NASHVILLE — Every time the Tennessee band played “Rocky Top,” the overwhelming mass of Kentucky fans inside Bridgestone Arena drowned them out with choruses of “Go Big Blue.”
New coaches and new quarterbacks aside, spring football is about addressing needs, especially in the SEC. A player here or there to fill a hole. A newcomer to step forward to replace a familiar name.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The McMinn Central High School girls' basketball team has won nearly 100 games the last three seasons, but for the third time in program history it fell one win shy of claiming the state championship.
When the brackets for the NCAA women's basketball tournament are released Monday, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga could win up playing anywhere from Duke's legendary Cameron Indoor Stadium to Tempe, Ariz.
A talented Tyner basketball team that has been overlooked by state rankings all season gets the chance to prove itself early when the state basketball tournament tips off this week.
The Lady Mocs will find out where they're headed in the NCAA tournament during Monday's selection show on ESPN. Here are some of their thoughts on where they'd like to go and whom they'd like to play (or avoid) in the first round:
NASHVILLE -- Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari spent most of the winter telling the media that the regular season and SEC tournament weren't all that important to him.
NASHVILLE -- When Mississippi State listlessly lost on its home court to Tennessee last week to end the regular season, it seemed preposterous to think the reeling Bulldogs could successfully defend their SEC basketball tournament crown.