100 Days of Vols #73 - Hope is Invincible
How realism begets optimism in a few short summer months
| Final - 3.20.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer Bears | 34 | 41 | 75 |
| Tennessee Volunteers | 28 | 39 | 67 |
How realism begets optimism in a few short summer months
Sometimes you have to rally around your Vols.
Middle linebacker Gavin Bryant of Jackson (Ala.) commits to Tennessee, giving the Vols their first inside linebacker commitment of the 2014 class.
Few things overcome walls like sports.
Deerfield Beach (Fla.) athlete Brandon Powell nearly committed to Tennessee on Saturday at camp. He waited all the way to Sunday morning to give Butch Jones his verbal pledge.
How Johnny Majors came to Tennessee
With a recruiting class currently ranked in the nation's top two and with five commitments already on board for 2015, Butch Jones has Tennessee in the national recruiting conversation again. Maybe the old adage will hold true that you can't keep a gi
The Tennessee Volunteers picked up yet another building block for the 2015 class with the early commitment of elite linebacker Cecil Cherry of Frostproof, Fla.
Celebrating Father's Day and the way sports bring us together.
Rivals may say bad things about Knoxville, but those fans have never spent much time in the East Tennessee hills.
Just one example of a player delighting us by doing something completely unexpected.
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw St. Owls | Friday, November 09 2012 | win 76 - 67 | coverage |
| UNC-Asheville Bulldogs | Thursday, November 15 2012 | win 75 - 68 | coverage |
| Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Friday, November 16 2012 | loss 45 - 62 | coverage |
| @ UMass Minutemen | Sunday, November 18 2012 | win 83 - 69 | coverage |
| Oakland, Mich. Golden Grizzlies | Monday, November 26 2012 | win 77 - 50 | coverage |
| @ Georgetown Hoyas | Friday, November 30 2012 | loss 36 - 37 | coverage |
| December | |||
| @ Virginia Cavaliers | Wednesday, December 05 2012 | loss 38 - 46 | coverage |
| Wichita St. Shockers | Thursday, December 13 2012 | win 69 - 60 | coverage |
| Presbyterian Blue Hose | Tuesday, December 18 2012 | win 78 - 62 | coverage |
| Western Carolina Catamounts | Friday, December 21 2012 | win 66 - 52 | coverage |
| Xavier Musketeers | Saturday, December 29 2012 | win 51 - 47 | coverage |
| January | |||
| Memphis Tigers | Friday, January 04 2013 | loss 80 - 85 | coverage |
| Mississippi Rebels | Wednesday, January 09 2013 | loss 74 - 92 | coverage |
| @ Alabama Crimson Tide | Saturday, January 12 2013 | loss 65 - 68 | coverage |
| @ Kentucky Wildcats | Tuesday, January 15 2013 | loss 65 - 75 | coverage |
| Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 72 - 57 | coverage |
| @ Mississippi Rebels | Thursday, January 24 2013 | loss 56 - 62 | coverage |
| Alabama Crimson Tide | Saturday, January 26 2013 | win 54 - 53 | coverage |
| Vanderbilt Commodores | Tuesday, January 29 2013 | win 58 - 57 | coverage |
| February | |||
| @ Arkansas Razorbacks | Saturday, February 02 2013 | loss 60 - 73 | coverage |
| Georgia Bulldogs | Wednesday, February 06 2013 | loss 62 - 68 | coverage |
| @ South Carolina Gamecocks | Sunday, February 10 2013 | win 66 - 61 | coverage |
| @ Vanderbilt Commodores | Wednesday, February 13 2013 | win 58 - 46 | coverage |
| Kentucky Wildcats | Saturday, February 16 2013 | win 88 - 58 | coverage |
| LSU Tigers | Tuesday, February 19 2013 | win 82 - 72 | coverage |
| @ Texas A&M Aggies | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 93 - 85 | coverage |
| Florida Gators | Tuesday, February 26 2013 | win 64 - 58 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Georgia Bulldogs | Saturday, March 02 2013 | loss 68 - 78 | coverage |
| @ Auburn Tigers | Wednesday, March 06 2013 | win 82 - 75 | coverage |
| Missouri Tigers | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 64 - 62 | coverage |
| Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Thursday, March 14 2013 | win 69 - 53 | coverage |
| @ Alabama Crimson Tide | Friday, March 15 2013 | loss 48 - 58 | coverage |
| Mercer Bears | Wednesday, March 20 2013 | loss 67 - 75 | coverage |
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton Chievous | 31 | GUARD | 201 | 6-5 | freshman | |
| D`Montre Edwards | 32 | GUARD | 206 | 6-6 | junior | |
| Trae Golden | 11 | GUARD | 205 | 6-1 | junior | |
| Kenny Hall | 20 | FORWARD | 230 | 6-9 | senior | |
| Brandon Lopez | 24 | GUARD | 178 | 6-1 | sophomore | |
| Yemi Makenjuola | 0 | CENTER | 250 | 6-9 | sophomore | |
| Jeronne Maymon | 34 | FORWARD | 260 | 6-7 | senior | |
| Skylar McBee | 13 | GUARD | 195 | 6-3 | senior | |
| Jordan McRae | 52 | FORWARD | 178 | 6-5 | junior | |
| Dwight Miller | 25 | FORWARD | 245 | 6-8 | senior | |
| Armani Moore | 4 | GUARD | 203 | 6-5 | freshman | |
| Rob Murphy | 15 | FORWARD | 233 | 6-8 | senior | |
| Derek Reese | 3 | GUARD | 208 | 6-8 | freshman | |
| Josh Richardson | 1 | GUARD | 188 | 6-6 | sophomore | |
| Jarnell Stokes | 5 | FORWARD | 270 | 6-8 | sophomore |
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Jordan McRae | 33 | 33.6 | 5.2 | 12.2 | 42.3 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 35.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 77.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 15.7 |
| Jarnell Stokes | 33 | 28.8 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 52.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 56.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 9.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 12.4 |
| Trae Golden | 31 | 30.3 | 3.6 | 9.4 | 38.3 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 29.5 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 77.8 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 12.1 |
| Josh Richardson | 33 | 30.7 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 46.9 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 21.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 69.2 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 |
| Kenny Hall | 31 | 19.4 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 54.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 70.5 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 5.6 |
| Skylar McBee | 33 | 25.0 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 31.6 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 32.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 84.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 5.5 |
| Derek Reese | 14 | 13.6 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 38.8 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 32.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| Quinton Chievous | 22 | 10.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 46.9 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 28.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 57.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| Armani Moore | 30 | 13.2 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 37.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 26.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| D`Montre Edwards | 16 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 32.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 35.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 54.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| Yemi Makenjuola | 29 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 38.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 65.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Brandon Lopez | 17 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 33.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Rob Murphy | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |