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. Full story »

Cordell Passley, who originally committed to Tennessee as a highly touted freshman but never signed with the Vols, signed with Vincennes University in Indiana.
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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?” Full story »

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. Full story »

Junior college All-American Bobby Maze said he's looking for "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. Full story »

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.
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What is your favorite memory of Chris Lofton at Tennessee ?

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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. Full story »

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. Full story »

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.
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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. Full story »

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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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