At halftime of last night's Tennessee-Memphis thriller, Vols coach Bruce Pearl did his closest Joe Willie impersonation on reporter Erin Andrews. You got to give Pearl credit for seeing his opportunity and jumping all over it....literally.
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Compared to years past, the names don't really stick out, but you know it will be a solid year just like every year. It's like the Rip Van WInkles only not sleeper players just players that put you to sleep. Hibbert is a pretty good center, but is hard to really cheer for. Hansbrough is tiresome   more...
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In what was a very good game tonight, #2 Tennessee beat #1 Memphis on the road tonight in a close 66-62 game. Chris Lofton played pretty bad the whole night going 2-11 from the floor but he hit 2 field goals with 2 seconds to go to put the game away.Bruce Pearl being the go getter that he is, took   more...
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Former Tennessee guard Chris Lofton failed a drug test during the 2007 NCAA Tournament. But it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The test revealed that he had a tumor and he underwent testicular cancer treatment, having surgery in March 2007 and radiation surgery for four weeks in May. He is   more...
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Chris Lofton was a dead-eye shooter last year and a possible 1st round NBA draft pick, but decided to return for his senior season and improve his draft stock. Unfortunately for the shooter, he forgot how to shoot. Lofton has been struggling all season with his jumper, but it seems as if he may   more...
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That's ok though, because it's like the Madden jinx to be placed on something like this. The regional covers include Georgetown's DaJuan Summers, Connecticut's Jeff Adrien, Xavier's Drew Lavender, Tennessee's Chris Lofton, Kansas's Brandon Rush and UCLA's Kevin Love. Luckily I guess, Carolina and   more...
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This is a season of firsts for the world of college basketball. The Final Four includes all four #1 seeds for the first time ever, and now today with the announcement of the AP's 1st Team All Americans another record has been broken. For the first time ever, ZERO seniors made the first team.   more...
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Cats send Top-5 Vols out of Rupp with loss
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Once during the class the professor asked everyone in the room to identify some stereotypes that society often makes, and people who defy those stereotypes. CJ Black responded by yelling at the top of his lungs: "Everybody from Memphis got gold teeth! And it's the truth!!!"
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From Drake's 17-1 start to Louisville's huge slide out of the national radar, the 07-08 hoops season has put up a couple surprises… What or who should we watch for as the season progresses…?
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Today it was reported that Chris Lofton, a point guard for the Tennessee Volunteers, had a testicular cancer scare before this last season. I don't know the whole story so I'm not going to act like I know what I'm talking about but this is a great story. Lofton and his coach, Bruce Pearl, decided   more...

After his performance on the court over the past 4 years, I hardly needed anything to make me consider Chris Lofton to be one of the great players to wear the orange and white. however, now he has entered the realm of legend...
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The Tommy Bowl was a rockin' on Saturday afternoon, as the No. 7 Vols beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 74-69 in front of a sellout crowd...
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Well, it looks like the BasketVols found their stroke again after a disappointing loss to Kentucky. The Vols dismantled the Georgia Bulldogs, 85-69 in front of a full house in Knoxville.
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Well, despite giving it everything they had, the Vols came up a little short against the Wildcats of Kentucky. Once again, the Rupp Arena mystique foiled the Orange once again…
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