Game Preview: PV A&M vs. Tennessee

Tennessee (2-0)		Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	APG
F	1 Tyler Smith	6-7	215	So.	12.0	3.0	3.0
F	4 Wayne Chism	6-9	242	So.	12.0	6.5	0.5
G	5 Chris Lofton	6-2	200	Sr.	7.5	4.0	3.0
G	2 JaJuan Smith	6-2	195	Sr.	14.5	2.0	2.0
G	12 Ramar Smith	6-2	200	So.	13.0	3.0	3.0
Prairie View A&M (1-1)		Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	PPG	RPG	APG
F	33 Johnny Cobb	6-8	210	Sr.	4.5	3.0	0.1
F	52 Terrance Moore	6-8	280	Jr.	--	--	--
G	5 Derek Johnson	6-1	190	Jr.	6.6	3.8	2.9
G	24 Ivory McGilvery	6-1	180	So.	5.3	1.0	0.5
G	44 Dorian McDaniel	6-6	210	So.	--	--	--

Legends Classic Continues Versus PV A&M

Tennessee meets the Prairie View A&M Panthers in the second round of regional competition of the 2007 Legends Classic. Tip off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Regardless of Friday???s result, the Vols will advance to Newark, N.J., to play West Virginia in championship round competition Nov. 23 at the Prudential Center. UT will then meet either New Mexico State or Texas on Nov. 24.
UT opened play in the Legends Classic with a 101-44 victory over Arkansas-Monticello on Nov. 14. The Boll Weevils were held to just 25 percent shooting, including 14.3 percent (4-of-28) in the second half. Meanwhile the Vols shot 60 percent from the field and recorded 13 steals off 26 UAM turnovers. Tyler Smith led five Vols in double figure scoring with 15 points to go with a game-high three blocks.
JaJuan Smith is leading the Vols with 14.5 points per game through UT???s first two contests. The senior is shooting 58.8 percent from the field and leads the Vols with seven steals this season. Ramar Smith is adding 13.0 points on 57.1 percent shooting. Tyler Smith and Wayne Chism are each averaging 12.0 points.
Through two games, Tennessee is averaging 90.5 points per game on 53.1 percent shooting from the field. Defensively the Vols are registering 11.5 steals off 24.5 opponent turnovers per game.
Prairie View A&M enters Friday???s game with a 1-1 record after defeating Schreiner University 88-59 Wednesday night. Dorian McDaniel led the Panthers with a game-high 24 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field.
The Vols are ranked No. 7 in the latest Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls. UT???s No. 7 preseason ranking was its highest in school history.
A panel of SEC and national media has tabbed the Vols as the preseason favorite to win the Southeastern Conference championship this season. Chris Lofton was named the preseason SEC Player of the Year and Tyler Smith was a second team all-conference selection by the panel.

Tennessee Trends

Tennessee has forced an average of 24.5 turnovers off 11.5 steals per game this year.
UT???s 57-point (101-44) win over Arkansas-Monticello tied for the fourth-largest margin of victory in school history.
Despite averaging 90.5 points per game in their first two games, no Vol has scored more than 15 points in a game.
10 players are averaging at least 10 minutes of action. No player averages more than 24 minutes per game.
Chris Lofton and JaJuan Smith were the highest scoring duo in the Southeastern Conference in 2006-07. Lofton averaged 20.8 points while Smith added 15.2 points.
Tennessee is 31-2 at Thompson-Boling Arena since the start of the 2005-06 season.
UT has an 18-game homecourt winning streak. The Vols??? last home loss was a 78-80 decision to Kentucky in the final home game of the 2005-06 season.
The Vols are 17-0 in non-conference home games under Bruce Pearl.
Bruce Pearl is 9-5 against ranked teams while at Tennessee.
The Vols have made at least one 3-pointer in 321 consecutive games.
Under Bruce Pearl, UT is 42-4 when leading or tied with five minutes left in the game.
UT is 31-4 when scoring 80 or more points under the direction of Bruce Pearl.
UT is 30-14 (.682) when playing before crowds of 20,000 or larger at Thompson-Boling Arena. In 2006-07 the Vols were 6-0 playing in front of 20,000 fans at home.
Tennessee has an all-time record of 1,393-903-2 in its 99th season of basketball.
UT???s 620 regular season SEC victories rank third all-time in the SEC. Only Kentucky and Alabama have won more league games.
Tennessee is 231-86 in its 21st season in Thompson-Boling Arena. The Vols have winning home records in 18 of their 20 seasons in the facility.
Tennessee is the only Division I school ever to rank in the top five nationally in attendance for football, men???s basketball and women???s basketball in the same season. The Vols turned the trick for the fourth time in 2006-07.

The StubHub Legends Classic

The StubHub Legends Classic features 11 teams competing in on-campus events around the country ... New Mexico State, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia will each play a pair of games on their respective campuses before advancing to the New York metropolitan area over Thanksgiving weekend to face off for the StubHub Legends Classic championship at the new Prudential Center ... The 18,000 seat Prudential Center is the first major sports venue built in the New York metropolitan area since the Continental Airlines Arena opened in 1981 ... Other teams competing in on-campus only games include Arkansas-Monticello, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, Jarvis Christian, La Verne, LeMoyne-Owen and Prairie View A&M ... The Northeast Conference serves as the host conference of the event while the Princeton, N.J., based Gazelle Group operates the Legends Classic.

Vols Bring Back Stripes

Tennessee went retro with their warm-ups in the season-opener against Temple ... The Vols wore orange and white striped warm-up pants that are reminiscent of those worn during the Ray Mears (1962-67) era ... UT will wear the warm-ups for the rest of the season.

Vols Receive Highest Preseason Ranking

Tennessee???s No. 7 ranking in the preseason Associated Press poll is the highest preseason ranking the Vols have ever received ... UT was also ranked seventh in the preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll ... Before this year, the highest Tennessee had ever been rated in the Associated Press poll was No. 9 (1975-76, 1998-99 and 2000-01).

The Smith Boys Are Leading The Vols

Tennessee???s leading scorer is Smith, followed by Smith and then Smith is third ... Senior guard JaJuan Smith leads the Vols with 14.5 points per game and is shooting 45.5 percent (5-of-11) from 3-point range ... Ramar Smith, a 6-2 sophomore point guard, is second on the team with 13.0 points ... Tyler Smith, a 6-7 sophomore forward, is third on the squad with 12.0 points per game and is shooting 58.8 percent from the field.

Looking At Prairie View A&M

The Panthers possess a 1-1 record following an 88-59 victory over Schreiner University Wednesday night in Prairie View, Texas ... Dorian McDaniel, a 6-foot-6 guard who transferred from Northern Colorado, led the Panthers with a game-high 24 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field ... PVAMU dropped its season-opener 48-104 at Oklahoma State Nov. 10 ... Located just outside of Houston, Prairie View A&M is a member of the Southwest Athletic Conference ... The Panthers return three starters and a total of six letterwinners from a squad that posted an 8-22 record last season ... Among the 12 newcomers to the roster are eight transfers ... 2007 SWAC Newcomer of the Year Brian Ezeh led the Panthers in scoring (10.8 ppg) and rebounding (5.0 rpg) and was second in assists (47) .... Derek Johnson led the SWAC with 2.73 steals per game and led the team with 85 assists ... PVAMU won six of its last 11 games last year ... The Panthers ranked third in the SWAC with 13.23 offensive rebounds per game in 2006-07 ... Prairie View A&M boasts one of the tallest rosters the Vols will face this season with seven players 6-foot-8 or taller, including 7-foot junior Blake Thompson ... Byron Rimm II is 8-22 entering his second season at Prairie View A&M and 75-73 in his sixth year as a head coach.

No Video Streaming

There will not be any video streaming for Friday's game against Prairie View A&M.?? The game falls into the SEC exclusive television window as ESPN2 is airing the Kentucky game.?? The SEC exclusive window is to protect SEC teams on TV to try to ensure the biggest audience possible.?? The bigger the audience the more TV networks want to air SEC games.?? Each school is given one exemption from the SEC exclusive window.?? UT has two remaining non-TV games, Friday's and February 20th vs. Auburn.?? Since both games fall into the SEC exclusive window UT has opted to try to use the exemption for the Auburn game.