Butler Bulldongs' A.J. Graves, left, passes the ball off against Tennessee Volunteers' JaJuan Smith during the second half during the semifinals of the NIT basketball competition Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Butler won 56-44. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (Photo: AP) http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/butler/butler-insider/2015/12/09/revisiting-butler-vs-tennessee-4-games-mattered/77059766/ by  David Woods ,  david.woods@indystar.com 5:52 p.m. EST December 9, 2015 Butler and Tennessee are not natural rivals in college basketball , and their series consists of just four games . But all four have been consequential. The teams meet again at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Hinkle Fieldhouse (Fox Sports 1). Recapping the Dawgs/Vols games: Dec. 20, 1958: Butler 81, Tennessee 66 (Excerpted from The Butler Way .) This was supposed to be a homecoming for Tennessee coach Emmett Lowery , an Indianapolis native who had st...

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/butler/butler-insider/2015/12/09/revisiting-butler-vs-tennessee-4-games-mattered/77059766/ Butler Bulldongs' A.J. Graves , left, passes the ball off against Tennessee Volunteers' JaJuan Smith during the second half during the semifinals of the NIT basketball competition Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Butler won 56-44 .  by  David Woods , david.woods@indystar.com  5:15 p.m. EST December 11, 2015 Former Butler coach Brad Stevens grew up cheering for Bob Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers , who played man-to-man defense exclusively . There were four-letter words uttered during IU basketball practices, but “zone” was not one of them. Coach Chris Holtmann unashamedly has borrowed on Butler traditions developed by Stevens, who in turn built on the legacies of Todd Lickliter, Thad Matta and Barry Collier . There has been one deviation: It is OK to use the Z-word. So when the Te...

AP - Dec 11, 2015 at 6:17p ET  Butler had last season's promising start ended with an upset at Tennessee , but the Volunteers are visiting Indianapolis this time and under new leadership.  Vols coach Rick Barnes will face the 18th-ranked Bulldogs on Saturday for the first time since they ended his lengthy tenure at Texas , but his new team might have trouble keeping up with one of its leading scorers out.  Butler (7-1) heads into this rematch in fine form after a 93-66 rout of VMI on Monday . The Bulldogs hit a season-high 10 three-pointers while nudging their scoring average up to 91.4 .  Bulldogs' Kelan Martin had 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting and 8 rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench . The sophomore forward has totaled 44 points and made 18 of 24 shots in the past two games.  Butler also had its best scoring performance and most assists (19) in the last six games.  "We have some versatility and when we're playing well, we...

http://www.knoxnews.com/govolsxtra/basketball/lineups-tennessee-at-butler_80659347 Records:  Tennessee 4-3, Butler 7-1 Coaches:  Butler, Chris Holtmann (47-54, 30-12 at Butler);  Tennessee, Rick Barnes (608-317, 4-3 at UT). Series: Tied, 2-2 BUTLER TENNESSEE Player Yr. Ht. Key stats Pos. Player Yr. Ht. Key stats 1 Tyler Lewis RsJr. 5-11 9.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg  ---   G   --- 0 Kevin Punter Jr. Sr. 6-2 22.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg  24 Kellen Dunham Sr. 6-6 20.0 ppg, 2.1 rpg --- G --- 15 Detrick Mostella So. 6-1 3.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg 21 Roosevelt Jones RsSr 6-4 12.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg - G - 34 Devon Baulkman Sr. 6-4 10.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg  4 Tyler Wideman So. 6-8 9.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg --- F --- 4 Armani Moore Sr. 6-4 15.6 ppg, 7.9 rpg 45 Andrew Chrabascz Jr. 6-7 13.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg --- F --- 23 Derek Reese Sr. 6-7 3.4 ppg, 7.7 rpg The Skinny:  Tennessee spent much of its two-week break between games focusing on improved de...

http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2015/12/11/9888302/tennessee-vs-butler-preview The Vols return to action to face a Top 20 team on the road By Will Shelton @wshelton2 on Dec 11, 2015, 8:00a After a two week break for final exams the basketball Vols are back in action tomorrow at #18 Butler . The break was made especially long by Tennessee's outcome in Brooklyn: a close call against now 8-1 George Washington , then an 11 point loss to Nebraska . The Vols' weaknesses in the interior were exposed in both games , and in the interim pseudo-post Jabari McGhee transferred out of the program.  George Washington's only loss came in the Brooklyn final to #23 Cincinnati, and Cincinnati's only loss came against #18 Butler. The Bulldogs' only loss came to #17 Miami ; Butler is currently 27th in KenPom and running the nation's eighth best offense by their metrics.  Last year the Bulldogs came into Knoxville ranked 15th , but Donnie Tyndall's Vols u...

"The Butler Way". Alla mitica Hinkle Fieldhouse, quella del film Hoosiers, nello spogliatoio dei Bulldogs c'è un cartello con quella scritta. E' il "sistema", di basket e di vita, creato alla Butler da "Tony Hinkle", leggendario coach a cui l'arena è intitolata. E quale miglior tributo al basket di college che aprire lì, contro i Volunteers di Tennessee, la stagione della NCAA - live in italiano - su Fox Sports. La squadra al secondo anno con coach Chris Holtmann contro i ragazzi alla prima stagione con Rick Barnes, che si è lasciato sbattendo la porta dopo 17 stagioni con Texas, dove per questioni di budget volevano ridurgli lo staff tecnico. Butler è una potenza della Big East conference, e squadra molto interessante. Tennessee, un programma che riparte dal terzo allenatore in tre stagioni e può essere la sorpresa nella SouthEastern Conference. Potrebbe finire tanti a pochi, ma anche no: mai sottovalutare le squadre di coach Barnes, uno ch...

BLUE RIBBON ANALYSIS BACKCOURT B  FRONTCOURT C  BENCH/DEPTH C  INTANGIBLES B LOCATION   Knoxville, TN  CONFERENCE Southeastern LAST SEASON 16-16 (.500)  CONFERENCE RECORD 7-11 (10th)  STARTERS RETURNING/LOST 4/1  NICKNAME Volunteers  COLORS Orange & White HOMECOURT Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678)  COACH Rick Barnes (Lenoir-Rhyne ’77)  RECORD AT SCHOOL First year  CAREER RECORD 604-313 (28 years)  ASSISTANTS Rob Lanier (St. Bonaventure ’90) Chris Ogden (Texas ’04) Desmond Oliver (Dominican College ’92) WINS (LAST 5 YRS.) 19-19-20-24-16 RPI (LAST 5 YRS.) 41-90-66-37-102 2014-15 FINISH Lost in SEC quarter finals. HART-ATTACK Late last March, just as Tennessee basketball fans were steeling themselves for yet another protracted search for a basketball coach, the unthinkable happened. Rick Barnes became available. What do you do if you’re Tenn...

The famous Smokey mascot was introduced in 1953 by the late Rev. Bill Brooks who entered his prize-winning blue tick coon hound, "Brooks' Blue Smokey," in a contest at halftime of the Mississippi State game that season. The dogs were lined up on the old cheerleaders' ramp at Shields-Watkins Field and each dog was introduced over the loudspeaker and the student body cheered for their favorite, with "Blue Smokey" being the last hound introduced. When his name was called, he barked. The students cheered and Smokey threw his head back and barked again. This kept going until the stadium was in an uproar and UT had found its mascot, Smokey . The widely known and unique tradition of running through the 'T' on game days began in 1965 when Doug Dickey moved the teams' bench to the east side and had the team enter and simply turning around back to their sideline through a giant 'T' performed by the Pride of the Southland Band . Changes came in 1...

What’s a Volunteer?  Not your run of the mill school nickname, the proud legacy of the Volunteer calls Tennessee student-athletes to compete at an elevated standard when the stakes are highest. A Volunteer is the bravest breed of human from the boldest nation on Earth , fiercely proud to call Tennessee home whether the battle lies within its borders or in a land far away. THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS  In the aftermath of the Declaration of Independence, Americans were determined to create a nation that was free of the evils that had required them to resort to revolution . Among these was the fear of a large standing army . Such a force could be used to impose the will of an evil monarch and was therefore a threat to individual liberties. Instead, they would rely upon a volunteer army, citizen soldiers who would be called into service at times of crisis to serve their country.  When the people who would later be known as Tennesseans were first asked to volunteer...

Armani Moore Class: Senior Hometown: Kennesaw, Ga. High School: Mount Paran Christian School Height / Weight: 6-4 / 217 Position: F Experience: 3L Follow @Moe_Money42 PERSONAL Born March 25, 1994, in Swainsboro, Ga. Full name is Armani T'Bori Moore Parents are Claudette Moore and Elvin Clark Academic major: Communication Studies Recipient of The C&C Millwright Athletic Scholarship and The Richard & Melba Jackson Athletic Scholarship Endowment CAREER HIGHS Points: 29 // vs. Army, 11/24/15* Rebounds: 16 // vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/22/15 Assists: 7 // vs. ETSU, 12/31/14 Steals: 4 twice // last at Georgia Tech, 11/16/15 Blocks: 5 // vs. Kansas State, 12/6/14 Field Goals: 11 // last vs. Army, 11/24/15* 3-Pointers: 3 // vs. Army, 11/24/15* Free Throws: 10 // vs. Santa Clara, 11/27/14 Minutes: 38 // vs. Arkansas, 3/13/15 * Indicates most recent high HONORS 2016 NABC Good Works Team Nominee SEC Player of the Week (Jan. 19, 2015...

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Decatur, Ala. High School: La Lumiere School (Ind). Height / Weight: 6-1 / 175 Position: G Experience: 1L Prep School: Notre Dame Prep (Mass.) Follow @Teek3015 PERSONAL      Full name is Detrick Samon Mostella     Name pronounced: DEE-trick moss-TELL-uh     Born: Oct. 12, 1993, in Decatur, Ala.     Son of Dyra and Ricky Mostella     Academic major: Sport Management     Recipient of The Estep Athletic Scholarship CAREER HIGHS     Points: 17 // vs. VCU, 11/14/14     Rebounds: 6 // at Georgia Tech, 11/16/15     Assists: 4 // vs. Nebraska, 11/28/15*     Steals: 2 (2x) // last vs. LSU, 2/14/15     Blocks: 1 // vs. Mercer, 12/22/14     Field Goals: 5 // vs. VCU, 11/14/14     3-Pointers: 4 // vs. Kansas, 11/28/14     Free Throws: ...