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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Go Vols Xtra Stories: Men's Basketball</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/mens-basketball/</link><atom:link href="http://govolsxtra.com/news/mens-basketball/" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"></atom:link><description>Go Vols Xtra Stories: Men's Basketball</description><language>en-us</language><category>mens-basketball</category><item><title>Pearl stays busy and it pays
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/13/pearl-stays-busy-and-it-pays/</link><description><![CDATA[MEMPHIS - Tennessee men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl emerged from a car on Monday morning that brought him to the Germantown Country Club for a golf outing that started the annual Big Orange Caravan spring stop.

Naturally, Bruce was talking on a cell phone.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:02:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/13/pearl-stays-busy-and-it-pays/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Poll: Which new addition will have the biggest impact on Tennessee’s basketball team?
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/11/poll-which-new-addition-will-have-biggest-impact-t/</link><description><![CDATA[Which new addition will have the biggest impact on Tennessee’s basketball team?   ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 04:32:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/11/poll-which-new-addition-will-have-biggest-impact-t/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Pearl can take the heat - and jokes - at roast
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/08/pearl-can-take-heat---and-jokes---roast/</link><description><![CDATA[Tennessee men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl has spent the majority of his life making others laugh, but Thursday night the tables were turned on him.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:45:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/08/pearl-can-take-heat---and-jokes---roast/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Cordell Passley, who was once in UT's plans, signs  with Vincennes 
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/08/cordell-passley-who-was-once-uts-plans-signs-vince/</link><description><![CDATA[Cordell Passley, who originally committed to Tennessee as a highly touted freshman but never signed with the Vols, signed with Vincennes University in Indiana.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/08/cordell-passley-who-was-once-uts-plans-signs-vince/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>It's official: Maze signs with UT
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/07/bobby-maze-says-hes-coming-ut/</link><description><![CDATA[Tennessee found the solution to its point guard issue when junior college All-American Bobby Maze signed a basketball letter of intent Wednesday to play for the Vols next season.
“Stevie Wonder could see this is where I needed to be,” said Maze, who transferred from Oklahoma to Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College last year. “They’ve called me ‘The Solution’ here, so you do the equation: What better place could I be?” <img src="http://media.knoxnews.com/kns/content/img/photos/2008/05/05/050608maze.jpg"/> ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:13:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/07/bobby-maze-says-hes-coming-ut/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Maze would be good fit, coach says
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/06/maze-would-be-good-fit-coach-says/</link><description><![CDATA[Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College coach Ryan Swanson said Bobby Maze would be a great fit for Tennessee. As a Bruce Pearl protégé, Swanson would know better than anyone. Swanson spent two years as an assistant on Pearl’s staff at Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2001-03). Maze, a 6-foot-3 point guard, was in Knoxville on Tuesday visiting the UT campus. Maze visited Cincinnati on Saturday and is scheduled to visit Kentucky this weekend.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 20:02:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/06/maze-would-be-good-fit-coach-says/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title> Maze to visit UT today   
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/05/maze-to-visit-ut-today/</link><description><![CDATA[Junior college All-American Bobby Maze said he's looking for &quot;a warm home and a coach that believes in me.''
Today, it's Knoxville's turn to audition for the gifted point guard from Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College.
Maze will be on the University of Tennessee campus making a visit as he closes in on signing with a team to play for this upcoming season.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 02:25:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/05/maze-to-visit-ut-today/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title> Smith's exit  doesn't faze guard West  
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/04/smiths-exit-doesnt-faze-guard-west/</link><description><![CDATA[Don't bother asking Tennessee men's basketball signee Daniel West about the added pressure he could face next season now that he's the only point guard.
   ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 01:49:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/04/smiths-exit-doesnt-faze-guard-west/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Poll: What is your favorite memory of Chris Lofton at Tennessee ?
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/03/what-your-favorite-memory-chris-lofton-tennessee/</link><description><![CDATA[What is your favorite memory of Chris Lofton at Tennessee ?

  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 02:38:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/03/what-your-favorite-memory-chris-lofton-tennessee/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title> Crews won't 'blame anyone but myself'  
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/03/crews-wont-blame-anyone-but-myself/</link><description><![CDATA[Duke Crews has always been willing to share his opinions, and now that he's leaving Knoxville, he has one more thing to say to the Tennessee men's basketball fans.
 "I want to say thank you,'' Crews said on Saturday, a day after it was announced that the sophomore forward along with sophomore point guard Ramar Smith will not return to UT next season.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:26:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/03/crews-wont-blame-anyone-but-myself/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Men's team honors players at awards banquet
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/03/mens-team-honors-players-awards-banquet/</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Tennessee basketball team held its annual postseason awards banquet Friday night at the Knoxville Marriott to honor one of the most successful teams in the 99-year history of the program.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 04:36:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/03/mens-team-honors-players-awards-banquet/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title> Lofton's message: You can beat it   
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/02/loftonlt0x2019-34s-message-you-can-beat-it/</link><description><![CDATA[Chris Lofton seemed oddly out of place Friday evening. There was no basketball court within dribbling distance, no game or practice awaiting his full attention. 
   ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 03:38:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/02/loftonlt0x2019-34s-message-you-can-beat-it/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Crews and Ramar Smith dismissed; violation of substance abuse policy and academics were factors
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/02/duke-crews-and-ramar-smith-not-return/</link><description><![CDATA[A feel-good day for Tennessee men’s basketball program was suddenly interrupted Friday when coach Bruce Pearl announced that sophomore forward Duke Crews and sophomore point guard Ramar Smith will not be returning for the 2008-09 season.
Violations of UT’s substance abuse policy and academic shortcomings contributed to both departures, sources within the program told the News Sentinel.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 22:34:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/02/duke-crews-and-ramar-smith-not-return/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Howell in awe of Lofton's silent battle
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/01/howell-awe-loftons-silent-battle/</link><description><![CDATA[Jordan Howell remembers returning to the hotel room he shared with Chris Lofton during the 2007 Sweet 16 in San Antonio.
“It was the night we lost to Ohio State, and when I walked in, Chris was crying,” said Howell, a fellow senior with Lofton on the Tennessee men’s basketball team last season. “As soon as I walked in, he wiped his eyes real quick and acted like nothing was wrong. “I thought he was crying because we lost.”
  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:14:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/01/howell-awe-loftons-silent-battle/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Lofton reveals cancer battle
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/01/vols-lofton-treated-testicular-cancer/</link><description><![CDATA[University of Tennessee men’s basketball star Chris Lofton didn’t want to make any excuses for his slump the first half of this past season.
But cancer isn’t an excuse — it’s a reason.
The senior All-American guard told the News Sentinel on Thursday that he underwent four weeks of radiation treatment after being diagnosed with testicular cancer last March. 
 <img src="http://media.knoxnews.com/kns/content/img/photos/2008/04/10/041108lofton1.jpg"/> ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:22:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/01/vols-lofton-treated-testicular-cancer/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Pearl's divorce finalized
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/30/pearls-divorce-finalized/</link><description><![CDATA[Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl’s divorce from his wife, Kim, after 25 years of marriage has been finalized. He filed for divorce in Knox County in September, two days after the couple’s 25th anniversary, citing irreconcilable differences.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:54:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/30/pearls-divorce-finalized/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title> Vols' recruiters get jump toward 2009 prospects   
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/28/vols-recruiters-get-jump-toward-2009-prospects/</link><description><![CDATA[The fall signing date for basketball is more than six months away, but the Tennessee men's basketball staff has started to zero in on hot prospects.
   ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:53:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/28/vols-recruiters-get-jump-toward-2009-prospects/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title> Vols measure up to taking  crack at zone defense   
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/26/vols-measure-up-to-taking-crack-at-zone-defense/</link><description><![CDATA[For the first time, Tennessee men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl has a team made up of players he personally recruited.
   ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:26:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/26/vols-measure-up-to-taking-crack-at-zone-defense/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Arizona's Kevin O'Neill reassigned
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/24/arizonas-kevin-oneill-reassigned/</link><description><![CDATA[TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona assistant basketball coach Kevin O'Neill has been reassigned to duties within the athletic department.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:14:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/24/arizonas-kevin-oneill-reassigned/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item><item><title>Tyler Smith staying with Vols
</title><link>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/24/tyler-smith-staying-vols/</link><description><![CDATA[From Giles County to a Virginia prep school, to Iowa, to Knoxville, Tyler Smith has been on the move for four years. He’s decided to stay put for a while. Confirming Thursday that he will not pursue the NBA draft, Smith will return to the University of Tennessee basketball team for his junior year.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:12:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/24/tyler-smith-staying-vols/</guid><category>mens-basketball</category></item></channel></rss>