University of Tennessee Athletics
TENNESSEE VS. OKLAHOMA STATE -- GAME PREVIEW
December 19, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 19, 2005
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Tennessee Trends
- The Vols' six-game winning streak is the longest since winning six in a row during the 2002-03 season. UT hasn't had a seven-game winning streak since winning eight in a row in 2000-01.
- The Vols are in a stretch of playing only one home game in a month. Between Nov. 26 and Dec. 26, Tennessee's only home game was Dec. 5 against Appalachian State.
- UT has recorded nearly twice as many steals as its opponents. The Vols have 68 steals compared to just 35 by their opponents.
- Tennessee's opponents are averaging 22.7 turnovers per game this year. East Tennessee State's (11/18/05) 33 turnovers are the most by a UT opponent since American-Puerto Rico (12/21/99) turned the ball over 40 times.
- Five Tennessee regulars are shooting 50 percent or better from the field. C.J. Watson (56.9), Andre Patterson (56.5), Stanley Asumnu (52.1), Major Wingate (50.9) and Jordan Howell (50.0) are each making at least half of their shots.
- UT has shot better than its opponent in five of its six games this season. The only opponent to have a better field goal percentage than the Vols is Murray State (11/30/05).
- Tennessee has shot 50 percent or better from the field in four of six games.
- Chris Lofton, C.J. Watson and Major Wingate have reached double-figure scoring in each of Tennessee's six games this season.
- Tennessee's rebounding leader in five of its six games this season has been 6-foot-4 or shorter. Dane Bradshaw (6-4) has led the team in rebounding three times while C.J. Watson (6-2) and Chris Lofton (6-2) have each led the Vols one time.
- The Vols play just three home games in the month of December. Tennessee hosts Appalachian State (Dec. 6), Alabama A&M (Dec. 27) and Lipscomb (Dec. 29) during the final month of the calendar year.
- The Vols are playing with just 10 scholarship players this season. UT's roster sports 11 scholarship players but Tony Passley will sit out the season under NCAA transfer guidelines.
- Not only is UT's roster short on scholarship players but it is also short on size. Tennessee's roster lists just four scholarship players -- Andre Patterson (6-7), Ryan Childress (6-9), Damion Harris (6-10) and Major Wingate (6-10) -- taller than 6-foot-5.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 has an all-time record of 1,351-884-2 in 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 204-84 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.
| Team Statistical Comparisons | ||
| Tennessee | Stat Category | Oklahoma State |
| 88.2 | Points | 75.9 |
| 71.5 | Opponent Points | 61.7 |
| +16.7 | Scoring Margin | +14.2 |
| .489 | Field Goal % | .496 |
| .456 | Opponent Field Goal % | .430 |
| .443 | Three-Point % | .377 |
| .398 | Opponent Three-Point % | .352 |
| .703 | Free Throw % | .744 |
| 34.7 | Rebounds | 34.2 |
| 36.5 | Opponent Rebounds | 29.3 |
| -1.8 | Rebounding Margin | +4.9 |
| 18.5 | Assists | 16.2 |
| 13.8 | Turnovers | 15.6 |
| 11.3 | Steals | 9.8 |
| 3.5 | Blocks | 3.5 |
| 6-0 | Record | 7-3 |
| Individual Statistical Comparisons | ||
| Tennessee | Stat Category | Oklahoma State |
| Lofton, 17.8 | Points | Curry/Boggan, 12.9 |
| Bradshaw, 7.3 | Rebounds | Monds, 5.5 |
| Watson, 5.3 | Assists | Curry, 5.0 |
| Watson, .569 | Field Goal % | Boggan, .612 |
| Watson, .609 | Three-Point % | Curry, .452 |
| Bradshaw, .929 | Free Throw % | Dove, .850 |
Looking At Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State improved to 7-3 on the season with a 97-61 victory over Mercer on Sunday in Stillwater ... The win ended a two-game losing streak that included losses to Northwestern State and 10th-ranked Gonzaga ... Sophomore guard JamesOn Curry led the Cowboys with a career-high 30 points against the Bears ... It marked the first time this season an OSU player had scored more than 19 points ... A preseason first team All-Big 12 Conference selection, Curry is tied for the team lead with 12.9 points per game while averaging a team-best 5.0 assists ... Curry, a 6-foot-3 guard, is listed on the preseason watch lists for the John R. Wooden Award and the Naismith Trophy ... Mario Boggan, a 6-7, 240-pound transfer from Florida, is also averaging 12.9 points per game and is shooting 61.2 percent from the field ... The Big 12's co-Newcomer of the Year, Boggan has more offensive rebounds (32) than defensive (22) ... Torre Johnson, a 6-6 junior forward, is coming off the bench to add 11.2 points per game ... David Monds, a 6-8 junior forward, leads the Pokes with 5.5 rebounds while adding 10.4 points per game ... Three Cowboys are averaging more than five rebounds per game ... A trademark of OSU head coach Eddie Sutton has been defense and this year is no different for the Cowboys ... Oklahoma State has held each of its 10 opponents below its scoring average entering the game ... The Cowboys are forcing an average of 20.0 turnovers per game ... OSU returns just four players (one starter) from last season's squad that posted a 26-7 record and won the Big 12 title with an 11-5 league record ... Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton ranks fifth all-time in career victories with a 788-394 record in 41 seasons ... Texas Tech's Bob Knight is the only active coach with more career wins (860-337) than Sutton.
The Oklahoma State Series
This is the first all-time meeting between the two schools ... Tennessee is 12-11 all-time against current members of the Big 12 Conference, including a 95-78 win over Texas on Dec. 17 ... Tennessee will be playing in the state of Oklahoma for just the second time in school history ... The Vols' only other appearance in the Sooner State was at the 1969 All-College Classic.
Tennessee-Oklahoma State Connections
OSU junior forward/center Mario Boggan began his collegiate career at Florida where he participated in 16 games as a freshman in 2002-03 ... He did not see any action in Florida's two games against the Vols that season ... OSU coach Eddie Sutton spent four seasons (1985-89) as the head coach at Kentucky where he had a 6-2 record against the Vols ... OSU head coach designate Sean Sutton played two seasons at Kentucky (1987-89) where he averaged 2.8 points in four games against the Vols before transferring to Oklahoma State ... Tennessee's team physician Val Gene Iven received his bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State in 1985 and is a native of Pond Creek, Okla.
Tennessee In The All-College Classic
The Vols are making their second appearance in the All-College Classic ... This is UT's first time in the event since December 1969 when the Vols finished third in the tournament ... Tennessee opened the tournament with an 82-59 win over St. Francis (Pa.) before falling to Niagara 68-69 in the second round ... In the third place game, UT defeated cross-state rival Memphis State 72-51 ... This is the 70th annual O'Reilly All-College Basketball Classic ... The event is the world's oldest basketball tournament, outdating the NCAA, NIT, NAIA, and NBA.
Last Game: Vols Mess With No. 6 Texas
It didn't take the Vols any time to shake off the rust from a 12-day layoff as Tennessee rushed out to a 23-5 lead seven minutes into the game and cruised to a 95-78 win over sixth-ranked Texas Saturday afternoon in Austin ... Texas made just two field goals in the first seven minutes of the game ... The Vols committed just one first half turnover while forcing the Longhorns into 10 turnovers while building a 48-28 halftime advantage ... Tennessee finished the game with 11 steals on 22 Texas turnovers ... Texas mounted a late rally, going on a 12-0 run to cut the Vols' lead to 11 points on an A.J. Abrams trey with just under three minutes remaining ... An Andre Patterson dunk stopped the run and then Tennessee went 12-for-12 from the free throw line in the final two minutes to seal the win ... Chris Lofton led all scorers with 21 points on 5-of-9 3-point shooting ... C.J. Watson added 17 points and a team-best six rebounds ... JaJuan Smith scored a career-high 12 points on 4-of-6 3-point shooting ... Major Wingate and Andre Patterson also added 12 points ... P.J. Tucker led the Longhorns, who dropped their second consecutive game, with 20 points and 11 rebounds ... With Tennessee leading 26-10 nine minutes into the game, Texas' Daniel Gibson suffered a concussion and was not able to return ... Tennessee's win at the Erwin Center ended Texas' 33-game home winning streak against non-conference teams ... It was Tennessee's first road win against a ranked team since defeating 12th-ranked Syracuse 83-70 on Dec. 22, 2000 ... It was UT's largest margin of victory over a ranked team on the road in school history.
Did You Know?
The Ford Center in Oklahoma City is serving as one of two home courts for the New Orleans Hornets this season ... The Hornets' other home court is the Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La. ... Tennessee is the only college basketball team scheduled to play on both of the NBA team's home courts this season ... The Vols play LSU at the Maravich Center on Jan. 14.
Pearl Off To Good Start
| Coach (first season) | Start |
| 1. Jerry Green (1997-98) | 10-0 |
| 2. Bruce Pearl (2005-06) | 6-0 |
| 3. Ray Mears (1962-63) | 5-0 |
| 3. Emmett Lowery (1947-48) | 5-0 |
| 3. John Mauer (1938-39) | 5-0 |
Great Starts
| Year | Start |
| 1. 1999-2000 | 11-0 |
| 2. 1997-98 | 10-0 |
| 3. 2000-01 | 9-0 |
| 4t. 1982-83 | 8-0 |
| 4t. 1956-57 | 8-0 |
| 6. 1964-65 | 7-0 |
| 7t. 2005-06 | 6-0 |
| 7t. 1970-71 | 6-0 |
UT's Men And Women Unbeaten
Of 326 men's NCAA Division I teams, the Vols are one of just 15 who remain undefeated as of Dec. 19 ... Tennessee is one of two schools in the nation whose men's and women's basketball teams are both undefeated ... As of Dec.19, Tennessee's men are 6-0 while the top-ranked Lady Vols moved to 9-0 following an 83-59 win over La. Tech on Dec. 15 ... Duke is the only other school with both teams lacking in the loss column ... Duke's No. 1-ranked men are 9-0 on the season while the women's team is 7-0.
Vitale Takes Notice Of Vols
ESPN commentator Dick Vitale took time in his weekly "Roundball Chatter" column on Dec. 16 to mention a pair of Vols by saying, "The backcourt of C.J. Watson and Chris Lofton is one of the most underrated in America..." ... Watson and Lofton are combining to average 34.8 points, 7.2 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game this season.
Ranking Notes
Tennessee debuted at 23rd in the Dec. 19 Associated Press Top 25 ... It is Tennessee's first ranking in the AP poll since the Vols were tabbed 22nd in the Feb. 19, 2001, poll ... UT is receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll but are not listed among the Top 25 teams ... With 61 votes, the Vols rank 26th in the coaches poll ... The last time the Vols were ranked in the ESPN/USA Today poll was March 5, 2001, when they were No. 24 ... Tennessee's 95-78 win at sixth-ranked Texas is the largest margin of victory over a ranked opponent on the road in school history.
Vols In The NCAA Stats
- According to the Dec. 12 NCAA statistics, Tennessee's 86.8 points per game rank fifth out of 326 NCAA Division I teams.
- UT's 9.2 3-pointers per game are 15th nationally.
- The Vols are shooting 43.0 percent from 3-point range, the 12th-best percentage in the nation.
- C.J. Watson is second nationally by making 61.9 percent of his 3-point attempts.
- Chris Lofton ranks 12th nationally with 3.8 3-pointers per game.
Assists And Turnovers In UT's Favor
Tennessee is leading the Southeastern Conference in assist/turnover ratio (1.34) and turnover margin (+8.83) ... The Vols have had more assists than turnovers in each of their six games this year ... On the season, UT has 111 assists to 83 turnovers (1.34 assists-to-turnovers) ... Conversely, the Vols' opponents have had more turnovers than assists in against the Vols five of six games (0.70 assists-to-turnovers) ... The only team not to have more turnovers than assists was Appalachian State (12/5/05) with 19 assists and turnovers ... Arkansas ranks second in the league with a turnover margin of +2.90, nearly five turnovers fewer than the Vols.
Rally Vols
Tennessee has rallied from deficits of at least nine points in two of their last three games ... Murray State (11/30/05) built a nine-point lead early in the second half before the Vols rallied for a 64-53 victory in Nashville ... At one point during the Tennessee rally, Chris Lofton outscored the Racers 12-1 ... Appalachian State (12/5/05) took a 12-point lead with just over six minutes left in the first half but UT went on a 19-2 run to take a 48-46 lead at halftime.
Watson & Lofton Earn Back-To-Back SEC Player Of The Week Honors
Chris Lofton was named the co-SEC Player of the Week on Dec. 19 after leading the Vols to a 95-78 upset at sixth-ranked Texas ... Lofton, who shared the award with Kentucky's Rajon Rondo, scored a game-high 21 points on 5-of-9 3-point shooting against the Longhorns ... It marked the second consecutive week a UT player earned the honor ... C.J. Watson took home player of the week honors Dec. 12 after scoring a season-high 23 points against Appalachian State Dec. 5.
Watson Reaches 1,000 Points In Unique Way
C.J. Watson became the 38th player in Tennessee history to reach the 1,000 career point milestone in a 17-point outing against Louisiana-Lafayette (11/22/05) ... Watson, who now has 1,068 career points, reached the milestone when he was fouled on a made 3-pointer and then scored his 1,000th point on the free throw.
- Watson became just the third Tennessee player to have 1,000 points and 400 career assists (joining Allan Houston and Tony Harris).
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 492 career assists are fourth all-time at Tennessee ... Watson owns three of the top 13 single-season assist marks in Tennessee history.
- He is shooting an SEC-best 60.9 percent from 3-point range, a success rate that ranks second nationally according to the Dec. 12 NCAA stats.
- Watson's 5.3 assists per game are third in the SEC and rank 42nd nationally according to the Dec. 12 NCAA statistics.
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.
- With 24 3-pointers already this season, Lofton ranks ninth on Tennessee's career lists with 117.
- He is currently leading the Southeastern Conference with 4.00 3-pointers per game.
- Against Murray State (11/30/05) he scored 12 consecutive points to help the Vols rally to a 64-53 win.
Patterson Leads Vols In Field Goal Percentage
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 the 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.
- He is currently shooting 56.5 percent (26-of-46) from the field and is averaging 12.0 points per game off the bench.
- Patterson recorded a career-high 14 rebounds against Murray State (11/30/05) while recording his third career-double-double.
Asumnu Builds On Strong Finish To 2005
Senior guard/forward Stanley Asumnu started his senior season like he ended his junior year ... The Houston native scored a career-high 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting in the Vols' season-opening win over East Tennessee State (11/18/05) ... In six games he is averaging 10.2 points per game ... The ultra-athletic Asumnu 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 then career-high 14 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the field in just 10 minutes of action.
- Asumnu has scored 61 points in six games this season. Last year he scored 63 points in 26 games.
Bradshaw Playing Power/Point
With only four scholarship players taller than 6-foot-5 on the roster, junior guard Dane Bradshaw has been called upon to play big, quite literally ... The 6-4 backup point guard has earned starting assignments at power forward for each of the Vols' games this year ... Playing in the paint isn't anything new for the Memphis native ... In 2005 he drew difficult defensive assignments by guarding 6-8, 252-pound Brandon Bass against LSU (2/5/05) and 6-10 Jermareo Davidson of Alabama (2/9/05).
- He recorded a career game against East Tennessee State (11/18/05) with 13 points and 12 rebounds to go with six assists.
- Bradshaw leads the team in rebounding (7.3 rpg) and free throw percentage (.929), is second in assists (3.8 apg) and steals (2.5 spg) and is third in blocks (0.7 bpg).
- Three times this season he has led the Vols in rebounding, including a career-high 12 boards against ETSU (11/18/05).
Wingate Plays Through Pain
Major Wingate wasn't going to let anything stop him from playing against Louisiana-Lafayette on Nov. 22 ... After suffering a foot injury in practice two days earlier that left him on crutches, Wingate spent the next two nights in the training room rehabbing the injury so he could play ... When it came time to play, Wingate was there standing in the center circle ready for the jump ball ... The junior from Florence, S.C., scored 12 points and blocked three shots in 28 minutes of action against the Ragin' Cajuns ... Defensively, he held Louisiana's star center Michael Southall to just four points and four rebounds.
- On the year he is averaging 12.5 points per game.
- Wingate has scored in double-figures in each of UT's six games ... In two previous season at Tennessee he had reached double-figure scoring just three times.
- Against sixth-ranked Texas (12/19/05) Wingate played a key role in limiting LaMarcus Aldridge to just four field goals. Aldridge, who finished with 15 points total, scored just one point when Wingate was guarding him.
JaJuan Smith Setting Career Marks
JaJuan Smith, a 6-foot-2 guard from Decatur, Tenn., has seen his role grow from 8.0 minutes per game as a freshman last year to 23.8 minutes per game this season ... Already this year he has tied or established new career marks for scoring (12), rebounds (6), assists (6), steals (3), blocks (1) and minutes played (25) ... Smith, who has been the first player off the bench in each of Tennessee's games this season, is averaging 6.7 points per game ... His 16 assists are third on the team.
- Smith had perhaps his best game of his career at sixth-ranked Texas when he came off the bench to score a career-high 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from 3-point range.
Vols' Recruiting Class Ranked Among Top 10 In The Nation
Bruce Pearl's first recruiting class at the University of Tennessee has drawn rave reviews and has been rated as one of the best classes in the Southeastern Conference and among the top 10 classes in the nation. The Vols signed four players during the early signing period in November: Wayne Chism, Duke Crews, Marques Johnson and Josh Tabb.
- Chism, a 6-foot-9 forward from Bolivar, Tenn., is a four-star prospect who is rated the No. 42 overall player in the country. As a junior he led Bolivar Central High School to the Class AA state title while averaging 13.6 points, 10 rebounds, seven blocks and 2.2 assists per game. At the Reebok ABCD Camp last summer he was rated the No. 2 center.
- One of the highest-rated players to sign with the Vols in recent years, Crews is a 6-7 forward from Hampton, Va. Rated the No. 14 player in the nation, he is considered a five-star prospect. As a junior he averaged 16 points per game while leading Bethel High School to a 22-4 record last year. Last summer Crews was rated as the No. 2 player at the 2005 Nike Camp in Indianapolis.
- Ranked among the top-50 players by several scouting services, Johnson is a 6-5 guard from Fort Wayne, Ind. A starter since his freshman season, the two-time all-conference selection has led Snider High School to a 50-15 record in his three years. As a junior he averaged 21 points, 6.2 rebounds and four assists.
- A four-star prospect, Tabb is a 6-4 guard from Harmony Christian Prep in Cincinnati. A two-time Class A All-State selection who is originally from Carbondale, Ill., Tabb averaged 21 points, five assists and six rebounds as a senior while leading Carbondale High School to the 2005 state championship game.
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 204-84 (.708) in its 19th season in Thompson-Boling Arena.
- Since the 1998 season, the Vols are 105-25 (.808) in Thompson-Boling Arena.
- The Vols are 47-16 against SEC teams at home over the last six seasons.
- UT has won 64 of its last 71 home games against non-conference opponents.
SEC Throwback Week
Each Southeastern Conference school has designated a previous year's uniform to be worn as a part of "SEC Throwback Week" ... The week of February 18-26 (Saturday through Sunday) has been designated as "SEC Throwback Week" ... Additionally, the uniforms will be worn during the SEC Tournament in Nashville ... Tennessee took a poll of fans on UTsports.com to determine which era to choose their uniforms ... The fans selected the Ernie & Bernie era so UT's uniforms will resemble those worn in the 1970s.
Five Of UT's Non-Conference Opponents Picked To Win Their Leagues
Tennessee's non-conference schedule features the favorites to win the Big 12, Conference USA, Ohio Valley, Sun Belt and SWAC regular season titles in polls of each respective league's coaches ... Eight of the Vols' 11 non-conference games will be against teams picked to finish no worse than second in their respective divisions ... Additionally, the Vols will play against four players who earned preseason player of the year honors from the league's coaches.
- East Tennessee State was picked to finish second in the Atlantic Sun Conference and was picked to win the league's postseason tournament. Tim Smith was named the league's preseason player of the year.
- Louisiana-Lafayette, a team that has been to the NCAA Tournament the last two years, is picked to win the Sun Belt Conference's West Division. Senior guard Dwayne Mitchell was a preseason first team all-conference pick.
- Murray State is tabbed to win the Ohio Valley Conference while Eastern Kentucky is picked second. Murray State junior Trey Pearson was named the league's preseason player of the year while EKU's Matt Witt earned preseason first team all-conference honors.
- Appalachian State was picked to tie for second in the Southern Conference North Division while D.J. Thompson earned a spot on the Preseason All-Southern Conference Men's Basketball Team.
- Texas is an overwhelming favorite to win the Big 12 Conference title while Oklahoma State is picked fourth. The Longhorns list two preseason first team all-conference selections (Daniel Gibson and P.J. Tucker) while the Cowboys had one (JamesOn Curry).
- Alabama A&M is predicted to win SWAC. Senior guard Obie Trotter was selected the league's preseason player of the year while Joseph Martin earned preseason first team all-conference honors.
- Memphis, led by preseason conference player of the year Rodney Carney, is the unanimous favorite to win the Conference USA title.
Parking
Limited individual game parking for the 2005-06 men's basketball season will be sold for $5 for the following parking lots on a first come, first served basis:
- Lot 23 Corner of Volunteer Blvd and Pat Head Summitt Street
- Lot 23B (next to Music Building) - Corner of Pat Head Summitt Street and Volunteer Blvd.
- Lot 4 and Lot 5 - Phillip Fulmer Way between Thompson-Boling Arena and Neyland Stadium
- Lot 30A - Peyton Manning Pass, off of Volunteer Blvd.
- Lot C15 - Chamique Holdsclaw Drive
- Lot 9A - Volunteer Blvd. between the Humanities Plaza & the Architecture Bldg.
- Lot C18/Staff 7 - accessed from Cumberland Avenue at 11th Street, or from Neyland Drive across from the Tennessee Grill
- Lot G10 on Neyland Drve between Thompson-Boling Arena and Neyland Stadium
Special parking arrangements for disabled persons may be requested by calling Parking Services at (865) 974-6031. The UT Athletic Department also provides FREE parking at the Ag Campus with a free shuttle service to and from Thompson-Boling Arena. The KAT shuttle begins 1 1/2 hours prior to game time, and runs for one hour postgame.
