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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.
The Vols posted a school record number of wins, achieved the program’s first No. 1 national ranking, won their ninth overall SEC title and then advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season.
Tennessee finished the season with a 31-5 overall record, easily breaking the previous school record of 26 wins in a season. The Vols’ 14 league wins are the school’s most since the SEC went to a 16-game schedule. Bruce Pearl was named the league’s coach of the year and the Adolph Rupp National Coach of the Year while Chris Lofton and Tyler Smith each earned first team All-SEC recognition and JaJuan Smith was a second team pick. A second team All-America selection for the second time in his career, Lofton finished his career third in NCAA history with 431 career 3-pointers and fourth in school history with 2,131 points.
2007-08 Tennessee Basketball Awards
Burchfield-Moss Most Courageous Award: Tyler Smith
Lowell Blanchard Most Improved Award: Wayne Chism
Team Before Self: Chris Lofton
John Stucky Lifter of the Year Award: Jordan Howell and Chris Lofton
Thornton Athletics Student Life Center Awards
VOLScholar Individual Awards: Quinn Cannington, Ryan Childress, Wayne Chism, Rick Daniels-Mulholland, Jordan Howell, Justin Jackson, Steven Pearl, J.P. Prince, Tanner Wild and Brian Williams
VOLScholar Team Awards: Ryan Childress, Jordan Howell, Cameron Tatum, Justin Jackson, Quinn Cannington
Highest Fall Grade Point Average (Term): Tanner Wild and Jordan Howell
Highest Fall Grade Point Average (Cumulative): Quinn Cannington
Most Improved: Brian Williams
Best Attitude: Wayne Chism
© 2008, Knoxville News Sentinel Co.
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Posted by Packaway on May 3, 2008 at 2:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Wayne is the man!!
Posted by General_Fritter on May 3, 2008 at 10:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Who one the most dope smoking award between Ramar and Duke?
Posted by Phowell23 on May 3, 2008 at 11:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Well from what I heard Ramar and Duke had a smoke off during this ceremony and the results are still be tallied. I got my money on Duke though.
Posted by pdhuff on May 3, 2008 at 12:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Gen F 10:31am - Ramar got the frittered away chances award.
Man, what a contrast between this thread and the one where Duke and Ramar changed their career path. Welcome, to life, men, it ain't easy, but its all we got.
Free TDTN.
Posted by WD40plusVol on May 3, 2008 at 4:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Everybody but Duke, Ramar and Jujuan got an award. Not sure what that says about Jujuan.
Figured at first that the VolScholar awards were for academics, but then what is VolScholar Team?
Posted by AllLadyVol on May 3, 2008 at 9:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Lord help, JaJuan Smith was THE backcourt this year and didn't get a sniff?!
may i suggest some alternate awards:
The Self Before Team Award: co-winners you know who.
The He Doesn't Play Much But We Love Him Award: Ryan Childress
The Biggest Loser: Brian Williams (not a slam, I think anybody who loses a hundred pounds deserves a trophy)
And-
The Thank You Lord Award: Kentucky, for letting us have Lofton ;)
Posted by General_Fritter on May 4, 2008 at 3:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
JaJuan continues not to get his just reward. This team is not worth a crap without him.
Posted by AllLadyVol on May 11, 2008 at 11:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
We'd better find a way to do something besides dunk next year.
Get that 3 arm warmed up, Childress.
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