NEWS & NOTES
Tennessee has a seven AP top-25 wins and five AP top-15 wins this season. It is the third time in the last four years UT has hit either/ both of those marks in a season campaign after never doing so previously on either account.
• UT is looking to win double-digit SEC games for the fifth year in a row, which would be the third such instance in program history. It had a five-year streak from 2005-06 to 2009-10 and a 13-year tally from 1964-65 to 1976-77.
• In the victory at #7 Texas A&M (2/22/25), Chaz Lanier became the second SEC player in the last 20 seasons (2005-25) to score 30 points in an AP top-10 road win and the first to do so in league play. Kentucky's Kevin Knox did it 1/27/18 at #7 West Virginia.
• Lanier also became the first DI player with 30 points, eight made 3-pointers and five rebounds on the road against an AP top-10 team since Oklahoma's Buddy Hield in 3OT on 1/4/16 at #1 Kansas and the first in regulation since Connecticut's A.J. Price did so on 2/25/09 at #8 Marquette.
• With 828 DI victories, Rick Barnes is one shy of John Calipari for first among active coaches and for the No. 10 spot on the all-time list.
• Barnes' 109 SEC wins tie Nolan Richardson for No. 20 all-time.
• Zakai Zeigler, whose 666 assists rank fourth in SEC history, has 194 this year, putting him six shy of the fifth 200-assist campaign in UT history. It would be his second.
• Felix Okpara (48) is two blocks away from the 13th 50-block season in UT history, while Chaz Lanier (94) is five made 3-pointers from tying Allan Houston (99 in 1990-91) for fifth on the program's single-season list.
• The Vols lead or co-lead DI in AP top-25, top-20 and top-15 wins over the last four seasons (2021- 25). They have 27, 23 and 20, respectively. More on Page 3.
• Tennessee's 193 victories over the last eight seasons (2017-25) rank co-ninth in DI, alongside Liberty. Only Gonzaga (234), Houston (231), Duke (209), Kansas (209), Purdue (201), Saint Mary's (196), Auburn (195) and San Diego State (195) possess more.
