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1 Quick Facts Location Knoxville, Tennessee Founded 1794 Conference Southeastern Enrollment 26,033 Home Court Thompson-Boling Arena Capacity 24,535 Record In Arena (.701) 16 Years First Game 12/3/87 (Tennessee 82, Marquette 56) Largest Crowd 25,610 vs. Kentucky (1/21/89) Colors Orange & White Nickname Volunteers Mascot Smokey Band Pride of the Southland President Dr. John W. Shumaker (Pittsburgh 1964) Faculty Representative Dr. Anne Mayhew (Texas 1958) Athletic Director Mike Hamilton (Clemson 1985) Athletic Department Phone (865) Ticket Office Phone (865) History First Year of Basketball Overall All-Time Record 1, (.607) NCAA Tournament Appearances 13 ( ) Last NCAA Opponent Charlotte (3/16/01) Result L, National Invitation Tournament Appearances 10 ( ) Last NIT Opponent Georgetown (3/18/03) Result L, Sports Information Basketball SID Craig Pinkerton (Kansas State 1994) Home Phone (865) Cell Phone (865) Associate AD/SID Bud Ford (Tennessee 1966) Home Phone (865) Associate SID Jeff Muir (Arkansas 1993) Associate SID John Painter (Tennessee 1988) Internet Comm. Dir. David Grim (Tennessee 1984) Dir. of Special Pubs. Tom Mattingly (Tennessee 1970) SID Office Phone (865) SID Office Phone (Night) (865) SID Office Fax (865) Press Row Phone (Scores & Updates) (865) SID Mailing Address P.O. Box Knoxville, TN Overnight Address 1720 Volunteer Blvd., Room 255 Knoxville, TN Web Address Media Information Originating Radio Network WIVK/Vol Network Edwin Huster P.O. Box Knoxville, TN (865) Radio Play-by-Play Announcer Bob Kesling P.O. Box Knoxville, TN (865) Radio Color Announcer Bert Bertelkamp P.O. Box Knoxville, TN (865) Coaching Staff Head Coach Buzz Peterson (North Carolina 1986) Record at Tennessee (2 Years).533 Pct. Career Record (7 Years).637 Pct. NCAA Appearances (Career / at Tennessee) 1/0 NIT Appearances (Career / at Tennessee) 2/1 Head Coaching Experience School Yrs Seasons Record NCAAs NITs Appalachian State Tulsa Tennessee Totals Basketball Office Phone (865) Basketball Office Fax (865) Best Time To Reach Coach Contact SID Assoc. Head Coach Chris Ferguson (Cumberland 1981) Assistant Coaches Ed Conroy (The Citadel 1989) Chuck Benson (Carson Newman 1991) Director of Basketball Operations Al Daniel (Furman 1979) Strength Coach Roderick Moore (Morehouse 1997) Basketball Trainer Chad Newman (Tennessee 1994) Head Manager Brian O Neill Basketball Secretaries Janice Harper, Janet Reynolds Table of Contents Season Outlook 2-5 Buzz Peterson 6-7 Coaching Staff 8 Roster 9 Returning Player Bios Justin Albrecht Stanley Asumnu Brandon Crump Pee-Wee Gash Boomer Herndon Fred Smithwick C.J. Watson John Winchester Newcomer Bios Dane Bradshaw 26 Jemere Hendrix 26 Jordan Howell 27 Scooter McFadgon 27 Major Wingate 28 Lou Wright Season Review Statistics Results 31 Statistics 32 Superlatives 33 Team Game-By-Game 34 Individual Game-By-Game 35 Miscellaneous Statistics SEC Standings SEC Postseason Results SEC Statistics SEC Notes 42 Game-By-Game Review Team Information Overall Record Home / Away / Neutral 12-4 / 4-6 / SEC Record 9-7 Home / Away / Neutral 5-3 / 4-4 / SEC Finish 4th (East) Final Ranking (AP / USA Today) None / None Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 8/7 Newcomers 6 All-Star Candidates Brandon Crump C.J. Watson Starters Returning No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl G/GS Pts Reb Ast Blk Stl 4 Brandon Crump F Jr. 29/ C.J. Watson G So. 29/ Starters Lost No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl G/GS Pts Reb Ast Blk Stl 10 Thaydeus Holden G Sr. 29/ Ron Slay F Sr. 29/ Jon Higgins G Sr. 27/ Other Lettermen Returning No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl G/GS Pts Reb Ast Blk Stl 0 Boomer Herndon C So. 12/ Stanley Asumnu G/F So. 28/ John Winchester G So. 25/ Pee-Wee Gash G So. 5/ Fred Smithwick F Jr. 3/ Justin Albrecht F Jr. 2/ Other Lettermen Lost No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl G/GS Pts Reb Ast Blk Stl 2 Drew Clemmons G Sr. 5/ Elgrace Wilborn F So. 29/ Derek Stribling F So. 27/ Zach Turner F Sr. 6/ Newcomers No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Major Wingate C Fr. Florence, S.C. (North Gwinnett [Ga.] HS) 2 Scooter McFadgon G Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (University of Memphis) 23 Dane Bradshaw G Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) 33 Jemere Hendrix F So. Covington, Ga. (Clemson University) Jordan Howell G Fr. Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones HS) Lou Wright G/F Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Southwest Tennessee CC) UTSports.com BuzzPeterson.net The University of Tennessee Basketball Preseason Outlook is published by the Department of Athletics. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN This guide has been edited and designed by the University of Tennessee Sports Information Office. Publication number: E Tennessee 1 Basketball

2 Vols Get Early Start To Season Youthful UT returns two starters from 2003 s NIT squad To say that Buzz Peterson s third season at the University of Tennessee will feature a young team would be somewhat of an understatement. For the second time in as many years the Vols will field a team that has no more than two players with much more than one full season of experience. In Peterson molded a team that featured just two players with more than 32 games of playing experience at the University of Tennessee into one of the top teams in the Southeastern Conference. This year he is faced with the challenge of leading a team that has just one player who has been at Tennessee for more than one season. I hate to describe us as a young team, but that s what we are, said Peterson, who is in two seasons at Tennessee and in seven years as a head coach. It is a team that is fairly young as far as minutes go, but it is talented enough. We are trying to build a program. The great thing about this team is that everyone will return the following year. The Volunteer roster is void of any seniors and lists just three scholarship juniors, five sophomores and three freshmen. The most experienced player in the Tennessee lineup is redshirt junior Brandon Crump. The 6-foot- 10 forward has started 46 of his 59 games while averaging 9.0 points per game during his career. The player with the second-most experience is sophomore point guard C.J. Watson. In his rookie season at Tennessee, Watson led the team and the Southeastern Conference by averaging 35.8 minutes per game. Last year there was a lot of concern about the point guards, especially with a true freshman point guard coming in. Peterson said. We didn t know how he was going to do. Now, there is a little more sense of stability that we have our point guard coming back. He now has a year of experience along with playing on the Junior World Championship Team so he should come in with some confidence. With a proven post player, one of the top point guards in the conference and several talented youngsters, the Vols have a strong foundation for a great program. We ve got a great foundation, Peterson said. Everyone on the team will accept their role and understand their role. I think this team has tremendous chemistry. I m excited about this year s team. I ve asked Brandon Crump to step up his numbers again, similar to what he did between his freshman and sophomore years. We don t have a lot of depth in the post so the emphasis on (Major) Wingate, (Boomer) Herndon and (Jemere) Hendrix will pick up a little bit more. Looking For Leadership After losing established leaders such as Ron Slay and Jon Higgins last season, leadership will be the key for the Volunteers to be successful. Both C.J. Watson and Brandon Crump will be looked for to help mentor some of the younger players on the squad. By playing point guard, C.J. has to provide some kind of leadership, but the key will be Crump, Buzz Peterson said. He s had more minutes and he s been in this program the longest. He is someone who has to be the guy for us. He has to be a coach for us and hold everyone else accountable for their actions. Crump and Watson won t be asked to shoulder the entire load though. This year will be an opportunity for several of the younger players to make a name for themselves. Returning players Stanley Asumnu, Boomer Herndon, John Winchester and Justin Albrecht all made key contributions to the team last season and will be asked for more this year. We ve got a lot to prove, Peterson said. We ve got a lot of points to prove. A lot of individuals have something to prove. We ve seen it in practice, now it is time for them to do it in games. Vols Must Replace Key Losses, Including SEC Player of the Year Tennessee loses seven lettermen, including three starters, from last season s squad. While suffering such heavy losses may cause the Vols to have an inexperienced squad, it does create the opportunity for the younger players to step up an assert themselves. Among the key losses from the squad were stalwarts Ron Slay and Jon Higgins. During their four-year careers the twosome combined for 170 starts, 233 games, 492 assists, 1,080 rebounds and 2,467 career points. Additionally, the Vols must replace three-point threat Thaydeus Holden. It s tough to replace the SEC Player of the Year, Ron Slay, and Jon Higgins, who was a kind of coach on the floor, Buzz Peterson said. Thaydeus Holden had a very good January and February for us. It will be hard to replace those guys. Behind the efforts of Slay, who was named the SEC Player of the Year and third team All-America by the Associated Press, the Vols received an invitation to play in the National Invitation Tournament. It was the fifth postseason appearance in the last six years for the Vols. The biggest thing we lose with the loss of Ron is his leadership, Peterson said. That is the one thing that can hurt us more than anything else. I think that is the biggest question mark for us right now: Can someone step up and provide the leadership that he provided for us. Capsule Outlook Record: Home: 12-5 Road: 4-6 Neutral: 1-1 SEC Record: 9-7 (4th East) Home: 5-3 Road: 4-4 Neutral: Postseason: National Invitation Tournament Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 8/7 Newcomers: 6 Starters Returning (2) Brandon Crump (6-10, F, Jr.) Stats: 11.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.0 bpg C.J. Watson (6-3, G, So.) Stats: 9.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 5.5 apg Other Lettermen Returning (6) Stanley Asumnu (6-5, G/F, So.) Stats: 2.9 ppg, 1.7 rpg Justin Albrecht (6-6, F, Jr.) Stats: 2.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg John Winchester (6-3, G, So.) Stats: 1.5 ppg, 0.8 rpg Boomer Herndon (6-10, C, So.) Stats: 1.3 ppg, 1.8 rpg Pee-Wee Gash (5-6, G, So.) Stats: 0.0 ppg, 0.2 rpg Fred Smithwick (6-6, F, Jr.) Stats: 0.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg Starters Lost (3) Ron Slay (6-8, F, Sr.) Stats: 21.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg Jon Higgins (6-3, G, Sr.) Stats: 8.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.9 apg Thaydeus Holden (6-0, G, Sr.) Stats: 8.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg Other Lettermen Lost (4) Drew Clemmons (6-2, G, Sr.) Stats: 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg Elgrace Wilborn (6-8, F, So.) Stats: 2.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg Derek Stribling (6-6, F, So.) Stats: 2.7 ppg, 1.6 rpg Zach Turner (6-7, F, Sr.) Stats: 0.3 ppg, 0.8 rpg Newcomers (6) Dane Bradshaw (6-3, G, Fr.) Led White Station HS to state championship Jemere Hendrix (6-8, F, So.) Redshirt in 2003 after transfer from Clemson Jordan Howell (6-3, G, Fr.) Late signee, Alabama Mr. Basketball finalist Scooter McFadgon (6-5, G, Jr.) Redshirt in 2003 after transfer from Memphis Major Wingate (6-10, C, Fr.) Participated in Global Games in July Lou Wright (6-6, G/F, Jr.) Sat out 2003 after playing two years of JC ball Tennessee 2 Basketball

3 Vols Get Early Start To Season With Trip To The Dominican Republic Buzz Peterson will get a preview of the version of the Vols when they take a preseason trip to the Dominican Republic. Tennessee will play three exhibition games on the Caribbean island during the University s fall break, October With three freshmen and two transfers joining the Vols this season, the timing for this trip couldn t have been better. This is a great time to take the trip we are going on, Peterson said. With only one guy on the team having played more than one year, this will let our team get more experience early in the year. The following year we ll have everyone back. Then, we should be well on our way. NCAA rules allow schools to have 10 days of practice before embarking on their trips overseas. By taking their trip in mid-october, the Vols will be able to begin their practices before the official first day of practice for schools on October 11. The good thing about this year is that with the Caribbean trip, we will be able to start practice early, Peterson said. That will give us a chance to get to know some things early on before we come back and start exhibition season. That is a big advantage for this year. Statistical Leaders Returning Scoring 11.0 Brandon Crump Field Goals 127 Brandon Crump Field Goal % 56.4 Brandon Crump 3-Pt FGs 24 C.J. Watson 3-Pt FG % 36.4 C.J. Watson Free Throws 79 C.J. Watson Free Throw % 75.3 Brandon Crump Rebounding 5.9 Brandon Crump Assists 160 C.J. Watson Blocked Shots 30 Brandon Crump Steals 36 C.J. Watson Minutes 1038 C.J. Watson What Returns Although the Vols lost the Southeastern Conference s top scorer in Ron Slay from the season, they return two of their top three scorers for the campaign. Brandon Crump is Tennessee s top returning scorer and rebounder with 11.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore. C.J. Watson was one of the top assist men in the Southeastern Conference with 160 assists (5.52 per game) while averaging 9.1 points and 4.2 rebounds. Total Return Lost Return Points % Rebounds % Assists % Blocks % Steals % Minutes % Starts % Two Transfers Work Towards Scholarships After Spending Season As Walk-ons While three freshman figure to play major roles for the Vols, it is a pair of transfers who may make the biggest impact on the court. Scooter McFadgon, a transfer from Memphis, and Jemere Hendrix, a transfer from Clemson, attended Tennessee during the season practicing with the Vols while attending school as walkons. Now, they both will earn scholarships and will look to contribute in games. It is a huge advantage for them to have been able to practice with us last year, Buzz Peterson said. It is very impressive that they paid for their own education last year. That shows a certain level of desire to become better players. When they came here I told them they would have to prove themselves to us to receive a scholarship. They did all of the things we asked of them and will be awarded scholarships this fall. McFadgon was the third leading scorer on Memphis 2002 NIT championship team with 9.9 points per game. An outside threat who is not afraid to take the big shot, McFadgon made 37.2 percent of his three-point attempts as a sophomore for the Tigers. Hendrix played just eight games at Clemson before suffering a season-ending stress fracture in his right foot early in the season. Although he averaged just 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds as a freshman for Clemson, Hendrix established himself as a relentless offensive rebounder in UT s practices last season. I am very anxious to see Scooter and Jemere suit up after having a year with us getting stronger and practicing everyday, Peterson said. Now it is their time to go out on the court. I really felt like last year was very valuable to them and I am excited to see how they respond when they get out there in real action. Jemere used the redshirt year to really bulk up. Scooter really has shown some great signs of offense in practice. With his size playing the wing, he is capable of posting some smaller guards up and he is also tall enough to defend most of the guards in our league. Busy Summer For The Vols No sooner was the season over that the Vols began preparing for the next campaign. Tennessee is coming off one of the busiest summers in recent memory as virtually all of the players were on campus for at least one session of summer school and others were playing in various tournaments around the world. I am a big believer that you win games with what you do in the offseason, Buzz Peterson said. I can t make them stay here but our guys have shown a lot of commitment by staying here to get stronger, play some pickup ball and work out on their own. C.J. Watson may have received the biggest boost from his summer experience. The Las Vegas native was named to the 12-player 2003 USA Basketball Men s Junior World Championship Team that competed in the Global Games in Dallas and in the FIBA World Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece. I am excited for him in being able to have the USA Basketball experience, Peterson said. The reason being is that I believe that he will get a lot of confidence out of it. This is an exciting time for him getting to play against that type of competition. He will have gone against some of the best players in world that are not in the pros this summer. Also receiving experience playing in the Global Games over the summer was freshman center Major Wingate. The 6-foot-10 Wingate helped lead the Global Select team to the championship game of the games, where they fell to Watson s Team USA squad. Going against that kind of competition should give Major a lot of confidence, Peterson said. We are going to need him to come in here with some confidence because he will be counted on early. A pair of Tennessee s frontcourt mates will also get added experience in August when they attend Pete Newell s Big Man Camp in Las Vegas. Brandon Crump and Boomer Herndon will be attending the legendary coach s camp before the end of summer. Crump will be attending the camp for the second year in a row while Herndon will be attending for the first time. It is encouraging that there are so many guys who want to dedicate so much to their games during C.J. Watson was named to the 12-person USA Basketball Junior World Championship Team that played in Greece over the summer. Tennessee 3 Basketball

4 the summer, Peterson said. Boomer and Brandon, what they are doing is exceptional. There is nothing we can do to help them financially for the trip. Boomer got a summer job just so he could go to the Big Man Camp in August. Perimeter Players Nine of Tennessee s 14 squad members play on the perimeter so the Vols will have a lot of depth outside the paint. Depending how each of the players develop, the Vols could have as many as four perimeter players on the court at a time. We are a guard-oriented team, Buzz Peterson said. We have a lot of guards. We ll have to go to our strengths. There may be an opportunity to play four guards at once. There are so many options that we can go with. When you do that, you have a much quicker team, a better defensive team. We ll have to look at that some. Despite the quantity of returning and new players, Tennessee lost two of its three starting perimeter players from last year s squad. The Vols outside scoring threats took the biggest hit with the loss of Jon Higgins and Thaydeus Holden. Higgins finished his career at Tennessee ranking fourth all-time with 209 career three-pointers and fifth by making 39.8 percent of his attempts. Holden s 82 career treys rank 10th all-time at UT and his career three-point percentage of 37.3 is sixth alltime. Point guard C.J. Watson, UT s only returning starter on the perimeter, returns to anchor the backcourt. An SEC All-Freshman team selection last season, the 6-foot-2 Watson led the league in assists with 5.44 dimes against conference teams. Watson, who is coming off a summer where he was selected to play for the 2003 USA Junior World Championship Team in Greece, will be counted on to continue to take his game to the next level. He understands the system now that he has been here for a year, Peterson said. He knows what we want. He understands what we need to get done. He is a quiet leader but he really leads by example. We are going to ask C.J. to be more vocal but he may need to step his scoring up a little more than he did last year. I think he will be one of the best point guards to play at the University of Tennessee when his career is over. While Peterson and the rest of the Vols expected good things out of Watson when he arrived on the Knoxville campus, the Las Vegas native surprised a lot of people with his knowledge and understanding of the game. As a rookie he averaged 9.1 points and 5.52 assists while playing a staggering 35.8 minutes per game. His 160 assists on the season rank seventh all-time on UT s single-season charts and are the second-best effort by a Vol freshman. I felt like he was a really good player but I didn t think he would play that many minutes and be that successful, Peterson said. He played some really big games for us. He really gained confidence as the year went on. I thought he had a tremendous freshman year. Joining Watson in the backcourt will be Scooter McFadgon, a transfer from the University of Memphis. A shooting guard, McFadgon spent the season as a walk-on while sitting out the campaign after transferring. While not eligible to play in games for the Vols, the 6-foot-5 Memphis native was able to practice with the team. It was there he developed a reputation as a scorer who wasn t afraid to take the shot when the game was on the line. After proving himself in practices all season, McFadgon will be awarded a scholarship. Scooter has got to come in and be a threat from the perimeter for us, Peterson said. He s somebody who s got to knock down some open shots. He is going to come in here as a weapon for Tennessee as far as a perimeter player. I saw it a lot of times in practice last year. A lot of players on this team looked at him as a go-to guy. He doesn t have a problem stepping up and hitting a shot late. He wants the ball then. I like his attitude. One of the most versatile players in the Tennessee lineup is 6-foot-6 junior forward Justin Albrecht. Although the junior college transfer is not very familiar to Tennessee fans after suffering through an injury-plagued season, the Omaha, Neb., native showed that he was a fundamentally sound player. He is someone who wasn t afraid to do the little things on the court like draw charges to help his team win. Stanley Asumnu is an athletic guard who is one of the quickest players on the Vol roster. Justin is someone who can play at the post and extend the defense a little bit like Ron Slay was able to do, Peterson said. He has good size. He s got a good shot. We may play him some at post and some on the perimeter. He started off last year really well. He knocked down some shots and drew charges. He did those little things, the savvy things that win ball games. We are going to ask him to do those little things for us again. Sophomore Stanley Asumnu from Houston showed the Vols some bright spots from his position on the wing and could be poised to make a big impact on the Vol lineup this season. The 6-foot-5, 200- pound Asumnu saw action in 28 games and drew six starting assignments as a true freshman. A hero in UT s road win at Ole Miss when he grabbed an offensive rebound and then put it in the basket for the winning bucket with 2.6 seconds left, Asumnu averaged 2.9 points for the Vols as a freshman. We saw some bright spots from Stanley last year, Peterson said. He just needs to be more consistent. He is one of the quickest players we have. He just needs to get on the floor and relax and let the game come to him a little bit. Stanley s on his way to being a very fine player for the University of Tennessee. John Winchester, a versatile 6-foot-3 guard from Stamford, Conn., showed a lot of athleticism in playing 25 games as a true freshman last year, but he struggled to find his shot consistently. The thing I like about John is that he is a combo guard, Peterson said. He can play the point or the two guard if we need him to. His defense is a little ahead of his offense right now. I d like to see his offense pick up some. I know last year was a frustrating year for him, but I really believe that if he comes in and works hard that a lot of playing time will come for him. Dane Bradshaw was Tennessee s first signee in the Class of He is a 6-foot-3, 215-pound point guard who will be able to provide Watson with a breather off the bench, a luxury that Watson did not have last season. A product of powerhouse White Station High School in Memphis, Bradshaw won three state championships in his four seasons with the Spartans. The 2003 Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year, Bradshaw led White Station to a 36-2 record while averaging 10 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists as a senior. The big things about Dane are that he wants to win and he gets everyone involved in the game, Peterson said. He is a lot like Higgins was for us as far as being a coach out there. Guys like to play with him because he is going to distribute the ball, he s going to get you the ball at the right place. He knows the game; he knows people s strengths and weaknesses. He comes from a well-coached program with Terry Tippett at White Station. There is a lot to be said about taking some- Tennessee 4 Basketball

5 one off a team that has won three out of four state championships. A late signee for the Vols was 6-foot-3 guard Jordan Howell. Although the Madison, Ala., native originally signed with Georgia out of Bob Jones High School, Howell was granted a full release by the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference to attend another school without having to sit out. An all-state selection in the state of Alabama, he will play a key role for the Vols as an outside threat after averaging 17.5 points on 47-percent shooting from three-point range as a senior. Jordan has a great knowledge of the game and a great feel for it, Peterson said. If someone plays a zone and we reverse the ball, it doesn t take very long for him to get that shot off. He s got a very quick release. He is known as a good shooter. Asheville, N.C., native Pee-Wee Gash returns for his second season as a walk-on for the Vols. The speedy 5-foot-6 Gash proved himself as one of the best long-range shooters on the Vol squad while quickly becoming a fan favorite. We were excited about him last year, Peterson said. He was one of the fan favorites. He s got a nice shot from the outside. He is one of our better shooters from the perimeter. Pee-Wee is someone who really puts pressure on C.J. We are going to ask him to make C.J. better, which is going to make this team better. Joining Gash as a walk-on in the backcourt is Lou Wright. A top-100 recruit coming out of high school, Wright played two seasons a Southwest Tennessee Community College where he help lead the Saluqis to a third-place finish in the 2000 NJCAA Tournament. The younger brother of NBA star Lorenzen Wright and cousin of teammate McFadgon, Wright played three seasons at west coast high school power Westchester High in Los Angeles before completing his prep career at Raleigh-Egypt in Memphis. Lou is a good shooter, which is something we need, Peterson said. You can never have enough good shooters on your team. He was a top-100 recruit coming out of high school and has two years of junior college experience so he could come in and really contribute. Post Players While the numbers may be a little thin in the paint for the Vols, Buzz Peterson will have a proven performer in Brandon Crump upon which to build a strong foundation. The numbers aren t what we want them to be, Peterson said. But, with Brandon being one of the only ones with experience coming back there, we are going to count on him to be the guy in there. We are going to need him to pick up his scoring and rebounding more. Crump, a 6-foot-10 junior power forward from Houston is UT s only returning starter in the paint following the graduation of Ron Slay. Last year Slay had a dream season, leading the Southeastern Conference in scoring with 21.8 points per game while earning SEC Player of the Year and All- America honors. Crump will be joined in the frontcourt by Boomer Herndon, a 6-foot-10 sophomore; Jemere Hendrix, a 6-foot-8 sophomore transfer from Clemson; and Major Wingate, a 6-foot-10 freshman who grew up in South Carolina. Brandon is the guy who has got the experience and can set the tone in there, Peterson said. We hope one of the other three guys comes along and can give us some help in there. A starter in each of his first two seasons at Tennessee, Crump improved his numbers significantly between his freshman and sophomore campaigns. After averaging a solid 7.1 points and 4.2 rebounds as a redshirt freshman, he added some new wrinkles to his game to become the team s second-leading scorer and rebounder with 11.0 points and 5.9 boards as a sophomore last season. Brandon added a new dimension to his game last year when he had some games where he hit some free throw line jump shots, Peterson said. He added that and picked up his free throw percentage. He just needs to keep on improving. I ve always told him that I want him to be that guy in there to rip down that rebound and be tough. He can do it. He s heard us say it enough. I think he is getting tired of hearing it. Herndon, one of just two true centers on the Vol roster, didn t see much action on the court as a freshman last year but gained valuable experience in practice and, most importantly, in the weight room. The 6-foot-10, 235-pounder from Nashville saw action in 12 games last season, including seven against Southeastern Conference foes. Boomer s got a nice shot from 15-feet out facing the basket, Peterson said. His hands are pretty good. He just needs to get better with his footwork, get a little quickness there. This summer he has worked hard in the weight room and has put on some weight. Hendrix didn t see much action in an injuryshortened season at Clemson in , but he made his presence known at Tennessee s practices last season. An extremely athletic big man who can run the floor as well as any guard, Hendrix spent the season as a redshirt at UT. Following a year of hard work while sitting out and attending school as a walk-on, Hendrix will awarded a scholarship in the fall. Jemere is a workhorse, Peterson said. He is a hard worker with a lot of energy. He is an excellent offensive rebounder and he s got a nice shot. I am real excited about him. He is going to make everyone around him work just as hard as he does. Although just a freshman, the 6-foot-10, 245- pound Wingate could be pressed into early action for the Vols. One of the highest rated big man recruits for the Vols in several years, Wingate spent part of the Brandon Crump is Tennessee s top returning scorer and rebounder after averaging 11.0 points and 5.9 rebounds last season. summer playing for the Global Select Team at the 2003 Global Games in Dallas. There is a little more emphasis on him and the rest of the post players this year without much depth at that position, Peterson said. He s going to be counted on. We re glad that he has the big body. I ve always said that you need a big body to come in and play your first year. I am really happy that he has that strength and size to be able to take that pounding inside. A top-50 recruit coming out of North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Ga., Wingate led North Gwinnett to a 26-4 record while averaging 17 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game. Junior walk-on Fred Smithwick will provide added depth to the Vol frontline. A 6-foot-6 forward from Memphis, Smithwick saw action in three games last season. Fred has been a big help for us, Peterson said. He gets in there and challenges the big guys. He comes to play every day. He is proud to be associated with University of Tennessee. Fred really works hard, as hard as anyone on this team. Tennessee 5 Basketball

6 Buzz Peterson has developed a reputation as one of the great young teachers in college basketball today. Entering his third season at the University of Tennessee, Peterson has built the Vols into one of the most exciting and dangerous teams in the SEC while bringing a renewed energy and enthusiasm to Knoxville. During his second season at Tennessee he built the Vols into a team that finished in the upper third of the powerful Southeastern Conference, led UT to a victory over a team ranked among the top five in the nation and directed the squad to the 23rd postseason appearance in school history. Entering the season none of the preseason prognosticators picked Tennessee to finish better than fifth in the Southeastern Conference. When the smoke cleared from a season that saw the conference finish No. 1 in the Ratings Percentage Index, the Vols 9-7 league record ranked in a tie with Western Division champion Mississippi State for the fourthbest mark in the entire conference. When the regular season concluded, Peterson s Vols received an invitation to play in the National Invitation Tournament. Individually, players have flourished under Peterson s leadership. Ron Slay was named the SEC Player of the Year and earned third team All-America honors after leading the Southeastern Conference in scoring with 21.2 points per game. C.J. Watson was named to the All-SEC Freshman team after his 5.44 assists per game against SEC foes led the league. Fans throughout East Tennessee have taken notice of what is happening in Thompson-Boling Arena. The Vols averaged 14,400 fans in 16 regular season home games in In eight home Southeastern Conference games the Vols averaged 15,711 fans per game. Peterson s first season at the University of Tennessee was one that was met with more than its share of adversity. Peterson s Vols had a full complement of players for just 10 of the team s 31 games on its way to a overall record and a 7-9 mark and a fourth-place finish in the Southeastern Conference s Eastern Division. While 10 of Tennessee s games were decided by three points or less and players missing a combined total of 37 games because of injuries or academics, the Vols battled to finish strong in the SEC race and took home wins over No. 8 Syracuse (66-62), No. 7 Kentucky (76-74) and No. 16 Georgia (71-63). Buzz Peterson Head Coach North Carolina in seven seasons as a head coach in two seasons at Tennessee Peterson s Career Data Coaching Experience Appalachian State Assistant Coach East Tennessee State Assistant Coach North Carolina State Assistant Coach Vanderbilt Associate Head Coach Appalachian State Head Coach Tulsa Head Coach Tennessee Head Coach Head Coaching Record Year School Overall Conference Appalachian State Appalachian State Appalachian State Appalachian State Tulsa Tennessee Tennessee Totals 7 seasons The difference between being on the year and potentially 22-9 was a matter of 16 points and less than 10 seconds. Four times a Vol opponent hit a three-pointer at the end of regulation that helped decide the game while one time a UT three-point attempt at the buzzer that would have tied the game rimmed out. Eight of UT s 16 losses on the year were decided by a combined total of 19 points. Following the season, senior forward Vincent Yarbrough was a first team All-Southeastern Conference selection after finishing second in the league scoring race with 18.1 points per game. Junior forward Marcus Haislip went from averaging less than six points per game as a sophomore to earning second team All-SEC honors and averaging 16.7 points per game as a junior. Peterson was named the 16th head coach in Tennessee history on April 4, 2001 after leading the University of Tulsa to a record and a National Invitation Tournament championship during the season. In seven seasons as a head coach he has recorded a career record. This is a dream opportunity for the Peterson family, he said. I count my blessings every day that I am able to come to work here. The men s basketball program at the University of Tennessee couldn t be a better situation for our family. This athletic department as a whole, as well as this University, is well recognized throughout the nation. I m excited to be here and I am looking forward to the opportunity to working with these young men and winning championships. Winning has been a trademark of Peterson s on every level. In high school, he was named the top player in the state of North Carolina. In college, at the University of North Carolina, he was a part of the Tar Heels 1982 NCAA Championship team. As an assistant coach he helped direct Appalachian State, East Tennessee State, North Carolina State and Vanderbilt to a combined record and appearances in the NCAA Tournament and NIT. As a head coach he has directed teams to NCAA Tournament appearances, conference championships and a National Invitation Tournament title. In all, he has coached seven teams to postseason tournament action, including three NCAA Tournament appearances and four National Invitation Tournament appearances. Additionally he played in four NCAA Tournaments at North Carolina. He has won conference championships (as the head coach at Appalachian State), NCAA championships (as a player at North Carolina) and NIT championships (as the head coach at Tulsa). Much of Peterson s success can be attributed to the influences in his career. As a player he played with the likes of Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Sam Perkins and Kenny Smith. He has also been exposed to some outstanding coaches like Dean Smith, Roy Williams, Eddie Fogler, Bill Guthridge, Les Robinson, Tom Apke and Jan van Breda Kolff. Peterson has drawn much of his coaching philosophies from these influences. at Appalachian State: (4 years) at Tulsa: (1 year) at Tennessee: (2 years) Coaching Honors 1998 Southern Conference Coach of the Year 2000 Southern Conference Coach of the Year Personal Information Full Name: Robert Bower Peterson, Jr. Born: May 17, 1963 Hometown: Asheville, North Carolina Family: Wife - Jan Daughters - Nicole and Olivia Son - Rob College: North Carolina 1986 Bachelor s degree in geography High School: Asheville High School 1981 The Nickname Born Robert Bower Peterson, Jr., he was given the nickname Buzz when he was two years old by his sister Cindy. She got the name from the television show The Wonderful World of Brother Buzz that was on TV during the 1950s and 1960s. Buzz was a nickname given to me by my sister. It was a little bee that used to fly around. That was her favorite cartoon and it stuck with me forever. I ve had it for 35 years and I can t get rid of it. Tennessee 6 Basketball

7 The way that I like to run a program basically comes from my college days, from Coach (Dean) Smith, Peterson said. Coach Smith taught me to have a successful program you must first have discipline, that your student-athletes treat other people with respect and dignity. That is one thing that I always put into the program. Along with that is 100- percent effort. That goes in the classroom and on the floor, both places. Also is fundamental soundness, we will always work on the fundamentals. Another thing that has made Peterson so successful on and off the court is his care for his players. The Asheville, N.C., native has placed a high priority on the relationships he has gained through his experiences and continues to build relationships with his players. I love to have the players over to the house and challenge them to a game of pool or ping pong. I want them to know me as a person just like they are. I don t want them to know me only as a guy on the floor who is yelling at them trying to motivate them or as a guy behind a desk. I want them to know me as a person. If they have a problem socially, academically or basketball-wise, I want to be that father figure that they can come to and talk about it. Building unity on the team is a high priority for Peterson, but just as important is building a unity between the University of Tennessee basketball program and the Knoxville community. Along with team unity, I think it is important that we are active in the community; that everybody gets to know the student-athletes on the men s basketball team and everybody gets to know the basketball staff. In 2003 the basketball team was named Tennessee s Men s Community Service Teams of the Year by UT s CHAMPS/Life Skills office. Freshman C.J. Watson was named co-male Community Service Student-Athlete of the Year, an honor he shared with baseball s Luke Hochevar. At Tulsa, Peterson led the Golden Hurricane to a overall record and a second-place finish in the Western Athletic Conference with a 10-6 league record. He became just the fourth coach in Tulsa history to win 20 games in his first season at the school. With a team that featured just two seniors and one junior, Peterson directed Tulsa to its eighth NIT appearance. After defeating California-Irvine in the first round, TU went on the road to earn wins at Minnesota and Mississippi State to gain a trip to New York City for the NIT Final Four. In the semifinals the Golden Hurricane held on for a win over Memphis and then in the finals, Tulsa cruised to a win over Alabama. Prior to taking over the head coaching reins at Tulsa, Peterson spent four seasons as the head coach at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. He led the Mountaineers to a overall record and a mark in the Southern Conference. In each of his last three seasons at Appalachian State the Mountaineers either won or shared Southern Conference North Division titles. Peterson led the Mountaineers to 20 or more wins and appearances in the Southern Conference Tournament championship game in each of his last three seasons at Appalachian State. The Mountaineers won the Southern Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in the season. In he took over a program that had won just eight games the previous year and led ASU to a record. The following year the Mountaineers posted a 21-8 record and Peterson received the first of two Southern Conference Coach of the Year awards. Success under Peterson continued at Appalachian State as he led the Mountaineers to a 21-8 record in 1999 and a 23-9 mark in 2000 and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Following the 2000 season he was named the conference coach of the year for the second time. Peterson began his coaching career as an assistant at Appalachian State where he served the 1988 and 1989 seasons as an assistant under Tom Apke. The Mountaineers won 36 of their 59 games (61.1 percent) in his two seasons, including a 20-8 mark in He joined Les Robinson s East Tennessee State coaching staff in time for the 1990 season where he helped direct the Bucs to a 27-7 record. ETSU won the Southern Conference regular season and tournament championships in his only season in Johnson City. The Bucs earned just the third trip to the NCAA Tournament in school history where they fell to No. 4-seeded Georgia Tech, 99-83, in a first round game played at Thompson-Boling Arena. Peterson followed Robinson to North Carolina State the next season where he helped lead the Wolfpack to a record in 1991 and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Peterson got his first taste of Southeastern Conference basketball in 1993 when he joined Jan van Breda Kolff s staff as associate head coach at Vanderbilt. During his three seasons in Nashville, the Commodores registered a overall record and made two appearances in the National Invitation Tournament. The Commodores advanced to the championship game of the 1994 NIT before falling to Villanova. One of the most decorated high school players in the state of North Carolina, Peterson was a Parade and McDonald s All-America selection coming out of Asheville High School. He was named the North Carolina Player of the Year and Athlete of the Year as a senior. The runner-up for both awards was future college roommate Michael Jordan. The Asheville, N.C., native earned four monograms at North Carolina, serving as a team captain during his senior season in During his four seasons in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels captured four Atlantic Coast Conference championships and one ACC Tournament title while recording a record. A member of UNC s 1982 national championship team, Peterson was voted the Outstanding Senior by his teammates following the season. Following his collegiate career, Peterson was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1985 NBA draft. He also spent one year as a scout for Bob Gibbons All-Star Sports recruiting service before beginning his coaching career at Appalachian State. A 1986 North Carolina graduate with a bachelor s degree in geography, Peterson and his wife, Jan, have two daughters, Nicole and Olivia, and a son, Rob. Peterson s father, Bob, is a 1959 Tennessee graduate with a degree in retailing from the college of business. Tennessee 7 Basketball

8 Chris Ferguson Associate Head Coach Chris Ferguson, who is entering his seventh season on the Tennessee coaching staff and his third with head coach Buzz Peterson, was promoted to Associate Head Coach in June Ferguson, whose relationship with Peterson dates back to the 1988 and 1989 seasons when they served as assistants together at Appalachian State, served four seasons as an assistant coach on Jerry Green s staff at UT and then two years for Buzz Peterson before being promoted. In his six seasons at Tennessee, the Vols have received invitations to four NCAA Tournaments and one National Invitation Tournament in addition to winning two SEC Eastern Division crowns and one overall Southeastern Conference championship. Ferguson has worked with Tennessee s talented backcourt players, including All-SEC selections Brandon Wharton and Tony Harris. Ferguson first came to Tennessee prior to the season after six years on Bill Foster s staff at Virginia Tech. While at Virginia Tech, Ferguson helped guide the Hokies to 63 wins in his last three seasons there, including a 23-6 mark in that included a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Hokies amassed a school-record 25 wins in and the National Invitation Tournament championship. After working for Jerry Green during the season at UNC Asheville, the Hendersonville, N.C., native coached under Tom Apke at Appalachian State for four years prior to his appointment at Virginia Tech. He launched his coaching career at Freedom High in Morganton, N.C., under head coach Terry Rogers. Ferguson was a four-year letterman, lettering two years at Central Wesleyan (S.C.) College and two years at Cumberland (Ky.) College. He had the distinction of playing in the NAIA Tournament at both schools. Ferguson and his wife, Mary, have two children, Brian and Crystal. Ed Conroy Assistant Coach Ed Conroy is in his third season at the University of Tennessee and his first as assistant coach. After spending his first two seasons at UT as the Director of Basketball Operations, he moved into an assistant coaching role during the summer of Conroy came to Tennessee in 2001 after serving as the Director of Basketball Operations on Buzz Peterson s coaching staff at the University of Tulsa for the campaign. Prior to joining Peterson s staff at Tulsa, Conroy spent three years as the head coach at Francis Marion University in Florence, S.C. In three seasons at Francis Marion, Conroy recorded a overall record. In his first season at Francis Marion he led the Patriots to a record, which was an improvement of 13 wins from the previous season and ranked as the biggest turnaround in NCAA Divisions I and II that year. Picked to finish last in the Peach Belt Athletic Conference that season, the Patriots finished in second place. His team s accomplishments netted Conroy the 1998 conference coach of the year honors. Before taking over the head coaching reins at Francis Marion, Conroy spent three years ( ) as an assistant coach at Furman and one year ( ) at Virginia Military Institute. He spent three years ( ) on Les Robinson s North Carolina State coaching staff that also included Buzz Peterson and Al Daniel. A 1989 graduate from The Citadel with a bachelor s degree in business administration, Conroy was a three-year starter for the Bulldogs. As a senior in 1989 he was selected as a team captain. Conroy attained the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Corps of Cadets, the highest rank ever achieved by a basketball player at The Citadel. Conroy and his wife, Ginny, have two sons, Riley and Hunt, and a daughter, Hannah. Chuck Benson Assistant Coach Chuck Benson is entering his first season as an assistant on Buzz Peterson s coaching staff at the University of Tennessee. The Newport, Tenn., native is no stranger to Tennessee after serving one season as an assistant coach on Wade Houston's staff ( ) and then two years as an administrative assistant ( ) under Kevin O Neill. A 1991 graduate of Carson Newman College, Benson comes to UT after spending seven years ( ) as the head coach at Martin Methodist College. Taking over a program that had endured 10 consecutive losing seasons and was coming off a 7-26 campaign, Benson quickly changed the Red Hawks fortunes. Winning 12 games his first season, it took just three years to give Martin Methodist its first winning season in more than a dozen years. During his time in Pulaski, the Red Hawks recorded a record, had four straight seasons with at least 21 wins, made three straight appearances in the NAIA National Tournament, advanced to the Sweet Sixteen two times and four players earned All-America honors. Benson also has gained collegiate coaching experience at Lincoln Memorial University ( ) and Carson Newman ( ). Along with his father, Charlie, Benson co-founded the Tennessee Travelers, an AAU basketball program in Benson worked as an assistant coach and as a head coach for several of the Travelers teams, which feature different age-group squads, for three seasons before becoming head coach at Morristown Covenant Academy for the season. Al Daniel Director of Basketball Operations Al Daniel is entering his third season at the University of Tennessee. It is his first season as an administrative assistant after spending two years as an assistant coach. A 19-year veteran of collegiate coaching, Daniel came to Knoxville after spending the season at the University of Tulsa where he was a part of the Golden Hurricane s NIT championship team. His one-year stint at Tulsa marked a return to coaching for Daniel after spending three years as the associate director of Howell Sports Management, Inc. Before taking a break from the coaching profession, Daniel spent six seasons ( ) as a member of Les Robinson s coaching staff at North Carolina State. Joining him on the Wolfpack coaching staff from were Buzz Peterson and Ed Conroy. Following the season he was promoted to associate head coach, a position he held for the next five seasons. Daniel began his coaching career with a 10-year stint at Furman University where he spent the first nine seasons as an assistant before being promoted to associate head coach. A two-time All-Southern Conference selection at Furman, Daniel averaged 19.0 points in his two-year career for the Paladins. As a junior in 1978 he led Furman to the Southern Conference championship. Daniel, who finished his career with 1,122 points to rank 19th on the school s all-time scoring list, poured in 29 points in leading the Paladins to an win over North Carolina in Following his playing career, Daniel was elected to the athletics hall of fames at Anderson Junior College and Furman University. After receiving his bachelor s degree in political science from Furman in 1979, Daniel was a fourth round pick of the San Antonio Spurs in the 1979 NBA Draft. Tennessee 8 Basketball

9 Squad Breakdown By Class Seniors...0 Juniors...5 Sophomores...6 Freshmen...3 By Position Guards...7 Forwards...5 Centers...2 By Experience 1 Letter Letters Letters...0 By State Tennessee...5 Texas...2 Alabama...1 Connecticut...1 Georgia...1 Nebraska...1 Nevada...1 North Carolina...1 South Carolina...1 By Height 6-10 Brandon Crump 6-10 Boomer Herndon 6-10 Major Wingate 6-8 Jemere Hendrix 6-6 Justin Albrecht 6-6 Fred Smithwick 6-6 Lou Wright 6-5 Stanley Asumnu 6-5 Scooter McFadgon 6-3 Dane Bradshaw 6-3 Jordan Howell 6-3 John Winchester 6-2 C.J. Watson 5-6 Pee-Wee Gash Numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Last School) 0 Boomer Herndon C So-1L Nashville, Tenn. (Donelson Christian Academy) 1 Major Wingate C Fr.-HS Florence, S.C. (North Gwinnett [Ga.] HS) 2 Scooter McFadgon G Jr.-RS Memphis, Tenn. (University of Memphis) 3 Stanley Asumnu G/F So.-1L Houston, Texas (Hargrave Military Academy) 4 Brandon Crump F Jr.-2L Houston, Texas (Klein HS) 5 John Winchester G So.-1L Stamford, Conn. (Milford Academy) 12 Pee-Wee Gash G So.-1L Asheville, N.C. (Asheville HS) 23 Dane Bradshaw G Fr.-HS Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) 31 Fred Smithwick F Jr.-1L Memphis, Tenn. (Christian Brothers HS) 32 C.J. Watson G So.-1L Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman HS) 33 Jemere Hendrix F So.-RS Covington, Ga. (Clemson University) 43 Justin Albrecht F Jr.-RS Omaha, Neb. (Iowa Western CC) Jordan Howell G Fr.-HS Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones HS) Lou Wright G/F Jr.-TR Memphis, Tenn. (Southwest Tennessee CC) Alphabetical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Last School) 43 Justin Albrecht F Jr.-RS Omaha, Neb. (Iowa Western CC) 3 Stanley Asumnu G/F So.-1L Houston, Texas (Hargrave Military Academy) 23 Dane Bradshaw G Fr.-HS Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) 4 Brandon Crump F Jr.-2L Houston, Texas (Klein HS) 12 Pee-Wee Gash G So.-1L Asheville, N.C. (Asheville HS) 33 Jemere Hendrix F So.-RS Covington, Ga. (Clemson University) 0 Boomer Herndon C So-1L Nashville, Tenn. (Donelson Christian Academy) Jordan Howell G Fr.-HS Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones HS) 2 Scooter McFadgon G Jr.-RS Memphis, Tenn. (University of Memphis) 31 Fred Smithwick F Jr.-1L Memphis, Tenn. (Christian Brothers HS) 32 C.J. Watson G So.-1L Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman HS) 5 John Winchester G So.-1L Stamford, Conn. (Milford Academy) 1 Major Wingate C Fr.-HS Florence, S.C. (North Gwinnett [Ga.] HS) Lou Wright G/F Jr.-TR Memphis, Tenn. (Southwest Tennessee CC) Staff Name Position Year Alma Mater Buzz Peterson Head Coach 3rd North Carolina 1986 Chris Ferguson Associate Head Coach 7th Cumberland [Ky.] College 1981 Ed Conroy Assistant Coach 3rd The Citadel 1989 Chuck Benson Assistant Coach 1st Carson Newman 1991 Al Daniel Director of Basketball Operations 3rd Furman 1979 Chad Newman Basketball Trainer 7th Tennessee 1994 Roderick Moore Strength Coach 3rd Morehouse College 1997 Pronunciation Name Justin Albrecht Stanley Asumnu Jemere Hendrix Scooter McFadgon Pronunciation All-BRECK-t ASSUME-new JUH-mere Muc-FAD-gun Tennessee 9 Basketball

10 Justin Albrecht 43 F Jr. Omaha, Neb. (North HS / Iowa Western CC) (Junior) Battled a foot injury throughout the season... Was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left foot on Dec. 19 that caused him to miss virtually the entire season... Had two points, three rebounds and three assists in the win over VMI (11/25/02)... Came off the bench to give the Vols two points and a rebound in four minutes of action against Gardner-Webb (11/22/02)... Averaged 6.0 points in Tennessee s two exhibition games. Season/Career Highs Points Season 2 Two times; last vs. VMI (11/25/02) Rebounds Season 3 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Assists Season 3 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Blocks Steals Season 1 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/22/02) Junior College A second team All-Region XI selection... Averaged 13.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, four assists and two steals per game as a sophomore... Led the Reviers to a 21-9 record on the season and an appearance in the 2002 Region XI Playoffs... Averaged 10 points, six rebounds, three assists and 1.2 steals as a freshman... Drew 44 charges as a freshman... Coached by Jim Morris. High School An All-Metro and All-Division selection by the Omaha World Herald... Earned honorable mention all-state honors... Named the MVP of the South Dakota-Nebraska All-Star Game... Averaged 22.9 points and 10 rebounds at North High School... Led North to the state tournament as a freshman... Recorded a record as a four-year letterman... Scored 37 points and had 13 rebounds in a game against Millard South... Coached by Terrance Turner. Personal Born: April 8, 1982 in Omaha, Neb.... Full name: Justin Tyler Albrecht... Academic major: Business... Parents are Lisa and Gary Albrecht... A self described blue collar player... Has drawn comparisons to the type of player that Buzz Peterson was in college... The first Tennessee basketball player from the state of Nebraska... Discovered by the Tennessee coaches while they were watching teammate Jeff Graves (signed with Kansas) play at Iowa Western. Field Goals Made Season 1 Two times; last vs. VMI (11/25/02) Field Goals Attempted Season 4 vs. VMI (11/25/02) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted Season 3 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Minutes Season 9 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Tennessee 10 Basketball

11 Justin Albrecht Game-By-Game Statistics Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Gardner-Webb VMI at Texas A&M 9-Georgia Tech - Injured Charleston Southern - Injured at West Virginia - Injured Western Carolina - Injured UT Martin - Injured New Mexico - Injured Kentucky - Injured at Mississippi - Injured at Florida - Injured Vanderbilt - Injured at Georgia Louisville South Carolina at Auburn Massachusetts - Injured Georgia - Injured at Arkansas - Injured Florida - Injured at South Carolina - Injured Alabama - Injured at Kentucky - Injured LSU - Injured Mississippi State - Injured at Vanderbilt - Injured 1-Auburn - Injured 10-Georgetown - Injured 1-SEC Tournament 2-NCAA Tournament 3-BCA Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) 4-Puerto Rico Holiday Classic (Bayamon, P.R.) 5-at Nashville, Tenn. 6-Jimmy V Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.) 7-Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 8-Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) 9-Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 10-National Invitation Tournament Tennessee 11 Basketball

12 Stanley Asumnu 3 G/F So. Houston, Texas (Westbury Christian Academy / Hargrave Academy) Season/Career Highs Points Season 11 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Rebounds Season Career 4 Four times; last vs. Mississippi State (3/5/03) Same Assists Season 4 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Blocks Steals Season Career 2 Two times; last vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Same Field Goals Made Season 3 Four times, last vs. South Carolina (1/29/03) (Freshman) Saw action in 28 games, drawing six starting assignments... Continued to improve with each game as he became more comfortable playing in the SEC... Earned a starting assignment in Tennessee s quarterfinal game against Auburn in the SEC Tournament (3/14/03)... Contributed 17 positive minutes off the bench at Kentucky, during which he scored six points (2/26/03)... Sparked the Vols to victory against South Carolina (1/29/03) when he broke a tie with the Gamecocks by scoring six straight points to give the Vols a lead they would not relinquish en route to the victory... Had one of his best games at 19th-ranked Georgia (1/22/03) with six points in 14 minutes... Was the hero in the Vols road win over Ole Miss when he grabbed a huge offensive rebound and put-back the winning shot with 2.6 seconds remaining in the game (1/11/03)... Against Kentucky in the first SEC game of his career, saw 13 minutes of action and scored two points (1/8/03)... Posted an eight point, four rebound, two assist performance at Texas A&M while making his first collegiate appearance in his home state of Texas (12/4/02)... Broke out of a shooting slump for an 11 point, four rebound, two assist performance against VMI (11/25/02)... Earned his first career start in the season opener against Gardner-Webb (11/22/02). High School Rated as one of the top-10 fifth-year prep school players in the nation... Averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals for Hargrave... Led the Tigers to a 25-3 record in 2002 and a First Piedmont Invitational championship... Scored a season-high 32 points in a win over Celestial Prep School... Had 28 points, four rebounds, and two assists against New Hampton Prep... Coached by Mike Preston at Hargrave... A three-time first team all-state selection at Westbury... Named the district MVP as a senior... Led Westbury Christian to three consecutive (1999, 2000 and 2001) TAPPS Class 3A state titles... Teams had a record in his three seasons... As a senior at Westbury Christian School in Houston, Texas, he averaged 23.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and five assists... Coached by Greg Glenn at Westbury Christian... Recipient of the Joel Ferrell Memorial Trophy for his outstanding play and sportsmanship while leading the Tennessee Thunder to the championship game of the AAU Junior Olympics in August Personal Born: November 1, 1982 in Houston, Texas... Full name: Stanley Uchenna Asumnu... Academic major: Computer Science... Parents are Christian Asumnu and Roseline Nnadozie... Wears No. 3 jersey because it symbolizes the three Bible verses (Psalms 23, Matthew 6:33 and James 4:6) he reads before every game and every day... Has recorded a 40- inch vertical jump. Field Goals Attempted Season 9 vs. Texas A&M (12/4/02) 3-Pt Field Goals Made Season 2 vs. VMI (11/25/02) 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted Season 5 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Free Throws Made Season 3 Two times; last vs. Western Carolina (12/23/02) Free Throws Attempted Season 4 Two times; last vs. Western Carolina (12/23/02) Minutes Season 25 vs. Texas A&M (12/4/02) Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Tennessee 12 Basketball

13 Stanley Asumnu Game-By-Game Statistics Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Gardner-Webb f VMI f at Texas A&M f Georgia Tech f Charleston Southern f at West Virginia Western Carolina UT Martin New Mexico Kentucky at Mississippi at Florida Vanderbilt at Georgia Louisville South Carolina at Auburn Massachusetts Georgia at Arkansas Florida at South Carolina Alabama at Kentucky LSU Mississippi State at Vanderbilt Auburn f Georgetown SEC Tournament 2-NCAA Tournament 3-BCA Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) 4-Puerto Rico Holiday Classic (Bayamon, P.R.) 5-at Nashville, Tenn. 6-Jimmy V Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.) 7-Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 8-Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) 9-Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 10-National Invitation Tournament Tennessee 13 Basketball

14 Brandon Crump 4 F Jr. Houston, Texas (Klein HS) Season/Career Highs Points Season 19 vs. Florida (2/15/03) Rebounds Season Career 11 Two times; last vs. Vanderbilt (3/8/03) Same Assists Season 4 vs. Texas A&M (12/4/02) Blocks Season Career 3 Three times; last vs. South Carolina (1/29/03) Same Steals Season 5 vs. Vanderbilt (1/18/03) Field Goals Made Season 8 vs. Florida (2/15/03) Field Goals Attempted Season 14 vs. West Virginia (12/21/02) 3-Pt Field Goals Made Career 1 vs. Vanderbilt (2/2/02) 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted Career 1 Two times; last vs. Kentucky (2/19/02) Free Throws Made Season 8 vs. Texas A&M (12/4/02) Free Throws Attempted Season 8 Two times; last vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) Career 8 Three times; last vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) Minutes Season Career 35 Two times; last vs. Georgia (1/22/03) Same (Sophomore) A force in the paint, ranked second on the team with 11.0 points and and 5.9 rebounds per game... Started 27 of his 29 games on the season... After averaging 4.7 points in his first three SEC games, averaged 11.7 points in the last 13 conference games... Recorded his second consecutive double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds against Auburn in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament (3/14/03)... Against Vanderbilt, recorded his first double-double of the season, scoring 18 points and tearing down 11 rebounds in the winning effort (3/8/03)... Scored 16 points in the Vols win over No. 23 Mississippi State (3/5/03)... Established a new career-high with 19 points on eight for 10 shooting while helping to lead the Vols to an upset win over No. 4 Florida (2/15/03)... Broke out of a three-game SEC slump with a strong 11- point performance against Vanderbilt (1/18/03) in which he snatched a career-high five steals... Tied his career-high with 16 points in just 25 minutes against UT Martin (12/30/02)... Enjoyed one of his best performances for the Vols against Texas A&M (12/4/02) with 11 rebounds, four assists, three blocks, 35 minutes played and sinking all of his eight free throw attempts... Pulled down nine rebounds against VMI (11/25/02)... Narrowly missed career marks in points and rebounds in the season opener against Gardner-Webb (11/22/02) with a 15 points, 7 rebounds effort (Freshman) Played in 30 games, earning 19 starts... Led the team in field goal percentage after making 59.4 percent (85-of-143) of his shots... His 59.4 field goal percentage led all SEC freshmen... Shot 60.0 percent (33-of-55) from the field against conference opponents... Ranked in a tie for second on the team with 56 offensive rebounds... Averaged 5.7 points and 3.3 rebounds in SEC games... Rejoined the starting lineup for the Middle Tennessee game following the season-ending knee injury to Ron Slay and started 13 of Tennessee s last 15 games... In two SEC Tournament games he averaged 9.5 points, including 11 points against Arkansas in the first round... Went 6-of-9 from the field to score 12 points along with seven rebounds (four offensive) and three assists against Middle Tennessee State (1/21/02)... Recorded four points and seven rebounds, including a career-high four offensive boards against eighth-ranked Syracuse (1/19/02)... Had eight points on 4-of-5 shooting in 11 minutes of action at Mississippi State (1/16/02)... Played an outstanding game at Louisville (12/20/01) when he had 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting to go with five rebounds... Earned his first career start against Marquette at the Great Alaska Shootout... Averaged 12.0 points and 7.3 rebounds at the three-game tournament... Came off the bench to score 12 points and grab four rebounds against Tennessee Tech (11/16/01)... Suffered a sprained ankle in preseason practice that caused him to miss Tennessee s first exhibition game (Redshirt) Spent the season as a redshirt while adding bulk to his frame. High School First team all-state selection... Averaged 15.8 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game as a senior at Klein High School... Shot 53 percent from the field, 44 percent from three-point range and 79 percent from the free throw line... Led Klein to a 24-9 overall record as a senior... As a senior he was ranked as the 58th-best high school senior in the nation and the 17th-best power forward by CBS Sportsline.com... Ranked as one of the top 100 high school seniors in the nation by CBS SportsLine.com... Rated as one of the top 100 high school seniors in the nation by FoxSports.com... Named the MVP of the THBC All-Star game... Averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3.5 blocks, and 3 steals per game as a junior... Led Klein HS to a district championship as a junior... Coached by Glenn Arnold. Personal Born: September 12, 1982 in Houston, Texas... Full name: Brandon Christopher Crump... Parents are Norma and Clifton Crump... Academic major: Sport Management... Was just 17 years old when he arrived on the University of Tennessee campus in August Attended the Pete Newell Big Man Camp in Hawaii during August Joined former teammate Vincent Yarbrough at the camp... Former Vols who have attended the camp since its inception in 1977 include Dale Ellis, Steve Hamer, Bernard King (as an NBA player), Doug Roth and Yarbrough... Recorded the best bench press on the team in fall 2002 with a lift of 365 pounds... Arrived on campus during the fall of 2000 weighing 204 pounds... Has since added more than 30 pounds to his frame... Wears the No. 4 jersey because he is a fan of the Sacramento Kings star Chris Webber. Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Totals Tennessee 14 Basketball

15 Brandon Crump Game-By-Game Statistics Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Tennessee Tech Marquette c Alaska Anchorage c St. John s c Appalachian State c at Southern Methodist c at Memphis c Radford at Louisville West Virginia at Wisconsin Ole Miss Florida at Georgia at Mississippi State Syracuse Middle Tennessee State c South Carolina c Auburn c at LSU c at Vanderbilt c Kentucky - Illness at South Carolina c Arkansas c at Alabama c at Kentucky c Vanderbilt c at Florida c Georgia Arkansas c Alabama c Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Gardner-Webb f VMI f at Texas A&M Georgia Tech f Charleston Southern f at West Virginia f Western Carolina f UT Martin f New Mexico f Kentucky f at Mississippi f at Florida f Vanderbilt f at Georgia f Louisville f South Carolina f at Auburn f Massachusetts f Georgia f at Arkansas f Florida f at South Carolina f Alabama f at Kentucky f LSU f Mississippi State at Vanderbilt f Auburn f Georgetown f SEC Tournament 2-NCAA Tournament 3-BCA Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) 4-Puerto Rico Holiday Classic (Bayamon, P.R.) 5-at Nashville, Tenn. 6-Jimmy V Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.) 7-Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 8-Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) 9-Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 10-National Invitation Tournament Tennessee 15 Basketball

16 Pee-Wee Gash 12 G So. Asheville, N.C. (Asheville HS) (Freshman) Logged a career-high 5 minutes-played in the Vols win over UMass (2/5/03)... Recorded his first career steal against UT Martin (12/30/02)... Brought the crowd to their feet when he entered the game against VMI (11/25/02)... Also saw action against Western Carolina (12/23/02) where he gathered a rebound... Saw four minutes of action against BC Cesis of Latvia in the exhibition portion of Tennessee s schedule... Scored two points on a pair of free throws and dished out two assists without a turnover. Season/Career Highs Points Rebounds Season 1 vs. Western Carolina (12/23/02) Assists Blocks High School Averaged 24.1 points and 5.1 rebounds in leading Asheville High School to an 18-9 record as a senior... Led Asheville to the second round of the state playoffs... Averaged 19.1 points as a junior and 16 points per game as a sophomore Earned All-Mountain Athletic Conference honors in 2001 as a second baseman on the ball diamond... A member of the National Honor Society... A North Carolina Scholar... Coached by Robert Moore. Personal Born: Dec. 14, 1983 in Asheville, N.C.... Full name: Richard Samuel Gash... Academic major: Sport Management... Parents are Rick and Olivia Gash... Attended the same high school as Tennessee coach Buzz Peterson... Approached Coach Peterson about walking-on at Tennessee while Peterson was attending a ceremony to retire his jersey at Asheville High School... Attending Tennessee on academic scholarships... Became a fan favorite before the warmups were over during Tennessee s first exhibition game of the season... A member of the National Honor Society in high school... Lists his most humbling moment as losing his last high school game. Steals Season 1 vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Season 2 Two times; last vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted Season 2 vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Minutes Season 5 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Tennessee 16 Basketball

17 Pee-Wee Gash Game-By-Game Statistics Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Gardner-Webb VMI at Texas A&M 9-Georgia Tech Charleston Southern at West Virginia Western Carolina UT Martin New Mexico Kentucky at Mississippi at Florida Vanderbilt at Georgia Louisville South Carolina at Auburn Massachusetts Georgia at Arkansas Florida at South Carolina Alabama at Kentucky LSU Mississippi State at Vanderbilt 1-Auburn 10-Georgetown 1-SEC Tournament 2-NCAA Tournament 3-BCA Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) 4-Puerto Rico Holiday Classic (Bayamon, P.R.) 5-at Nashville, Tenn. 6-Jimmy V Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.) 7-Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 8-Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) 9-Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 10-National Invitation Tournament Tennessee 17 Basketball

18 Boomer Herndon 0 C So. Nashville, Tenn. (Donelson Christian Academy) Season/Career Highs Points Season 5 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Rebounds Season 7 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Assists Season 1 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Blocks Season 2 vs. Georgetown (3/18/03) Steals Season 1 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Field Goals Made Season 2 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Field Goals Attempted Season 5 Two times; last vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) (Freshman) A self-described gamer... Saw action in 12 games on the season, including seven against SEC opponents... Recorded more offensive rebounds (11) than defensive rebounds (10)... Blocked a pair of shots in Tennessee s NIT game against Georgetown (3/18/03)... Was called upon briefly to defend in the post against Mississippi State (3/5/03)... Grabbed an offensive rebound and scored two points in one minute-played at South Carolina (2/19/03)... Played exceptionally well against UMass (2/5/03), scoring five points, grabbing seven rebounds and recording an assist in only 11 minutes of action... Grabbed two offensive rebounds in two minutes-played in the win over South Carolina (1/29/03)... Saw three minutes of action in the Vols road win over Ole Miss (1/13/03) when UT s starting frontcourt found itself in foul trouble... Scored two points on a putback against Western Carolina (12/23/02)... Scored four points and had two rebounds in his first career action against VMI (11/25/02). High School Selected to the 2002 TSWA Class A All-State team... Listed as a top 100 player in the nation by the Bob Gibbons All Star Report... Rated as the 20th-best center in the country by Rivals.com... As a senior was selected all-district 9A, alldistrict tournament, all-region 5A tournament and to the Class A all-state tournament team... Earned first team all-state, all-district and all-mid state honors as a junior... Led the state with 17 rebounds and seven blocks per game... Ranked second in the state with 26.7 points as a senior... Finished his career as DCA s all-time leader in rebounds (1,098) and blocked shots (511) while ranking second in scoring with 1,700 points... Led DCA to a 28-7 record and a second place finish in the district and region... Shattered a backboard on a dunk at Smith County... Scored 37 points on 18-of-22 shooting to go with 22 rebounds and five blocks in the Wildcats win over South Fulton in the 2002 Class A state tournament... Recorded a quadruple-double with 11 points, 11 assists, 15 rebounds and 10 blocks against Friendship Christian... Led the state in rebounding and blocks as a junior with 13.3 boards and 7.7 rejections per game... Also averaged 22.8 points as a junior... Improved his scoring averages each season at Donelson Academy, averaging 12.4 points and 6.9 rebounds as a sophomore to 22.8 points, 13.3 rebounds as a junior... A member of the Student Council executive board... Coached by Presley Ramsey. Personal Born: August 17, 1983 in Nashville, Tenn.... Full name: Justin Paul Herndon... Academic major: Arts & Sciences... Parents are Gary and Lynette Herndon... Gets his nickname from being a fan of former NFL star Boomer Esiason... Also has the nickname Big Sleepy... Says that former Vol Ron Slay is the most famous person he has met... A selfdescribed unselfish player who puts the team first. 3-Pt Field Goals Made 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made Season 2 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Free Throws Attempted Season 3 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Minutes Season 11 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Tennessee 18 Basketball

19 Boomer Herndon Game-By-Game Statistics Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Gardner-Webb VMI at Texas A&M 9-Georgia Tech Charleston Southern at West Virginia Western Carolina UT Martin New Mexico Kentucky at Mississippi at Florida Vanderbilt at Georgia Louisville South Carolina at Auburn Massachusetts Georgia at Arkansas Florida at South Carolina Alabama at Kentucky LSU Mississippi State at Vanderbilt 1-Auburn 10-Georgetown SEC Tournament 2-NCAA Tournament 3-BCA Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) 4-Puerto Rico Holiday Classic (Bayamon, P.R.) 5-at Nashville, Tenn. 6-Jimmy V Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.) 7-Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 8-Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) 9-Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 10-National Invitation Tournament Tennessee 19 Basketball

20 Fred Smithwick 31 F Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Christian Brothers HS) (Sophomore) Logged two minutes-played against UMass (2/5/03), grabbing one rebound... Played two minutes against UT Martin (12/30/02) in his first action of the season... Scored two points in three minutes of action against BC Cesis of Latvia during Tennessee s exhibition games (Freshman) Joined the Volunteers as a walk-on after going through campus-wide tryouts in the fall... Saw action against South Carolina (1/21/02) and Auburn (1/27/02). Season/Career Highs Points Rebounds Season 1 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Assists High School Played center and forward for Christian Brothers... Averaged 8.4 points and 4.9 rebounds as a senior after carding a 9.7 point per game scoring average as a junior... Coached by Bubba Luckett at Christian Brothers. Personal Born: November 5, 1981 in Memphis, Tenn.... Full name: Fred Barksdale Smithwick IV... Academic major: Business... Parents are Fred and Sheila Smithwick... Nickname is Wick... Likes to listen to music in his free time... Wears the No. 31 because it was the same number he had in high school. Blocks Steals Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted 3-Pt Field Goals Made 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted Minutes Season Career 2 Two times; last vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Same Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Totals Tennessee 20 Basketball

21 Fred Smithwick Game-By-Game Statistics Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Tennessee Tech 8-Marquette 8-Alaska Anchorage 8-St. John s Appalachian State at Southern Methodist at Memphis Radford at Louisville West Virginia at Wisconsin Ole Miss Florida at Georgia at Mississippi State Syracuse Middle Tennessee State South Carolina Auburn at LSU at Vanderbilt Kentucky at South Carolina Arkansas at Alabama at Kentucky Vanderbilt at Florida Georgia 1-Arkansas 1-Alabama Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Gardner-Webb VMI at Texas A&M 9-Georgia Tech Charleston Southern at West Virginia Western Carolina UT Martin New Mexico Kentucky at Mississippi at Florida Vanderbilt at Georgia Louisville South Carolina at Auburn Massachusetts Georgia at Arkansas Florida at South Carolina Alabama at Kentucky LSU Mississippi State at Vanderbilt 1-Auburn 10-Georgetown 1-SEC Tournament 2-NCAA Tournament 3-BCA Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) 4-Puerto Rico Holiday Classic (Bayamon, P.R.) 5-at Nashville, Tenn. 6-Jimmy V Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.) 7-Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 8-Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) 9-Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 10-National Invitation Tournament Tennessee 21 Basketball

22 C.J. Watson 32 G So. Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman HS) Summer 2003 Played for USA Basketball as a member of the 12-person USA Junior World Championship Team that played in the 2003 FIBA 7th World Championship for Junior Men in Thessaloniki, Greece... Helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the Global Games in Dallas, Texas. Season/Career Highs Points Season 17 vs. Ole Miss (1/11/03) Rebounds Season 10 vs. Georgia (1/22/03) Assists Season 9 vs. Georgia (2/8/03) Blocks Season 2 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/22/02) Steals Season Career 3 Four times; last vs. Auburn (3/14/03) Same Field Goals Made Season 6 vs. Charleston Southern (12/17/02) Field Goals Attempted Season 12 vs. Alabama (2/22/03) 3-Pt Field Goals Made Season 3 Two times; last vs. Alabama (2/22/03) 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted Season 7 vs. Alabama (2/22/03) Free Throws Made Season 8 Three times; last vs. Mississippi State (3/5/03) Free Throws Attempted Season 12 vs. Mississippi State (3/5/03) (Freshman) Unanimous selection to the SEC s All-Freshman team selected by the league s coaches... Named to CollegeInsider.com s national All-Freshman team... Named co-male Community Service Student-Athlete of the Year by Tennessee s CHAMPS/Life Skills office assists ranks seventh all-time on UT s single-season charts and is the second-best effort ever by a Vol freshman... Ranked third in the SEC with 5.52 assists per game... His bid to become the first freshman to lead the league in assists since 1979 came up just two assists short... His 5.44 assists per game in SEC games led the league... Ranked eighth in the SEC with an assist-to-turnover ratio of Started 28 of Tennessee s 29 games on the season... Led Tennessee and the Southeastern Conference in minutes played with 35.8 minutes per game... Became the first freshman to lead the Vols in minutes-played since Allan Houston in Became the first player since Brandon Wharton in 1998 to play every minute of a game when he saw 40 minutes of action at sixth-ranked Florida (1/15/03)... Played a full 40 minutes two times, also playing every minute against Auburn in the SEC Tournament (3/14/03)... Earned the starting nod at the point guard position in his first collegiate game against Gardner- Webb (11/22/02)... The first true freshman to start the season-opener at point guard for the Vols since Tony Harris in Came up big in the closing moments of the Vols win over No. 23 Mississippi State (3/5/03), making an important steal and nailing six straight free throws... Had a game-high eight assists as Tennessee defeated No. 4 Florida (2/15/03)... Dished out a career-high nine assists in the Vols upset win over Georgia (2/8/03)... Gathered a career-high 10 rebounds at 19th-ranked Georgia (1/22/03) while also contributing five points and six assists against one turnover in 41 minutes of action... Scored a career-high 17 points against Ole Miss to help lead the way as the Vols ended the Rebels 20-game home winning streak (1/11/03). High School A fourth team Parade All-America and 2002 Gatorade Nevada Player of the Year and 2002 USA Today Nevada Player of the Year... McDonald s All-America finalist... First team Best In The West selection... First team All- Sunset Region... Sunset Region MVP... Rated as a top 40 player nationally... Ranked as the No. 6 player on the West Coast... Bishop Gorman s all-time leading scorer with 1,732 career points... Averaged 27.3 points, eight rebounds, five assists and 6.1 steals as a senior... Scored 35 points to go with seven rebounds, six assists and six steals in leading Bishop Gorman to the 2002 state championship... Went 19-of-20 from the free throw line in the championship game... Named the MVP of the State Finals... Led the Gaels to a 28-6 record as a senior... Led Bishop Gorman to appearances in the Class 4A state championship game in three consecutive years, winning the title in 2000 and Led Bishop Gorman to an record in his three seasons... Participated in the 2002 Derby Classic in Louisville... Named to the Millennium Cup All-Tournament team at the Holiday Prep Classic as a senior... Attended the ABCD Camp following his junior season... Averaged 14 points, five rebounds, 3.4 assists and four steals per game as a junior... Coached by Grant Rice. Personal Born: April 17, 1984 in Las Vegas, Nev.... Full name: Charles Akeem Watson, Jr.... Academic major: Sport Management... Parents are Cathy and Charles Watson... Has several relatives who live in Nashville including his sister, Vonyette... As a youth, his family made annual trips to visit relatives in the Nashville area... Nickname is Quiet Storm... Chose the No. 32 jersey because it was the one worn by former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson... Describes his playing style as smooth. Minutes Season 41 vs. Georgia (1/22/03) Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Tennessee 22 Basketball

23 C.J. Watson Game-By-Game Statistics Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Gardner-Webb g VMI g at Texas A&M g Georgia Tech g Charleston Southern g at West Virginia g Western Carolina g UT Martin g New Mexico g Kentucky g at Mississippi g at Florida g Vanderbilt g at Georgia g Louisville g South Carolina g at Auburn g Massachusetts g Georgia g at Arkansas g Florida g at South Carolina g Alabama g at Kentucky g LSU g Mississippi State at Vanderbilt g Auburn g Georgetown g SEC Tournament 2-NCAA Tournament 3-BCA Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) 4-Puerto Rico Holiday Classic (Bayamon, P.R.) 5-at Nashville, Tenn. 6-Jimmy V Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.) 7-Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 8-Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) 9-Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 10-National Invitation Tournament Tennessee 23 Basketball

24 John Winchester 5 G So. Stamford, Conn. (Marist HS / Milford Academy) (Freshman) An athletic boost for the Vols off the bench who can play either the point or shooting guard positions... Saw action in 25 games, averaging 1.5 points per game... Made his first career start for Tennessee against South Carolina (1/29/03)... Attempted the game-winning three-point shot in the Vols last-minute loss to Kentucky (1/8/03)... Scored five points on 2-for-2 shooting from the field against UT Martin (12/30/02)... Drained two three-pointers to record a career-high six points against Texas A&M (12/4/02)... Scored his first career points against VMI (11/25/02). Season/Career Highs Points Season 6 vs. Texas A&M (12/4/02) Rebounds Season Career 3 Two times; last vs. New Mexico (1/4/03) Same Assists Season 2 Two times; last vs. LSU (3/1/03) Blocks High School A fourth team Parade All-America... McDonald s All-America finalist... Rated the 44th best player in the nation by the Bob Gibbons All Star Report... A top 50 player by ESPN.com... Ranked the No. 6 fifth-year prep school player in the nation by Hoop Scoop... Averaged 19 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals at Milford... Coached by Bob Riggio at Milford Academy... Averaged 20 points, six rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks per game as a junior at Marist High School... Made first team All-Hudson County and second team all-state as a junior... Coached by Jerry Castello at Marist High School. Personal Born: May 29, 1983 in Stamford, Conn.... Full name: John Chris Winchester... Academic major: Arts & Sciences... Parents are Toni Ruffin and John Winchester, Sr.... Recorded a 38-inch vertical jump in preseason testing... Lists the best players he has played against as Eddie Griffin (Houston Rockets) and Dajuan Wagner (Cleveland Cavaliers)... Nicknames are J-Win and The Pogo Stick... Lists his mother, Toni Ruffin, as the most impressive person he knows. Steals Season Career 1 Two times; last vs. Georgetown (3/18/03) Same Field Goals Made Season 2 Three times; last vs. South Carolina (2/19/03) Field Goals Attempted Season 5 vs. Texas A&M (12/4/02) 3-Pt Field Goals Made Season 2 vs. Texas A&M (12/4/02) 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted Season 4 vs. Texas A&M (12/4/02) Free Throws Made Season 2 Three times; last vs. Georgia (1/22/03) Free Throws Attempted Season 2 Five times; last vs. Auburn (3/14/03) Minutes Season 16 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct Off-Def-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Tennessee 24 Basketball

25 John Winchester Game-By-Game Statistics Start FG-A 3P-A FT-A Reb PF TP A TO BK S Min Gardner-Webb VMI at Texas A&M Georgia Tech Charleston Southern at West Virginia Western Carolina UT Martin New Mexico Kentucky at Mississippi at Florida Vanderbilt at Georgia Louisville South Carolina g at Auburn Massachusetts Georgia at Arkansas Florida at South Carolina Alabama at Kentucky LSU Mississippi State at Vanderbilt 1-Auburn Georgetown SEC Tournament 2-NCAA Tournament 3-BCA Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) 4-Puerto Rico Holiday Classic (Bayamon, P.R.) 5-at Nashville, Tenn. 6-Jimmy V Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.) 7-Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii) 8-Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) 9-Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) 10-National Invitation Tournament Tennessee 25 Basketball

26 Dane Bradshaw 23 G Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) High School 2003 Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year... Named to the Associated Press All- State first team as a junior and senior... TSWA all-state selection... Selected MVP of the 2003 Class AAA tournament... Named the No. 1 senior player in Memphis by the Commercial Appeal... MIAA All-Metro selection McDonald s All America nominee... Ranked among the top 100 players in the Class of 2003 by Basketball Times... Led White Station to a 36-2 record and a Class AAA state championship as a senior... Scored 12 points and had 11 rebounds in the championship game against Cleveland Bradley Central... Led White Station to a No. 9 national ranking as a junior and a No. 10 ranking as a senior in USA Today s Super 25 rankings... Led the Spartans to three state titles in his four seasons... Averaged 10 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 3.7 assists as a senior... Named MVP of the 2003 Bass Pro Tournament of Champions... Averaged 10.1 points, 4.6 assists and 3.2 steals as a junior... Led White Station to a 36-2 record and a state title as a junior... Named to the all-state tournament team as a junior... One of 39 high school players selected to participate in the USA Basketball Youth Development Festival in Colorado Springs, Colo., before his senior season... Led the South squad to a gold medal while averaging 12 points, four rebounds, three steals and two blocks... Two-time attendee of the Nike All-America camp... Coached by Terry Tippett. Personal Born: April 17, Full name: Christopher Dane Bradshaw. Jemere Hendrix 33 F So. Covington, Ga. (East Side HS / Clemson) Sat out the campaign after transferring from Clemson... Attended Tennessee as a walk-on while he competed for a scholarship in (Freshman at Clemson) Suffered a season-ending stress fracture in his right foot early in the season and did not see any action after Jan Withdrew from school to transfer on Feb Saw action in eight games... Averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds in 5.4 minutes of action... Converted 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) of his field goals... Seven of his 12 rebounds came at the offensive end of the floor. High School A Class AAA first team all-state and All-Region 8-AAA Team selection as a senior... Earned McDonald s All-America honorable mention honors... As a senior he averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game... Led East Side High School to the second round of the state tournament... Set a school record with 28 rebounds in a game as a junior... Finished that game with 30 points... As a junior averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds while leading East Side to the first appearance in the state tournament in school history. Personal Born: July 20, 1983 in Detroit, Mich.... Full name: Jemere Curtis Hendrix... Academic major: Sport Management... Parent is Emma Hendrix. Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Tennessee 26 Basketball

27 Jordan Howell G Fr. Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones HS) High School A first-team 6A All-State selection and was one of four finalists for Alabama Mr. Basketball... Led Bob Jones HS to a 30-6 record as a senior... Led the Patriots to the championship game of the in 2003 Alabama Class 6A state tournament where they fell to top-ranked John Carroll Catholic in overtime... Averaged 17.5 points on 47 percent shooting from three-point range as a senior... Shot better than 45 percent from three-point range during both of his seasons playing for the Patriots... Averaged 13.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game while earning allstate honors as a junior... Played his first two seasons of prep basketball at Auburn High School in Auburn, Ala.... Coached by Dan Bell at Bob Jones High School. Personal Father, Rex, played basketball for Auburn in Uncle, Alex Howell, was a two-year starter and a 1967 All-SEC selection for the Auburn basketball team... Originally signed with Georgia but received a release from the school and his National Letter of Intent from the NCAA... Scooter McFadgon 2 F Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Raleigh-Egypt HS / Memphis) (Redshirt) Sat out the campaign after transferring from Memphis... Attended Tennessee as a walk-on while he competed for a scholarship in (Sophomore at Memphis) The third-leading scorer on Memphis National Invitation Tournament champion team... Averaged 9.9 points per game for the Tigers... Ranked second on the squad with 30.2 minutes per game while starting 28 of his 36 games played... His 85.5 percent shooting from the free throw line would have ranked fifth in Conference USA if he had enough attempts to qualify for the league stats... Scored a career-high 22 points against Temple (12/20/01)... Made a career-high five three-pointers in going 5-of-6 from three-point range against Old Dominion (11/14/01)... Played all 40 minutes while scoring 15 points and adding eight rebounds and five assists in UM s game against Arkansas (1/2/02) (Freshman at Memphis) Named Memphis Newcomer of the Year... Was named to Conference USA s All- Freshman Team... Named Conference USA Freshman of the Year by College Insider.com... Honorable mention pick on the All-Star Report s national freshman team... Four times provided some last minute heroics that led to Tiger wins... Started 26 of his 34 games as a true freshman... Was the first freshman to start the season-opener for the Tigers since Lorenzen Wright in Scored his first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Houston (1/6/01)... Scored in double figures in 10 straight games during the month of January and part of February... Season high in scoring with 19 points against Howard (1/3/01) and Tulane (2/10/01)... Twice registered double-figure rebounding with 10 boards at Houston (1/6/01) and at UAB (1/27/01). High School The 2000 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Tennessee... A first team allstate selection... Earned all-district and all-region honors... Named the 2000 Player of the Year for the city of Memphis and the district... Led Raleigh-Egypt to a 33-6 record and an appearance in the state tournament... Led the Pharaohs to a win over Hamilton in the Memphis city championship... Averaged 21.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists as a senior at Raleigh-Egypt... Shot 90 percent from the free throw line and 54 percent from the field... Played on an AAU Select team that toured Spain and Italy during summer Coached by Jimmy Adams. Personal Born: May 6, 1982 in Chicago, Ill.... Full name: Scooter McFadgon... Academic major: Sociology... Parent is Cathy Swearengen Duncan... Uncle, Clarence Swearengen, played at Tennessee from and holds the school record for steals in a game with seven which he accomplished two times... Cousin of Memphis Grizzlies star Lorenzen Wright. Career Statistics Year GP-GS Min Avg FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D-Rebs Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Totals Tennessee 27 Basketball

28 Major Wingate 1 C Fr. Florence, S.C. (North Gwinnett [Ga.] HS) High School Attended Wilson High School in Florence, S.C., before transferring too North Gwinnett in Suwanee, Ga., for his senior season... Ranked among the top 50 players in the Class of 2003 by Basketball Times... Led North Gwinnett with 17 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game McDonald s All-America finalist... A second team All-Class AAAAA selection... Named to the All- Gwinnett first team... Named to the GACA Region 8-AAAAA Team of the Year... Selected to the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Team of the Year... Played in the Georgia Athletics Coaches Association North/South All-Star Game... Led North Gwinnett to a 26-4 and an appearance in the "Elite Eight" of the state tournament... Led North to a No. 1 ranking in the state late in the season and a No. 6 final ranking... Averaged 15 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists and four blocks as a junior at Wilson High School... Received an invitation to attent the prestigious ABCD Camp following his eighth grade year... Ranked as the 10th-best center prospect in the nation by Rivals.com... Named the MVP and MIP of the adidas All-Star camp... Helped lead the Global Select team to a silver medal at the 2003 Global Games in Dallas, Texas... Coached by Ralph Nunn at North Gwinnett and Tommy Johnson at Wilson. Personal Born: November 10, 1983 in Florence, S.C.... Full name: Major Leon-Legrant Wingate... Parent is Terri Wingate-Cannon... A member of the National Honor Society... Received the Who s Who Scholarship Achievement Award. Lou Wright G/F Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Raleigh-Egypt HS / Southwest Tennessee CC) Junior College Led Southwest Tennessee Community College to a third-place finish in the NJCAA Tournament... Led the Saluqis to a 23-8 record and an 11th-place finish in the NJCAA Tournament... Averaged 18.0 points and 8.0 rebounds as a freshman in Averaged 17.0 points and 7.0 rebounds while playing the small and power forward positions as a sophomore in Coached by Verties Sails, Jr.. High School A top 100 recruit coming out of Raleigh-Egypt High School in Memphis... Transferred to Raleigh-Egypt for his senior season after playing his first three years at national powerhouse Westchester High School in Los Angeles, Calif.... Averaged15 points and 10 rebounds as a senior at Raleigh-Egypt... Helped lead Westchester HS to a state championship as a sophomore in 1998 while averaging 10 points per game... Westchester finished the 1998 season with a Division I CIF title, a 30-3 record, a No. 10 final ranking in the nation and was ranked No. 1 in the West by USA Today... Carded a scoring averaged of 18 points to go with seven rebounds as a junior for the Comets... Coached by Ed Azzam at Westchester HS and Jimmy Adams at Raleigh-Egypt HS. Personal Born: July 31, 1982 in Memphis, Tenn.... Full Name: Herbert Lou Wright, Jr.... Parents are Herbert and Lisa Wright... Younger brother of NBA and Memphis Grizzlies star Lorenzen Wright... Cousin of current Vol Scooter McFadgon. Tennessee 28 Basketball

29 Surprising Vols Receive Fifth Postseason Bid In Six Seasons Entering the season, not much was expected from the Tennessee Volunteers. Most preseason publications had picked the Vols to finish fifth or sixth in the SEC s six-team Eastern Division and Ron Slay was ignored by virtually all preseason awards entering his senior campaign after suffering a devastating knee injury midway through his junior season. But, the one thing no one could foresee was how big the Vols heart was. By the time the smoke cleared the Vols had recorded the 70th winning season and made a mark as one of the top teams in the nation s top conference. Overall, UT finished the season with a record and finished fourth in the SEC East with a 9-7 conference record. Tennessee s 9-7 league record ranked in a tie for the fourth-best in the entire Southeastern Conference, not just the SEC East. One of the most exciting finishes in school history highlights a season full of memorable wins for the Volunteers. Playing Georgia Tech in Atlanta s Philips Arena, Jon Higgins scored five points in the game s final second, including a half court heave at the buzzer to give the Vols a win over the Yellow Jackets. In UT s final game before beginning SEC play, Slay scored a career-high 38 points in a victory over New Mexico. His 38 points were the most by a Vol since Allan Houston scored 43 against LSU in Once conference season began, Tennessee picked up a road win at Ole Miss on a Stanley Asumnu offensive rebound and follow with 2.6 seconds left. Later, the Vols began a six-game winning streak with a win over South Carolina. During the streak, Tennessee won its second game in a row at Auburn, defeated 17th-ranked Georgia, won their first game ever at Arkansas Bud Walton Arena and upset fourth-ranked Florida. UT finished the regular season with a win over 23rd-ranked Mississippi State on the Vols Senior Day and a then traveled to Nashville where the Vols completed the season sweep with in-state rival Vanderbilt. When it came time for the postseason, Tennessee was considered a legitimate contender for the NCAA Tournament but, instead, received an invitation to play in the National Invitation Tournament. When the Vols met the Georgetown Hoyas in the first round of the NIT, it marked the fifth time in six seasons that Tennessee had participated in a postseason tournament. The final buzzer at the end of the season marked the end of their careers for five seniors. Drew Clemmons, Higgins, Thaydeus Holden, Slay and Zach Turner each were in the starting lineup for their final regular season game against Mississippi State on March 5. During their four-year careers Tennessee recorded an record that included a mark in SEC action. They helped the Vols to an SEC Eastern Division and an overall SEC title in 2000 and led UT to two NCAA Tournament appearances (2000 and 2001) and one showing in the NIT (2003). Slay made his final season in orange and white a memorable one. After scoring 31 points in the season opener against Gardner-Webb, he led the SEC in scoring all year and finished with a 21.2 point per game scoring average. The Nashville native became Results Date Opponent Result N8 EA Sports (Exh.) W, N14 BC Cesis of Latvia (Exh.) W, N22 Gardner-Webb W, N25 VMI (FSNS) W, D4 at Texas A&M L, D15 1-Georgia Tech (FSNS) W, D17 Charleston Southern (CSS) W, D21 at West Virginia L, D23 Western Carolina (CSS) W, D30 UT Martin W, J4 New Mexico (CSS) W, J8 #18 Kentucky (JP) L, J11 at Mississippi (JP) W, J15 at #6 Florida L, J18 Vanderbilt W, J22 at #19 Georgia L, ot J25 #9 Louisville (ESPN2) L, J29 South Carolina W, F1 at Auburn W, F5 Massachusetts W, F8 #17 Georgia (JP) W, F12 at Arkansas (JP) W, F15 #4 Florida (SEC-TV) W, F19 at South Carolina L, F22 Alabama (JP) L, F26 at #2 Kentucky (JP) L, M1 LSU (SEC-TV) L, M5 #23 Mississippi State W, M8 at Vanderbilt W, M14 2-Auburn (JP) L, M18 3-Georgetown (ESPN2) L, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic For Kids (Philips Arena - Atlanta, Ga.) 2-SEC Tournament (Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans, La.) 3-National Invitation Tournament the first Vol in 15 years to be named the SEC Player of the Year when the Associated Press tabbed him with the honor. A consensus first team All-SEC pick, he earned All-America mention from several sources, including being an Associated Press Third Team All- America selection, and was listed as one of 22 finalists for the prestigious Wooden Award. Freshman C.J. Watson made a sudden impact on the SEC, becoming one of the league s top setup men by averaging 5.52 assists per game on his way to earning a spot on the SEC All-Freshman team. Higgins finished his career at UT as one of the school s premier three-point shooters. Starting 122 of his 124 career games, Higgins is in the school s top five for career three-pointers made, attempted and percentage. Sophomore Brandon Crump showed great promise for the future, recording double-doubles in two of his last three games while ranking second on the team with 11.0 points and 5.9 rebounds. Vols Make 23rd Postseason Appearance Tennessee made its 23rd postseason appearance, including its fifth in the last six seasons, when the Vols participated in the National Invitation Tournament... In the last eight seasons Tennessee has made six postseason appearances (four NCAA Tournaments and two NITs)... The Vols are a combined all-time in the NCAA Tournament and the NIT. Tennessee In The Postseason NIT Tennessee made its 10th appearance in the National Invitation Tournament against Georgetown on March All told, the Vols are in the NIT... UT made its first appearance in the NIT since 1996 when the Vols dropped an opening round game to College of Charleston on March 13, 1996 in Knoxville... Tennessee s best showing in the NIT came in 1985 when the Vols made it to the NIT semifinals in New York City where they lost to Indiana then defeated Louisville in the consolation game Watson Earns Freshman All-America Honors And Is Named To SEC All-Freshman Team Point guard C.J. Watson was named to CollegeInsider.com s All-Freshman team and to the SEC All-Freshman Team... The Las Vegas native was an unanimous selection to the conference All- Freshman team that is selected by the league s coaches... Watson was one of 20 players nationally on CollegeInsider.com s national list that is selected by a panel of coaches from around the nation. Slay s Honors Include SEC Player Of The Year And Wooden Award Finalist Ron Slay became the first Vol in more than 15 years to be named the SEC Player of the Year when the Associated Press tabbed him with the honor on March The last UT player to earn SEC Player of the Year honors from a wire service or the coaches is Tony White, who was UPI s 1987 SEC Player of the Year... Other Vols who have been named SEC Player of the Year include Dale Ellis (1982 and 1983), Bernard King (1975, 1976 and 1977) and Ernie Grunfeld (1977) among others... Some of Slay s other honors include: SEC Player of the Year Associated Press, Dick Vitale and CollegeInsider.com. First Team All-Southeastern Conference Associated Press, SEC Coaches, and Dick Vitale. All-America Associated Press third team All- America, Dick Vitale First Team All-America, ESPN.com Third Team All-America, CollegeInsider.com All-America Team. All-District NABC Division I All-District 7, USBWA All-District IV. Wooden Award Finalist One of 22 finalists announced for The John R. Wooden All-America team. Noting The Class of 2003 Five seniors celebrated their last regular season game at Thompson-Boling Arena on March 5 with a upset of 23rd-ranked Mississippi State... Drew Clemmons, Jon Higgins, Thaydeus Holden, Ron Slay and Zach Turner were all in the starting lineup for their last regular season appearance on their home court... UT has enjoyed some of its most successful seasons with these players donning the orange and white... Over the past four seasons Tennessee has recorded an record... They led the Vols to a SEC record... Over the last four years UT has a record at Thompson-Boling Arena... UT has won an SEC Eastern Division title (2000) and one overall SEC title (2000)... Tennessee made two NCAA Tournament appearances (2000 and 2001) and one NIT showing (2003)... They helped lead the Vols to a school record 26 wins (2000)... Senior managers Brandon McCormack, Michael Gilstorf and Paul Ledbetter were also recognized against Mississippi State. Tennessee 29 Basketball

30 Attendance Is Up Tennessee averaged 14,400 fans in 16 regular season home games this season... That is up from 14,230 fans during the season... In eight home SEC games, the Vols averaged 15,711 fans per game... Last season the Vols ranked 16th in the nation in attendance. Higgins Finishes Career As One Of Tennessee s Premier Three-Point Shooters Senior Jon Higgins was ruled ineligible to participate in postseason competition for failing to meet the Southeastern Conference academic requirements... Higgins was eligible to participate in regular season competition under NCAA, SEC and the University of Tennessee s academic guidelines, but did not meet the SEC requirements for postseason competition which is based on the 2002 fall semester... The Shaker Heights, Ohio, native finished his career ranked in several statistical categories including three-pointers (4th with 209), three-point attempts (5th with 525), three-point percentage (5th with 39.8 percent), assists (8th with 352) and steals (9th with 130)... One of the most reliable players in the UT lineup the last four seasons, Higgins started 122 of his 124 career games... He played at least 13 minutes in all of his 124 career games... This season he averaged 8.9 points per game while shooting 41.1 percent from three-point range. Slay Leads The SEC In Scoring Ron Slay led the SEC with 21.2 points per game and was third in the SEC with 7.8 rebounds per game... In conference games, the 6-foot-8 Slay s 21.1 points per game led the league... He became the first Vol since Allan Houston to lead the SEC in scoring... Houston averaged 22.3 points per game as a senior in Slay also became the first Tennessee player to average 20 or more points per game in a season since Houston averaged 22.3 in Slay Joins 1,000-Point Club; Ranks 13th All-Time With 1,569 Points Ron Slay became the 37th Vol to score 1,000 career points when he reached the milestone in the second half of the VMI game on Nov Slay became just the 13th player in Tennessee history to score 1,500 career points when he reached the milestone against Mississippi State (3/5/03)... He finished his career 13th on UT s scoring lists with 1,569 career points... He carded a career-high 38 points against New Mexico on Jan His career-best effort against an SEC foe came against Georgia (2/8/03) when he had 33 points. It s Elementary: Watson Is One Of SEC s Top Assist Men True freshman C.J. Watson led the Vols and ranked third in the SEC with 5.52 assists per game... In SEC games, his 5.44 assists per game tied with Georgia s Rashad Wright for the conference lead... He fell just two assists shy of becoming just the second freshman in SEC history to lead the conference in assists... Sean Tuohy of Ole Miss led the SEC with 6.2 assists as a freshman in Quiet Storm: Watson Steps It Up In SEC Action Las Vegas, Nev., native C.J. Watson is the first true freshman to start the season-opener at point guard for the Vols since Tony Harris in He averaged 9.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists against just 2.8 turnovers in 35.8 minutes of action in his inaugural campaign... He ranked third in the SEC with 5.52 assists per game... In games against SEC teams only, he tied for the league lead with 5.44 assists per game... He recorded seven or more assists in a game 10 times... In Southeastern Conference play he improved his scoring to 9.9 points to go with 4.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists in 35.9 minutes of action... He reached double-figure scoring in 10 of his last 19 games. Watson Climbs Single-Season Assists List C.J. Watson s 160 assists ranks seventh on Tennessee s single-season lists... The 160 assists are the second-most in school history by a freshman... Only Johnny Darden (164 assists in ) had more assists during his freshman campaign. Watson Leads The Vols And SEC In Minutes Freshman point guard C.J. Watson became the first true freshman since Allan Houston (36.1 minutes per game in ) to lead the Vols in minutes played this season... Watson s 35.8 minutes per game not only led the Vols but it also the tied for the most minutes in the SEC... Alabama s Maurice Williams also averaged 35.8 minutes per game... Against Florida (1/15/03) Watson became the first Vol since Brandon Wharton in 1998 to play every minute of a game when he had a 12 point, five assist outing in 40 minutes against the sixth-ranked Gators... He repeated his marathon performance in the SEC Tournament when he played 40 minutes against Auburn. Holden Heats Up; Ranks Among UT s Best Three-Point Shooters Senior Thaydeus Holden tied a school record for three-point field goal percentage when he went 5-for- 5 from behind the arc against Vanderbilt (1/18/03)... He tied the school record set by Shane Carnes, who also went 5-for-5 from three-point range, against Michigan State (12/20/94)... He finished with 17 points against the Commodores... On the season he is averaged 8.5 points on 40.3 percent (48-of-119) three-point shooting... His 37.3 percent (82-of-220) career three-point shooting ranks sixth on Tennessee career charts while his 82 three-pointers made and 220 attempts each rank 10th on the career lists... Against Alabama (2/22/03) he scored a career-high 22 points on 6-of-8 shooting from three-point range... His six treys were the most by a Vol this season... Against Georgia he drilled six consecutive free throws down the stretch to give the Vols a win over the 17th-ranked Bulldogs... He made 35 of his last 41 free throw attempts (85.4 percent). Higgins Named To SEC Good Works Team Jon Higgins was featured as the SEC Good Works Team Player of the Week on Jefferson-Pilot s telecasts the week of Jan Higgins has visited patients at the UT Medical Center, mentored youth from the Knoxville Boys and Girls Clubs, regularly reads to children at local schools and serves as on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) among other activities... It is the third time that Higgins has been named to the Good Works Team. Six Of UT s Games Decided By One Possession Twelve of Tennessee s 29 games were decided by five points or less The Vols were 7-5 in games decided by five points or less Six games were decided by one possession (three points or less) UT was 3-3 in games decided by a single possession Last year Tennessee had 10 games decided by 10 points or less In , UT went 3-7 in games decided on three points or less. 13th Winning Season At Thompson-Boling With an 18-game home schedule this season, the Vols 12-5 home record secured Tennessee s 13th winning home record in 16 seasons at Thompson- Boling Arena... It is the seventh consecutive season that UT has had a winning record at home... UT secured the winning home record with a victory over UMass (2/5/03). Vols Notch 1,300th Win In School History The Volunteers victory over Gardner-Webb in the season-opener marked the 1,300th in the program s history... In the 94th season of Tennessee basketball, the Vols have recorded a 1, all-time record... Since garnering their 1,200th win against Appalachian State on Nov. 28, 1997, it took UT just 152 games to win their next 100 (a 65.8 winning percentage)... It marked one of the fastest periods in school history to win 100 games. Tennessee Leads SEC In Graduation Rate According to the 2002 NCAA Graduation Rates Report, Tennessee s men s basketball team posted the highest graduation rate in the Southeastern Conference... The report, which contained data for the 1995 freshman class, lists UT with a graduation rate of 71 percent... Student-athletes from that class who have received their degrees include Aaron Green, Torrey Harris, Rashard Lee, Scott Moore and Brandon Wharton. Tom Boerwinkle Named SEC Legend Former Vol Tom Boerwinkle was be honored as an SEC Legend at the 2003 SEC Tournament in New Orleans... Boerwinkle, who lettered in 1967 and 1968, was a 1968 Helms Foundation first team All- America selection... The two-time first team All- SEC selection (1967 and 1968) was the fourth overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in the 1968 NBA Draft... The first seven-footer in Tennessee history, he led the Vols to the 1967 SEC championship with a 21-7 overall record and a 15-3 league mark. Tennessee 30 Basketball

31 Record: Overall Home Away Neutral All Games Conference Non-Conference Results Date Time Opponent Score Attend High Points High Rebounds High Assists Nov. 22 7:30 p.m. Gardner-Webb W, , Ron Slay 7 Brandon Crump 5 C.J. Watson Nov. 25 7:30 p.m. VMI W, , Ron Slay 9 Brandon Crump 8 C.J. Watson Dec. 4 8:00 p.m. at Texas A&M L, , Ron Slay 12 Ron Slay 5 C.J. Watson Dec. 15 4:00 p.m. 1-Georgia Tech W, , Ron Slay 12 Ron Slay 6 Jon Higgins Dec. 17 7:30 p.m. Charleston Southern W, , C.J. Watson 11 Ron Slay 4 C.J. Watson Dec. 21 4:00 p.m. at West Virginia L, , Brandon Crump 8 Elgrace Wilborn 5 C.J. Watson Dec. 23 7:00 p.m. Western Carolina W, , Ron Slay 10 Ron Slay 7 C.J. Watson Dec. 30 7:30 p.m. UT Martin W, , Ron Slay 9 Ron Slay 7 Ron Slay Jan. 4 7:30 p.m. New Mexico W, , Ron Slay 11 Ron Slay 8 C.J. Watson Jan. 8 8:00 p.m. #18 Kentucky L, , Ron Slay 6 Ron Slay 4 Thaydeus Holden Jan. 11 1:00 p.m. at Mississippi W, , Ron Slay 5 C.J. Watson 4 C.J. Watson 17 C.J. Watson Jan. 15 7:00 p.m. at #6 Florida L, , Ron Slay 6 Elgrace Wilborn 5 C.J. Watson Jan. 18 7:30 p.m. Vanderbilt W, , Thaydeus Holden 6 Ron Slay 6 C.J. Watson 6 C.J. Watson Jan. 22 7:30 p.m. at #19 Georgia L, ot 10, Ron Slay 10 C.J. Watson 6 C.J. Watson Jan. 25 5:00 p.m. #9 Louisville L, , Ron Slay 9 Brandon Crump 4 C.J. Watson Jan. 29 7:30 p.m. South Carolina W, , Ron Slay 9 Brandon Crump 5 C.J. Watson Feb. 1 4:00 p.m. at Auburn W, , Ron Slay 7 Ron Slay 3 C.J. Watson 3 Jon Higgins Feb. 5 7:30 p.m. Massachusetts W, , Ron Slay 7 Ron Slay 7 C.J. Watson 7 Boomer Herndon Feb. 8 3:00 p.m. #17 Georgia W, , Ron Slay 6 Brandon Crump 9 C.J. Watson 6 Jon Higgins Feb. 12 8:00 p.m. at Arkansas W, , Ron Slay 9 Brandon Crump 4 C.J. Watson Feb. 15 5:00 p.m. #4 Florida W, , Ron Slay 11 Ron Slay 8 C.J. Watson Feb. 19 7:30 p.m. at South Carolina L, , Ron Slay 9 Ron Slay 7 C.J. Watson Feb. 22 2:00 p.m. Alabama L, , Ron Slay 9 Ron Slay 7 C.J. Watson Feb. 26 8:00 p.m. at #2 Kentucky L, , Ron Slay 14 Ron Slay 3 C.J. Watson March 1 7:00 p.m. LSU L, , Ron Slay 9 Ron Slay 7 C.J. Watson March 5 7:30 p.m. #23 Mississippi State W, , Ron Slay 6 Ron Slay 5 C.J. Watson March 8 8:00 p.m. at Vanderbilt W, , Ron Slay 11 Brandon Crump 6 C.J. Watson March 14 9:45 p.m. 2-Auburn L, , Ron Slay 10 Brandon Crump 5 C.J. Watson March 18 7:00 p.m. 3-Georgetown L, , Ron Slay 11 Elgrace Wilborn 4 Thaydeus Holden 1-Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Classic (Philips Arena - Atlanta, Ga.) 2-SEC Tournament (Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans, La.) 3-National Invitation Tournament Rankings following opponents name are listed Associated Press / ESPN/USA Today All Times Eastern Tennessee 31 Basketball

32 Record: Overall Home Away Neutral All Games Conference Non-Conference All Games TOTAL 3-POINTERS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN AVG FG-A PCT FG-A PCT FT-A PCT O-D-T AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS AVG Ron Slay Brandon Crump C.J. Watson Jon Higgins Thaydeus Holden Stanley Asumnu Elgrace Wilborn Derek Stribling Justin Albrecht Andy Ikeakor John Winchester Boomer Herndon Zach Turner Drew Clemmons Pee-Wee Gash Fred Smithwick TEAM Total Opponents SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total Tennessee Opponents Southeastern Conference Games TOTAL 3-POINTERS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN AVG FG-A PCT FG-A PCT FT-A PCT O-D-T AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS AVG Ron Slay Brandon Crump C.J. Watson Jon Higgins Thaydeus Holden Stanley Asumnu Elgrace Wilborn John Winchester Derek Stribling Boomer Herndon Pee-Wee Gash Zach Turner Fred Smithwick Drew Clemmons TEAM Total Opponents SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total Tennessee Opponents Tennessee 32 Basketball

33 Tennessee Individual Game Highs Points...38 Ron Slay vs. New Mexico (1/4/03) Field Goals Made...12 Ron Slay vs. Georgia (2/8/03) 12 Ron Slay at Georgia (1/22/03) Field Goal Attempts...24 Ron Slay at South Carolina (2/19/03) 24 Ron Slay at Georgia (1/22/03) 24 Ron Slay at Florida (1/15/03) 3 PT FG Made...6 Thaydeus Holden vs. Alabama (2/22/03) 3 PT FG Attempts...10 Jon Higgins at Florida (1/15/03) Free Throws Made...15 Ron Slay vs. New Mexico (1/4/03) Free Throw Attempts...19 Ron Slay vs. New Mexico (1/4/03) Rebounds...14 Ron Slay at Kentucky (2/26/03) Assists...9 C.J. Watson vs. Georgia (2/8/03) Steals...5 Brandon Crump vs. Vanderbilt (1/18/03) Blocked Shots...6 Elgrace Wilborn vs. Georgetown (3/18/03) Superlatives Opponent Individual Game Highs Points...29 Ezra Williams, at Georgia (1/22/03) 29 Ruben Douglas, New Mexico (1/4/03) Field Goals Made...12 Drew Schifino, at West Virginia (12/21/02) Field Goal Attempts...22 Matt Freije, at Vanderbilt (3/8/03) 3 PT FG Made...6 Ezra Williams, at Georgia (1/22/03) 6 Aaron Harper, at Ole Miss (1/11/03) 3 PT FG Attempts...11 Matt Freije, at Vanderbilt (3/8/03) 11 Ezra Williams, at Georgia (1/22/03) Free Throws Made...12 Ruben Douglas, New Mexico (1/4/03) Free Throw Attempts...13 Ruben Douglas, New Mexico (1/4/03) Rebounds...14 Mike Sweetney, Georgetown (3/18/03) Assists...11 Bernard King, at Texas A&M (12/4/02) Steals...4 Chuck Hayes, at Kentucky (2/26/03) 4 Nathan Wilson, at Auburn (2/1/03) 4 Jarod Gerald, South Carolina (1/29/03) 4 Reece Gaines, Louisville (1/25/03) 4 Ed O Neil, Charleston Southern (12/17/02) Blocked Shots...5 Chris Daniels, at Georgia (1/22/03) Tennessee Team Game Highs Points...88 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Field Goals Made...31 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Field Goal Attempts...67 vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) Field Goal % (27-46) at Kentucky (2/26/03) 3 PT FG Made...11 vs. Alabama (2/22/03) 11 vs. VMI (11/25/02) 3 PT FG Attempts...26 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/22/02) 26 vs. VMI (11/25/02) 3 PT FG % (7-12) vs. Vanderbilt (1/18/03) Free Throws Made...28 at Arkansas (2/12/03) Free Throw Attempts...39 at Arkansas (2/12/03) Free Throw % (12-13) at Vanderbilt (3/8/03) Rebounds...48 vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) 48 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Assists...26 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Steals...11 vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) 11 vs. Western Carolina (12/23/02) Blocked Shots...9 vs. Georgetown (3/18/03) Turnovers...22 vs. Georgia Tech (12/15/02) Fouls...26 at Ole Miss (1/11/03) Opponent Team Game Highs Points...88 vs. LSU (3/1/03) Field Goals Made...31 vs. Georgia (2/8/03) Field Goal Attempts...69 vs. Georgia (2/8/03) Field Goal % (30-55) vs. LSU (3/1/03) 3 PT FG Made...17 vs. LSU (3/1/03) 3 PT FG Attempts...30 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/22/02) 3 PT FG % (17-27) vs. LSU (3/1/03) Free Throws Made...28 vs. Kentucky (1/8/03) Free Throw Attempts...34 vs. Kentucky (1/8/03) Free Throw % (25-29) at Kentucky (2/26/03) Rebounds...42 vs. Georgetown (3/18/03) 42 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/22/02) Assists...27 vs. LSU (3/1/03) Steals...12 vs. Charleston Southern (12/17/02) Blocked Shots...8 at Georgia (1/22/03) Turnovers...21 at Ole Miss (1/11/03) Fouls...27 at Arkansas (2/12/03) Tennessee Team Game Lows Points...53 vs. Auburn (3/14/03) Field Goals Made...18 vs. Auburn (3/14/03) 18 vs. Mississippi State (3/5/03) 18 vs. Charleston Southern (12/17/02) Field Goal Attempts...43 vs. Mississippi State (3/5/03) 43 vs. Charleston Southern (12/17/02) Field Goal % (20-64) at Texas A&M (12/4/02) 3 PT FG Made...2 at Arkansas (2/12/03) 3 PT FG Attempts...9 at Ole Miss (1/11/03) 3 PT FG % (2-12) at Arkansas (2/12/03) Free Throws Made...5 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Free Throw Attempts...9 at Florida (1/15/03) Free Throw % (5-10) vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Rebounds...25 vs. Georgia (2/8/03) Assists...8 vs. Auburn (3/14/03) Steals...0 vs. LSU (3/1/03) Blocked Shots...0 at Arkansas (2/12/03) 0 at Florida (1/15/03) 0 at Ole Miss (1/11/03) Turnovers...8 vs. Mississippi State (3/5/03) Fouls...9 vs. Charleston Southern (12/17/02) Opponent Team Game Lows Points...45 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Field Goals Made...15 vs. Mississippi State (3/5/03) Field Goal Attempts...39 at Ole Miss (1/11/03) Field Goal % (18-65) vs. VMI (11/25/02) 3 PT FG Made...2 at Auburn (2/1/03) 2 vs. Charleston Southern (12/17/02) 3 PT FG Attempts...11 vs. Georgetown (3/18/03) 11 at Kentucky (2/26/03) 3 PT FG % (2-16) at Auburn (2/1/03).125 (3-24) vs. VMI (11/25/02) Free Throws Made...4 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Free Throw Attempts...6 vs. Georgia (2/8/03) Free Throw % (6-14) at West Virginia (12/21/02) Rebounds...21 at Kentucky (2/26/03) 21 at Ole Miss (1/11/03) Assists...9 at Arkansas (2/12/03) 9 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) 9 at Auburn (2/1/03) Steals...2 vs. New Mexico (1/4/03) Blocked Shots...0 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) 0 vs. Vanderbilt (1/18/03) 0 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/22/02) Turnovers...6 vs. LSU (3/1/03) Fouls...11 at Auburn (2/1/03) 11 at Georgia (1/22/03) Tennessee 33 Basketball

34 Team Game-by-Game Rebounds Date Result FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D-Total PF Pts A TO Blk Stl Min Gardner-Webb at Tennessee Nov. 22 W, VMI at Tennessee Nov. 25 W, at Texas A&M Tennessee Dec. 4 L, vs. Georgia Tech Tennessee Dec. 15 W, Charleston Southern at Tennessee Dec. 17 W, at West Virginia Tennessee Dec. 21 L, Western Carolina at Tennessee Dec. 23 W, UT Martin at Tennessee Dec. 30 W, New Mexico at Tennessee Jan. 4 W, Kentucky at Tennessee Jan. 8 L, at Mississippi Tennessee Jan. 11 W, at Florida Tennessee Jan. 15 L, Vanderbilt at Tennessee Jan. 18 W, at Georgia Tennessee Jan. 22 L, ot Louisville at Tennessee Jan. 25 L, South Carolina at Tennessee Jan. 29 W, at Auburn Tennessee Feb. 1 W, Massachusetts at Tennessee Feb. 5 W, Georgia at Tennessee Feb. 8 W, at Arkansas Tennessee Feb. 12 W, Florida at Tennessee Feb. 15 W, at South Carolina Tennessee Feb. 19 L, Alabama at Tennessee Feb. 22 L, at Kentucky Tennessee Feb. 26 L, LSU at Tennessee March 1 L, Mississippi State at Tennessee March 5 W, at Vanderbilt Tennessee March 8 W, vs. Auburn Tennessee March 14 L, Georgetown at Tennessee March 18 L, Tennessee 34 Basketball

35 Points-Rebounds-Assists Justin Stanley Brandon Boomer Jon Thaydeus Ron Derek Zach C.J. Elgrace John Albrecht Asumnu Crump Herndon Higgins Holden Slay Stribling Turner Watson Wilborn Winchester Gardner-Webb VMI at Texas A&M vs. Georgia Tech Charleston Southern at West Virginia Western Carolina UT Martin New Mexico Kentucky at Mississippi at Florida Vanderbilt at Georgia Louisville South Carolina at Auburn Massachusetts Georgia at Arkansas Florida at South Carolina Alabama at Kentucky LSU Mississippi State at Vanderbilt vs. Auburn Georgetown Tennessee 35 Basketball

36 Attendance Summary Games Totals Average Home ,413 13,730 Away ,402 11,640 Neutral 2 29,429 14,715 Total ,244 13,077 Tennessee s Record When... Tennessee wins opening tipoff 5-5 Opponent wins opening tipoff 12-7 Leading at halftime 13-5 Trailing at halftime 4-7 Tied at the halftime 0-0 Miscellaneous Statistics Most First Half Points Tennessee 45 vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) Opponents 47 vs. LSU (3/1/03) Most Second Half Points Tennessee 47 vs. VMI (11/25/02) Opponents 45 vs. Kentucky (1/8/03) Fewest First Half Points Tennessee 23 at Florida (1/15/03) Opponents 21 vs. Mississippi State (3/5/02) Fewest Second Half Points Tennessee 19 at West Virginia (12/21/02) Opponents 15 vs. Massachusetts (2/5/03) Largest Halftime Lead Tennessee 22 vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) Opponents 14 vs. LSU (3/1/03) Largest Halftime Lead Overcome Tennessee 13 vs. Gardner-Webb (11/22/02) Opponents 13 at West Virginia (12/21/02) Leading with 10:00 remaining 11-3 Trailing with 10:00 remaining 6-9 Tied with 10:00 remaining 0-0 Leading with 5:00 remaining 12-2 Trailing with 5:00 remaining 4-10 Tied with 5:00 remaining 1-0 In Overtime 0-1 Tennessee outrebounds opponent 12-8 Tennessee is outrebounded 4-4 Same amount of rebounds 1-0 Tennessee commits more turnovers 8-11 Opponent commits more turnovers 8-1 Same amount of turnovers 1-0 Tennessee shoots 50 percent or better 8-2 Opponent shoots 50 percent or better 0-4 Tennessee shoots less than 50 percent 9-10 Opponent shoots less than 50 percent 17-8 Tennessee shoots better than opponent 14-4 Opponent shoots better than Tennessee 3-8 Same shooting percentage 0-0 Tennessee has more free throw attempts 11-2 Opponent has more free throw attempts 4-9 Same amount of free throw attempts 2-1 Tennessee bench outscores opponent bench 6-2 Opponent bench outscores Tennessee bench Benches score the same 1-0 Tennessee scores between Tennessee scores between Tennessee scores between Tennessee scores between Tennessee scores between Tennessee scores 100 or more 0-0 Opponent less than Opponent scores between Opponent scores between Opponent scores between Opponent scores between Opponent scores between Opponent scores 100 or more 0-0 In November 2-0 In December 4-2 In January 4-4 In February 5-3 In March 2-3 On Monday 3-0 On Tuesday 1-1 On Wednesday 4-6 On Thursday 0-0 On Friday 1-1 On Saturday 7-4 On Sunday 1-0 Single-Game Team Leaders Scoring Slay 26, Watson 2, Crump 1, Holden 1 Rebounding Slay 16, Crump 8, Watson 3, Wilborn 3, Herndon 1, Higgins 1 Blocks Wilborn 19, Crump 11, Stribling 2, Holden 2, Higgins 2, Slay 2, Watson 1 Assists Watson 26, Higgins 2, Holden 2 Steals Watson 13, Higgins 12, Slay 7, Crump 5, Holden 5, Stribling 4, Asumnu 4, Wilborn 1, Winchester 1 (Includes all ties) Scoring Tennessee s First Points Crump 10-4 layup, 3 hook shot, 2 dunk, 1 jumper Slay 7-2 free throw, 2 hook shot, 2 jumper, 1 layup Higgins 6-1 jumper, 3 three-pointer, 2 layup Stribling 3-1 free throw, 2 layup Holden 2-2 layup Watson 1-1 layup Starting Lineups W-L 4-0 G-Watson, G-Higgins, F-Asumnu, F-Slay, F-Crump 0-1 G-Watson, G-Higgins, G-Holden, F-Asumnu, F-Slay 7-6 G-Watson, G-Higgins, G-Holden, F-Slay, F-Crump 5-3 G-Watson, G-Higgins, F-Stribling, F-Slay, F-Crump 1-0 G-Watson, G-Higgins, G-Winchester, F-Slay, F-Crump 1-0 G-Clemmons, G-Higgins, G-Holden, F-Slay, F-Turner 0-1 G-Watson, G-Holden, G-Asumnu, F-Slay, F-Crump 0-1 G-Watson, G-Holden, F-Slay, F-Wilborn, F-Crump Margin of Victory/Defeat Wins Losses Double Figure Games Scoring Rebounding Double-Doubles Season Career Season Career Season Career Justin Albrecht Stanley Asumnu Brandon Crump Boomer Herndon Jon Higgins Thaydeus Holden Ron Slay Derek Stribling Zach Turner C.J. Watson Elgrace Wilborn John Winchester Tennessee 36 Basketball

37 Final Southeastern Conference Standings Eastern Division Western Division SEC Pct. All Pct. Postseason SEC Pct. All Pct. Postseason Kentucky*^! NCAA Mississippi State# NCAA Florida NCAA Auburn NCAA Georgia LSU NCAA Tennessee NIT Alabama NCAA South Carolina Arkansas Vanderbilt Ole Miss * SEC Champion ^ Eastern Division Champion! SEC Tournament Champion # Western Division Champion NCAA Tournament Kentucky (Midwest Region) [1] Kentucky 95, [16] IUPUI 64 [1] Kentucky 74, [9] Utah 54 [1] Kentucky 63, [5] Wisconsin 57 [3] Marquette 83, [1] Kentucky 69 Alabama (Midwest Region) [7] Indiana 67, [10] Alabama 62 LSU (South Region) [9] Purdue 80, [8] LSU 56 Florida (South Region) [2] Florida 85, [15] Sam Houston State 55 [7] Michigan State 68, [2] Florida 46 Mississippi State (East Region) [12] Butler 47, [5] Mississippi State 46 Auburn (East Region) [10] Auburn 65, [7] St. Joseph s 63 (ot) [10] Auburn 68, [2] Wake Forest 62 [3] Syracuse 79, [10] Auburn 78 National Invitation Tournament Tennessee (First Round) Georgetown 70, at Tennessee 60 SEC Tournament March Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, La. First Round Game 1 [W5] Ole Miss 62, [E4] South Carolina 56 Game 2 [W3] LSU 85, [W6] Arkansas 56 Game 3 [E5] Vanderbilt 82, [W4] Alabama 69 Southeastern Conference Postseason Results & Honors Coaches All-SEC Teams Associated Press All-SEC Teams First Team All-SEC First Team All-SEC Matt Bonner, Florida Matt Bonner, Florida Jarvis Hayes, Georgia* Jarvis Hayes, Georgia Keith Bogans, Kentucky Keith Bogans, Kentucky Mario Austin, Mississippi State Mario Austin, Mississippi State Ron Slay, Tennessee Ron Slay, Tennessee Second Team All-SEC Erwin Dudley, Alabama Marquis Daniels, Auburn Ezra Williams, Georgia Marquis Estill, Kentucky Ronald Dupree, LSU Matt Freije, Vanderbilt SEC All-Freshman Team Kennedy Winston, Alabama Jonathon Modica, Arkansas Anthony Roberson, Florida* Matt Walsh, Florida* C.J. Watson, Tennessee* SEC Coach of the Year Tubby Smith, Kentucky SEC Player of the Year Keith Bogans, Kentucky SEC Newcomer of the Year Anthony Roberson, Florida Second Team All-SEC Erwin Dudley, Alabama Marquis Daniels, Auburn Ezra Williams, Georgia Marquis Estill, Kentucky Ronald Dupree, LSU Third Team All-SEC Maurice Williams, Alabama Justin Reed, Ole Miss Timmy Bowers, Mississippi State Derrick Zimmerman, Mississippi State Matt Freije, Vanderbilt SEC Coach of the Year Tubby Smith, Kentucky SEC Player of the Year Ron Slay, Tennessee SEC Newcomer of the Year Anthony Roberson, Florida Second Round Game 5 [W1] Mississippi State 73, Ole Miss 64 Game 6 [W3] LSU 65, [E2] Florida 61 Game 7 [E1] Kentucky 81, Vanderbilt 63 Game 8 [W2] Auburn 66, [E3] Tennessee 53 Semifinals Game 9 [W1] Mississippi State 76, [W3] LSU 61 Game 10 [E1] Kentucky 78, [W2] Auburn 58 Finals Game 11 [E1] Kentucky 64, [W1] Mississippi State 57 Other Tennessee Honors Ron Slay SEC Player of the Year Associated Press, Dick Vitale and CollegeInsider.com. First Team All-Southeastern Conference Associated Press, SEC Coaches, and Dick Vitale. All-America Associated Press Third Team All-America, Dick Vitale First Team All-America, ESPN.com Third Team All-America, CollegeInsider.com All-America Team. All-District NABC Division I All-District 7, USBWA All-District IV. Wooden Award Finalist One of 22 finalists announced on March 10. The John R. Wooden All-America team. C.J. Watson CollegeInsider.com s All-Freshman team Tennessee 37 Basketball

38 Scoring Offense Team G W-L Pts Avg/G 1. Georgia Kentucky Florida LSU Auburn Mississippi State Alabama Vanderbilt Tennessee Ole Miss South Carolina Arkansas Scoring Defense Team G Pts Avg/G 1. Mississippi State LSU Ole Miss Kentucky Florida Alabama Auburn Tennessee Arkansas South Carolina Vanderbilt Georgia Scoring Margin Team G Off Def Margin 1. Kentucky Florida Mississippi State LSU Georgia Auburn Alabama Ole Miss Tennessee South Carolina Vanderbilt Arkansas Free Throw Percentage Team G FTM FTA Pct 1. Ole Miss Tennessee Georgia Alabama Kentucky Florida Vanderbilt South Carolina Mississippi State Auburn LSU Arkansas Field Goal Percentage Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Kentucky LSU Florida Mississippi State Auburn Georgia Ole Miss Tennessee Vanderbilt South Carolina Alabama Arkansas Field Goal Percentage Defense Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Mississippi State LSU Kentucky Auburn Alabama Arkansas Tennessee Florida Georgia South Carolina Vanderbilt Ole Miss Team Statistics (All Games) Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Florida Georgia LSU Ole Miss Tennessee Kentucky Auburn Mississippi State Vanderbilt Alabama Arkansas South Carolina Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Defense Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Mississippi State Auburn Florida Arkansas Kentucky Alabama Ole Miss Georgia Tennessee South Carolina LSU Vanderbilt Rebounding Team G Reb Avg/G 1. Arkansas Georgia Alabama Mississippi State Kentucky Tennessee Auburn LSU Florida Vanderbilt South Carolina Ole Miss Rebounding Defense Team G Reb Avg/G 1. Ole Miss Tennessee Mississippi State Kentucky Arkansas LSU Auburn Alabama Florida Vanderbilt South Carolina Georgia Rebounding Margin Team G Team Avg OPP Avg Margin 1. Mississippi State Kentucky Arkansas Tennessee Alabama LSU Auburn Florida Georgia Ole Miss Vanderbilt South Carolina Blocks Team G Blk Avg/G 1. Auburn Kentucky Georgia LSU Florida Vanderbilt Alabama Mississippi State Arkansas Tennessee South Carolina Ole Miss Assists Team G Ast Avg/G 1. Georgia Florida LSU Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi State Vanderbilt South Carolina Auburn Ole Miss Alabama Arkansas Steals Team G Stl Avg/G 1. Mississippi State South Carolina LSU Auburn Kentucky Vanderbilt Georgia Florida Arkansas Alabama Ole Miss Tennessee Assist/Turnover Ratio Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio 1. South Carolina Kentucky Georgia Florida LSU Alabama Ole Miss Mississippi State Auburn Vanderbilt Tennessee Arkansas Offensive Rebounds Team G No. Avg/G 1. Arkansas Alabama Kentucky Georgia Mississippi State Auburn Tennessee South Carolina LSU Florida Vanderbilt Ole Miss Defensive Rebounds Team G No. Avg/G 1. Georgia Tennessee Mississippi State LSU Florida Kentucky Alabama Arkansas Auburn Vanderbilt South Carolina Ole Miss Three-Point Field Goals Made Team G 3FG Avg/G 1. Florida LSU Georgia Alabama Ole Miss Vanderbilt Tennessee Arkansas Auburn Kentucky Mississippi State South Carolina Tennessee 38 Basketball

39 Scoring Player, Team G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G 1. Ron Slay, UT Marquis Daniels, AU Jarvis Hayes, UG Matt Freije, VU Ezra Williams, UG Maurice Williams, UA Ronald Dupree, LS Keith Bogans, UK Mario Austin, MS Justin Reed, UM Matt Bonner, UF Erwin Dudley, UA Timmy Bowers, MS Marco Killingsworth, AU Carlos Powell, SC Jaime Lloreda, LS Gerald Fitch, UK Anthony Roberson, UF Matt Walsh, UF Aaron Harper, UM Rebounding Player, Team G Off Def Total Avg/G 1. Erwin Dudley, UA Jaime Lloreda, LS Ron Slay, UT Ronald Dupree, LS Mario Austin, MS Chris Daniels, UG David Lee, UF Chuck Hayes, UK Dionisio Gomez, AR Marco Killingsworth, AU Rolando Howell, SC Marquis Daniels, AU Matt Bonner, UF Marquis Estill, UK Kyle Davis, AU Brandon Crump, UT Brian Thornton, VU Kenny Walker, UA Justin Reed, UM Ezra Williams, UG Field Goal Percentage Player, Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Marco Killingsworth, AU Mario Austin, MS Ronald Dupree, LS Erwin Dudley, UA Marquis Daniels, AU Matt Bonner, UF Jarvis Hayes, UG Justin Reed, UM Ron Slay, UT Timmy Bowers, MS Assists Player, Team G Assts Avg/G 1. Derrick Zimmerman, MS Rashad Wright, UG C.J. Watson, UT Torris Bright, LS Chuck Eidson, SC Maurice Williams, UA Cliff Hawkins, UK Justin Hamilton, UF Russell Lakey, VU Marquis Daniels, AU Free Throw Percentage Player, Team G FTM FTA Pct 1. Maurice Williams, UA Chuck Eidson, SC Matt Freije, VU Jarvis Hayes, UG Ron Slay, UT David Sanders, UM Matt Walsh, UF Keith Bogans, UK Justin Reed, UM Kenny Walker, UA Individual Statistics (All Games) Steals Player, Team G Steals Avg/G 1. Marquis Daniels, AU Chuck Eidson, SC Derrick Zimmerman, MS Eric Ferguson, AR Torris Bright, LS Russell Lakey, VU Timmy Bowers, MS Justin Hamilton, UF Matt Walsh, UF Chris Daniels, UG Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Player, Team G 3FG FGA Pct 1. Matt Bonner, UF Matt Walsh, UF Jarvis Hayes, UG Gerald Fitch, UK Ezra Williams, UG Timmy Bowers, MS Jon Higgins, UT Torris Bright, LS Aaron Harper, UM Thaydeus Holden, UT Three-Point Field Goals Made Player, Team G 3FG Avg/G 1. Ezra Williams, UG Timmy Bowers, MS Anthony Roberson, UF Aaron Harper, UM Matt Freije, VU Keith Bogans, UK Jarvis Hayes, UG Maurice Williams, UA Jon Higgins, UT Torris Bright, LS Blocks Player, Team G Blocks Avg/G 1. Kyle Davis, AU Jaime Lloreda, LS Marquis Estill, UK Kenny Walker, UA Chris Daniels, UG Elgrace Wilborn, UT David Lee, UF Larry Satchell, AR Jules Camara, UK Brandon Crump, UT Assist/Turnover Ratio Player, Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio 1. Blake Eddins, AR Rashad Wright, UG Jon Higgins, UT Justin Hamilton, UF Jarod Gerald, SC Torris Bright, LS Antoine Pettway, UA C.J. Watson, UT Cliff Hawkins, UK Trey Pearson, UM Offensive Rebounds Player, Team G No. Avg/G 1. Erwin Dudley, UA Jaime Lloreda, LS Marquis Estill, UK Dionisio Gomez, AR Kenny Walker, UA Mario Austin, MS Kyle Davis, AU Ronald Dupree, LS Marco Killingsworth, AU Brian Thornton, VU Defensive Rebounds Player, Team G No. Avg/G 1. Ron Slay, UT Erwin Dudley, UA Jaime Lloreda, LS Ronald Dupree, LS Mario Austin, MS Chris Daniels, UG David Lee, UF Chuck Hayes, UK Marquis Daniels, AU Brandon Crump, UT Individual Highs (All Games) Points 38 Ron Slay (Tennessee) vs. New Mexico (1/4/03) 38 Marquis Daniels (Auburn) vs. Troy State (12/22/02) 33 Ron Slay (Tennessee) vs. Georgia (2/8/03) 33 Matt Walsh (Florida) vs. Miami (12/21/02) Field Goals Made 16 Marquis Daniels (Auburn) vs. Troy State (12/22/02) 12 Ron Slay (Tennessee) at Georgia (1/22/03) 12 Ron Slay (Tennessee) vs. Georgia (2/8/03) 7 others with 12 field goals made Field Goal Attempts 24 Ron Slay (Tennessee) at Florida (01/15/03) 24 Ron Slay (Tennessee) at Georgia (01/22/03) 24 Ron Slay (Tennessee) at South Carolina (02/19/03) 23 Maurice Williams (Alabama) vs. LSU (02/01/03) 22 Ron Slay (Tennessee) at Texas A&M (12/04/02) 22 Matt Freije (Vanderbilt) vs. Tennessee (03/08/03) Field Goal Percentage (7-7) Jaime Lloreda (LSU) vs. South Alabama (11/24/02) (7-7) Torris Bright (LSU) vs. Mississippi State (1/11/03).900 (9-10) Derrick Bird (Auburn) vs. Georgia State (11/26/02) Three-Point Field Goals Made 7 Matt Walsh (Florida) vs. Bethune-Cookman (12/28/02) 7 Ezra Williams (Georgia) vs. LSU (1/5/03) 7 Anthony Roberson (Florida) vs. Georgia (1/11/03) 7 Brett Nelson (Florida) at LSU (1/28/03) Three-Point Field Goal Attempts 13 Derrick Bird (Auburn) vs. Florida (3/1/03) 11 Ezra Williams (Georgia) vs. Tennessee (1/22/03) 11 Brett Nelson (Florida) at LSU (1/28/03) 11 Ezra Williams (Georgia) vs. Mississippi State (2/1/03) 11 Ezra Williams (Georgia) vs. Florida (3/4/03) 11 Matt Freije (Vanderbilt) vs. Tennessee (3/8/03) Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (7-7) Matt Walsh (Florida) vs. Bethune-Cookman (12/28/02) (7-7) Ezra Williams (Georgia) vs. LSU (1/5/03) (5-5) Thaydeus Holden (Tennessee) vs. Vanderbilt (1/18/03) (5-5) Keith Bogans (Kentucky) at Tulane (12/10/02) (5-5) Troy Gaines (Auburn) at LSU (2/26/03) (5-5) Darrel Mitchell (LSU) vs. Auburn (2/26/03) Free Throws Made 15 Ron Slay (Tennessee) vs. New Mexico (1/4/03) 15 Erwin Dudley (Alabama) at Arkansas (2/5/03) 14 Matt Walsh (Florida) vs. Miami (12/21/02) Free Throw Attempts 19 Ron Slay (Tennessee) vs. New Mexico (1/4/03) 16 Erwin Dudley (Alabama) at Arkansas (2/5/03) 15 Ron Slay (Tennessee) vs. Alabama (2/22/03) Free Throw Percentage (10-10) Ron Slay (Tennessee) vs. Gardner-Webb (11/22/02) (8-8) Brandon Crump (Tennessee) at Texas A&M (12/4/02) (8-8) Ron Slay (Tennessee) vs. Charleston Southern (12/17/02) (8-8) Ron Slay (Tennessee) vs. Louisville (1/25/03) (7-7) C.J. Watson (Tennessee) vs. South Carolina (1/29/03) 17 others with free throw percentage Rebounds 17 Erwin Dudley (Alabama) vs. St. Bonaventure (12/7/02) 17 Dionisio Gomez (Arkansas) vs. Georgia (1/18/03) Assists 12 Torris Bright (LSU) vs. McNeese State (12/7/02) 11 Rashad Wright (Georgia) at Georgia Tech (11/27/02) 11 Derrick Zimmerman (Mississippi State) vs. LSU (3/15/03) Steals 6 Keith Bogans (Kentucky) at Tulane (12/10/02) 6 Justin Hamilton (Florida) vs. Charleston Southern (12/23/02) 6 Torris Bright (LSU) at Arkansas (1/22/03) Blocked Shots 9 Kyle Davis (Auburn) vs Georgia State (11/26/02) 8 Kyle Davis (Auburn) vs Southern Miss (12/30/02) Tennessee 39 Basketball

40 Scoring Offense Team G W-L Pts Avg/G 1. Georgia Kentucky Florida LSU Alabama Tennessee Ole Miss Vanderbilt Mississippi State South Carolina Auburn Arkansas Scoring Defense Team G Pts Avg/G 1. Kentucky Mississippi State LSU Florida Auburn Arkansas Alabama Tennessee Ole Miss South Carolina Georgia Vanderbilt Scoring Margin Team G Off Def Margin 1. Kentucky Florida Mississippi State Georgia LSU Alabama Tennessee Auburn Ole Miss South Carolina Arkansas Vanderbilt Free Throw Percentage Team G FTM FTA Pct 1. Florida Ole Miss Tennessee Kentucky Georgia Alabama Vanderbilt South Carolina Mississippi State LSU Auburn Arkansas Field Goal Percentage Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Kentucky Tennessee Florida LSU Mississippi State Georgia Ole Miss Auburn South Carolina Alabama Vanderbilt Arkansas Field Goal Percentage Defense Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Kentucky Mississippi State Florida Arkansas LSU Georgia Tennessee Alabama Auburn South Carolina Ole Miss Vanderbilt Team Statistics (SEC Games) Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Florida Tennessee LSU Ole Miss Georgia Kentucky Mississippi State Vanderbilt Auburn Alabama Arkansas South Carolina Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Defense Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Kentucky Arkansas Florida Mississippi State Alabama Georgia Ole Miss Auburn LSU South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt Rebounding Team G Reb Avg/G 1. Kentucky Arkansas Georgia Alabama Florida Mississippi State LSU Auburn Tennessee Vanderbilt South Carolina Ole Miss Rebounding Defense Team G Reb Avg/G 1. Kentucky Tennessee Ole Miss Mississippi State Alabama Auburn Florida Arkansas LSU Vanderbilt South Carolina Georgia Rebounding Margin Team G Team Avg OPP Avg Margin 1. Kentucky Arkansas Mississippi State Alabama Tennessee Florida Auburn LSU Georgia Ole Miss Vanderbilt South Carolina Blocks Team G Blk Avg/G 1. Auburn Kentucky LSU Georgia Mississippi State Florida South Carolina Arkansas Alabama Vanderbilt Tennessee Ole Miss Assists Team G Ast Avg/G 1. Georgia Florida Kentucky Tennessee LSU South Carolina Mississippi State Ole Miss Vanderbilt Auburn Alabama Arkansas Steals Team G Stl Avg/G 1. Kentucky LSU Mississippi State Auburn Georgia South Carolina Vanderbilt Ole Miss Arkansas Florida Alabama Tennessee Assist/Turnover Ratio Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio 1. Georgia Florida South Carolina Kentucky LSU Tennessee Ole Miss Alabama Mississippi State Vanderbilt Auburn Arkansas Offensive Rebounds Team G No. Avg/G 1. Arkansas Kentucky Alabama Georgia Auburn Mississippi State Florida LSU Ole Miss Vanderbilt Tennessee South Carolina Defensive Rebounds Team G No. Avg/G 1. Florida Georgia LSU Kentucky Mississippi State Tennessee Alabama Arkansas Vanderbilt South Carolina Auburn Ole Miss Three-Point Field Goals Made Team G 3FG Avg/G 1. Florida LSU Vanderbilt Ole Miss Georgia Arkansas Tennessee Alabama Kentucky Auburn Mississippi State South Carolina Tennessee 40 Basketball

41 Scoring Player, Team G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G 1. Ron Slay, UT Matt Freije, VU Jarvis Hayes, UG Marquis Daniels, AU Ronald Dupree, LS Matt Bonner, UF Ezra Williams, UG Erwin Dudley, UA Maurice Williams, UA Justin Reed, UM Keith Bogans, UK Mario Austin, MS Timmy Bowers, MS Gerald Fitch, UK Aaron Harper, UM Anthony Roberson, UF Marco Killingsworth, AU Torris Bright, LS Jaime Lloreda, LS David Lee, UF Rebounding Player, Team G Off Def Total Avg/G 1. Erwin Dudley, UA Jaime Lloreda, LS Ronald Dupree, LS Mario Austin, MS David Lee, UF Chris Daniels, UG Ron Slay, UT Steve Thomas, UG Chuck Hayes, UK Dionisio Gomez, AR Matt Bonner, UF Marco Killingsworth, AU Marquis Estill, UK Rolando Howell, SC Tony Kitchings, SC Kyle Davis, AU Marquis Daniels, AU Brian Thornton, VU Justin Reed, UM Brandon Crump, UT Field Goal Percentage Player, Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Erwin Dudley, UA Mario Austin, MS Matt Bonner, UF Ronald Dupree, LS Ron Slay, UT Jarvis Hayes, UG Justin Reed, UM Marquis Daniels, AU Matt Freije, VU Keith Bogans, UK Assists Player, Team G Assts Avg/G 1. C.J. Watson, UT Rashad Wright, UG Derrick Zimmerman, MS Torris Bright, LS Chuck Eidson, SC Maurice Williams, UA Russell Lakey, VU Cliff Hawkins, UK Lewis Monroe, AU Eric Ferguson, AR Timmy Bowers, MS Free Throw Percentage Player, Team G FTM FTA Pct 1. Matt Freije, VU Maurice Williams, UA David Sanders, UM Jarvis Hayes, UG Damien Wilkins, UG Chuck Eidson, SC Matt Bonner, UF Gerald Fitch, UK Erwin Dudley, UA Ron Slay, UT Individual Statistics (SEC Games) Steals Player, Team G Steals Avg/G 1. Torris Bright, LS Marquis Daniels, AU Chuck Eidson, SC Derrick Zimmerman, MS Eric Ferguson, AR Justin Reed, UM Rashad Wright, UG Cliff Hawkins, UK Russell Lakey, VU Chris Daniels, UG Antonio Hudson, LS Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Player, Team G 3FG FGA Pct 1. Matt Bonner, UF Torris Bright, LS Thaydeus Holden, UT Gerald Fitch, UK Anthony Roberson, UF Ezra Williams, UG Timmy Bowers, MS Matt Freije, VU Aaron Harper, UM Jon Higgins, UT Three-Point Field Goals Made Player, Team G 3FG Avg/G 1. Ezra Williams, UG Matt Freije, VU Aaron Harper, UM Anthony Roberson, UF Timmy Bowers, MS Torris Bright, LS Gerald Fitch, UK Keith Bogans, UK Collis Temple III, LS Jon Higgins, UT Blocks Player, Team G Blocks Avg/G 1. Kyle Davis, AU Jaime Lloreda, LS Larry Satchell, AR David Lee, UF Tony Kitchings, SC Marquis Estill, UK Kenny Walker, UA Chris Daniels, UG Chuck Hayes, UK Steve Thomas, UG Assist/Turnover Ratio Player, Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio 1. Blake Eddins, AR Christian Drejer, UF Rashad Wright, UG Jon Higgins, UT Justin Hamilton, UF Jarod Gerald, SC Brett Nelson, UF Chris Daniels, UG C.J. Watson, UT Torris Bright, LS Offensive Rebounds Player, Team G No. Avg/G 1. Erwin Dudley, UA Jaime Lloreda, LS Marquis Estill, UK Kenny Walker, UA Ronald Dupree, LS David Lee, UF Chuck Hayes, UK Dionisio Gomez, AR Mario Austin, MS Matt Bonner, UF Marco Killingsworth, AU Defensive Rebounds Player, Team G No. Avg/G 1. Erwin Dudley, UA Ron Slay, UT Ronald Dupree, LS Chris Daniels, UG Jaime Lloreda, LS Mario Austin, MS David Lee, UF Steve Thomas, UG Matt Walsh, UF Team Highs (All Games) Points 115 Kentucky vs. Tennessee State (12/30/02) 112 LSU vs. Centenary (1/15/03) 106 Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt (3/5/03) Field Goals Made 45 LSU vs. Centenary (1/15/03) 43 Kentucky vs. Tennessee State (12/30/02) 43 Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt (3/5/03) 41 Auburn vs. Georgia State (11/26/02) Field Goal Attempts 82 Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt (3/5/03) 81 Kentucky vs. Tennessee State (12/30/02) Field Goal Percentage.703 (45-64) LSU vs. Centenary (1/15/03).683 (41-60) Auburn vs. Georgia State (11/26/02).652 (30-46) Auburn at Ole Miss (2/22/03) Three-Point Field Goals Made 17 LSU at Tennessee (3/1/03) 16 LSU vs. Auburn (2/26/03) 14 Florida vs. Kansas (11/29/02) 14 Florida vs. Florida A&M (12/30/02) Three-Point Field Goal Attempts 33 Auburn at Alabama (2/15/03) 32 Florida vs. Florida A&M (12/30/02) 31 Florida vs. Kansas (11/29/02) 29 Florida vs. Charleston Southern (12/23/02) Three-Point Field Goal Percentage.750 (6-8) Auburn at Ole Miss (2/22/03).700 (7-10) Auburn vs. Ole Miss (2/5/03) Free Throws Made 34 Georgia vs. Vanderbilt (2/15/03) 28 Ole Miss vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/28/02) 28 Tennessee at Arkansas (2/12/03) 28 Kentucky at Tennessee (1/8/03) 28 Alabama at Arkansas (2/5/03) 28 Kentucky at Georgia (3/2/03) Free Throw Attempts 48 Arkansas vs. Jackson State (11/22/02) 45 Georgia vs. Vanderbilt (2/15/03) 43 Auburn at Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (12/20/02) Free Throw Percentage (18-18) Kentucky vs. Utah (3/23/03) (14-14) Florida vs. Alabama (2/8/03) (7-7) LSU vs. Tulane (12/28/02) (3-3) Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State (1/29/03) (3-3) Kentucky vs. Florida (2/4/03) Rebounds 77 Arkansas vs. Jackson State (11/22/02) 62 Alabama vs. St. Bonaventure (12/7/02) 56 Mississippi State vs. Louisiana Tech (12/7/02) 56 Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt (3/5/03) Assists 32 Florida vs. Eastern Illinois (11/21/02) 31 Kentucky vs. Tennessee State (12/30/02) 30 LSU vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12/14/02) Steals 18 South Carolina vs. East Tennessee State (11/24/02) 15 Mississippi State vs. McNeese State (11/25/02) 15 Florida vs. Bethune-Cookman (12/28/02) 15 Auburn vs. North Texas (1/2/03) 15 Kentucky at Vanderbilt (1/14/03) 15 Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt (2/5/03) Blocked Shots 14 Florida vs. Eastern Illinois (11/21/02) 11 Georgia vs. South Alabama (12/18/02) 11 Kentucky vs. Alcorn State (1/2/03) 10 Auburn vs. Southern Miss (12/30/02) 10 Auburn vs. Vanderbilt (1/8/03) Tennessee 41 Basketball

42 Six Teams Dancing Again The SEC tied its conference record for NCAA Tournament bids in 2003 with six bids for the fifth straight season, tied with the Big XII in number of bids for the 2003 NCAA Tournament. The league tied the record set in 1987 which was again accomplished in 1999, 2000, 2001 and The SEC closed the season with six wins in the 2003 NCAA Tournament, tied for fourth in the nation. The SEC did not have a team reach the Final Four for just the fourth time in the last 11 years when Kentucky was eliminated in the Elite Eight. The 2003 season also marked the 14th straight year the SEC had at least one team advance to the Sweet 16 (Auburn and Kentucky) and the ninth time in 11 years that the conference had a team advance to the Elite Eight. SEC Second In Postseason Bids With 15 postseason bids for men s and women s basketball, the SEC once again was among the leaders in the nation in postseason appearances in the NCAA and NIT tournaments. The SEC set the record with 19 bids in 1999 and again in The SEC has lead the nation seven times in the last nine years. SEC men s teams and women s teams garnered seven and eight bids, respectively (Men s - 6 NCAA, 1 NIT; Women s - 7 NCAA, 1 WNIT) National Invitation Tournament In 2003, Tennessee was the lone SEC team in the field, making their first NIT appearance since 1996 and 10th overall. UT lost to Georgetown in the first round and finished with a record in NIT action. The Commodores were the last SEC team to win the NIT title. Vanderbilt captured the 1990 title with a win over Saint Louis. SEC teams have combined for a (.549) record in 72 appearances (for current membership, (.546) in 78 appearances) in the NIT. SEC Places Six Teams in NCAA Tournament The SEC has had six teams in the NCAA Tournament field in each of the last five seasons. The Southeastern Conference led the nation in Overall RPI during the last four seasons and was first or second over the same span in Non-Conference RPI. Below is a breakdown of the SEC s national ranking in Overall and Non-Conference RPI over the last 10 seasons, entering the NCAA Tournament. Poll Worthy The SEC is the only conference in the nation to have all of its teams ranked at least one week in the Associated Press top 20 (excluding preseason polls) since Simply stated, every SEC team has been a top 20 team nationally at one point in the last six seasons. Road Warriors With a 5-7 record the last week of the regular season, visiting teams collective road conference record finished at (.344). Breaking down the record shows the road teams had a (.295) record in weekday conference games and a (.385) record in weekend SEC games. In , SEC road teams did not fare well with a (.323) record. The breakdown was on weekday night conference games and on weekend conference tilts. Close Calls Winning conference games was not easy in 2003 as evidenced by some tight games decided by the slimmest of margins. Of the 96 conference played in 2003, 33 were decided by six points or less, including five overtime games. Meaning 34.4 percent of league games were won in the final minutes. 71st Season Of Southeastern Conference Play Since the season, the SEC has had 12 difference schools win the SEC title, including former conference member Georgia Tech. Kentucky leads the way with 42 titles (43 including its vacated 1988 title) followed by LSU and Tennessee with eight, Alabama with seven, Mississippi State with five, and both Florida and Vanderbilt with three. Auburn and Arkansas have two each while Georgia, South Carolina and former member Georgia Tech have one each. 70 Is The Magic Number SEC teams own a (.872) record when scoring 70 or more points in a game. When holding opponents to under 70 points in a game, SEC teams also have a (.785) record. Here s a look at how each team has fared when scoring 70 or more and holding opponents to under 70 points. SEC Good Works Team Players Of The Week Jan Jon Higgins, Tennessee Jan Marquis Daniels, Auburn Jan Jonas Hayes, Georgia Jan. 29-Feb. 1 Matt Bonner, Florida Feb. 5-Feb. 8 Blake Eddins, Arkansas Feb Michael Boynton, South Carolina Feb Jules Camara, Kentucky Feb. 26-Mar. 1 Timmy Bowers, Mississippi State Mar. 5-8 Jason Holwerda, Vanderbilt Mar. 13 Collis Temple III, LSU Mar. 14 Derrick Allen, Ole Miss Mar. 15 Terrence Meade, Alabama SEC Players Of The Week Week 2 Matt Walsh, Florida Nov ppg, 5.7 apg, 4.7 spg Week 3 Chuck Eidson, South Carolina Nov. 25-Dec ppg, 8.0 rpg, 6.5 apg Week 4 Gerald Fitch, Kentucky Dec ppg, 4.0 apg Week 5 Mario Austin, Mississippi State Dec ppg, 9.0 rpg Week 6 Jaime Lloreda, LSU Dec ppg, 12.5 rpg, 2.5 bpg Week 7 Kenny Walker, Alabama Dec ppg, 7.0 rpg, 6.0 bpg Week 8 Ezra Williams, Georgia Dec. 30-Jan ppg, 12-of-16 three-pointers Week 9 Anthony Roberson, Florida Jan ppg, Game-winning buzzer beater Week 10 Marquis Daniels, Auburn Jan ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.0 apg Week 11 Aaron Harper, Ole Miss Jan ppg, 7.0 rpg, 5.5 apg Week 12 Matt Freije, Vanderbilt Jan. 27-Feb ppg, 7.0 rpg, 2.5 spg Week 13 Ron Slay, Tennessee Feb ppg, 5.0 rpg Week 14 Ron Slay, Tennessee Feb ppg, 7.5 rpg Week 15 Jarvis Hayes, Georgia Feb ppg, 6.5 rpg Week 16 Collis Temple III, LSU Feb. 24-Mar ppg, 9-of-13 three-pointers Week 17 Matt Bonner, Florida Mar ppg,7.0 rpg,.690 FG Pct Double-Doubles Alabama s Erwin Dudley and LSU s Ronald Dupree and Jaime Lloreda led the SEC with nine double-doubles. Here s a look at the SEC s 2003 double-double leaders. 9 Erwin Dudley - Alabama 9 Ronald Dupree - LSU 9 Jaime Lloreda - LSU 7 Ron Slay - Tennessee 6 Mario Austin - Mississippi State 5 David Lee - Florida 5 Steve Thomas - Georgia 5 Chuck Hayes - Kentucky 4 Marco Killingsworth - Auburn 3 Dionisio Gomez - Arkansas 3 Marquis Daniels - Auburn 3 Matt Bonner - Florida 3 Marquis Estill - Kentucky 3 Torris Bright - LSU 3 Brandon Crump - Tennessee 2 Kenny Walker - Alabama 2 Kyle Davis - Auburn 2 Matt Walsh - Florida 2 Chris Daniels - Georgia 2 Derrick Allen - Ole Miss 2 Justin Reed - Ole Miss 2 Chuck Eidson - South Carolina 2 Rolando Howell - South Carolina 2 Julian Terrell - Vanderbilt Tennessee 42 Basketball