportunity at several postseason awards, including the Naismith Trophy.

It wasn't perfect, but it was plenty good enough for an exhibition opener. The 10th-ranked University of Tennessee men's basketball team handled North Alabama in a 117-79 victory Friday night in Thompson-Boling Arena, and it could have been much worse.

No. 10 TENNESSEE TOO MUCH FOR UNA MEN IN EXHIBITION PLAY KNOXVILLE, Tenn., - Scotty Hopson led seven Tennessee players in double digits as Division I's 10th-ranked Volunteers pulled away from North Alabama in NCAA men's exhibition basketball action Friday evening at Thompson-Boling Arena on the UT campus.

Forgive coach Bruce Pearl if he's sounds a little repetitive. His Volunteers have competed for SEC championships each of the four seasons he's been with the team, and Pearl expects this year to be no different.

Josh Tabb has left A the Tennessee Volunteer men's basketball team after being suspended indefinitely by Bruce Pearl for the infamous "violation of team rules." Tabb, who stands 6'4" and weighs 196 lbs., was an extremely talented guard who started 11 games for the Vols last season.

Mark Story recounts UK's 25 most memorable basketball games since the 1983-84 season.

Bruce Pearl doesn't want Tennessee to look or play conventional. The Volunteers won the SEC East last year and reached the league tournament championship game before losing 64-61 to Mississippi State .

COOKEVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 22 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Seven games against teams from the post-season, participation in the Hall of Fame Showcase, the always-tough 18-game Ohio Valley Conference lineup and 15 home games highlight the schedule awaiting the men's basketball team and coach Mike Sutton in ...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 15 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team hosted elite skills camp, and had an overwhelming turnout.

The pile of drool that has become Kentucky basketball this offseason has overshadowed a lurking menace to the SEC in the form of Bruce Pearl's Volunteers.

The Associated Press Top 25 and the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll for women's college basketball have not yet been released.