Jarnell Stokes

The field for the Battle 4 Atlantis was finalized Thursday with Iowa joining a field consisting of Tennessee, Kansas, Southern Cal, UTEP, Villanova, Wake Forest and Xavier.

New venue, debuts breaths of fresh air

Rawane Ndiaye, a 6-foot-11 center from Indian Hills Community College, officially committed to Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon, the News Sentinel learned.

Jordan McRae only flirted. The Tennessee guard took his NBA dream for a few dates. Options were considered. That’s where it ended it, though. The NBA isn’t ready for McRae. McRae isn’t ready for the NBA.

When the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee begins assessing evaluation requests from college basketball players across the country Wednesday, Tennessee’s Jordan McRae and Jarnell Stokes will be among the applicants.

If a college basketball roster is fluid, the Tennessee Vols are taking on water.

It’s curtains for 2012-13.

NASHVILLE Hoisting up out of their Bridgestone Arena seats, the men in crimson slipped out before the final horn.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's players and coaches didn't have any pregame discussions about avoiding the fate that befell them at last year's Southeastern Conference tournament.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jordan McRae scored 17 points Thursday as fifth-seeded Tennessee defeated No. 13 seed Mississippi State 69-53 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

NASHVILLE – Twenty wins sounds far better than 19 on a NCAA tournament resume.

NASHVILLE — If Tennessee plans to hang around Bridgestone Arena long enough to leave an impression this week, the Vols, among other things, have to let the big dog eat.

Four games in four days. One-hundred, sixty minutes.

Vols secure No. 5 seed for SEC tournament

First, the eyes rolled. Then, the head shook side-to-side.