Tennessee’s men’s basketball game at South Carolina on Thursday, March 5, will be televised nationally on ESPN. The ESPN family of networks held the designation for that game but had previously not announced whether it would be selected to air on ESPN or ESPN2.
Tipoff remains set for 7 p.m. ET. Brent Musburger will call the play-by-play, with Bob Knight providing analysis and Holly Rowe courtside. Knoxville-area viewers can find ESPN on Comcast Ch. 32, Knology Ch. 29, DirecTV Ch. 206 and Dish Network Ch. 140.
For tickets to the game at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C., call the University of South Carolina Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-472-3267 or visit www.USCsports.com.
The Volunteers won the first meeting between the teams last month in Knoxville by a score of 82-79. Tennessee leads the all-time series 30-23.
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jakethevolguy writes:
I don't have a good feelin about this one!!
volwalk writes:
why would you???
Here is the plain and simple--we have to have good play from Maze and Hopson(not great) in order to beat good teams. If they play good--distribute the ball, shoot for a good average(35-45%) and play solid defense--this team is capable of beating good teams on the road...on the flipside if Maze doesn't show up(Ole Miss,KY etc) and Hopson just shoots 3s and doesn't use his driving skills---then we lose.
The point to all this is the inside will always be there with (JP,Chism,Tyler,Negedu,BW)...but that is not good enough to beat good or mediocre teams.
holleyab writes:
this one is gonna be epic!
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Maybe ol' Pearl can coach 'em up!
Maybe not, in Columbia.
HtownVol writes:
I hope we are motivated to win. If we do not focus we all know how we play. We are going to really need that win!
dvols writes:
get u some coach knight
johnlg00#206211 writes:
A win in that game would go a LONG way toward nailing down our NCAA slot. Just hope the guys don't wilt in the spotlight again. A good showing would demonstrate that CBP's first three years weren't just lightning in a bottle and that the team was ready for the post-season. OTOH, another all-too-typical lethargic showing will be a MAJOR come-down for the team and fans alike.
UKblue02 writes:
SC looked really good in the schrimage game last night, the Junior high team they played were totally outmanned...darn the luck!
givehim6 writes:
Can we beat the team that beat the team that beat us? Let UT take care UF first, UF will be out for blood. Thay see us as being down and want pay back for last year. Let's get some Vols!
TommyJack writes:
Yeah, let's get rid of Pearl. Without Bruce, ESPN would be offering us Wofford vs City College of Sheboygan.
The_the writes:
If UM gets a one seed, we may see history. Elite Status? How many championships do you have?
GO HEELS!!! <---Elite Status
utalum04 writes:
hahaha...not to mention they play in likely the worst conference in America. Any SEC team would be top 5 ranked team right now with all of those cupcake wins!
thevoice writes:
It sure is interesting how the posts on this article have quickly turned into UT vs. Memphis. Memphis?! Were was Memphis mentioned in the article? Guys, please stop responding to anyone who poses as a Memphis, UK, Gator, Bama, etc. fan. Can you be man enough to do that? Why even read their posts? I don't and it doesn't add anything to my small knowledge of sports. And it doesn't make me more or less a UT fan. Grow up folks, leave 'em alone, then they won't come back. There's nothing worse than truly reading the responses in hopes of entertainment, only to find UT fans falling prey to rival school fan comments. Again, grow up and get some confidence.
UKblue02 writes:
Let me say i will not post anything on this blog again, i came here to talk BB and that's it, i am not an inposter i bleed blue, but i just wanted to talk BB with other fans and share opinions, i have never been negative toward your university nor will i now, to the people i have talked to (mocadnvolsfan, murrayvol, witchdocor, johnlong, i want to say thanks for being class guys and maybe you can come over sometime to our blogsite,will be more than glad to discuss BB with you guys. Good luck down the road.
VolJunkie writes:
Was at the UT game so only saw the score on the big board ... thought your team would have some momentum from the weekend beatdown. Was SC that good or UK that bad? From your Jr. High comment I'm guessing the latter ...
UKblue02 writes:
Give SC their props they played in your face defense and must have had 100 blocks (or seemed that way) The arena was sold out for the first time i think they said ever, and they completely dominated us. So i think their game plan just made us look really bad. I probably won't post here again apparently it ruffles some peoples feathers and rightly so i might add, but you have been a class act toward me being here and for that i thank you.
VolJunkie writes:
UKblue02, don't worry about posting here, most Vol fans appreciate respectful posts from our rivals. Unfortunately that just happens to be a small minority of the outside posts we see. Hang out as long as you like ...
And thanks for the update on the game, I am pretty confident we can beat FL at their place, the SC game worries me.
thevoice writes:
My post was only intended for immature trash talkers, not for responsible rivals like yourself. You're welcome back anytime! Sorry I offended you.
UKblue02 writes:
Thank you very much like i said, i am not a trash talker unless provoked, i enjoy talking BB with any of the SEC schools it just seems to me that UK and Tenn has a lot in common this year that is why i like to post here you have some of the more classier fans that i have ran into, you didn't offend me at all i understand totally your view of trashtalking and thanks for the invite.
VolJunkie writes:
Brent Musburger is all the embarrassment ESPN needs ...
UKblue02 writes:
Good luck at Florida, you might have them a little nervous after what happened at TBA but then again they might have a chip on their shoulder and be really fired up like SC was last night, after last night it wouldn't surprise me if we lost to LSU and Fla. I get the feeling the players don't like Billy G to well, he is embarrassing to me when he is interviewed on ESPN by the lady reporter No class whatsoever.
utfpmd writes:
Still a glorified high school -- Tiger High! I'll take a degree from UT any day.
johnlg00#206211 writes:
Well, I for one would hate to see you go, since it would cause the average IQ and decency rating of the remaining "interlopers" to drop through the floor. Good luck to the 'Cats the rest of the way; unless we meet in the SEC tourney, of course(;-D)!
johnlg00#206211 writes:
Amen to that! Can't believe that guy still has a job!
UKblue02 writes:
Thank you Marc_ash and johnlg00 I think there was a misunderstanding on my part about what a poster had said about imposters and trashtalkers he straightened me out on what he meant and we are cool now.
Stokes44yrs writes:
UKblue02,
I enjoy the occasional digs in good humor. A little banter can be fun. Some of the arguments on here sound tasteless and might would even be violent if the parties were in the same room.
The real reason I started reading these blogs was to gain info on UT and other SEC basketball programs. I have nothing against anyone on this site, especially true fans like yourself with some class. It doesn't bother me at all if you throw a funny little "dig" our way. I don't even mind some of the children who come on here if they don't fill the site up with trash talk. It bothers me when UT fans respond filling the site with "no I'm not ,you are tho'" type 12 year old stuff. It may be funny at times but basketball's the reason I read this blog and I like any SEC info. Other bball info is welcome too as far as I'm concerned.
tnmantravel#531151 writes:
OKEMO say
s. carolina point guard devan downey will make our vols look bad
s. carolina point guard devan downey made our vols look bad
last year in columbia
OKEMO was there :(
s. carolina lost squeaker in knoxville this year
s. carolina gamechickens will trounce our vols
s. carolina game make uf game that much more important to win
coach pearl know this
OKEMO know this
OKEMO has spoken
UKblue02 writes:
Well said, and AMEN. I'm too old to argue much, might have seizure or cause my blood pressure to go out the roof, No wait a minute that happened last night while watching the game
DonJuan writes:
Memphis will never get an invitation to the Big East.
DonJuan writes:
So they will continue to schedule Tennessee to increase their Strength of Schedule.
VolNWA writes:
Must I remind you again: The ORIGINAL UT is in Knoxville. The imitator is in Austin. The ORIGINAL was a TitleTown Finalist by ESPN. The imitator didn't make the cut. 'Nuff said.
bleed_orange writes:
SC & FL or both alot better at home then they are on the road. TN will have to bring their A game and hope they bring their B game. AL played good against AR. Plus, AL beat LSU. I with UKBlue and the hair club for men. TN & KY have been good one game and then like a bad high school team the next game. GO VOLS-BEAT THOSE GATORS!
Jmxvo1 writes:
Series Record
The University of Tennessee: 12 Wins
Memphis State: 8 Wins
DonJuan writes:
So Calipari doesn't want to come to Knoxville anymore?
chrisw2967 writes:
was watching espn and the poll they had out was, who is the least deserving of a #1 seed and memphis high was winning that with ease.the last time I seen the results tigerettes had a 50% score. so nobody besides the memphis high idiots thinks you are any good and most seem to think your over hyped and were pretty much making fun of the jr high conf. you play in.
Vol_Jokes writes:
Still want to blast the Tigers. Not sure why. It's the only good team in the state and yes we have had to fight everybody the last 3 or 4 years. Nobody believes in us even when we were masacring all the teams last year. Seth Davis always picks against us and does Doug Gotlieb. Basically it seems espn hates us about as bad at Tenn. does. Still it just makes it all the more fun. You know to prove them all wrong. I'm not saying Memphis's team this year is as good as last years but there's really no way for anybody to prove that it's not right now. Those loses were early. We got screwed with the conference thing and we are making the most of it. In the meantime i've heard the sec commisioner is on the selection committee. I guess that explains why 6 teams made it in last year when only 2 should have and why some are saying 5 or 6 will get in this year. Can you say joke. If 5 sec team qualify then 4 cusa teams do.
chrisw2967 writes:
look dude i seen your youtube video a minute ago. your funny looking.did you know that ? shouldnt you be in midgit wrestling or something? screw you and the grammar thing.
those glasses your wearing for you video are so thick I bet you can see the future.
The_the writes:
AKA...you're scared. Funny you mentioned wanting to move to the Big East, what's UM's record against them this year? Exactly.
GO HEELS!!!
The_the writes:
Not enough games? Ok. Then what's UM's overall winning percentage against UT?
Stokes44yrs writes:
Please don't use ESPN to prove a point. They have never been partial to any team from the south except to some extent Fla. and Kentucky. They have a grudging respect at best in my oppinion. Memphis is a good team ("itsme" however has earned, on this site, the disrespect you offer).
johnlg00#206211 writes:
OOOOOK! Now the basketball talk on here has suffered the same fate as the football talk on the article about Gibril Wilson. Give me a call when the kids go to bed. I'm gonna watch some golf. Tiger is about to be upset by Tim Clark in the WGC Accenture, on the Golf Channel now.
Stokes44yrs writes:
I may disagree, but you can apparently make a good case without trashing anyone!? I'm not sure 4 CUSA should get in last year or this year but you could probably make a case for it. I could make (most years not this one) for 4 Southern conf. to get in. This year Davidson only. The problem with the tournament is every year you have teams left out because they are not in a "strong conf.". It's understandable because most people haven't heard of CUSA or Southern Conf. The SEC gets huge exposure.
Vol_Jokes writes:
I believe Memphis's record against the SEC is something like 14-3 over the last 4 or 5 seasons. Why not ask what our record against the big east was last year. Beating UConn and Georgetown was pretty fun. Let's see..what about Cincinnati. That's 3 we won that I can think of, 3-0. Don't think you can win many arguments when trying to argue with the team with the most wins in a season and a team the blew out the good teams on their way to the championship game. Honestly you look silly trying to argue.
DonJuan writes:
So Calipari doesn't want to play Tennessee in Knoxville or Memphis because both locations give UT the advantage. He understands what that sounds like, right?
As for recruiting, Calipari is welcome to try in Knoxville. But if the high school kids seeing UT playing one game in Memphis can hurt his hometown recruiting that much, then that in itself is something to think about.
And how would Nashville be different? There isn't a huge Memphis following here. I would love a game here, but I don't see how that would be great for Memphis fans.
Raynoch writes:
Clearly if Tennessee is a top 3 basketball program in the SEC, Memphis has plenty to gain by playing us. Namely, strength of schedule and really, exposure. Correct me if I'm wrong, but last year's game in Memphis was the most viewed bball game in the history of ESPN.
Also, you are forgetting one enormous detail: Football. As much as you may like to ignor it, football plays a tremendous factor in the basketball series continuing. Tennessee has never had a single thing to gain by playing Memphis in football, but Memphis gets a huge payday every time we meet on the gridiron. And talk about no benefit of playing a home-and-home, Tennessee takes a gigantic risk by traveling to that hole that is the Liberty Bowl twice a decade. You people still swoon over the '96 game. When Calipari tried to discontinued the bball series earlier this decade, he failed because of your football program's need for the UT game. So you can make a really good argument that Tennessee controls every sports series with Memphis because of the amount of $$$ our football games make.
And as far as the series benefiting Tennessee by playing it in Nashville, UT plays in Middle Tennessee twice a year. We are already benefitting from playing in Nashville. We don't need to play a third game there.
Slystone writes:
That record means nothing when UT avoided the Tigers during the 80's. And you know the Tigers had classic teams back then. Bottom line is look at where the two teams are now. Look at the recruiting of late. Don't get me wrong. I like both teams, but Memphis has gone further in the NCAA than the Vols. On paper they will probably have a top recruiting class coming in. Whether that transcends to the hardwood is the challenge Coach Cal must under take. As for the Vols they desperately need some cadillac type guards and that will not happen until 2010.
Until Pearl came on the scene the Vols were getting stooge slapped around the SEC. So the 12-8 record UT has over the Tigers is not representive of two teams having played consistently over the last 30+ years. You have some gaps in the series. But what I enjoy is that the two coaches are willing to play and ESPN is recognizing the rivalry also. The negative comments spewed about each city needs to end. Just deal with the sport at hand. If you can't offer a solution to the problem in a City then why be negative about it.
orangevolz writes:
oops...you forgot, #1 murder capital of world. Lock up the women and children if you live in Memphis. The locals like to kill, rob, rape and pillage, but other than that, it is a nice place.
DandyVol writes:
I agree that it would help Memphis to join a stronger conference, but to me it seems the Big East has too many teams already. Does anyone know if the SEC has rules about letting other teams come in? With the East and West divisions, I would think we could accomadate a couple of additional good teams. Why not Memphis?
Stokes44yrs writes:
Now as to South Carolina...we need better defense...specifically in the paint. We are a half court team now and need to get some offense off our defensive play (duh). Chism needs to stay under the basket and same for Williams or at least stay with their man. We've been weak on rebounds the last 3 games.
I like our chances. But I'm nervous again.
Stokes44yrs writes:
You know when you say those ridiculous things about sisters and mothers you are not on insulting the bloggers on here but also the sisters and mothers. It's not funny in any way!
Don't represent Memphis fans like that. If you want to impress Tennessee fans then talk about basketball. Ignore the classless Tennessee fans who bash you. You obviously care what we think or you wouldn't be here.
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