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Issue 52, Volume 125

A FEW FEET FROM ELITE Late foul call halts Vols’ comeback vs. Michigan Steven Cook Copy Editor INDIANAPOLIS—Everyone in Lucas Oil Stadium knew where the ball was going.

After the most furious of lategame comebacks and a plethora of Michigan turnovers, Tennessee had the ball, down one, with 9.6 seconds to go and a chance at one final basket to send the Vols to their second Elite Eight in school history.

Jarnell Stokes caught the inbound in a familiar position.

Fifteen feet away from the rim, the 260-pound junior forward went isolation on Jordan Morgan. Then a hard shoulder landed in the Wolverines center’s chest to start Stokes’ move.

Morgan flailed to the ground.

Charge.

After one failed half-court heave from senior guard Jordan McRae, the Vols’ season was done.

Second-seeded Michigan slipped past No. 11-seeded Tennessee, 73-71, on Friday night in an NCAA tournament game for the ages that saw the Vols battle back from a 15-point deficit and the Wolverines narrowly

escape off the questionable offensive foul on Stokes in the final seconds.

“We got the ball to Jarnell,” UT head coach Cuonzo Martin said of the fateful play. “Jordan (McRae) set a screen for him to get him right to isolate him, attack him in the middle.

“Obviously we got the ball where we wanted. We just didn’t get the result.”

Asked about the charge call, Stokes didn’t shy away from his thoughts.

“No,” Stokes said. “No, I don’t think I fouled him.”

Neither did Martin.

“I thought he made a good move,” the third-year coach added. “The official called it a charge.”

Tennessee did have one last look — the 60-foot heave from McRae at the buzzer.

It sailed over the backboard. A devastated McRae fell to the floor and attempted to hold back tears before being helped off the court by his teammates.

The senior guard scored a gamehigh 24 points in the final game of his collegiate career. Junior Josh Richardson added 19 more.

See MEN’S BBALL on Page 8

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The Lady Vols exit the court after suffering a season-ending loss to Maryland in Louisville, Ky., at the KFC Yum! Center on March 30. Sunday’s loss ended the team’s hopes of a ninth national championship.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Every game, it seems, has gone the same way for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers throughout the postseason.

It begins with a sluggish start, usually ending with a double-digit deficit.

Then the comeback, a torrid combination of improved offensive performance and stifling defensive stands.

And just like in recent games, the Lady Vols came out of the gates slow on Sunday, giving themselves an uphill path as they tried to reach their fourth consecutive admission to the Elite Eight.

But unlike the past, the comeback never materialized. Tennessee found themselves eliminated from the NCAA tournament, losing to the Maryland Lady Terrapins, 73-62, inside the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. “I hate that it ended the way it did,” head coach Holly Warlick said. “It wasn’t indicative of our season and how hard we played and what kind of team we are, but we just didn’t have our ‘A’ game today. I thought we

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came out a little scared and we just couldn’t pop out of it.”

What Warlick called “nerves and jitters” showed early, as Maryland was able to jump out to a double-digit lead just 7:11 into the game.

It was a deficit that the Lady Vols would get used to seeing throughout the afternoon.

And while neither team shot the ball particularly well in the first half – Maryland shot 37.5 percent from the floor compared to Tennessee’s 32.1 percent – the Lady Terrapins capitalized when they needed to, scoring 14 points off of 14 UT turnovers.

Those mistakes proved to be the difference in the first half – and the entire game – as Tennessee committed 22 turnovers on the afternoon and went into halftime trailing 41-27.

“We came out really nervous, really timid, and we weren’t playing Lady Vol basketball,” junior forward Cierra Burdick said. “We weren’t the aggressors, and I think that hurt us early.

The turnovers killed us. A lot of them were unforced, some of them were forced, but we just didn’t come out and play our ball.”

See LADY VOLS RECAP on Page 7

“You can’t be too busy when it’s this easy to vote.”

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DOnald Page • Tennessee Athletics

Maryland runs past Lady Vols into Elite Eight

Senior guard Meighan Simmons ended her college career with a loss to Maryland, also ending the Lady Vols’ “Grind for Nine” national championship hopes.

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Monday, March 31, 2014 News Editor Hanna Lustig

CAMPUS NEWS

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Assistant News Editor Emilee Lamb

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SGA ELECTIONS

President Vice President

We are UT

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Keny-Dugosh

Carly Frensley

“Stone Cold” Quinn Cowan

Kelsey Keny

Ryan “Nighthawk” Whitener

Connor Dugosh

Jack Johnson

Student Services Director

Katelyn Hadder

Kyle “Ice Blood” White

Trustee

R.J. Duncan

Cody “Big Honey” Walsh (not on the ballot)

Policy Points

Create a Vol’s List, an online resource to post advertisments

Institute campus brewery

Create all-Vol tailgate

Form a student militia

Allow use of Vol card for concessions

Offer paperless football ticketing

Replace the “stupid metal star thing” on pedestrian with the rock

Distribute free Scantrons for finals

Expand FUTURE program Maintain Greek philanthropy during Probation

Create class three carry permits on campus Establish moon base in 10 years

Create and maintain communication between SGA and students

Independent Board of Trustees Candidates

In preparation for Tuesday’s debate, here’s a rundown of the candidates and their main policy points.

Matthew Riley Monitor student tuition and fee raises Ensure scholarships and housing to apply for under graduates during summer semesters Control student fees Allow student input on Governor Haslam’s Tennessee Promise funding

Grant Davis Limit tuition increases Maintain student organizational rights

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Davis for Trustee

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THE DAILY BEACON • 3 News Editor Hanna Lustig

CAMPUS NEWS Issues Committee hosts first openly gay bishop Jenna Butz Staff Writer Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Wider Anglican Church, will visit the UC Auditorium tonight at 7 p.m.

Elected Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire in 2003, Robinson caused a s c h i s m within the Catholic Church.

O p e n l y gay for more than 20 years, Robinson and his partner entered a civil union in 2008.

“There is the stereotype that all LGBT people have to denounce their faith or are run out of their churches,” Donna Braquet, director of the OUTreach Center, said.

“That simply is not true...

I think that Robinson brings a message of love and inclusion to the conversation, which is what I would want from my faith, if I were a religious person.”

Thomas Carpenter, Issues Committee member and sophomore in classics, invited Robinson to campus. A member of the Episcopalian church, Carpenter believes the intersection between faith and sexuality is an important topic for UT students. According to Carpenter, Robinson will discuss his relationship

personal and social importance.

“On a personal level, so many students have been rejected from social support groups that are important to them because of things out of their control,” Lovett said. “Many LGBTQ students have experienced rejection based on their sexuality, and Robinson offers his personal story as a way to reconcile this pain.”

Although she does not identify as a religious person, Braquet also remembered the controversy s u r ro u n d i n g R o b i n s o n ’s – Wade Scofield ordination.

“I feel that unfortunately sometimes Also Episcopalian, religion is interpreted Wade Scofield, senior in by folks to mean what religious studies, recalled they want it to mean and hearing about Robinson sometimes it is used to in high school when harm others,” she said, friends left his church noting a history of racism after Robinson’s ordina- and LGBT discrimination in the religious commution.

“I think it’s pretty sad nity.

Admiring his refusal the way the Episcopal Church has split because to “waiver,” Braquet of LGBT issues,” Scofield cited Robsinson as evisaid. “I mean, all of dence that reconciliation Protestantism exists between sexuality and because it’s one church religion is possible. “[Discrimination in splitting from another church, but it’s 2014, and religion] is starting to we should probably get get better, but I really over the fact that some worry about that gay or questioning kid who people are gay.”

For Robin Lovett, hears how terrible he is in a member of the church,” said Braquet. “It Issues Committee and sets them up to question OUTreach Center and their feelings, or question junior in Hispanic stud- their faith, or hate themies and Spanish, Bishop selves.”

Robinson’s story holds with faith and sexuality, as well as the impact of the church’s stance on homosexuality.

“I hope students gain a better understanding of the role churches play in our society and how their progression, or lack thereof, on current issues affects communities and the country,” Carpenter said.

“I mean, all of Protestantism

exists because it’s one church splitting from another church, but it’s 2014, and we should probably get over the fact that some people are gay.”

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Assistant News Editor Emilee Lamb

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SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK

Monday Wednesday 11 a.m. Mayor Burchett & Mayor Rogero open at 9:05- 10 a.m. Using Social Media to Engage Students Scripps Convergence Lab 11:15 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Using Social Media in the Political Arena at SCL 2:00- 3:13 p.m. OMG! Buzzfeed is at UT at Scripps

In & Out of the College Classroom at SCL

11 am- 12:15 p.m. Social TV: The Impact of 2nd (and Even 3rd) Screens at Scripps 1:30- 2:45 p.m. How to Snag a Job in Social Media at SCL 5:30- 7 p.m. How ESPN Leverages Social Media at Calhoun’s

Tuesday 9:40- 10:55 a.m. New Ethics for New Media? at SCL 12:40- 1:55 p.m. Social Media & Bullying at Scripps 3:40- 4:55 p.m. Build, Engage, Activate: Using Case Thursday Studies to Explain How the U.S. Coast Guard Built a 9:40- 10:55 a.m. How ESPN Contributers Utilize Community Before, During & After Hurricane Sandy at SCL 6- 7 p.m. Creating Brand Awareness through Advertisng & Public Relations with Social Media Platforms at Scripps

Social Media at CCI’s Patrick Auditorium 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. (Invite Only) The “Impartial” Voice of the SEC! at SCL Immediatly following luncheon- Meet & Greet with Paul Finebaum- Open to Public

Twitter, Facebook and more: UT kicks off Social Media Week Katherine Nanney Contributor Monday kicks off UT’s Social Media Week, a comprehensive series of panels and discussions hosted by the College of Communication and Information.

The events will feature representatives from Buzzfeed, ESPN, Scripps Network, Diana Warner and other major corporations.

All events are free and open to the public, with the exception of an invitation-only, keynote luncheon at Calhoun’s on Thursday.

UTSMW panels will provide a variety of ideas and issues regarding social media branding and marketing like “Creating Brand Awareness through Advertising and Public Relations with Social Media Platforms” and “How to Snag a Job in Social Media.”

“We have a ton of diversity in both speakers and session topics this year,” said Courtney Childers,

associate professor in the School of Advertising and Public Relations.

“Attendees can expect to hear from social media experts in their craft, from learning how to use social media to get a job, to finding the ins and outs of managing social media for a huge, multidimensional brand like ESPN. Audience members should find plenty of takeaways to benefit them in the future.”

While most students already use social media for personal use, Childers said few understand the application of social media in a professional setting.

“Most do not understand the importance of social media in the context of brand management – whether it be for a company, organization, or non-profit,” Childers said. “I hope UTSMW provides a completely different perspective and helps prepare our students for future internship and career positions.”

“In my classes, we’ve talked a

lot about how social media can be used for business purposes instead of just for personal reasons,” said Katie Isaguirre, a sophomore in public relations. “I’m interested to see how these speakers use the same websites that I use every day for their big name companies.”

Social networks, Childers said, will only become more integral to our lives.

“Five to 10 years from now we may be talking about the ‘next big thing’ but social media has truly revolutionized the importance of making and maintaining connections, building relationships and being transparent,” Childers said.

“It has given everyone a voice.”

More information about this year’s UTSMW, including the panel schedule, can be found online at their website https://www.cci.utk. edu/social-media-week. UTSMW is also on Facebook, Twitter (@ utsmw), and Instagram (@utsocialmediaweek).

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Monday, March 31, 2014 Editor-in-Chief R.J. Vogt

OPINIONS

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Chiefly Speaking R.J. Vogt Editor-in-Chief

The most power you’ll ever have No famous people will endorse a candidate; no campaign fundraisers will attract national media attention. Ideological party lines will be irrelevant (for once); the terms will only last one year.

More than any federal election, however, this year’s Student Government Association election affects you, a student at the University of Tennessee, on a personal level.

Believe it or not, this could be the most important voting opportunity you’ll have in your lifetime.

Sound exaggerated? Consider this: in federal elections, the Electoral College ropes individual decisions into large, oftengerrymandered districts. In the 2012 U.S. presidential election, more than 130 million ballots were cast; the Electoral College consists of 538 electors. If you voted, you were a drop in the bucket.

But in local elections, as I have mentioned before, the average voter holds enormous power. It is the state senator who can threaten our student fees; it is the city mayor who can develop our urban wilderness. Political value then, is an inverse relationship – as the election gets smaller, the impact on individual voters gets larger.

That inverse relationship is why this year’s SGA election – the smallest election you’ll see this year – is hugely important.

In 2013, current SGA President Jake Baker won by less than 500 votes. That’s, what, two economics classes? Every vote mattered.

And despite popular belief, SGA officials do much more than the general student body gives them credit for. Sure, the organization is decidedly more visible when campaigns pass out Chik-fil-A sandwiches on pedestrian and hawk T-shirts like New York City tourist shops. But just because you only see candidates working for your vote doesn’t mean your representatives ever stop working for you.

Take a look at the SGA meter – the current office has accomplished quite a bit. Large group seating at football games; scantrons in POD Markets; parking information in the UT App; increased information for transfer students. Of course, the SGA meter lists eight initiatives that the current administration has failed to start – 53 percent of the 15 initiatives listed. But according to the Tampa Bay Times’ politifact.com, President Obama has only kept 45 percent of his promises. And he’s doing his promise-keeping as a full-time job, without the distraction of, you know, chasing a degree.

SGA represents you in other ways too. When Panda Express and Raising Canes open on Cumberland Avenue, thank the SGA students who advised Aramark on the decision. When student fees allow you to see famous lecturers discuss the most incendiary subjects of our time, thank the SGA students who battled Stacey Campfield and his cronies in effort to preserve our traditions. When you receive treatment at our state-ofthe-art Student Health Center, thank the SGA students who worked with Chancellor Cheek to bring UT up to date.

Imagine what SGA could do if they represented the weight of the entire student body, not the 25 percent of students who voted in 2013. Currently, legislators and administrators alike can dismiss the student voice, safe in their assumption that few students care enough to vote anyway. But if we all vote in this year’s election – even if half of us cast a ballot – then our collective voice, amplified through whoever we elect, will be hard to ignore.

Unlike vast, national elections that demand all the media attention, the SGA election offers a simple, remarkably fast voting process: visit votesga.utk.edu on Wednesday or Thursday, spend about three minutes selecting your candidates and click the button. (If you feel you don’t know the candidates well enough, I recommend a visit to The Daily Beacon website.

Just search “candidate profile” to read up on all of this year’s contenders).

That’s it – quicker than a BuzzFeed quiz, more empowering than voting for President Obama.

You can’t be too busy when it’s this easy to vote. You can’t be uninformed when all the information you need is on Facebook, Twitter and The Daily Beacon website.

And if you think it doesn’t matter, then vote all the more – your vote could be the one to change that.

R.J. Vogt is a junior in College Scholars. He can be reached at rvogt@utk.edu.

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Low minimum wage threatens American Dream and economy -- and you can bet that Tennessee is not one of them. Tennessee, like several of its southeastern neighbors, doesn’t even have a minimum wage law.

Many people are not concerned by how by low our minimum wage is because they Andrea Richardson presume that the vast majority of those who earn minimum wage are teenagers or young adults in school. However, almost It is an unfortunate truth that over the 50 percent of minimum wage earners are past few decades, prices have increased at a 25 or older. rate far higher than wages have.

We must also consider those who make It’s troublesome that we have such a high just a little bit above the minimum wage unemployment rate in our nation, but it’s -- most people, after a period of time, get even worse that some of the people who are a raise. Those raises, however, are usually employed aren’t making enough to get by. around 10 percent.

We’ve been taught that, as citizens of the So, there are many people who make United States, we live in a meritocracy. If $8-10 an hour working full-time, but in you work hard enough, you’ll earn what you many cases -- especially if there’s a family deserve. It’s a great concept: our American to support -- those amounts aren’t living Dream. wages.

But the dream has shown itself to be a bit The term “living wage” has been banunrealistic -- there are many hard-working died about a great deal in recent times. It citizens with full-time jobs who struggle means exactly what you might think it does to support themselves and their families -- a wage capable of supporting a person because their pay rests at or barely above or family so that they can live above the the minimum wage. poverty line.

The federal minimum wage has not Living wage campaigns are gaining increased since 2009. Of course, some indi- steam all over the nation. In SeaTac, a small vidual states have higher baselines than suburban city near Seattle, a narrow vote the standard $7.25 an hour, but not many ended in a $15-an-hour minimum wage,

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Andrea Richardson is a sophomore in anthropology. She can be reached at aricha43@utk.edu.

Paper over Kindles – why books still rock School of Sarcasm by

Kaila Curry Do you remember the first book you ever read?

Not one your parents read out loud to you, but the first physical book you read.

At last the scribbles scrawled across the page formed words, and the words formed a meaning. It finally meant something, and if that wasn’t enough, your family began wildly cheering for you as if you were child prodigy merely because you uttered the words, “green eggs and ham.”

For me this moment was long anticipated, as I was what some may call a “slow learner” -- the last to master reading in my kindergarten class. When I finally picked up that Dr. Seuss book and made sense of it, however, it was as if the floodgates had opened. I read everything I could: the signs on the way to school, the books scattered around the classroom at playtime. Reading was like crack, and I was an addict.

I found myself spending a great portion of my time at our local bookstore. They had an event called “Pajama Night,” where my friends and I partook in the thrill of wearing our PJs out in public and hearing stories

read out loud.

I’ve always found bookstores to be enchanting. I marveled at each brilliant, artistically designed cover, while still being reminded not to judge them purely on that aspect.

Times have changed, however. The books we all know and love are being read on tablets instead of hard copies. Amazon is replacing bookstores, and talented writers are being overlooked.

I suppose people still read on their Kindles, iPads and smartphones, but there’s definitely something warm and real about a physical book as opposed to a cold, sterile E-book.

More importantly, bookstores around the nation are being forced out of business because of the Internet’s presence. I remember the day the Borders in Turkey Creek shut down. It reminded me of the song lyrics of Joni Mitchell, “Paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” or in this case, put up an Ulta.

Since the close of Borders, I find myself at McKay much more often. For those of you unfamiliar with the area, McKay is a store for “used books, CD’s and more,” a place for customers to exchange old favorites in order to find new ones. If not to find a used book for cheap, it’s definitely a great place as a college student to make fast cash.

McKay in some ways restores my hope that physical books could make a comeback. Right now vinyls are returning to

shelves despite the convenience of iPods.

There’s been a recent preference to the nostalgic and physical presence only a record player could provide.

A recent New York Times article by Daniel Power suggests that the return of bookstores is in the hands of the owners and managers. “You, bookstore owner and manager are your most important marketing element (much like any author for trade book houses — it certainly is for ours).

Your duty is — and your passion should be — to delight and intrigue with titles and things that delight and interest you. And let them know about it. Blog it. Tweet it. Be sure to include a picture.”

Perhaps using the Internet as a way to market bookstores would be a suggested approach; however, a bookstore is nothing without its consumers -- us.

Our generation is most likely to blame for the transition from shelves to online.

Many of us have forgotten the childlike wonder we once possessed when we held that very first book. However, bookstores offer a tranquil getaway to college students during these stressful times.

The bottom line: nothing is quite like a physical book. They may be heavy and bulky, but nothing could compare to the aroma, the artwork and craftsmanship only a physical book possesses.

Kaila Curry is a freshman in English.

She can be reached at kcurry6@utk.edu.

Get Fuzzy • Darby Conley

Non Sequitur • Wiley

EDITORIAL

an amount more than twice the federal minimum and is the highest in the country.

Notably, living wage campaigns have begun at a lot of universities -- ours included -- in support of campus workers.

Practically speaking, we stand to benefit from a minimum wage increase because it would likely foster a stronger working and middle class. Yes, a middle class -- it’s been a while since we had one of those.

The last time the disparity in wealth between the rich and the poor was as high as it now was in 1928, less than two years before the beginning of the Great Depression.

Now, I’m no economics student, but I don’t think you have to be one to see that this doesn’t exactly bode well for the future -- not that the present has been so great, either.

So, even if we’re totally indifferent about individuals who would be most directly affected by a raise in the wage -- which, unfortunately, many of us are -- then we should at least be concerned about the state of our nation’s economy, right?

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

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‘Punkgrass’ provides listeners with raw, eloquent musical experience Imagine a mix between bluegrass and punk rock: that is the sound of duo Grace & Tony out of Lawrence County, Tenn.

The duo, comprised of Grace Shultz and Tony White, headlined a show Friday night at The Well in Bearden, Tenn.

The show was preceded by local acts Troy Suggs & the Delinquency and An Atlas to Follow.

White encountered music early in life through his brother John Paul White, now a member of The Civil Wars.

After hearing Shultz play years ago, Tony White quickly developed a crush and married his future bandmate.

Together, the couple blend genres to create “punkgrass,� a hybrid between White’s punk rock background and Shultz’s southern gospel and bluegrass upbringing. “It isn’t forced,� White said. “It’s very organic and it stands out because it’s a real fusion of what’s new and old. We play whatever pops into our heads; from classic rock to southern gospel, we scratch every itch.

It’s dark, yet happy; silly, yet serious. Plus, it’s a whole lot of fun to play.�

The songs from the duo’s album, “November,� sounds like a storybook, featuring characters who struggle with

love, self-identity and loneliness. These characters face kidnappers, bombs, schizophrenia and their own minds.

Two of Grace & Tony’s videos, “Let You Down,� and “November,� are played in regular rotation on The Country Network. They’ve also received airtime on CMT Edge and GAC. Troy Suggs & the Delinquency, however, also held their own at The Well.

Playing country music driven by electric guitars, Troy Suggs burst onto the Knoxville music scene in October 2011 with his debut EP, “Don’t.�

Although the songs for this album were selected to highlight Sugg’s songwriting versatility, the EP leans heavily on his country roots.

Since the release of “Don’t,�

Suggs has played several Knoxville venues including The Square Room and the Bijou Theatre.

Suggs said songwriters such as Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson and Bruce Springsteen are some of his biggest musical influences.

Troy Suggs & the Delinquency fused their country sound by covering the Boss’s “Born to Run.� The band also livened the crowd up by covering Hall and Oates’ “Rich Girl.�

His original songs tell stories, in stark contrast to more than just canned, repetitive lyrics coming from a number of mainstream country acts.

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Wes Tripp Contributor

Around Rocky Top

Suggs hopes one of his songs will one day be picked up by a major mainstream artist.

Another local group, An Atlas to Follow, led by husband and wife Thomas and Amanda Smith, opened the show.

The indie-folk duo carries with them the sounds of Mumford & Sons, Nickel Creek and The Civil Wars, charged with mandolins, guitars and banjos.

Thomas Smith, lead vocalist, has a unique voice that is hard to compare with anyone else’s. Its smoothness is calming and his lyrics are bittersweet and tinged with love.

Amanda Smith’s backgrounds and harmonies are strong.

The band uses a cajón instead of drum kit, contributing to the band’s organic sound.

The band played songs from their EP “Golden Sun� and some from their unreleased EP, “Silver Moon.�

From quick musical breakdowns to passive instrumentals, the band keeps listeners engaged with a range of paces and tempos.

Their record “Golden Sun� secured a top spot in the iTunes Singer-Songwriter Best of List for 2012. The lead track, “Be Kind to Boston,� was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.

These three acts made for a unique show, offering everything from country to “punkgrass.�

Shelby Tansil, sophomore in English, tosses a bag of empty bottles in front of McClung Tower as part of Recyclemania on March 27.

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6 • THE DAILY BEACON

Monday, March 31, 2014 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE

pdodson@utk.edu

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Cortney Roark

croark4@utk.edu

Deborah Huddleston Contributor You walk in and immediately receive a greeting and a nametag. You socialize with new and old friends.

Strangers give you high-fives.

You wait patiently until it is time to enter.

It’s 9 p.m.

The doors open swiftly across the long hallway and students scurry inside to find the best seat.

The stop-clock on two huge projection screens begins to count down.

Two minutes. One minute. Ten seconds. Five, four, three, two and one.

Music begins to fill the room. The band begins to play and the lead singer yells out, “Good evenin’ everybody; get up on your feet and let’s begin our worship!”

Welcome to The Walk.

The Walk is a college and young adult worship gathering at Sevier Heights Baptist Church on Wednesday nights. However, these services aren’t your average Sunday worship.

“More than anything, we want to change the way college students view church,” said Tim Miller, teaching pastor at Sevier Heights.

“College students deal with a lot. Pressure is coming from all sides and sometimes you just need someone to step in and say, ‘you know what, you can do it’.”

The Walk creates a multiple-week series of talks specifically molded to what

college students face in their everyday lives.

“The church is so welcoming, and they really take into consideration what we want to hear,” said Chelsie Foltz, senior in nursing. “Tim often tweets or posts on Facebook asking students what they’re struggling with or want to know and that’s how he shapes a lot of his series.”

Foltz has attended The Walk through all of her four

“The Walk has taught me

students grasp their ability to create change.

“It is important for people to know that this generation can impact the world more so than any generation before them,” Miller said. “The Walk would just like to equip students to jump-in now.”

The Walk began as a way to convey the purpose and personality of Jesus Christ in a way students could apply to daily life.

“The Walk has taught me so many things, like how to serve over sitting, how not to sacrifice obedience for the sake of convenience and completely changed my view on church,” Foltz said. “These are just some of the topics discussed during Tim’s series that really made an impact in my life and those around me.

“He takes the time to show you how to implement these into your every day life rather than just teaching.”

The hour is winding to an end. The room is silent, all heads bowed, and the final prayer is said.

Amen.

Once again, the doors are swiftly opened and students scurry into the hallway for a late night snack provided by The Walk.

Students laugh and smile, leaving with what Foltz believes will prove a new, valuable perspective.

“The people here make everyone feel loved,” Foltz said, “and that’s an awesome feeling for any of us to have.”

Jenna Butz • The Daily Beacon

Off-campus ministry offers students religious teaching

so many things, like how to serve over sitting, how not to sacrifice obedience for the sake of convenience and completely changed my view on church.”

- Chelsie Foltz

years of college. She first attended in 2010 when The Walk’s worship was held in the amphitheater in World’s Fair Park. In its current location at Sevier Heights Baptist, The Walk takes in more than 1,000 students each week.

“The Walk’s environment is still far from ordinary in comparison to it being at the amphitheater,” Foltz said.

“Even when it moved to the church, I still felt connected to everyone around me because many of them were facing the same issues and problems I was dealing with.”

For Miller, it is crucial that

Vendor Chelsea Mello sets up her shop “A Little Something For You” – where she sells button or cloth accessories– March 29 in the Relix Theatre.

Craft fair adds spice to Happy Holler Jenna Butz Staff Writer Despite the gray, cold, wet weather outside, the inside of Relix Variety Theatre was warm and brightly lit with the wares of craftsmen and collectors from the Southeast.

The first Retropolitan Craft Fair took place Saturday within the brick walls of Relix Variety Theatre, allowing indie vendors to share their homemade and artistic goods with the Knoxville community.

A crafter herself, Alyssa Maddox, co-founder and director of the Retropolitan Craft Fair, organized the fair with variety in mind.

“As an indie craft fair, we invited vendors that we believe are different than what you find at the average craft fair like at a church or a farmers market,” Maddox said. “It’s also very much about the environment.

Relix is a great space with the industrial feel. The bar is open.

There’s a photo booth. It really is all about the atmosphere as much as the vendors themselves who are all great.”

Vendors selling everything from clay or paper earrings to homemade leather-bound journals and quilts were invited to apply, then Maddox and her team selected 20 applicants according to space and variety.

One pick in this variety was Wink Wink Eyewear. Aimee Lee sells vintage eyeglasses frames from the 1950s-1980s. After developing dry eyes, Lee stopped wearing contacts and began her hunt for fashionable, vintage eyewear. Quickly, she “became obsessed.”

“There’s a history to all this,” Lee said. “Before the 50s, all glasses were basically hornrimmed. Then, new materials were introduced which allowed glasses to become something fun and fashionable which they had never been before.”

When a customer paused to try a pair, Lee stood up, glanced over her wares and suggested a pair she believed would suit the customer.

From her display, Lee’s favorite pair was a pair of petite, emerald green cat eyes with intricate gold and rhinestone detailing on its winged tips.

Amanda Fox, an intern in

music production, heard of the event through a few friends who were organizing and working the fair. Once there, she was impressed by the quirk and craftsmanship within the goods she saw.

“I mean, where else are you going to find a shirt with a Sasquatch riding a bicycle playing the banjo? Like, go Emiline Art,” Fox said. “And over there is a shirt with a picture of Bill Murray. Where else are you going find things like those in one place?”

For Maddox, the most important aspect of the fair – beside the vendors – was its location.

Searching for somewhere comforting and creative, Maddox chose Relix Variety Theatre within the Happy Holler community.

“This area is just a really creative community,” Maddox said. “And we wanted to bring Retropolitan somewhere with people of a similar mindset to share creativity with, and this area, Happy Holler, is really welcoming to events like this with art.”

For a complete list of vendors and their shops, go to retropolitancraft.com.

Monday, March 31, 2014

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron

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Assistant Sports Editor Dargan Southard

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Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

SOFTBALL

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Simmons goes down swinging as collegiate career comes to an end Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

LOUISVILLE, Ky.–As the game turned: Following yet another slow start, the Lady Vols found themselves clawing to get back into Sunday’s Sweet 16 showdown with Maryland.

After trimming the Lady Terrapin lead down to single digits with 7:44 remaining for the first time since they trailed by nine with 3:34 left in the first half, Maryland forward Alyssa Thomas hit a jump shot to extend the lead back to 11.

The Lady Vols would manage to scrap within singledigits two other times in the closing period, but each time Maryland – Thomas in particular – had an answer.

The final blow came when Thomas found a wide open Laurin Mincy on the wing.

Mincy’s 3-pointer gave the Lady Terrapins a doubledigit lead for good, dashing Tennessee’s hopes of advancing to the Elite Eight.

Spotlight: Despite Simmons missing out on her last chance to appear in a Final Four, she didn’t go out quietly and brought UT within a single-digit deficit in the second half after trailing by as many as 18 points.

In between the 11:44 and 8:36 marks in the second half, she scored 11 points with the Lady Vols desperately needing to fight back in the game.

In the last 11:44 of the game, she scored 19 of her

LADY VOLS RECAP continued from Page 1 In the second half, though, the Lady Vols showed some life, threatening to be the comeback kids that they had proven to be.

Three different times in between the 7:44 and 5:52 marks of the closing period, the Lady Vols clawed their way to within single-digits, getting as close as eight following a Meighan Simmons free throw with 6:27 to go.

But Maryland’s Alyssa Thomas had other ideas.

The three-time ACC Player of the Year constantly put an end to Tennessee’s momentum, scoring 18 of her 33 points in the final 20 minutes of play, including two baskets to push the Lady Terrapin lead back up to double-digits.

Her biggest play of the night, however, proved to be a pass as she found Laurin

team-high 31 points, as she attacked the basket and was a constant at the free-throw line, while knocking down shots from behind the three-point arc as well.

“She is going to compete every time that she is inside those lines,” said junior forward Cierra Burdick. “She is going to go on and do some great things and represent the Lady Vol program in great ways. She is probably one of the greatest scorers to play the game, and we are going to miss her.”

The Cibolo, Texas native finished the game 9-of-22 from the field while connecting on 4-of-8 from 3-point range and sunk nine of her 10 free throws. Her scoring output marked the fourth time in her career she scored more than 30 points in a game.

“The next goal for her is to get her degree,” Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick said.

“Meighan works at her game and I think she will be a very good professional whether it’s in the WNBA or overseas. She has a great ability to shoot the basketball. She will continue to be a professional and be tough. She had a great career and she will continue her effort at the next level.”

Simmons finished with 2,064 points in her career, just 49 points behind Lady Vol great Tamika Catchings.

The other guys: Thomas hit 14 of her 25 shots from the field, en route to a 33-point day. She also had a team-high 13 rebounds to go along with three assists.

“We wanted to limit her touches and wanted to force her right and keep her off the boards,” Warlick said. “She came up with big rebounds when they needed them. We didn’t have an answer for her.

She just had a great night and you understand why she is an All-American.”

Thomas, along with her teammates, was able to hold Tennessee’s post combination of Isabelle Harrison and Bashaara Graves to just 12 points on 3-of-9 shooting.

“Our post players did a phenomenal job at limiting them,” Thomas said. “We got them in foul trouble early on and played with a lot of physicality. We also kept them from getting second chance opportunities.”

Outside the box score: The Lady Vols streak of three consecutive Elite Eight appearances came to an end Sunday with their loss to Maryland.

Say something: Maryland head coach Brenda Frese on Thomas: “When you have Alyssa coming down the court, it’s like you have Lebron leading your team to the hoop.”

By the numbers 82: The Lady Vols won 82 percent of their game during Simmons’ career.

11: Jasmine Jones scored 11 points off the bench for the Lady Vols, her fourth game in double figures this season.

3: For just the third time this season, Tennessee was outworked on the glass.

Maryland outrebounded the Lady Vols 42-40.

Mincey on the wing for three, plunging the final dagger into Tennessee’s national championship hopes.

“She’s a great player, and great players are going to make great plays,” Burdick said. “She willed her team to a great win and I give her all the credit, she’s a great player and I have a lot of respect for her.”

Senior guard Meighan Simmons, who played in her final game as a Lady Vol, was instrumental in Tennessee’s comeback effort, scoring 19 of her 31 points in the second half on 5-of-9 (.556) shooting – a much better percentage than the 25 she shot in the first half.

But even with her being at her best for the final 20 minutes of her college career, it doesn’t make it easier to deal with the fact that she will never play in a Lady Vol uniform ever again.

“It makes it even harder,” Simmons said. “We all wanted to win and we just fell short.

We got closer and closer and we just didn’t have that extra fight that we did in the SEC tournament.”

With their “Grind for Nine” now over, the Lady Vols turn their attention to next season, where they will try to break their six-year drought of dropping short of the Final Four – the longest in program history.

“This team has been a closeknit team and they’ll take this one pretty hard – as will the staff and myself,” Warlick said.

“We just get down and we keep fighting and we keep battling and that’s what our MO has been. We’ve just had to prove our worth all year. I don’t know why we’ve had to prove our worth but we have. This group has had a great season, a season to be proud of.

“We’re Tennessee, and we’re not happy that we’re not playing for national championships. That’s in our DNA. So we’ll go back to work and we’ll prepare for next year.”

Ellen Renfroe delivers a pitch during the Lady Vols’ 5-2 win over Florida on Sunday at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.

Lady Vols sweep Florida Garrett Ahmad Contributor Over the last 10 years, the Lady Vols softball team has accomplished numerous feats including six trips to the Women’s College World Series, but one thing they have been unable to do: sweep Florida.

That changed this weekend when No. 2 Tennessee (30-3) swept No. 4 Florida (31-6) in a three game series at Lee Stadium to complete their first sweep of the Gators since 2004 extending their win streak to eight games.

“It’s amazing to get a sweep from a club like Florida,” co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. “They are a definite top five team, period. They are strong. They’ve got everybody back from the World Series. We just played good ball.”

Senior Ellen Renfroe was awarded the win for all three games to retain a perfect 21-0 on the season.

However, the wins did not come easy for the Lady Vols.

The first game on Friday night was the most definitive of the three with a 9-2 victory.

Freshman Annie Aldrete hit two home runs and junior Cheyanne Tarango added a third in a rout of the Gators.

The teams were forced to play a doubleheader starting Sunday morning after rain cancelled Saturday’s matchup.

The first game of the doubleheader was back and forth between the two teams until UT sealed it after suspending the game through five innings for television purposes.

Florida sophomore Kirsti Merritt opened the scoring in the first inning with a two run homer off of sophomore Erin Gabriel, her second long ball of the series.

Tennessee came out of the inning with a 3-2 lead after a solo home run from senior Melissa Davin and two runs scored from bases loaded walks.

Davin scored again from third base in the second inning on a wild pitch by Delanie Gourley.

Merritt hammered another home run in the third inning, causing the Tennessee coaching staff to replace Gourley with junior Cheyanne Tarango.

Tarango surrendered two more runs allowing Florida to take a 6-4 lead, which they held

until the fifth inning when the game was suspended.

In both games, Florida took a lead off of an error by freshman third baseman Taylor Koenig.

In the third game of the series, Renfroe started in the circle for the Lady Vols and earned a complete game win with eleven strikeouts and no earned runs.

The Lady Vols struggled at the plate up until the third inning when Davin got them going with her second home run of the series to get the lead down to one.

“As a senior, it’s my job to step up and lead the way,” Davin said.

“Doing my job is going to help the people underneath me step up and do it. It’s easier when you get up there when you have a rally going already so you feed off of everyone else’s energy.”

Junior Hannah Akamine blasted a pitch deep in the next at bat over the left fielder’s glove, just off the top of the wall, to allow another run to score.

UT took a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning after a run scored from third on a fielder’s choice grounder from Koenig.

Tennessee added two more in the sixth to give them a three-run advantage going into the seventh inning.

Davin a running catch on the warning track in left field and

Renfroe closed the game with a strikeout to give the Lady Vols a 5-2 victory.

The teams returned to the field 20 minutes later to finish the second game of the doubleheader. During the break, Weekly gave his team inspiration following their win.

“We said, ‘Hey, we’re going to win this. We’ve got six outs, and we’ve got momentum and we’re going to win it.’”

As it turns out, they only needed three outs.

Renfroe came in at the start of the sixth inning and shut out the Gators to give UT a chance to come back.

Freshman Megan Geer wasted no time in taking that chance.

The leadoff hitter crushed the first pitch of the inning over the center field wall, cutting the lead to one.

After Tarango was hit with the bases loaded, Akamine’s sacrifice fly gave UT a 7-6 lead.

Renfroe closed the game with a strikeout after a double play to give Tennessee the sweep.

“We had a couple rough innings,” Davin said. “To know that we can come back as a team and rally back and end up winning, it really helps us and gives us energy to move on knowing that. We’re good enough to do it.”

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SPORTS continued from Page 1 But after taking an 11-point deficit into halftime and trimming a 15-point Michigan lead down to one, the Vols simply needed one more basket to complete the improbable second-half comeback.

“Damn, we almost had it,” senior Jeronne Maymon said in the locker room moments after the loss. “That’s all I can say, is we almost had it.”

The Wolverines came into Friday’s contest among the best outside shooting teams in the nation – they shoot above 40 percent from behind the arc – and left it an even better one.

Canning 11 of their 20 3-point attempts, five different Wolverine players connected from long range on Friday.

The Vols, though, were supposed to remedy that by dominating the inside game with 260-pound bullies Stokes and Maymon against an undersized Wolverines frontcourt.

That didn’t happen.

UT eventually beat out Michigan on the glass 28-26, but Morgan outshined Stokes, who

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came in averaging 15 boards in three NCAA tournament games.

Morgan led the Wolverines with 15 points and seven rebounds, while Stokes netted 11 points and six boards.

The talk of Tennessee’s size advantage became more of bulletin-board material than anything else for the Wolverines.

“We heard all week about the mismatches and how we couldn’t guard them inside,” Morgan said. “I guess people forgot we play in the Big Ten and won the Big Ten outright.”

Tennessee, though, had practically nothing to rebound early.

Michigan hit seven of its nine first-half 3-point attempts and shot a blistering 61.5 percent from the field in the opening frame.

The Wolverines cooled slightly in the second half, finishing at 55.1 percent for the game.

“They came out on fire,” Stokes said. “I’m somewhat surprised we were even able to hang in the game with the way they were shooting.”

A big reason for Tennessee hanging in it was its own offensive firepower. In fact, Friday marked the first time in Martin’s tenure that UT lost while shooting more than 50 percent from

the field.

The Vols were previously 25-0 when reaching that pinnacle.

But Tennessee still had the Big Ten champions – and last year’s NCAA runner-up – on the ropes in the final moments.

Even that was enough for the heartbroken players to take solace in with their season coming to a close.

“I’m not big on moral victories or anything like that,” Richardson said, “so, I mean, it sucks. But I think we did a good job of coming back in the second half and giving them a better game than we did in the first.”

The Vols started their NCAA tournament run in the dreaded play-in game and ended it one basket shy of the Elite Eight.

And despite the heartbreak of the last-second loss, UT’s resiliency to fight back displayed one invaluable trait the Vols leaned on to get to Indianapolis in the first place: Heart.

“A lot of people didn’t think we would make it this far,” Stokes said. “I’m sure there were points in the game where people thought we should be down 20 or 25.

“We definitely showed heart.”

From suspension to stardom

Steven Cook Copy Editor On Jan. 22, 2011, few saw this coming.

Then-freshman Jordan McRae had just been suspended indefinitely from Tennessee’s basketball team after a verbal altercation on the team bus with teammate Brian Williams.

He was reinstated six games later, only to see two minutes of action the rest of the season. That came in garbage time of a 75-45 NCAA tournament opening-round loss to Michigan — the day before head coach Bruce Pearl was fired amid an NCAA probe regarding his lying to investigators.

Some three-plus years later, a tearful McRae was helped off the floor of Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday night by UT reserves Galen Campbell and Brandon Lopez after his missed 60-foot desperation heave marked the end of a career.

A career that started at 18 points a season and ended at 19 points a game.

A career that saw the Vols defy a deafening amount of negativity and churn out a Sweet 16 run as an 11-seed, coming one ghastly charging call from referee David Hall shy of the Elite Eight.

A career that saw a potential-laden player with a mindset problem evolve into a polished NBA prospect and the heart and soul of this 2013-14 team.

A career that ended with McRae lying on his back in Indianapolis — defeated, but finally, a proven winner.

McRae’s tumultuous fresh-

man season essentially ended that fateful 2011 night on the team bus in Connecticut. And with a defensive-focused, no-nonsense head coach like Cuonzo Martin entering the fold, many wondered whether McRae — an offensive standout who doubled as a defensive liability early on — would make the transition.

The answer? Yes … and no.

Needing a scoring threat with Scotty Hopson and Tobias Harris bolting for the NBA — or in Hopson’s case, Europe — McRae cracked the starting lineup in Martin’s first season at the helm.

He started strong, putting up a pair of 25-point outbursts back to back against Chaminade and Oakland. But he still needed work as a defender and decisionmaker, and lost his starting spot to Josh Richardson before getting back into the lineup nearly a year later.

Then, the training wheels came off. And McRae took off.

In his first game back on the starting lineup, McRae scored 17 points as the Vols knocked off eventual Final Four team Wichita State.

Ten 20-point games and two 30-point games later, the thenjunior was raking in all sorts of honors — SEC Player of the Year runner-up among them.

But as McRae would tell reporters nearly every time he was asked about his individual successes, he was missing the only thing he really wanted.

Winning.

Two straight NIT appearances put a chip on this team’s shoulders. That chip turned into a boulder largely thanks to Antwan Space and one certain petition.

So when the NCAA selection committee allowed the Vols to squeak into the tournament this year in the play-in game, Richardson’s Twitter post said it best: “We so hungry now,” it read.

“They done let us in… Bouta get icy.”

Hungry may have been an understatement. After surviving overtime against Iowa, the Vols barreled through Raleigh and into the Sweet 16 after drubbings of Massachusetts and Mercer.

And up against the ropes versus Michigan, down eight with two minutes left in his career, McRae showed the fire that carried the Vols throughout this historic late-season run.

He dashed into the lane and finished with a 3-point play.

Shortly after, he blocked his fourth shot of the game to keep the Vols alive with 43 seconds left.

One Michigan turnover later, McRae drove baseline and cut the UT deficit to one single point.

The rest is history.

McRae finished his senior season with 692 points — sixth most in a single season in Tennessee basketball history.

And he did that as a perimeter player on a team that schemed to beat practically all of its opponents from the inside out.

But that’s not what should be remembered.

In four years on Rocky Top, McRae developed from a lockerroom problem to a locker-room leader. His growth, especially in the last season and a half, is a microcosm of the entire team.

Inspired by every one of McRae’s highlight-reel dunks, barbaric yells or emphatic fistpumps, Tennessee reached plateau after plateau this March.

It culminated with the Vols’ fearless leader lying under the basket, tears flowing, one shot shy of knocking off last year’s NCAA runners-up.

His teammates then surrounded him, picking his 6-foot6, 185-pound frame up off a collegiate court for the last time.

Finally, someone other than McRae was doing the carrying.

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Junior forward Jarnell Stokes reacts after being called for a charge with less than 10 seconds left in regulation in Tennessee’s Sweet 16 matchup at Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday against Michigan. The Wolverines beat the Vols 73-71.

Questionable foul overshadows Vols’ late comeback in Sweet 16 Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor INDIANAPOLIS—As the game turned: With two minutes and change to play, the rim was shaking yet again.

Michigan’s Jordan Morgan had just thrown down another uncontested jam — his fourth of the game — giving the Wolverines a 72-64 advantage in Friday’s Sweet 16 matchup. The dunk halted a 19-8 Volunteer run and appeared to put the final dagger in Tennessee’s emphatic surge through the 2014 NCAA tournament.

Not quite.

Jordan McRae answered with an old fashioned 3-point play.

Josh Richardson canned a midrange jumper and after U-M’s third turnover in a little more than a minute, McRae delivered again with a driving baseline lay-up.

Suddenly, the Vols had trimmed a multiple possession deficit down to just a single point at 72-71 with 10.8 seconds remaining. Naturally, UT geared up to foul the Wolverines on inbounds play — creating a worst case scenario where the Vols would need a last-second three pointer to force overtime.

Again, not quite.

Nik Stauskas ran the baseline, looking for anyone in yellow that was remotely open. He locked in on teammate Derrick Walton Jr., who cleanly snagged the inbounds pass despite having UT freshman Darius Thompson firmly locked on his hip But as Walton Jr. pivoted and looked to push up the court, he stepped out of bounds, presenting the Vols with yet another gift in the final moments.

“We sped them up and they started making turnovers,” Thompson said of the late-game surge. “We were playing good defense at the time.”

Those in orange were ecstatic.

After clawing back from a previous 15-point deficit, the momen-

tum had finally swung in UT’s favor.

Then, in a matter of seconds it was all zapped away.

With 9.6 seconds left, there was no doubt who the play was called for. Jarnell Stokes caught the ball and drove hard.

Morgan stepped in front. Both men stumbled, and the whistle quickly sounded.

Offensive foul.

“They made a call to give you an exact answer,” UT head coach Cuonzo Martin said. “I have to go back and watch film, but (Morgan) was moving. Both guys were moving.” “(Martin) wanted me to drive the ball strong,” Stokes added.

“With the new (and stricter foul) rules I had no idea that (a charge) could potentially happen. If I had known, I would’ve made a double move. “(I’m) kind of sick about it but it’s already done. I definitely would’ve spinned or put the ball behind my back and went left if I would’ve known he was trying to take a charge. There’s no way with the new rules I thought that could happen.”

Hardly above a whisper, the junior forward repeated himself.

“No way.”

Hot topic: The charity stripe had hardly been an issue.

Coming in to Friday’s contest, the Vols’ were shooting 83 percent from the line in their three NCAA tournament games — each of one of those included at least 23 made free throws and 26 attempts.

Friday night was a different story.

UT struggled at the line, going 8-of-14 (57 percent) — its worst percentage since a 9-of-17 (53 percent) outing in a 67-58 home loss to Florida on Feb. 11.

No one struggled more than McRae, who missed a free throw on each of his first five trips to the charity stripe.

“I missed a whole lot of free throws throughout the game,” an emotional McRae said in the postgame locker room.

“Maybe if I don’t miss them we get a win.”

Spotlight: Although senior Antonio Barton boasted the most NCAA tournament experience on the Vols’ roster by a wide margin, it was Thompson who directed the UT offense down the stretch.

With 14:19 to go in the game, Thompson subbed in for a struggling Barton, and the rookie nearly went the remaining distance.

“When I was in I was just being productive,” said Thompson who had three points, a pair of assists and just two turnovers in 26 total minutes.

“I felt like I was helping the team out, so I guess I got my chance to play.”

Meanwhile, after knocking down UT’s first shot just 47 seconds in, Barton didn’t muster up another point the rest of the evening.

The other guys: Morgan led the Wolverines with 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting. Nik Stauskas (14 points), Glenn Robinson III (13 points) and Caris Lavert (10 points) all reached double-digits as well.

Outside the box score: Stokes’ six rebounds were his lowest in a game since he matched that total in UT’s 81-74 victory over Arkansas on Jan. 22.

Say something: Morgan on constantly hearing about UT’s advantage in the post all week: “We’re not really soft around here. That’s not who we are. We lift a lot of weights. So it’s just — I don’t know — it’s a pride thing for us. We’re not about to get punked.”

By the numbers: 3: McRae outrebounded Stokes in the first half, 3-2.

0: UT had zero second-chance points in the opening 20 minutes.

28: In the second half, the Vols outscored U-M 28-12 in the paint.

Up next: The Vols’ season ended with the loss.