Vols open season at Xavier, face difficult SEC road tests

Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin calls to his players as they take on Mercer in the first half during the first round of the NIT Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at Thompson-Boling Arena. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

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Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin calls to his players as they take on Mercer in the first half during the first round of the NIT Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at Thompson-Boling Arena. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

Tennessee men's basketball: 2013-14 schedule

Tennessee men's basketball: 2013-14 schedule

Brendan F. Quinn breaks down Tennessee's 2013-14 SEC schedule

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KNOXVILLE — If Tennessee men’s basketball is going to return to the NCAA tournament in 2013-14, it will have to maneuver a difficult SEC road slate to do so.

The conference released its full league schedule on Tuesday, revealing the Vols will have to play at Kentucky, Florida, LSU, Alabama and Missouri during the second half of the season. Those programs, along with UT, are considered the SEC’s top six teams heading into 2013-14.

Only Florida and Missouri will make return trips to Knoxville.

Overall, Tennessee will face Auburn, Florida, Missouri, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt in home-and-home matchups. Against SEC foes the Vols play once, they will play host to Arkansas, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Georgia and travel to LSU, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi State.

“I’ve never been the guy to say, ‘Why does the league have us playing this many teams or this caliber team on the road?” Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin said. “These are the teams in our league and we’re playing them.”

Eleven of UT’s 18 conference games will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3.com.

Tennessee’s lone regular-season meeting with Kentucky, the potential preseason No. 1 team in the country, is scheduled for a noon tip-off on Jan. 18 in Lexington. It will be nationally broadcast on CBS (WVLT locally).

Remaining league games will be televised on the SEC Network, CSS and Fox Sports Net.

As previously reported, the Vols’ non-conference schedule is highlighted by home dates against N.C. State (Dec. 18) and Virginia (Dec. 30), road games at Xavier (regular-season opener on Nov. 12) and Wichita State (Dec. 14, ESPN2), and a trip to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis (Nov. 28-30).

“I think if you put (Tennessee’s non-conference) schedule up against anyone in America, it’s one of the best, if not the best,” Martin said. “If you’re talking about the caliber of talent and the teams we’re going up against, you can’t beat it.”

Tip-off times and television designations for most of the non-conference schedule are still to be determined.

Beside those challenging SEC road games, much of Tennessee’s postseason hopes could hinge on a 16-day stretch from Dec. 14 to Dec. 30. After traveling to Wichita State, a 2013 Final Four participant, UT will play host to N.C. State three days later and Virginia the following week. A date with Morehead State on Dec. 23 will fall between the N.C. State and Virginia games.

The rest of UT’s home schedule consists of USC Upstate (Nov. 16), The Citadel (Nov. 18), Tennessee State (Nov. 22), Tennessee Tech (Dec. 7) and Tusculum (Jan. 4).

Regarding UT’s game with Tusculum, a Division II program in Greeneville, Martin said, “When you’re talking about RPI and strength of schedule when you get down to judgment day (Selection Sunday), you’d rather play Tusculum College as opposed to a 250-300 RPI team, which ultimately ends up hurting you.”

In the Battle 4 Atlantis, the Vols will play UTEP (NBC Sports Network) on Thanksgiving Day before facing either Iowa or Xavier on Black Friday. The third day of the tournament will deliver Kansas, Southern Cal, Villanova or Wake Forest.

Martin said UT contacted the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament committee to request being on the opposite side of the bracket as Xavier, to avoid a potential second meeting.

“We made the call, but that’s how it turned out,” Martin said.

The SEC portion of the schedule offers two defining five-game stretches. During the last two weeks of January, the Vols will play at Kentucky, play host to Arkansas, go to Florida, play host to Ole Miss and travel to Alabama. From Feb. 11 to Feb. 26, they will play host to Florida, travel to Missouri, play host to Georgia and make back-to-back road trips to Texas A&M and Mississippi State

In the past, Martin has campaigned to eliminate short turnarounds between league games. This year’s schedule is void of the daunting Thursday-Saturday-Tuesday schedule sequence seen in previous years.

As a result of the elimination of SEC divisions, Kentucky won’t be making a regular-season trip to Knoxville for the first time since 1952-53. In 2014-15, UT will play host to the Wildcats, but not make a return trip to Lexington.

“I’d love to play them twice, but this is the schedule that the league presented,” Martin said.

In addition to RPI and strength of schedule implications, Tennessee also will take a hit in the wallet by not playing Kentucky in Thompson-Boling Arena. Thirteen of the top 25 attendance marks in Thomspon-Boling history — including a record 25,610 for a Jan. 21, 1989 affair — coincided with visits from Kentucky. Last season, 21,678 packed the arena for the Vols’ 88-58 thrashing of the Wildcats.

SEC play begins with an ESPN Super Tuesday date at LSU on Jan. 7. The game will be shown nationally on ESPN’s Tuesday showcase, as will UT’s home game against Florida on Feb. 11, another Super Tuesday game.

As they did last year, the Vols will close the regular season against Missouri (March 8) in a Saturday afternoon game on ESPN.

The SEC tournament is scheduled for March 12-16 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

UT's preseason opponents and dates remain unconfirmed.

By Brendan F. Quinn covers Tennessee football and men’s basketball. Follow him at Twitter.com/QuinnKNS

Related: 2013-14 Tennessee schedule

2013-14 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Date Day Opponent Site Television Time

Nov. 12 Tues. at Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio TBD TBD

Nov. 16 Sat. USC Upstate Knoxville TBD TBD

Nov. 18 Mon. The Citadel Knoxville TBD TBD

Nov. 22 Fri. Tennessee State Knoxville TBD TBD

Nov. 28 Thur. 1-UTEP Paradise Island, Bahamas NBC Sports Net 9:30 p.m.

Nov. 29 Fri. 1-Iowa or Xavier Paradise Island, Bahamas AXS.tv/NBC Sports Net 1 p.m. or 7 p.m.

Nov. 30 Sat. 1-TBD Paradise Island, Bahamas TBD TBD

Dec. 7 Sat. Tennessee Tech Knoxville TBD TBD

Dec. 14 Sat. at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. ESPN2^ 2 p.m.

Dec. 18 Wed. NC State Knoxville TBD TBD

Dec. 23 Mon. Morehead State Knoxville ESPNU^ 7 p.m.

Dec. 30 Mon. Virginia Knoxville TBD TBD

Jan. 4 Sat. Tusculum College Knoxville TBD TBD

Jan. 7 Tues. at LSU* Baton Rouge, La. ESPN^ 7 p.m.

Jan. 11 Sat. Texas A&M* Knoxville Fox Sports Net^ TBD

Jan. 15 Wed. Auburn* Knoxville CSS^ 7 p.m.

Jan. 18 Sat. at Kentucky* Lexington CBS Noon

Jan. 22 Wed. Arkansas* Knoxville SEC Network^ 8 p.m.

Jan. 25 Sat. at Florida* Gainesville, Fla. ESPN/ESPN2^ 4 p.m.

Jan. 29 Wed. Ole Miss* Knoxville SEC Network^ 8 p.m.

Feb. 1 Sat. at Alabama* Tuscaloosa, Ala. ESPN2^ 8 p.m.

Feb. 5 Wed. at Vanderbilt* Nashville, Tenn. ESPN3^ 8 p.m.

Feb. 8 Sat. South Carolina* Knoxville ESPNU^ 3 p.m.

Feb. 11 Tues. Florida* Knoxville ESPN^ 7 p.m.

Feb. 15 Sat. at Missouri* Columbia, Mo. ESPN/ESPN2^ 4 p.m.

Feb. 18 Tues. Georgia* Knoxville ESPNU^ 9 p.m.

Feb. 22 Sat. at Texas A&M* College Station, Texas ESPNU^ 3 p.m.

Feb. 26 Wed. at Mississippi State* Starkville, Miss. SEC Network^ 8 p.m.

March 1 Sat. Vanderbilt* Knoxville ESPN/ESPN2^ noon

March 5 Wed. at Auburn* Auburn, Ala. SEC Network 8 p.m.

March 8 Sat. Missouri* Knoxville ESPN^ 4 p.m.

March 12-16 SEC Tournament Atlanta, Ga.

March 18-19 NCAA First Round (Dayton, Ohio)

March 20 & 22 NCAA Second & Third Rounds (Buffalo, N.Y. / Milwaukee, Wis. / Orlando, Fla. / Spokane, Wash.)

March 21 & 23 NCAA Second & Third Rounds (Raleigh, N.C. / San Antonio, Texas / San Diego, Calif. / St. Louis, Mo.)

March 27 & 29 NCAA Regionals (Anaheim, Calif. / Memphis, Tenn.)

March 28 & 30 NCAA Regionals (Indianapolis, Ind. / New York, N.Y.)

April 5 & 7 NCAA Final Four (North Texas)

Key

1-Battle 4 Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas)

* Southeastern Conference Game

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mocsandvolsfan writes:

Tough teams this year. All through the schedule. We should do well with our talent.

Orange_Scooter writes:

Tough or not, he's got a talented team. No excuses this year.

HoraceMorris writes:

Too bad the best out of conference home games are against NC State and Virginia when there is no Kentucky home game this year. Sure do miss seeing the likes of UConn, Kansas, and Ohio State come to Knoxville.

NashvillePreds writes:

Challenging schedule that should be navigable for the talent we have on our roster.
Expectations will be to make the NCAA tourney, and then make some noise once the Vol Nation arrives.

Go Vols

SummittsCourt writes:

Maymon & Stokes should be a joy to watch tear up the boards this season. I still say this team is good enough to push the 30 win mark.

volboy81 writes:

no Ky. at home and have to go to A&M again. Hum.
Doesnt matter. Vols will rule.

Rumblefish writes:

Last chance to make the tourney Coach Martin.....

xanga writes:

that out of conference home schedule is boring....sigh

mocsandvolsfan writes:

in response to Rumblefish:

Last chance to make the tourney Coach Martin.....

Well Mr. Hart Rumblefishman? You may be correct. IF you do the hiring and firing. Martin though in the past 2 years had little he could do to control injuries and the selection of NCdarNAA tourney teams.

He will be a little more exposed this year for how well he can coach talent. I have little doubt he can coach but team management may be the task. I expect him to be here next year regardless of the tourney process but I'm not Hart nor the powers that be. I'd say even the prospects out there are betting on him being here in 2015.

mocsandvolsfan writes:

I only see about 4-5 probable losses. We'll see I guess.

SevenT writes:

Hopefully this dump of a basketball program will make the NIT

NashvillePreds writes:

in response to SevenT:

Hopefully this dump of a basketball program will make the NIT

88-58

kyvol98 writes:

in response to SevenT:

Hopefully this dump of a basketball program will make the NIT

You seriously saying that?
I give UK fans credit for having basketball knowledge, you are just one of the exceptions.

CommodoreCapital writes:

Is Martin serious about "one of the best, if not the best non-conference schedules in the nation". With that schedule of only one NCAA tournament team last year out of conference, UT will need to win 22 games because of the SOS. Not like many of the SEC games are going to help.

I think UT can get 22 wins, but that comment is absurd.

chattabluetick writes:

88-58 and could have been name the score. Blue have enough pull and whined to the league so not to get killed in Knox this year. They want to return post-Maymon and post-Stokes so they have a chance. How about that Seven T!

licknpromise777#651578 writes:

We started the SEC schedule last year with a lot of back to backs with Ole Miss and Bama and a KY loss sandwiched in which put us in a 1 and 4 hole. The opening SEC schedule this year is a little better..That 1 and 4 hurt us in the big picture. This year Bama and Ole Miss will be down and we only play them once

utvolfan1955 writes:

in response to SevenT:

Hopefully this dump of a basketball program will make the NIT

If the Vols make the NCAA are you gonna then jump on the Vols hoops bandwagon. Troll. We don't want you or your kind bandwagon troll!

Rumblefish writes:

in response to mocsandvolsfan:

Well Mr. Hart Rumblefishman? You may be correct. IF you do the hiring and firing. Martin though in the past 2 years had little he could do to control injuries and the selection of NCdarNAA tourney teams.

He will be a little more exposed this year for how well he can coach talent. I have little doubt he can coach but team management may be the task. I expect him to be here next year regardless of the tourney process but I'm not Hart nor the powers that be. I'd say even the prospects out there are betting on him being here in 2015.

If you don't think that this is a "make or break" year for Martin...you need to get your head out of the sand.

RoadTrip writes:

All of those silly conference scheduling issues could have been resolved by going back to divisional play. But that would be too easy and make too much sense.

licknpromise777#651578 writes:

in response to Rumblefish:

If you don't think that this is a "make or break" year for Martin...you need to get your head out of the sand.

If this team went .500 barring any big injuries I would agree Martins in trouble.I can think of 10 coaches that could take this team with a healthy Maymon to the Sweet 16. Sean Miller; Thad Matta; Pitino; Smart and definitely Tom Izzo. Never been a big fan of CCM's motion offense but with McRae being a free styler we are seeing less of that. Martin has proved you don't have to have a roster of 4 and 5 star guys to win. Cheivous and Moore weren't on anybody's radar and both are excellent utility players that can be plugged into all kinds of situations. Martin's next recruiting class will tell us all we need to know. Guards are easy to evaluate but these power forwards he signed to replace Maymon and Stokes are very intriguing.One is raw but plays the whole game with his elbows above the rim and the other has a pretty good 12 and 15 foot shot that because of the offenses and camps he's been playing in,it's gone unnoticed by the big school recruiters

mocsandvolsfan writes:

in response to Rumblefish:

If you don't think that this is a "make or break" year for Martin...you need to get your head out of the sand.

Quit your bellyaching and get with the program you pathetic excuse for a fan...or troll

Seriously this will be a great year for UT bball men's and ladies.

mocsandvolsfan writes:

in response to licknpromise777#651578:

If this team went .500 barring any big injuries I would agree Martins in trouble.I can think of 10 coaches that could take this team with a healthy Maymon to the Sweet 16. Sean Miller; Thad Matta; Pitino; Smart and definitely Tom Izzo. Never been a big fan of CCM's motion offense but with McRae being a free styler we are seeing less of that. Martin has proved you don't have to have a roster of 4 and 5 star guys to win. Cheivous and Moore weren't on anybody's radar and both are excellent utility players that can be plugged into all kinds of situations. Martin's next recruiting class will tell us all we need to know. Guards are easy to evaluate but these power forwards he signed to replace Maymon and Stokes are very intriguing.One is raw but plays the whole game with his elbows above the rim and the other has a pretty good 12 and 15 foot shot that because of the offenses and camps he's been playing in,it's gone unnoticed by the big school recruiters

I really like the looks of Turman. We'll need rebounding if Stokes goes pro.

VolzsFan writes:

in response to CommodoreCapital:

Is Martin serious about "one of the best, if not the best non-conference schedules in the nation". With that schedule of only one NCAA tournament team last year out of conference, UT will need to win 22 games because of the SOS. Not like many of the SEC games are going to help.

I think UT can get 22 wins, but that comment is absurd.

What an idiot.

NC State? Probably Kansas? Wichita State (final 4, Xavier in the Natti. Virginia. Probably Iowa. Very good schedule and when you go down the schedules of the traditional elite, they will look similar.

Idiot

BIVOLAR_BEARE writes:

in response to CommodoreCapital:

Is Martin serious about "one of the best, if not the best non-conference schedules in the nation". With that schedule of only one NCAA tournament team last year out of conference, UT will need to win 22 games because of the SOS. Not like many of the SEC games are going to help.

I think UT can get 22 wins, but that comment is absurd.

Well, with weak links like vandy on the conference grid, you may be right. Those two guaranteed wins against the dores probably won't anchor down a tourney bid..

johnlg00 writes:

If I counted right, the Vols have 33 scheduled games in the regular season. If they go, say, 25-8 against that schedule, they should be no worse than a #5 seed in the NCAA tournament, depending of course on who the 8 are. If they really put it all together and everybody stays happy and healthy, they could do better than that. I love ya', CCM, but this is your big chance, so don't blow it! I don't think he will. I think we are going to be loving some Big Orange basketball this year!

stevefrommemphis writes:

On the first Saturday of 2014, January 4, Kentucky has an open date while Tennessee faces mighty Tusculum. I call on Dave Hart to buy out Tusculum, Mitch Barnhart to buy out one of the cupcakes on the Kentucky schedule(UNC Asheville, Northern Kentucky) and for Tennessee and Kentucky to face each other in a matchup at Thompson-Boling Arena which does not count in the conference standings.

There is NO EXCUSE for not doing this.

Colliervol writes:

in response to SevenT:

Hopefully this dump of a basketball program will make the NIT

Hopefully UK fans will develop some sense of ethics and boot the shyster out of Lexington but I ain't holding my breath. Once you sell out, it's hard to regain your direction.

stevefrommemphis writes:

in response to Colliervol:

Hopefully UK fans will develop some sense of ethics and boot the shyster out of Lexington but I ain't holding my breath. Once you sell out, it's hard to regain your direction.

The sellout at Kentucky started in 1930 when Adolph Corrupt took over as head coach. Kentucky has played in Knoxville every year since 1953, until 2014. Why not in 1953? Because the Kentucky Wildcats were serving their NCAA "death penalty" (giving players illegal spending money, allowing ineligible players to compete).

CoverOrange writes:

in response to johnlg00:

If I counted right, the Vols have 33 scheduled games in the regular season. If they go, say, 25-8 against that schedule, they should be no worse than a #5 seed in the NCAA tournament, depending of course on who the 8 are. If they really put it all together and everybody stays happy and healthy, they could do better than that. I love ya', CCM, but this is your big chance, so don't blow it! I don't think he will. I think we are going to be loving some Big Orange basketball this year!

I counted 31, but point taken. While there is a lot of talent and experience, how well Bardon fits in is a complete unknown at a critical position.

Are there no exhibition games or is that the game with Tusculum and someone wrote down January instead of November?

CoverOrange writes:

in response to CoverOrange:

I counted 31, but point taken. While there is a lot of talent and experience, how well Bardon fits in is a complete unknown at a critical position.

Are there no exhibition games or is that the game with Tusculum and someone wrote down January instead of November?

Oops, Barton. Sorry Antonio.

BIVOLAR_BEARE writes:

in response to stevefrommemphis:

On the first Saturday of 2014, January 4, Kentucky has an open date while Tennessee faces mighty Tusculum. I call on Dave Hart to buy out Tusculum, Mitch Barnhart to buy out one of the cupcakes on the Kentucky schedule(UNC Asheville, Northern Kentucky) and for Tennessee and Kentucky to face each other in a matchup at Thompson-Boling Arena which does not count in the conference standings.

There is NO EXCUSE for not doing this.

Well, if UT could get passed the 2nd round of the SEC tourney they could get another shot at tucky.

Current_State_of_Affairs writes:

in response to BIVOLAR_BEARE:

Well, if UT could get passed the 2nd round of the SEC tourney they could get another shot at tucky.

'tucky' What is that? Sounds like your tuckying someone into bed.

volposter writes:

in response to stevefrommemphis:

The sellout at Kentucky started in 1930 when Adolph Corrupt took over as head coach. Kentucky has played in Knoxville every year since 1953, until 2014. Why not in 1953? Because the Kentucky Wildcats were serving their NCAA "death penalty" (giving players illegal spending money, allowing ineligible players to compete).

Actually, I believe the biggest problem Ky had back then was that many of their top players were involved in a point shaving scandal with gamblers - an issue one UT player also had a few years later (he was kicked off the team along with another player who failed to report it) - and this started the investigations. College athletics can and should take these allegations seriously. As I recall (pretty young then), UT was the only SEC school to vote against the full year's suspension which led to Rupp holding down the score against UT the following year. For more on the Ky players see http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/stat... A black period in college basketball.

CommodoreCapital writes:

in response to VolzsFan:

What an idiot.

NC State? Probably Kansas? Wichita State (final 4, Xavier in the Natti. Virginia. Probably Iowa. Very good schedule and when you go down the schedules of the traditional elite, they will look similar.

Idiot

So UT plays 2 out of 12 teams that went to the NCAA and you think that is tough. I am not going down the fields of the traditional elite but Vanerbilt plays 4 out of 12 and I guarantee the traditional elite play 5-6 teams that played in the NCAA tourney last year.

I just don't want to hear you crying like the past few years on why you don't get in the tournament when UT schedules teams that will but them on the bubble each year.

mocsandvolsfan writes:

in response to CommodoreCapital:

So UT plays 2 out of 12 teams that went to the NCAA and you think that is tough. I am not going down the fields of the traditional elite but Vanerbilt plays 4 out of 12 and I guarantee the traditional elite play 5-6 teams that played in the NCAA tourney last year.

I just don't want to hear you crying like the past few years on why you don't get in the tournament when UT schedules teams that will but them on the bubble each year.

If you "don't want to hear us" then why are you here?

However many of those more traditional schools that we play are tough schools and you know it if you've watched any bball the last 40 years. Or even the last 10. We DO have some cupcakes also I suppose. We'll see if that's true. Martin doesn't need to let us lose to any of those. Vandy may be one of those "cupcakes" lol. But actually you folks turned out tougher last year than anyone would have believed. But we have a shot here at UT for the tourney at least. Believe it or not I hope Vandy does too because it'll be one "cupcake" we don't lose to.hehe
Btw those teams we played to "put us on the bulbble" in some cases helped to keep us out of the NCAAs.

D60 writes:

I hope Clownzo can prove to the UT fans he can coach this year so far I haven't seen any good floor coaching out of him. The Georgetown game last year was pathetic 2 times to set up a play and 2 25 feet jumps shots, pityful

mocsandvolsfan writes:

in response to D60:

I hope Clownzo can prove to the UT fans he can coach this year so far I haven't seen any good floor coaching out of him. The Georgetown game last year was pathetic 2 times to set up a play and 2 25 feet jumps shots, pityful

Terrible example. Anytime the game comes up close at the end it's a gamble to get the shot. Our best shooters are outside shooters last year. I don't recall Martin calling those plays but if he did then I hope he learned. But my point is that was a great game against a great team.

"pityful" example. I mean pitiful.lol You can't spell names either I see. Cuonzo.

johnlg00 writes:

in response to CoverOrange:

I counted 31, but point taken. While there is a lot of talent and experience, how well Bardon fits in is a complete unknown at a critical position.

Are there no exhibition games or is that the game with Tusculum and someone wrote down January instead of November?

I might have gotten confused about how many games they are playing in the tournament, and in any case I just sort of skimmed the list to get some kind of count. I'm pretty much a "take 'em one game at a time" guy.

IMHO, it shouldn't be that much of a problem for Barton to fit in. He was no high-scoring superstar at Memphis and it is the JOB of a PG to get himself and everybody else in synch. The thing about a "born PG" is that he takes as much satisfaction in taking care of the ball and setting up the other guys as he does in scoring himself. I pretty much liked Trae while he was here, but you could almost see his "natural" scoring instinct warring with his PG role of making sure everybody ELSE got the ball in the best position to do something with it. My impression is that Barton HAS that mindset, but I guess we will see.

johnlg00 writes:

in response to volposter:

Actually, I believe the biggest problem Ky had back then was that many of their top players were involved in a point shaving scandal with gamblers - an issue one UT player also had a few years later (he was kicked off the team along with another player who failed to report it) - and this started the investigations. College athletics can and should take these allegations seriously. As I recall (pretty young then), UT was the only SEC school to vote against the full year's suspension which led to Rupp holding down the score against UT the following year. For more on the Ky players see http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/stat... A black period in college basketball.

I think with UK during that period, it was pretty much "all of the above". They had several scandals in the late 40s and early 50s. It was the cumulative effect of all kinds of violations over several years that almost led to the "death penalty", and in a perfect world, it probably should have. However, UK was not the only big-time program that had problems of that sort then. I do remember the incident at UT that you mentioned, and it was quite a shock. I believe the kid's name was Eddie Test, who as I recall was a pretty good player, though the team wasn't that good then.

Vols4Ever writes:

in response to SevenT:

Hopefully this dump of a basketball program will make the NIT

88 - 58

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