Tennessee Volunteers NCAA Basketball News

The Pilot Rocky Top League took off in its most competitive manner yet in its third season.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky., March 22 -- Ball State University issued the following news release: In front of a sea of orange and a nationally televised audience, the No.

Tennessee rising junior Steven Pearl totaled 10 points, five rebounds and three assists Tuesday night as Maccabi USA's open men's basketball team defeated a team of Philadelphia All-Stars 83-76 in exhibition action at La Salle University.

Playing in the Pilot Rocky Top League is unlike any other workout Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl can devise for the Volunteers.

SEC basketball coaches are predicting a massive Charles Barkley-like rebound for the league after a dismal season.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 18 -- California State University Bakersfield issued the following press release: The CSUB women's basketball team was one of 32 winners in the NCAA Division I "Pack the House" Challenge.

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said sagging Academic Progress Rate scores in men's basketball aren't confined to his conference.

Former University of Tennessee fan favorite Ron Slay promised drinks for everyone in the house if he missed his next free throw.

By Mark Wiedmer Chattanooga Times Free Press Originally published 05:46 p.m., June 25, 2009 Updated 05:46 p.m., June 25, 2009 Tyler Smith was in the Memphis airport last week, waiting for a connecting flight to Fort Worth, Tex., to visit his mother.

MOREHEAD, Ky., June 13 -- Morehead State University issued the following news release: Morehead State University men's basketball associate head coach Barry Wortman accepted the head coaching position at Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Pearl said Jurick, a 6-foot-11 player who redshirted last season, likely will transfer to Chattanooga State in hopes of returning to a four-year program in the near future.

The way college basketball recruiting has evolved, with schools taking commitments from high school freshmen, Aaron Craft wasn't about to sit on a scholarship offer from Tennessee last summer.

That's not the only question surrounding Pearl's player personnel, though. Smith's possible return could cause a scholarship crunch, but former East Ridge star Phillip Jurick's possible transfer would keep UT at 14 players.

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Zac Swansey, who started 17 of Georgia 's 31 basketball games this season, is transferring to Tennessee Tech .

In part one of this ongoing series leading up to the NBA draft, FOXSports.com takes an inside look at Tennessee junior Tyler Smith's experience as he tests the waters.

If jockey Calvin Borel gets to make a choice, it will be a historic one. Borel, who rode Mine That Bird to victory in the Kentucky Derby, said he would instead ride Rachel Alexandra, if the filly remains healthy and is supplemented into the Preakness on May 16.

Buzz Peterson's career as a head basketball coach has come full circle. He was re-introduced yesterday at the Broyhill Conference Center as the coach at Appalachian State - where he started as an assistant in 1987 and returned as a first-time head coach in 1996.

Tall order Kellie Harper faces formidable challenge in succeeding Kay Yow at N.C. State.

Boyd-Buchanan's Shelby May signed scholarship papers Thursday to continue her volleyball career at Faulkner University, an NAIA Southern States Athletic Conference school in Montgomery, Ala.