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It has come free of charge at Bearden High School where Pilot Rocky Top League crowds climbed over 2,000 Monday and Wednesday.

Fans have gotten a fill of former, current and future Tennessee players as well as other local favorites.

The HT Group is 2-0 behind All-SEC performer Tyler Smith of UT and Atlantic Sun Player of the Year Courtney Pigram.

Smith and Pigram put on a show in a 131-128 overtime win over Ray’s ESG. Wednesday. Pigram lifted the team over the future UT backcourt of Scotty Hopson and Bobby Maze with a pair of buzzer beaters.

Incoming freshman Daniel West has also showed well running the point for HT Group.

Non-UT players, such as CBA newcomer of the year James “Boo” Williams and ETSU’s Isiah Brown, have raised eyebrows with elevated play. Williams played UT forward Wayne Chism even Monday, scoring 18 and pulling down 13 rebounds to Chism’s 19 and 13 rebounds.

Grainger High School’s Skylar McBee has been the biggest surprise, hitting 11-of-16 from the field, 7-of-10 beyond the arc and 5-of-5 from the free throw line.

Player Status: Former UT player Stanley Asumnu has been out tending to an ill family member. … Incoming UT freshman Renaldo Woolridge has yet to move to Knoxville. NCAA rules stipulate that Woolridge can’t live on campus on scholarship until he is enrolled in school on July 7. … Backup center Brian Williams suffered a strained pectoral muscle lifting weights and is out indefinitely.

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