University of Tennessee Athletics
Tuesday, November 9
Knoxville
7 PM
University of Tennessee
vs
UT Martin
Hoops Central: #18 Tennessee vs. UT Martin
November 04, 2021 | Men's Basketball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The 18th-ranked Tennessee men's basketball is set to open its 112th season in program history when it takes on UT Martin Tuesday night at 7 p.m. ET inside Thompson-Boling Arena. Â
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Fans can catch Tuesday's game on SEC Network and online or on any mobile device through WatchESPN. WatchESPN can be accessed through the ESPN App, or online at espn.com/watch. Kevin Fitzgerald and Dane Bradshaw will have the call.
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Fans can also listen live on their local Vol Network affiliate to hear Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp describing the action.
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Tennessee defeated Lenoir-Rhyne in its lone exhibition game of the season on Oct. 30, 103-62. The Vols received standout performances from the freshman duo of Kennedy Chandler and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield—Chandler scored 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting, while Huntley-Hatfield posted a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
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Tuesday's matchup marks the fifth all-time between the Vols and Skyhawks, with Tennessee holding a perfect 4-0 record in the series. It also marks the first of six games that the Vols will play this season against another team from the state of Tennessee.
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Up next, the Vols are set to take on East Tennessee State on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET inside Thompson-Boling Arena. The game will be broadcasted on SEC Network and can be streamed online and on any mobile device through WatchESPN.
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THE SERIES
• Tennessee leads the all-time series with UT Martin, 4-0, dating to 1993. All four meetings took place at Thompson-Boling Arena.
• Tennessee's average margin of victory over the Skyhawks is 19.3 points. The most recent clash was a 68-62 Vol victory on Dec. 29, 2010—the narrowest MOV in the series.
• The Volunteers are 38-6 all-time against UT System opponents. That includes a 34-6 mark against UT Chattanooga.
• Tennessee owns a 61-2 all-time record against current members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
• Martin is a five-hour drive west of Knoxville (332 miles).
• UT Martin Chancellor Dr. Keith Carver earned his doctoral degree from UT Knoxville, where he held various executive leadership roles. His son, J.T. Carver, is a freshman placekicker on the Volunteers football team.
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SCOUTING REPORT
• Tennessee finished last season with an 18-9 (10-7 SEC) record and made its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
• Senior forward John Fulkerson sustained a season-ending facial fracture and concussion in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals. In April, he announced that he would run it back one last time as a super senior.
• In UT's lone exhibition, true freshmen Kennedy Chandler (21 points, four 3FGs, six assists) and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (15 points, 12 rebounds) dazzled.
• If exhibition-game stats counted, Tennessee's 17 3-pointers made would have been a program-record, and the Vols' 46 3-point attempts would have been the second-highest single-game total in school history.
• Wednesday is freshman guard Jahmai Mashack's 19th birthday. He has never celebrated his birthday outside of California.
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LAYUP LINES
• The 2021-22 campaign is Tennessee's 35th season in Thompson-Boling Arena. UT owns a 409-138 record in 547 games at TBA.
• Tennessee owns a 31-3 record in season-openers at Thompson-Boling Arena, and the Vols have won each of their last four home-openers.
• This is the second time the Vols have hosted UT Martin for their home-opener. Tennessee defeated the Skyhawks, 97-80, to open the 1993-94 campaign.
• With sales of 13,525 to date, this marks the third straight full-capacity year that UT has exceeded 13,000 in season-ticket sales—that's more than the capacity of several Division I venues.
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A WIN WOULD...
• Give the Volunteers a 6-1 record in season-openers under head coach Rick Barnes.
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ABOUT UT MARTIN
• The 2021-22 season marks the first at UT Martin for head coach Ryan Ridder. Ridder has collected a 143-73 overall record in eight seasons as a collegiate head coach—including the last four years at Bethune-Cookman University. The Lexington, Kentucky, native was the 2018 recipient of the Joe B. Hall Award, recognizing the top first-year head coach in the NCAA Division I ranks after his debut season at Bethune-Cookman.
• The Skyhawks are the only Division I program to not return a single player from the previous season. UT Martin's 2021-22 roster includes 14 newcomers (nine transfers, five true freshmen).
• UT Martin's roster features transfers from Bethune-Cookman, UAB, Georgia Tech, FIU, North Florida and South Alabama.
• North Florida transfer Josh Endicott, a Baxter, Tennessee, native was the most productive transfer at his previous stop. Endicott averaged 8.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game during the 2020-21 season.
• UT Martin has four players on its roster from the state of Tennessee.
• The Vols and Skyhawks have played only four times previously and have not met since 2010. Of the 11 other Division I programs in the state of Tennessee, UT Martin is tied with Belmont for having face UT the least.
• UT Martin posted an 8-16 (6-14 OVC) record last season, finishing ninth in the 12-team Ohio Valley Conference.
• The Skyhawks do not have any NCAA Tournament appearances in program history and have made just one NIT (2009).
• Located in West Tennessee, UT Martin's campus is roughly five hours from Knoxville and has an enrollment of around 7,000 students.
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LAST MEETING WITH UT MARTIN
• Tennessee overcame a four-point halftime deficit to defeat UT Martin, 68-62, on Dec. 29, 2010, at Thompson-Boling Arena.
• Junior wing Scotty Hopson led the Vols with 17 points, while Freshman All-American and eventual first-round NBA Draft pick Tobias Harris logged a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• For the Skyhawks, guard Reuben Clayton led the way with 21 points.
• Tennessee shot 49 percent from the field while limiting Martin to 39 percent shooting. The Vols went 5-of-16 (31 percent) from 3-point range and were 15-of-20 (75 percent) at the free-throw line.
• Despite being undersized, UT Martin out-rebounded the Vols 31-29.
• The two benches combined for 66 points (UT 34, UTM 32).
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PAT SUMMITT A UT MARTIN GRAD
• From 1970-74, the legendary Pat (Head) Summitt led the UT Martin Lady Pacers to a 64-29 record, two trips to the national championship tournament (1972 and 1973) and graduated as the school's all-time leading scorer (1,045 points).
• In 1997, UT Martin designated a street on campus "Pat Head Summitt Avenue" and named the basketball court in Skyhawk Arena "Pat Head Summitt Court," for its former star player. Summitt's Lady Vols christened the newly-named court with a 73-32 victory on Nov. 23, 1997.
• Summitt, who led the Lady Vols to 1,098 victories during a Hall of Fame coaching career, passed away on June 28, 2016.
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2008 WIN OVER SKYHAWKS HISTORIC
• Tennessee's win over UT Martin on Nov. 18, 2008, gave Tennessee its 34th straight home victory, setting the record for longest home win streak in program history.
• That streak was eventually extended to 37 games before the Vols fell at home on Gonzaga on Jan. 7, 2009 (89-79 in overtime).
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MEMORABLE VOL PERFORMANCES AGAINST UT MARTIN
• Ed Gray scored 29 points against UT Martin in the 1993-94 meeting; it was Gray's Tennessee debut.
• On Dec. 30, 2002, UT Martin has had the misfortune of facing a Tennessee team led by forward Ron Slay, who earned second-team All-America acclaim and was named SEC Player of the Year that season. Slay poured in 21 points vs. the Skyhawks to go along with nine rebounds.
• Sophomore center Brian Williams enjoyed a career night while powering the Vols to a 91-64 win over UT Martin on Nov. 18, 2008. Williams scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting and pulled down 12 rebounds to log his second career double-double,
• Tyler Smith poured in 19 points to join Williams as one of five Vols who scored in double figures in that 2008 triumph.
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VOLS SUCCESSFUL ON THE IN-STATE CIRCUIT
• Tennessee has won its last five games against in-state opponents and is 20-5 vs. in-state foes under coach Rick Barnes.
• Those 20 wins include triumphs over Vanderbilt (10x), Tennessee Tech (3x), ETSU (twice), Lipscomb (twice), Chattanooga, Memphis and Tennessee State.
• The Vols open the regular season with back-to-back home games against UT Martin (Nov. 9) and ETSU (Nov. 14).
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FULKERSON QUESTIONABLE
• The status of Tennessee super senior forward John Fulkerson is questionable for Tuesday. Fulkerson is rehabbing a fractured thumb on his left (shooting) hand. The injury happened during an intrasquad scrimmage on Oct. 16 and caused him to miss UT's exhibition game on Oct. 30.
• True freshman forward Jonas Aidoo has been cleared for competition after returning from an illness that sidelined him for multiple weeks in October.
MORE INFO
GAMEDAY TIMES & BROADCAST INFO
- Opponent: UT Martin Skyhawks
- Tipoff: Nov. 9, 7 p.m. ET
- Venue:Â Thompson-Boling Arena
- Watch Online:Â SEC Network
- Radio: Vol Network
- Online: Live Audio | Live Stats
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Fans can also listen live on their local Vol Network affiliate to hear Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp describing the action.
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Tennessee defeated Lenoir-Rhyne in its lone exhibition game of the season on Oct. 30, 103-62. The Vols received standout performances from the freshman duo of Kennedy Chandler and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield—Chandler scored 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting, while Huntley-Hatfield posted a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
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Tuesday's matchup marks the fifth all-time between the Vols and Skyhawks, with Tennessee holding a perfect 4-0 record in the series. It also marks the first of six games that the Vols will play this season against another team from the state of Tennessee.
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Up next, the Vols are set to take on East Tennessee State on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET inside Thompson-Boling Arena. The game will be broadcasted on SEC Network and can be streamed online and on any mobile device through WatchESPN.
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THE SERIES
• Tennessee leads the all-time series with UT Martin, 4-0, dating to 1993. All four meetings took place at Thompson-Boling Arena.
• Tennessee's average margin of victory over the Skyhawks is 19.3 points. The most recent clash was a 68-62 Vol victory on Dec. 29, 2010—the narrowest MOV in the series.
• The Volunteers are 38-6 all-time against UT System opponents. That includes a 34-6 mark against UT Chattanooga.
• Tennessee owns a 61-2 all-time record against current members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
• Martin is a five-hour drive west of Knoxville (332 miles).
• UT Martin Chancellor Dr. Keith Carver earned his doctoral degree from UT Knoxville, where he held various executive leadership roles. His son, J.T. Carver, is a freshman placekicker on the Volunteers football team.
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SCOUTING REPORT
• Tennessee finished last season with an 18-9 (10-7 SEC) record and made its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
• Senior forward John Fulkerson sustained a season-ending facial fracture and concussion in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals. In April, he announced that he would run it back one last time as a super senior.
• In UT's lone exhibition, true freshmen Kennedy Chandler (21 points, four 3FGs, six assists) and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (15 points, 12 rebounds) dazzled.
• If exhibition-game stats counted, Tennessee's 17 3-pointers made would have been a program-record, and the Vols' 46 3-point attempts would have been the second-highest single-game total in school history.
• Wednesday is freshman guard Jahmai Mashack's 19th birthday. He has never celebrated his birthday outside of California.
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LAYUP LINES
• The 2021-22 campaign is Tennessee's 35th season in Thompson-Boling Arena. UT owns a 409-138 record in 547 games at TBA.
• Tennessee owns a 31-3 record in season-openers at Thompson-Boling Arena, and the Vols have won each of their last four home-openers.
• This is the second time the Vols have hosted UT Martin for their home-opener. Tennessee defeated the Skyhawks, 97-80, to open the 1993-94 campaign.
• With sales of 13,525 to date, this marks the third straight full-capacity year that UT has exceeded 13,000 in season-ticket sales—that's more than the capacity of several Division I venues.
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A WIN WOULD...
• Give the Volunteers a 6-1 record in season-openers under head coach Rick Barnes.
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ABOUT UT MARTIN
• The 2021-22 season marks the first at UT Martin for head coach Ryan Ridder. Ridder has collected a 143-73 overall record in eight seasons as a collegiate head coach—including the last four years at Bethune-Cookman University. The Lexington, Kentucky, native was the 2018 recipient of the Joe B. Hall Award, recognizing the top first-year head coach in the NCAA Division I ranks after his debut season at Bethune-Cookman.
• The Skyhawks are the only Division I program to not return a single player from the previous season. UT Martin's 2021-22 roster includes 14 newcomers (nine transfers, five true freshmen).
• UT Martin's roster features transfers from Bethune-Cookman, UAB, Georgia Tech, FIU, North Florida and South Alabama.
• North Florida transfer Josh Endicott, a Baxter, Tennessee, native was the most productive transfer at his previous stop. Endicott averaged 8.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game during the 2020-21 season.
• UT Martin has four players on its roster from the state of Tennessee.
• The Vols and Skyhawks have played only four times previously and have not met since 2010. Of the 11 other Division I programs in the state of Tennessee, UT Martin is tied with Belmont for having face UT the least.
• UT Martin posted an 8-16 (6-14 OVC) record last season, finishing ninth in the 12-team Ohio Valley Conference.
• The Skyhawks do not have any NCAA Tournament appearances in program history and have made just one NIT (2009).
• Located in West Tennessee, UT Martin's campus is roughly five hours from Knoxville and has an enrollment of around 7,000 students.
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LAST MEETING WITH UT MARTIN
• Tennessee overcame a four-point halftime deficit to defeat UT Martin, 68-62, on Dec. 29, 2010, at Thompson-Boling Arena.
• Junior wing Scotty Hopson led the Vols with 17 points, while Freshman All-American and eventual first-round NBA Draft pick Tobias Harris logged a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• For the Skyhawks, guard Reuben Clayton led the way with 21 points.
• Tennessee shot 49 percent from the field while limiting Martin to 39 percent shooting. The Vols went 5-of-16 (31 percent) from 3-point range and were 15-of-20 (75 percent) at the free-throw line.
• Despite being undersized, UT Martin out-rebounded the Vols 31-29.
• The two benches combined for 66 points (UT 34, UTM 32).
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PAT SUMMITT A UT MARTIN GRAD
• From 1970-74, the legendary Pat (Head) Summitt led the UT Martin Lady Pacers to a 64-29 record, two trips to the national championship tournament (1972 and 1973) and graduated as the school's all-time leading scorer (1,045 points).
• In 1997, UT Martin designated a street on campus "Pat Head Summitt Avenue" and named the basketball court in Skyhawk Arena "Pat Head Summitt Court," for its former star player. Summitt's Lady Vols christened the newly-named court with a 73-32 victory on Nov. 23, 1997.
• Summitt, who led the Lady Vols to 1,098 victories during a Hall of Fame coaching career, passed away on June 28, 2016.
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2008 WIN OVER SKYHAWKS HISTORIC
• Tennessee's win over UT Martin on Nov. 18, 2008, gave Tennessee its 34th straight home victory, setting the record for longest home win streak in program history.
• That streak was eventually extended to 37 games before the Vols fell at home on Gonzaga on Jan. 7, 2009 (89-79 in overtime).
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MEMORABLE VOL PERFORMANCES AGAINST UT MARTIN
• Ed Gray scored 29 points against UT Martin in the 1993-94 meeting; it was Gray's Tennessee debut.
• On Dec. 30, 2002, UT Martin has had the misfortune of facing a Tennessee team led by forward Ron Slay, who earned second-team All-America acclaim and was named SEC Player of the Year that season. Slay poured in 21 points vs. the Skyhawks to go along with nine rebounds.
• Sophomore center Brian Williams enjoyed a career night while powering the Vols to a 91-64 win over UT Martin on Nov. 18, 2008. Williams scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting and pulled down 12 rebounds to log his second career double-double,
• Tyler Smith poured in 19 points to join Williams as one of five Vols who scored in double figures in that 2008 triumph.
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VOLS SUCCESSFUL ON THE IN-STATE CIRCUIT
• Tennessee has won its last five games against in-state opponents and is 20-5 vs. in-state foes under coach Rick Barnes.
• Those 20 wins include triumphs over Vanderbilt (10x), Tennessee Tech (3x), ETSU (twice), Lipscomb (twice), Chattanooga, Memphis and Tennessee State.
• The Vols open the regular season with back-to-back home games against UT Martin (Nov. 9) and ETSU (Nov. 14).
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FULKERSON QUESTIONABLE
• The status of Tennessee super senior forward John Fulkerson is questionable for Tuesday. Fulkerson is rehabbing a fractured thumb on his left (shooting) hand. The injury happened during an intrasquad scrimmage on Oct. 16 and caused him to miss UT's exhibition game on Oct. 30.
• True freshman forward Jonas Aidoo has been cleared for competition after returning from an illness that sidelined him for multiple weeks in October.
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