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Derek Dooley talked Wednesday about relationship-building. Boy, where to start.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - You might be wondering if the San Diego State coach is the same guy you remember.

If you are counting on a successful run in the NCAA basketball tournaments, you better have great guard play.

The crowd was still processing the information from the TV screens on the wall of the Ray Mears Room.

With spring football practice starting this week, the subject for today's history lesson is the importance of direction in sports, i.e., who's going which way on the field.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee brought its LSU offense, and Kentucky showed up Saturday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena. You can figure it out from there.

NASHVILLE -- Perhaps a suspension can be a good thing. Because Cameron Tatum was banished from competition during Tennessee's mid-January overtime win over Ole Miss, the Rebels apparently didn't spend much time on the redshirt sophomore reserve in Friday morning's ...

NASHVILLE - Wayne Chism went to the Tennessee bench for a rare break as his team was closing out a 76-65 victory over Ole Miss in the second round of the SEC tournament on Friday. But he didn't sit down.

NASHVILLE - Good thing for Tennessee, the SEC basketball tournament is all about winning and losing. No one gets eliminated on style points.

The beginning of the end arrives today for all Southeastern Conference basketball fans. Even if Tennessee -- which begins its SEC tourney run this afternoon at 3:15 EST against LSU -- wins every game possible the rest of the year ...

NASHVILLE - When Bruce Pearl was asked about his success in changing the culture of Tennessee basketball Wednesday, he revised the question before answering it.

DULUTH, Ga. - Tennessee coach Pat Summitt extended her bench just far enough to seize the SEC tournament championship Sunday night at the Gwinnett Arena.

DULUTH, Ga. - Tennessee turned to a couple of traditional weapons to turn back a traditional rival in the SEC women's basketball tournament Saturday afternoon.

STARKVILLE, Miss. - "Great Moments in Mississippi State basketball history!" That was the favorite category for the JumboTron in Humphrey Coliseum on Saturday night at Mississippi State's Senior Night.

Expect SEC commitments to come in flurries as spring football practice begins this month.