2013-14 SEC STANDINGS (through Jan. 24) SEC Pct. H A Florida 5-0 1.000 2-0 3-0 Georgia 4-1 .800 3-0 1-1 Kentucky 4-1 .800 3-0 1-1 Ole Miss 4-1 .800 2-0 2-1 LSU 3-2 .600 2-1 1-1 Mississippi St. 3-2 .600 3-0 0-2 Tennessee 3-2 .600 2-1 1-1 Texas A&M 3-2 .600 2-0 1-2 Alabama 2-3 .400 2-1 0-2 Missouri 2-3 .400 1-1 1-2 Arkansas 1-4 .200 1-1 0-3 Vanderbilt 1-4 .200 1-2 0-2 Auburn 0-5 .000 0-2 0-3 South Carolina 0-5 .000 0-2 0-3 ^ SEC Champion
¢ Vols senior Jeronne Maymon posted his second career game with double-digit offensive rebounds when he had 10 against NC State Dec. 18. ¢ Since Tennessee first started tracking offensive rebounds as a stat (starting with the 1996-97 season), there have been only three 10+ offensive rebounding performances by a Vol: 12 10 10
H A N 10-0 4-2 2-0 9-1 1-3 0-3 12-0 1-2 1-2 7-3 4-2 2-0 8-2 2-2 2-1 11-1 0-3 2-1 9-2 1-3 2-1 11-1 1-2 0-3 8-3 0-4 0-3 9-1 2-2 3-1 10-1 0-3 2-2 7-3 0-4 2-1 8-3 0-4 0-1 5-4 0-6 2-1
Streak W10 W2 W2 W3 W2 W2 W1 L2 L2 L1 L2 L2 L5 L5
% SEC Tournament Champion
MAYMON CRASHES OFFENSIVE GLASS
ORs PLAYER
ALL Pct. 16-2 .889 10-7 .588 14-4 .778 13-5 .722 12-5 .706 13-5 .722 12-6 .667 12-6 .667 8-10 .444 14-4 .778 12-6 .667 9-8 .529 8-8 .500 7-11 .389
PRESEASON HONORS
Jarnell Stokes Jeronne Maymon Jeronne Maymon
GAME
vs. Mercer (3/20/13) vs. NC State (12/18/13) vs. Ole Miss (3/9/12)
VOLS KEPT RANDLE OFF THE GLASS
¢ Kentucky freshman and National Player of the Year candidate Julius Randle entered the Jan. 18 Tennessee-Kentucky game averaging 11.1 rpg. ¢ The Vols held Randle to a season-low two rebounds in that contest. It was just the fifth time in 17 games that he totaled fewer than 10 boards. ¢ In that same game, UT held Kentucky sevenfooter Willie Cauley-Stein to three rebounds. No Wildcat player grabbed more than four boards in that contest, as Tennessee out-rebounded UK 39-24.
REBOUNDING RECORDS REVOLUTION
¢ Tennessee’s frontcourt tandem of Jeronne Maymon and Jarnell Stokes is rewriting Tennessee’s offensive rebounding records. ¢ Stokes averages 3.76 orpg during his career, while Maymon has a UT career average of 2.83 orpg. If their career averages improve or stand firm, they will rank first and second, respectively, on UT’s all-time list. Former Vol C.J. Black currently stands atop Tennessee’s career list with 2.47 orpg from 1996-2000. ¢ Stokes averaged 4.18 orpg as a sophomore last season. That is the best single-season mark in program history.
COMPARING UT’s WINS & LOSSES
¢ Here’s a look at the starkest statistical differences between UT’s wins and losses: WINS CATEGORY LOSSES 81.0 Scoring Offense 62.3 60.7 Scoring Defense 68.5 .395 Field Goal Pct. Defense .463 29.0 Rebounding Defense 33.0 .747 Free Throw Pct. .623 14.7 Assists Per Game 9.7 15.1 Jarnell Stokes’ PPG 10.2
80 = TIPPING POINT
¢ In his sixth season as a head coach, Cuonzo Martin’s teams are 26-3 when they score at least 80 points. ¢ UT has scored at least 80 points eight times through 18 games this season. ¢ With an overall scoring offense of 74.8 ppg, this is Martin’s highest-scoring Tennessee team (66.3 ppg in 2013, 68.6 ppg in 2012).
OBEY THE SCORING LIMIT: 70
¢ Only four Tennessee opponents have scored more than 67 points against the Vols this season (UTEP 78, Wichita State 70, Kentucky 74 and Arkansas 74). ¢ Uncharacteristically, Tennessee has surrendered 74 points in each of its last two games. ¢ UT’s scoring defense stands at 63.3 ppg.
HUBBS SIDELINED BY SHOULDER
Jeronne Maymon, F
All-SEC Second Team (Media) All-SEC Second Team (Coaches) BleacherReport.com Top 20 Power Forwards (No. 13)
Jordan McRae, G
Naismith Trophy Watch List (1 of 50) John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Senior CLASS Award Candidate (1 of 30) All-SEC First Team (Media) All-SEC First Team (Coaches) CBSsports.com Top 100 CBB Players (No. 42)
Jarnell Stokes, F
Naismith Trophy Watch List (1 of 50) John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Lute Olson Preseason All-America Team All-SEC First Team (Coaches) All-SEC Second Team (Media) CBSsports.com Top 100 CBB Players (No. 40) BleacherReport.com Top 20 Power Forwards (No. 6)
Darius Thompson, G
CBSsports.com Top 20 Under-the-Radar Freshmen
IN-SEASON HONORS D’Montre Edwards, G
Allstate NABC Good Works Team (nominee)
Jordan McRae, G
SEC Player of the Week (Jan. 6) SEC Player of the Week (Nov. 25) TSWA Player of the Week (Nov. 25)
Josh Richardson, G
Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup (semifinalist)
Jarnell Stokes, F
TSWA Player of the Week (Dec. 2)
DAH-DAH-DAH, DAH-DAH-DAH
¢ Freshman guard Robert Hubbs III had seasonending surgery on his left shoulder Jan. 14. ¢ A native of Newbern, Tenn., Hubbs was hampered all season by the injury, which dates to last winter when he was a senior in high school. He wore a soft brace during all of UT’s games and practices this season. ¢ Hubbs appeared in 12 contests for the Vols, averaging 5.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 18.3 minutes off the bench.
The Vols have produced three plays this season that have landed on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top Plays.
VOLS FINISH FIFTH IN ATLANTIS
No. 5 Play - Jeronne Maymon pass while falling out of bounds leads to assist vs. Morehead State (12/23/13)
¢ Tennessee posted a 2-1 record and a fifth-place finish at the 2013 Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in Paradise Island, Bahamas Nov. 28-30. ¢ The Vols fell to UTEP in the first round before notching big wins over Xavier and Wake Forest. ¢ UT played three games in three days, and forward Jarnell Stokes logged three straight double-doubles, averaging 18.0 points and 11.3 rebounds at the event.
No. 5 Play - Jordan McRae driving one-handed slam dunk at Wichita State (12/14/13)
No. 8 Play - Antonio Barton half-court buzzer-beater at the end of the first half vs. Virginia (12/30/13)
VOLS IN 2014 OLD SPICE CLASSIC FIELD ¢ Tennessee will join Georgia Tech, Kansas, Marquette, Michigan State, Rider, Santa Clara and Xavier in next year’s Old Spice Classic field. ¢ The tournament is owned by ESPN and runs Nov. 27-30 at HP Field House at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Fla. ¢ The Vols lost to Gonzaga in the championship game of the 2008 Old Spice Classic.
During his 20-point, 15-rebound effort at Kentucky Jan. 18, Jarnell Stokes was “trending” worldwide.
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