Nov. 2, 2014

TENNESSEE vs. PIKEVILLE

November 3, 2014 | 7:02 p.m. ET

Thompson-Boling Arena | Knoxville, Tenn.

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HISTORY

Today's game opens the exhibition portion of Tennessee's 106th season of varsity men's basketball.
First-year head coach Donnie Tyndall is the program's 19th all-time head coach.
Tyndall is Tennessee's third head coach in the last decade.
At 44-years-old, Tyndall is the youngest head men's basketball coach in the SEC.

TENNESSEE IN EXHIBITION PLAY

Tennessee is 71-18 all-time in exhibition games. That includes a 54-10 mainland record, and a 17-8 record overseas.
The Vols have won nine straight exhibition games dating to a 79-64 loss to Indianapolis Nov. 8, 2010, at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Tennessee's Donnie Tyndall owns a 13-1 head coaching record in exhibition play.
Last November, the Vols posted exhibition victories over Florida Southern (105-80 on Nov. 2) and Southern Indiana (78-47 on Nov. 7).

Chris Lofton CONNECTION

Pikeville head coach Kelly Wells was UT All-American Chris Lofton's high school coach for five seasons at Mason County HS in Maysville, Ky.
Lofton, the SEC's all-time 3-point king, played for Wells' varsity squad from grades 8-12.
Wells and Lofton guided Mason County to a state title in 2003, and Lofton was named Kentucky's Mr. Basketball as a senior in 2004.

ABOUT PIKEVILLE

Founded in 1889, the University of Pikeville is a private, liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, located in Pikeville, Ky. The school is located on a 25-acre campus on a hillside overlooking downtown Pikeville.
On July 1, 2011, the school changed its name from Pikeville College to the University of Pikeville.
Pikeville sponsors an NAIA affiliated athletics program, and its teams compete in the Mid-South Conference.
UPIKE is ranked No. 2 nationally in the preseason NAIA coaches' poll after going 31-3 last year.
The Bears won the NAIA Division I men's basketball national championship in 2011 and captured both the Mid-South Conference regular-season and tournament championships last year.
Six players on Pikeville's 2014-15 roster previously played at an NCAA Division I school.
Head coach Kelly Wells is in his ninth season at Pikeville.
Wells, who has led the Bears to the program's only national championship as well as its only two 30-win seasons, also has been the recipient of two donated kidneys.

Vol Hoops Central: Pikeville (Exhibition)

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