The Official #11 Tennessee vs. #2 Gonzaga Preseason Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, PPV

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#11 Tennessee Volunteers: 0-0 (0-0 SEC)
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#2 Gonzaga Bulldogs: 0-0 (0-0 WCC)
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GAME 00 | TENNESSEE vs. GONZAGA - Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 | 9 p.m. ET | Frisco, Texas | Comerica Center (4,500)


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THE SERIES

• Tennessee's trails its all-time series with Gonzaga 2-4, dating to 2007. Five of those six meetings took place at neutral sites.
• The last time these teams met, the seventh-ranked Volunteers upset the top-ranked and previously unbeaten (9-0) Bulldogs, 76-73, in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 9, 2018.
• Nine of the 10 starters from that 2018 clash went on to play in the NBA, including all five Vols.
• The Volunteers are 9-7 all-time against current members of the West Coast Conference, while Rick Barnes is 3-7 vs. WCC opposition.
• Second-year Tennessee assistant coach Rod Clark coached Gonzaga forward Drew Timme in the Nike EYBL when Timme was a freshman and sophomore in high school.
• Tennessee true freshman D.J. Jefferson is a native of Richardson, Texas (same hometown as Drew Timme), which is located 25 minutes south of Frisco.
• Gonzaga sophomore forward Efton Reid III is a familiar face for returning Vols. As a freshman at LSU last season, Reid started both games against Tennessee, averaging 2.0 points and 2.5 rebounds. The Vols and Tigers split those meetings, with each team winning on its home floor.
 
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LAST SEASON

• Tennessee made a fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance last season and entered The Big Dance on the heels of winning the SEC Tournament in Tampa.
• For the second time under head coach Rick Barnes, Tennessee was unbeaten at home last season.
• The Vols finished last season with the third-best defensive efficiency in the country after finishing fifth nationally in 2020-21.
• Santiago Vescovi was a first-team All-SEC selection last season while becoming only the second Vol ever to make 100 3-pointers in a single season.
• After leading the Vols in scoring (13.9 ppg) last year and winning SEC Tournament MVP honors, true freshman point guard Kennedy Chandler was selected 38th overall in the 2022 NBA Draft and landed with his hometown team, the Memphis Grizzlies.
 
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STORYLINES

• Tennessee is testing itself prior to tipping off the regular season with a pair of exhibition matchups against perennial powerhouses Michigan State and Gonzaga.
• Proceeds from Friday's charity exhibition vs. the Zags benefit The McLendon Foundation. Through the foundation, Rick Barnes recently funded an athletics department staff position at UT Martin for multiple years.
• After six years on Rick Barnes' staff—the last three as associate head coach—Mike Schwartz in March accepted the head coaching job at East Carolina. Justin Gainey has since been elevated to UT's associate head coach, and analyst Gregg Polinsky was bumped to a full-time assistant coach role.
• Vols senior Josiah-Jordan James is likely to be inactive for Friday's exhibition, as he works his way back to full speed following an off-season knee procedure.
 
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ABOUT GONZAGA

• Gonzaga is coming off a season in which it finished 28-4 (13-1 WCC), earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.
• The Bulldogs are ranked No. 2 in the Preseason AP Poll and received 12 first-place votes.
• Gonzaga returns three starters from last season, led by 2022 All-American Drew Timme. Timme was also a named a unanimous preseason AP first-team All-American earlier this week.
• Timme is coming off a 2021-22 campaign in which he averaged 18.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. His scoring total led the team, while the rebound and assist totals ranked second behind eventual first-round NBA Draft picks Chet Holmgren and Andrew Nembhard, respectively.
• Along with Timme, returning starters Rasir Bolton and Julian Strawther were also named preseason All-WCC.
• Following last season, the Bulldogs also added two sought-after transfers to their roster—LSU transfer Efton Reid III, a former five-star recruit, and Chattanooga transfer Malachi Smith, the 2022 SoCon Player of the Year.
• Gonzaga head coach Mark Few is entering his 24th season at the helm of the Bulldogs' program in 2022-23. Few is the winningest active coach in college basketball by win percentage with a .836 mark (657-129).
• After facing Tennessee, Gonzaga is set to face a strenuous non-conference schedule this season. The Bulldogs open the season by facing Michigan State and also have games against Texas, Kentucky, Baylor, Washington and Alabama all before the start of conference play—as well as the Phil Knight Legacy tournament in Portland in November.
 
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MEDIA PICKS VOLS THIRD IN SEC

• A preseason poll of SEC and national media projected Tennessee to finish third in the SEC race this season, behind Kentucky and Arkansas.
• The Vols went 14-4 in SEC play last season to finish second in the league standings before proceeding to earn the SEC's automatic NCAA Tournament bid by winning the SEC Tournament in Tampa.
 
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I didn’t realize that it would be on the radio. Probably Wilkerson since Bob has football about 17 hours later - although he would gave enough time to be in both places riding the UT jet.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I didn’t realize that it would be on the radio. Probably Wilkerson since Bob has football about 17 hours later - although he would gave enough time to be in both places riding the UT jet.
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Wilkerson called the North Carolina game last year and I thought it was a huge upgrade over Bob. JMO
 
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walkenvol said:
Wilkerson called the North Carolina game last year and I thought it was a huge upgrade over Bob. JMO
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Bob just isn’t good at play-by-play. He’s good at preparing and reading a script or interviewing people, but on the fly while accurately describing the games (football and basketball) he’s just not very good. He could team up with Bud Ford and do those prerecorded bits like Haywood and Gus used to do.

It’s hard to believe that John Ward called football for just 31 years and Bob has already stumbled through 23 and a half football seasons.
 
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I checked Gonzaga’s website and they don’t have a LISTEN LIVE link either. The $10 PPV or LIVE STATS are the options.

I expect to see comments here from those watching it live.
 
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YankeeVol said:
STORYLINES

• Tennessee is testing itself prior to tipping off the regular season with a pair of exhibition matchups against perennial powerhouses Michigan State and Gonzaga.
• Proceeds from Friday's charity exhibition vs. the Zags benefit The McLendon Foundation. Through the foundation, Rick Barnes recently funded an athletics department staff position at UT Martin for multiple years.
• After six years on Rick Barnes' staff—the last three as associate head coach—Mike Schwartz in March accepted the head coaching job at East Carolina. Justin Gainey has since been elevated to UT's associate head coach, and analyst Gregg Polinsky was bumped to a full-time assistant coach role.
• Vols senior Josiah-Jordan James is likely to be inactive for Friday's exhibition, as he works his way back to full speed following an off-season knee procedure.
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I would like to see everybody get a few minutes of playing time (except James) so that the coaching staff can work on potential lineups and other stuff.
 
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Is the PPV only viewable on the website or once you snag it can you watch via ESPN app or another streaming app?
 
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All right, I need one of my pack, that watches the game, to give me and VN score updates. Unless it's on the radio ?
 
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