University of Tennessee Athletics
TENNESSEE VS. CARSON-NEWMAN -- GAME PREVIEW
November 10, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 10, 2005
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Tennessee Trends
- The Vols had just nine scholarship players available when they took the court against Southern Indiana Nov. 3. UT's roster sports 11 scholarship players but Tony Passley will sit out the season under NCAA transfer guidelines and Andre Patterson was suspended to start the campaign. Patterson is expected to return to the Vols' lineup for the Carson-Newman game.
- Not only is UT's roster short on scholarship players but it is also short on size. Tennessee's roster lists just four players -- Andre Patterson (6-7), Ryan Childress (6-9), Damion Harris (6-10) and Major Wingate (6-10) -- taller than 6-foot-5.
- Tennessee returns 64.6 percent of its scoring, 66.2 percent of its rebounding, 80.4 percent of its assists and 69.5 percent of its minutes played from the 2004-05 season.
- Six walk-ons are listed on the Vols' roster. Eddie DeBro is the only returning walk-on while Ben Bosse, Jonah Cox, Justin Jackson, Jordan Smith and Tanner Wild are each in their rookie season with the squad.
- The Vols play 18 of their 27 regular-season games within the state of Tennessee. UT will play games in Knoxville (14), Nashville (2) and Memphis (1). The SEC Tournament will also be in Nashville.
- Tennessee has an all-time record of 1,345-884-2 entering its 97th season of basketball.
- UT's 598 regular season Southeastern Conference victories rank third all-time in the SEC. Only Kentucky and Alabama have won more league games.
- Tennessee is 200-84 in its 19th season in Thompson-Boling Arena. The Volunteers have posted winning home records in 16 of their 18 previous seasons in the facility.
- The Vols return their 2004-05 statistical leader in 11 of 12 categories. Andre Patterson was UT's leading rebounder with 6.2 boards per game and C.J. Watson led the Vols with 155 assists last season. The only category the Vols don't return their leader from last year is scoring. Chris Lofton is Tennessee's top returning scorer after averaging 13.2 points as a freshman.
- UT returns a total of eight letterwinners, including three starters from last season's squad.
- The basketball court at Thompson-Boling Arena has been named "The Summitt" in honor of Pat Summitt, who recorded her 882nd career win in 2005.
Tennessee In Exhibition Games
The Vols are 48-16 all-time in exhibition games, including a 39-8 mark in home exhibition games ... Tennessee has won 25 of its last 27 home exhibition games dating back to the 1992 season ... UT opened this year's exhibition contests with an 86-78 victory over Southern Indiana Nov. 3 ... Last year the Vols swept both of their exhibition games with a 117-89 win over Tusculum and a 95-59 win over Carson- Newman ... UT hosts Carson-Newman Nov. 11 in its final exhibition game of the 2005-06 season.
Experimental Rules To Be Used Against Southern Indiana
Tennessee will be using three experimental rules setup by the NCAA during its exhibition game against Southern Indiana. UT will not use the experimental rules in their second exhibition game against Carson-Newman.
- Moving the 3-point line 1 foot behind the current 3-point line to create a new experimental distance of 20 feet, 9 inches.
- Widening the free throw lane by 1 foot on each side. The experimental lane will serve both as the three-second lane and the free throw lane.
- Placing a restricted area arc which is to be three feet from the center of the basket ring.
Looking At Carson-Newman
Carson-Newman College, a Division II school located in Jefferson City, fell 66-88 in its first exhibition game of the year at Tennessee State Tuesday ... Scott Williams led the Eagles with 19 points and six rebounds ... Carson-Newman returns five letterwinners and one starter from last year's squad that posted a 12-16 overall record and a 7-7 mark in the South Atlantic Conference ... Andy Tipton, a 6-foot-7 sophomore forward from Maryville, is the lone returning starter for the Eagles ... Tipton averaged 8.7 points and 3.0 rebounds as a freshman ... CNC's roster lists just two seniors - Stan Davis and Milo Johnson ... Johnson, a 6-3 guard, averaged 5.7 points while Davis, a 6-5 forward, added 4.7 points ... Seven new faces grace the Carson-Newman roster, including three junior college transfers and four who came straight from the high school ranks ... The Eagles were picked to finish sixth in the South Atlantic Conference in a preseason poll of the league's coaches ... Dale Clayton is in his 18th season at the helm of the Carson-Newman program and has posted a 258-225 record during his tenure.
Series History
Tennessee leads the all-time series 10-4 ... This is the second year in a row that the Vols have played Carson-Newman in an exhibition game ... Last year the Vols extended their winning streak over the Eagles to six games with a 95-59 exhibition victory in Knoxville ... The Vols lead the series 9-2 when playing in Knoxville ... The series dates back to the 1908 campaign, the year before basketball became varsity sport at UT ... In fact, Carson-Newman was just the fourth opponent the Vols ever faced ... The Eagles held a three-game winning streak over the Vols in 1926 and 1927 but UT rallied to win the last four meetings.
UT-CNC Connections
Tennessee freshman walk-on Ben Bosse and Carson-Newman senior Stan Davis both attended Knoxville's Farragut High School ... Andy Tipton, a sophomore forward for the Eagles, attended Maryville High School ... Bud Ford's daughter, Julie, is a senior at Carson-Newman.
Last Meeting With Carson-Newman
Scooter McFadgon scored 21 to lead four Volunteers in double figures in a 95-59 victory over the Carson- Newman Eagles Nov. 13, 2004 at Thompson-Boling Arena ... Freshmen guards Chris Lofton and JaJuan Smith combined for 29 points ... Lofton pumped in 18 on 7-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-4 on 3-pointers, while Smith was 4-of-4 from the field, including three 3-pointers for 11 points ... Brandon Crump added 13, while junior transfer Andre Patterson pulled down eight rebounds to go with seven points ... Dane Bradshaw handed out six assists ... Jonathan Martin led the Eagles with 14 points and Braun Dabbs had 10 and seven rebounds ... Carson- Newman led 11-7 on a jumper by Martin at 16:11 in the first half before the Vols went on a 22-2 run over the next seven minutes, in taking the lead for good at 29-13 ... Tennessee went up 44-23 at the break on a free throw by Asumnu as the Vols shot 53.1 percent from the field while connecting on 5-of-9 3 pointers ... The Eagles were limited to just 10-of-33 from the field ... The lead grew to as much as 52 at 90-38 on a dunk by Stanley Asumnu at the 5:33 mark.
Last Game: Vols Defeat Southern Indiana In Exhibition Opener
Tennessee's backcourt of C.J. Watson and Chris Lofton combined to score 53 points in leading the Vols to an 86-78 victory over Southern Indiana Thursday, Nov. 3 ... The game marked the exhibition coaching debut of first-year head coach Bruce Pearl ... Lofton, who scored 26 points in the contest, gave Tennessee the lead for good when his driving lay-up and ensuing free throw when he was fouled snapped a 68-68 tie with just over six minutes left ... USI had used a 26-7 run to take a 65-60 lead with 7:44 remaining ... Watson scored 18 of his game-high 27 points in the second half ... The senior guard made all of his 12 free throw attempts for the Vols, who made 32 of 37 free throw attempts as a team ... Major Wingate registered a double-double with 10 points and a team-best 10 rebounds ... Stanley Asumnu added 10 points and eight rebounds while Dane Bradshaw had eight points ... The Vols forced 27 USI turnovers ... Chris Thompson led the Screaming Eagles with 21 points and 11 rebounds ... USI was ranked 10th in the Division II Bulletin preseason Top 25 poll.
Watson And Lofton Receive Preseason Accolades From SEC Coaches
Tennessee's backcourt combination of C.J. Watson and Chris Lofton were named to the second annual men's basketball preseason All-SEC first and second teams as announced by the Southeastern Conference office October 21 ... Watson, a senior point guard, earned first team honors while Lofton, a sophomore shooting guard, was named to the season team ... The preseason All-SEC first and second teams consist of a minimum of eight players on each squad, voted on by the SEC men's basketball coaches.
Watson Nearing 1,000 Points
Point guard C.J. Watson enters his senior season needing just 34 points to reach the 1,000 career point mark ... In 89 career games the Las Vegas native has scored 966 points (10.9 ppg) ... He would become the 38th UT player to reach the 1,000-point milestone ... He would become just the third Tennessee player to have 1,000 points and 400 career assists (joining Allan Houston and Tony Harris) ... With one more assist and 34 points, Watson would have more assists than any other member of Tennessee's 1,000-point club (Houston currently leads all 1,000-point scorers with 360 career assists).
Watson Leads SEC In Assists For Second Time In Three Years
C.J. Watson averaged 5.0 assists in 16 Southeastern Conference games in 2004-05 ... It marked the second time in three years the point guard has been the conference's assists leader in league games ... He also led the league with 5.44 assists against SEC foes as a freshman in 2002-03 ... His 460 career assists are tied with Allan Houston (1989-93) for fifth all-time at Tennessee ... Watson owns three of the top 13 single-season assist marks in Tennessee history.
Lofton Is A Triples Threat
Chris Lofton, a 6-foot-2 sophomore, took the SEC by storm as a freshman by leading the league in 3-point percentage (.465) and 3-pointers made per game (3.00 3pg) ... He ranked fourth nationally in 3-point accuracy on his way to earning a spot on the SEC All-Freshman team ... His 93 3-pointers were the most ever by an SEC freshman and rank 10th on Tennessee's career lists.
Patterson Leads Another Team In Shooting
When Andre Patterson led the Vols with his 56.8 percent field goal shooting in 2004-05, it marked the second school he had led in field goal percentage ... As a sophomore at UCLA in 2002-03 he led the Bruins and Pac-10 Conference with a 60.8 field goal percentage ... As a junior at Tennessee last season, Patterson averaged 7.4 points per game while leading the Vols and ranking 10th in the SEC with 6.2 rebounds per game.
Bradshaw Playing Big
With only four players taller than 6-foot-5 on the roster, junior guard Dane Bradshaw will be called upon to play big, quite literally ... The 6-4 backup point guard will, at times, fill in at the post for the Vols as they go with a smaller lineup ... Playing in the paint isn't anything new for the Memphis native ... In 2005 he drew difficult defensive assignments by guarding 6-foot-8, 252-pound Brandon Bass against LSU (2/5/05) and 6-foot-10 Jermareo Davidson of Alabama (2/9/05).
Asumnu Hopes To Build On Strong Finish To 2005
Senior guard/forward Stanley Asumnu finished the 2004-05 campaign strong and is looking to build on that momentum ... The ultra-athletic Houston native scored 24 points in 27 minutes of playing time over Tennessee's final four games of the 2005 season ... Against Georgia (3/5/05), the 6-foot-5 Asumnu scored a career-high 14 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the field in just 10 minutes of action ... In 83 career games Asumnu has averaged 3.6 points in 12.6 minutes per game.
Tennessee In Season-Openers
Tennessee has won its season-opener in each of the last six seasons, including a 69-57 win over Stanford at the Maui Invitational last season ... In their last 20 season-openers, the Vols have recorded an 18-2 record ... The only teams to post a win over the Vols in that time were No. 18 Arizona (73-72 on Nov. 13, 1998) and East Tennessee State (87-79 on Nov. 25, 1991).
Tennessee In Home-Openers
The Vols are 37-2 in their last 39 home openers dating back to the 1966-67 campaign ... Tennessee has won 13 home-openers in a row ... In 2004-05 the Vols defeated Wofford 73-67 in their home-opener ... UT's last loss in a home opener was on Nov. 25, 1991 when East Tennessee State posted a 87-79 win in Thompson-Boling Arena ... ETSU went on to post a 24-7 record that included a win over Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Home Court Advantage
Thompson-Boling Arena has provided the Vols with a definite home court advantage since the facility opened in time for the 1987-88 season.
- Tennessee is 200-84 (.704) in its 19th season in Thompson-Boling Arena.
- Since the 1998 season, the Vols are 101-25 (.802) in Thompson-Boling Arena.
- The Vols are 47-16 against SEC teams at home over the last six seasons.
- UT has won 60 of its last 67 home games against non-conference opponents.
