The Official Countdown To Tennessee Basketball 2024 (46 Days)

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124 Days!

Jordan Bone was Tennessee’s team leader in assists (124) in his sophomore season (2017-2018); the Vols led the SEC with 15.7 apg.

 

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123 Days!

Jerrone Maymom’s 123 offensive rebounds as a senior ( 2013-2014) marked the third-highest single-season total in Tennessee history.

 

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122 Days!

Tennessee is 122-101 all-time against current members of the ACC, including incoming schools Cal, SMU and Stanford.

 

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121 Days!

Tennessee opened the 2007 NCAA Tournament by drilling Long Beach State 121-86. Chris Lofton led the way with 25 points.

 

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120 Days!

The distance from the playing floor to the roof at TBA is 120 feet, the equivalent of a 12-story building, and the building’s roof is approximately 3.25 acres.

 

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120 Days!

The distance from the playing floor to the roof at TBA is 120 feet, the equivalent of a 12-story building, and the building’s roof is approximately 3.25 acres.

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Wonderful venue for some roundy ball!

 

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119 Days!

Doug Atkins played both football and basketball at Tennessee. Atkins would end up being drafted in 1953 in both the NFL & NBA Draft. Atkins ended up going the NFL route. Atkins was drafted in the NBA Draft as the 119th pick in the 17th round by the Minneapolis Lakers. Atkins is pictured here boxing out #77 from Kentucky.

 

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118 Days!

During his senior season 2022-2023, Uros Plavsic appeared in 34 games, with 20 starts, and posted the team's best field-goal percentage, shooting .636 (75 of 118).

 

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117 Days!

This Grant Williams was one of only 10 Division I players to total more than 500 points, 250 rebounds and 100 assists during his final year on Rocky Top. (696/278/117).

 

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116 Days!

On August 5, 2023, Tennessee defeated the under 21 Lithuania team 116-90.

 

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115 Days!

As a sophomore (2012-2013), Josh Richardson had a team-high 115 deflections defensively.

 

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127 Days!

Tony White (1983-1987) played for head coach Don DeVoe. He recorded 2,219 points and holds the school’s single-game scoring record with 51 points. He appeared in 127 games for Tennessee and averaged 17 points per game.

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DeVoe was an interim head coach at Florida for one season.

 

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114 Days!

Dan Federmann (RIP) was drafted in The 1984 Draft in the 5th Round, 114th pick.

 

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113 Days!

Fulky broke former Duke and NBA star Marshall Plumlee's single-season school record for blocks while leading Christ School to a 22-9 record as a senior in 2015-16; Fulkerson finished the year with 113 blocked shots.

 

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112 Days!

In 112 career games as a Vol, Oliver Nkamhoua averaged 6.5 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting .518 from the field and .364 from 3-point range.

 

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111 Days!

On December 23, 2006, Texas rolled into Knoxville and Tennessee beat them 111-105 in an overtime thriller. The attendance was 20,778. Chris Lofton led the way with 35 points.

 

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110 Days!

On Feb 9, 2000, UGA traveled to Knoxville and Tennessee beat them 110-83 in front of 13,906 fans.

Vincent Yarbrough had 19 points.

 

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109 Days!

During his junior year 2008-2009, Bobby Maze ranked second on the team with 109 total assists and was fifth on the team in scoring (8.2 ppg) and led the Vols in assists 12 times.

 

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108 Days!

Before his fifth year, Josiah Jordan James had 968 points for a scoring average of 9.0 points per game in 108 appearances with 87 starts.

 

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107 Days!

On January 21, 1992, #8 Kentucky visited Tennessee and Tennessee wasn’t intimidated as they beat them 107-85. Allan Houston scored 36 points and Carlus Groves added 23 for the Volunteers.

 

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106 Days!

Tennessee defeated Arkansas 106-87 on Jan. 15, 2019 at TBA. The Vols 106 points marked the most against a conference opponent since February of 2000. Lamonte Turner led the way with 21 points.

 

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105 Days!

Kyle Alexander had 105 career starts from 2015-2019 on Rocky Top.

 

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105 Days!

Kyle Alexander had 105 career starts from 2015-2019 on Rocky Top.

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If he had of just had 106!

 

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104 Days!

Dalton Knecht placed second at Tennessee in NCAA Tournament scoring average (26.0), plus fifth in both NCAA Tournament points (104) and 3-point percentage (min. 20 3PA; 40.0).

 

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103 Days!

On Feb 3, 2024, Tennessee went on the road to Kentucky and beat them 103-92.