University of Tennessee Athletics
Vols Face Carson-Newman in Final Hoops Exhibition
November 09, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 9, 2004
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Tennessee Trends
- Tennessee has an all-time record of 1,331-867-2 entering its 96th season of basketball.
- Tennessee returns all five starters and a total of nine letterwinners for the 2005 season. It is the first time that UT has returned all five starters since 1998-99.
- Every statistical category leader from 2004 returns for the 2005 season. The Vols return 88.1 percent of their scoring and 85.5 percent of their rebounding. In fact, UT returns at least 78 percent of its 2004 production in every statistical category.
- Tennessee was one of six teams without a senior in 2003-04. Of those six teams, only Tennessee and Wake Forest received postseason invitations.
- Tennessee has made postseason appearances in six of the last seven seasons. It is the second-best stretch in school history. The Vols made nine postseason appearances in 10 seasons (1976-85), including a stretch of seven in a row (1979-85).
- Freshman Chris Lofton is the third Kentucky Mr. Basketball to sign with the Vols. The 6-foot-3 guard averaged 26.7 points per game for Mason County HS. Allan Houston (1989) and Jermaine Brown (1991) also earned Mr. Basketball honors in the state of Kentucky.
- Freshman guard JaJuan Smith was invited to join the Vols as a walk-on but was awarded a scholarship prior to the start of the season.
- Elliott DeVoe, a freshman walk-on from Annapolis, Md., is the son of former Vols head coach Don DeVoe. The elder DeVoe recorded a 204-137 mark in 11 seasons at Tennessee and a 512-389 record in 31 seasons as a head coach. Elliott was born in Knoxville while his father was coaching the Vols.
- Tennessee needs 10 home wins this season to reach the 200-win milestone in Thompson-Boling Arena. The Vols are 190-78 in 17 seasons of play in Thompson-Boling Arena. UT, which has averaged 12 home wins in Buzz Peterson's three seasons in Knoxville, has 16 home games on the schedule this year.
Tennessee In Exhibition Games
The Vols are 46-16 all-time in exhibition games, including a 37-8 mark in home exhibition games ... Tennessee has won 23 of its last 25 exhibition games dating back to the 1992 season ... Last year the Vols swept both of their exhibition games with a 110-83 win over the EA Sports East All-Stars and a 114-71 win over the Southeast All-Stars ... UT opened 2004-05 exhibition action with a 117-89 win over Tusculum.
Experimental Rules To Be Used In Exhibition Games
Tennessee will be using three experimental rules setup by the NCAA during its two exhibition games and during the Vols' three games at the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational.
- Moving the 3-point line 9 inches behind the current 3-point line to create a new experimental distance of 20 feet, 6 inches.
- Widening the free throw lane by 1 1/2 feet on each side. The experimental lane will serve both as the three-second lane and the free throw lane.
- Placing a restricted area arc which is to be two feet from the center of the basket ring.
Slay & Victor Taken In NBDL Draft
Former Vols Ron Slay (2000-03) and Isiah Victor (1998-2001) were drafted in the 2004 National Basketball Development League Draft on Nov. 5 ... Slay, the 2003 SEC Player of the Year, was a second round selection of the Asheville Altitude while Victor was a third round pick by the Roanoke Dazzle.
UT Helps "Shoot Out Hunger"
Buzz Peterson and the University of Tennessee have teamed up with Kroger and Second Harvest Food Bank to help "Shoot Out Hunger" as the holiday season is nearing ... Kroger shoppers will receive four tickets to the Vols' game against the Carson-Newman on Nov. 13 when they purchase a "Can Hunger Food Box" at Kroger for $7 ... The box of foods will be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank ... The promotion will be available through Nov. 13 at Knoxville area Kroger stores.
Vol Trio Earn Coaches Preseason All-SEC Honors
Tennessee was one of three SEC teams to have three players selected to the inaugural SEC men's preseason All-SEC first and second teams that were selected by the league's coaches ... Senior guard Scooter McFadgon was a first team selection while senior forward Brandon Crump and junior guard C.J. Watson were second team picks.
Scouting Carson-Newman
The Tennessee game will be the third exhibition test for Carson-Newman ... The Eagles fell 45-86 Nov. 6 at Clemson in their first exhibition contest ... They also travel to Radford Nov. 11 before facing the Vols ... The Eagles, an NCAA Division II school located in Jefferson City, Tenn., are coming off an 18-10 season in which they finished third in the South Atlantic Conference ... CNC finished the 2004 season by winning nine games in a row before bowing to Catawba in the semifinals of the SAC Tournament ... The Eagles lost four of their top five scorers from last year's squad ... Senior guard Braun Dabbs is CNC's top returning scorer after averaging 12.3 points per game on 42.5-percent 3-point shooting ... A Greeneville, Tenn., native, Dabbs was an All-SAC pick last season ... Jonathan Martin, a senior post player from Corryton, Tenn., threw in 6.7 points and 4.0 rebounds last year ... The Eagles roster features two players from Knoxville ... Brian Bogus, a 6-foot freshman guard, attended Austin-East High School, and Stan Davis, a 6-foot-5 junior post, was a Farragut Admiral ... Carson-Newman is coached by Dale Clayton, who is in his 17th season in Jefferson City.
The Carson-Newman Series
Haywood Harris and Gus Manning were sitting in a one-room schoolhouse when Tennessee and Carson-Newman last met on the hardwood ... The Vols and Eagles last met Dec. 12, 1936 when UT took a 37-18 win in Knoxville ... Tennessee leads the all-time series 9-4, including an 8-2 record when playing in Knoxville ... The series dates back to the 1908 campaign, the year before basketball became varsity sport at UT ... In fact, Carson-Newman was just the fourth opponent the Vols ever faced ... The Eagles held a three-game winning streak over the Vols in 1926 and 1927 but UT rallied to win the last four meetings.
Carson-Newman Connections
Tennessee assistant coach Chuck Benson is a 1991 Carson-Newman graduate ... The Newport, Tenn., native was a volunteer assistant coach for the Eagles in 1992-93 ... The Carson-Newman roster features seven players from the state of Tennessee, including two from Knoxville ... Brian Bogus, a freshman guard, prepped at Austin-East High School in Knoxville and Stan Davis, a junior post player, played at Farragut High School ... Maryville native Andy Tipton is a wing/post player for the Eagles ... CNC head coach Dale Clayton coached in the Southeastern Conference when he was an assistant coach at Vanderbilt (1984-87).
Looking Back At The Tusculum Game
Scooter McFadgon paced a balanced Tennessee scoring attack in a 117-89 win over Tusculum in the Volunteers' exhibition opener Nov. 5 ... Five Vols scored in double-figures, including McFadgon's game-high 20 points ... Andre Patterson, who was making his first appearance in a Tennessee uniform, had 19 points to go with a game-high nine rebounds ... Brandon Crump added 17 points ... Freshman Chris Lofton had 16 points in his UT debut ... Point guard C.J. Watson turned in a stellar performance running the Vols' offense with 15 points and 10 assists ... The Vols made their first nine 3-point attempts and finished the game 16-of-30 (53.3 percent) from behind the arc ... UT's 16 3-pointers in the contest would have been a school record if exhibition contests counted ... Division II Tusculum was led by Drew Harmon's 16 points ... The Pioneers shot 49.2 percent from the field and made 15-of-36 (41.7 percent) of their 3-pointers.
Crump, McFadgon & Watson Named Tri-Captains
Seniors Brandon Crump and Scooter McFadgon along with junior C.J. Watson have been named team captains for the 2004-05 season ... It is the first captaincy appointment for McFadgon while Crump and Watson were also captains last season ... In 95 years of Tennessee basketball prior to this season only four players had been two-time captains ... V.H. Klein (1913-14), Harry Anderson (1935-36), Garland O'Shields (1945-46) and Johnny Darden (1978-79) are the only other Vols to serve two terms as captain.
Watson Is Top Assist Man In SEC Over Last Two Seasons
C.J. Watson's 305 assists over the last two seasons are the most of any Southeastern Conference player during that period ... Watson's 160 assists as a freshman in 2003 were the second-most in the SEC that year, and his 145 assists as a sophomore in 2004 tied for second-most in the league ... Kentucky's Cliff Hawkins ranks second with 277 assists over the last two seasons.
Crump Creeping Up On 1,000-Points
Brandon Crump needs 39 points to become the 37th player in Tennessee history to score 1,000 career points ... He would become just the fourth UT player 6-foot-10 or taller to reach the 1,000-point milestone ... The 6-foot-10 senior forward has scored 961 points in 88 career games ... In 2004 he ranked second on the team with 14.8 points per game.
Crump Attending Graduate School
Senior forward Brandon Crump received a degree in sport management in May 2004 and is currently pursuing a master's degree ... A true scholar-athlete, he ranked second on the team with 14.8 points per game while leading the Vols with 6.8 rebounds per game in 2004 ... In the classroom, he was named to the 2003-04 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and was selected as the Edamerica Scholar-Athlete of the month in February 2004.
Scooter Looks To Build On Free Throw Shooting
Scooter McFadgon broke one of Tennessee's oldest records last year when his 91.2 percent shooting at the free throw line dispatched a school record that had stood since 1969 ... The Memphis native connected on 134 of his 147 free throw attempts to lead the SEC and rank fifth in the nation ... His free throw success rate was the second best in SEC history ... This year he enters his senior season as the league's second-leading returning scorer with 17.6 points per game ... Only Florida's Anthony Roberson averaged more points with 17.9.
Preseason Honors & Predictions
| Team Predictions | |
| SEC Media | 3rd/SEC East |
| Athlon Sports | 3rd/SEC East |
| Street & Smith's | 3rd/SEC East |
| Basketball Time In TN | 3rd/SEC East |
| Lindy's Basketball | 3rd/SEC East |
| Blue Ribbon | 4th/SEC East |
| The Sporting News | 4th/SEC East |
| Basketball News | 4th/SEC East |
| Postseason Predictions | |
| Athlon Sports | NCAA Tournament |
| Basketball News | NCAA Tournament |
| Lindy's Basketball | NCAA Tournament |
| Individual Predictions | |
| Scooter McFadgon | First Team All-SEC (SEC Coaches) |
| First Team All-SEC (SEC Media) | |
| First Team All-SEC (Athlon Sports) | |
| First Team All-SEC (Basketball News) | |
| First Team All-SEC (Blue Ribbon CBY) | |
| Second Team All-SEC (The Sporting News) | |
| Second Team All-SEC (Lindy's Basketball) | |
| No. 9 "Slasher" nationally (Athlon Sports) | |
| No. 15 "SG" nationally (Lindy's Basketball) | |
| No. 16 "SG" nationally (The Sporting News) | |
| SEC's "Most Entertaining" (Lindy's Basketball) | |
| C.J. Watson | Second Team All-SEC (SEC Coaches) |
| Third Team All-SEC (Athlon Sports) | |
| SEC's "Best Playmaker" (The Sporting News) | |
| SEC's "Best Passer" (Street & Smith's) | |
| SEC's "Top Playmaker" (Lindy's Basketball) | |
| Brandon Crump | Second Team All-SEC (SEC Coaches) |
| Third Team All-SEC (Athlon Sports) | |
| Third Team All-SEC (Lindy's Basketball) | |
| Andre Patterson | No. 7 "Top Transfer" nationally (Lindy's Basketball) |
| Top Transfer (Athlon Sports) | |
| Top Transfer (Basketball News) | |
| SEC's "Best Transfer" (Street & Smith's) | |
| Chris Lofton | Top 100 Freshmen (Street & Smith's) |
