University of Tennessee Athletics
Postgame Notes
March 08, 2002 | Men's Basketball
March 8, 2002
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Tennessee vs. Alabama SEC Tournament March 8, 2002 - Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga.
? Tennessee falls to 15-16 on the season ... Alabama improves to 25-6 ... Alabama advances to play the winner of tonight's South Carolina-Kentucky game tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. (EST) ... Attendance: 20,427.
? Tennessee is 53-38 all-time in SEC Tournament play ... The Vols' 53 tournament victories rank second to Kentucky ... UT is now 0-2 all-time vs. an SEC West No. 1 seed and are 2-2 as a SEC East No. 4 since the league began the East-West division seeding in 1993.
? Alabama leads the series against Tennessee 66-61 ... Alabama holds an 8-4 advantage over the Vols in SEC Tournament play ... UT won the last SEC Tournament meeting between the two schools, 77-65, at New Orleans in 1996 in win that began a four-game streak for the Vols over the Crimson Tide ... UT has won five of the last eight meetings against Alabama ... UA won this season's only other meeting 95-82 at Tuscaloosa Feb. 16.
? Alabama took a 49-29 halftime advantage, the most points given up by the Vols this season during the first half ... Marquette scored 48 first-half points against the Vols in an 85-74 win over UT in the Great Alaska Shootout Nov. 21.
? Rod Grizzard's 33 points today are the most for an opponent this season against the Vols ... Previously, Marquette's Dwayne Wade scored 30 points against the Vols in the Golden Eagles 85-74 victory ... Grizzard scored 27 first half points to lead the Tide to a 49-29 halftime advantage.
? Vincent Yarbrough, who scored 23 points and pulled down 12 rebounds today, finished the tournament with 43 points and 24 rebounds in the Vols' two games here ... Today's 23 points betters his previous SEC Tournament-best 20 points in UT's win over Arkansas on Thursday.
? Barring an invitation to the NIT, today's game marked the final game for Tennessee seniors Vincent Yarbrough, Del Baker and Jenis Grindstaff ... The Class of 2002 recorded 84 wins, ranking it second in UT history (Class of 2001 recorded 89 wins) ... Tennessee won two SEC Eastern Division titles, one SEC title and made three NCAA Tournament appearances over the past four seasons.
