NEWS & NOTES
• Igor Miličić Jr., spent his freshman year (2021-22) at Virginia. He then transferred to Charlotte, where he played his first season (2022-23) under Ron Sanchez, who is now the Cavaliers' interim head coach.
• Virginia is the second of four ACC schools the Volunteers will face in non-conference play. They already won at Louisville (11/9), plus will host Syracuse (12/3) and meet Miami (12/10) in New York.
• Tennessee owns a 7-2 all-time record in the Bahamas, with each game coming in the Battle 4 Atlantis. It went 2-1 in 2013 (fifth place), 2-1 in 2017 (third) and 3-0 in 2022 (champion). The Volunteers, who beat third-ranked Kansas to claim that 2022 title, have won four in a row in the Bahamas.
• In Rick Barnes' tenure, UT is 10-10 in its eight multi-team event (MTE) appearances. That includes a 7-5 record outside the continental United States.
• This is the second year in a row the Vols open their MTE with an ACC foe. They beat Syracuse, 73- 56, on 11/20/23 in Honolulu.
• The Volunteers lead the nation with a 58.1 percent field-goal clip. They have shot over 53.0 percent in each of the last seven halves, including surpassing 57.0 percent in each of the past four, with a mark over 63.0 twice.
• Tennessee shot 32-of-44 (72.7 percent) inside the arc in its last outing, a win over Austin Peay.
• In the Vols' first four games, they led for 155:32 of a possible 160 minutes and trailed for only 1:34.
• Chaz Lanier needs just 16 points to become the fourth player on Tennessee's roster with at least 1,000 career points.
• The Volunteers are seeking a 5-0 start for the third time in six years, alongside 2019-20 (5-0) and 2020-21 (7-0).
• Tennessee's 175 wins over the last eight years (2017-25) rank co- eighth nationally, alongside both Liberty and Saint Mary's. Only Gonzaga (217), Houston (210), Kansas (195), Duke (188), Purdue (186), San Diego State (179) and Virginia (179) have more. Through 11/18/24, just 14 schools own over 170 victories in that span.
