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January 17, 2008
ESPN SHOWDOWN: Vandy visits the Vols
Mike Rapp
VandySports.com QUICK FACTS
Vanderbilt (16-1, 1-1 SEC) at Tennessee (14-1, 2-0 SEC) Thurs., Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. CT Thompson-Boling Arena (21,758) Knoxville, Tenn.
Polls and rankings AP: Tennessee 6; Vanderbilt 16 Coaches: Tennessee 7; Vanderbilt 14 RPI: Tennessee 1; Vanderbilt 16 Sagarin: Tennessee 6 (92.95); Vanderbilt 39 (83.63)
Media Television: ESPN Play-by-Play: Brad Nessler Color: Jimmy Dykes
Radio: 104.5 the Zone Play-by-Play: Joe Fisher; Color: Tim Thompson
Sirius: Channel 143
Series information Tennessee leads the all-time series, 105-66. The Volunteers lead 67-20 in Knoxville, Vanderbilt leads 45-31 in Nashville, and Tennessee leads 7-1 on neutral floors. Tennessee won the previous meeting 84-57 in Knoxville on Feb. 10, 2007.
Coaches Kevin Stallings is in his ninth year at Vanderbilt (160-109) and his 15th overall (283-172). Bruce Pearl is in his third season with Tennessee (60-20) and 16th year overall (367-104).
STARTING LINEUPS
Tennessee
PG: JeJuan Smith 6'2/195, Senior, 4.9/2.9/2.7
2G: Chris Lofton 6'2/200, Senior, 13.5/3.4/2.5
WF: Jordan Howell 6'3/190, Senior, 7.3/1.5/3.1
PF: Tyler Smith 6'7/215, Sophomore, 13.3/5.6/3.7
C: Wayne Chism 6'9/242, Sophomore, 8.5/5.1/1.1
Vanderbilt
PG: Jermaine Beal Sophomore, 6-3/210, 8.1/2.1/4.6
2G: Alex Gordon Senior, 6-0/170, 10.6/2.8/3.6
WF: Shan Foster Senior, 6-6/205, 20.6/5.0/1.8
PF: Ross Neltner Senior, 6-9, 238, 7.9/5.5
C: Andrew Ogilvy Freshman, 6-11, 250, 19.4/7.1
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