Today On Rocky Top: Tennessee Volunteers News 5/28

Nov 24, 2012; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers linebacker A.J. Johnson (45) and linebacker Herman Lathers (34) leave the field after the game against the Kentucky Wildcats at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee won by a score of 37 to 17. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

From Go Vols Xtra

"They worked so hard and so long to get there. Then, it was over. Boom.“We were so excited to go to the World Series, then it didn’t pan out how we wanted,’’ Raven Chavanne recalled Monday.Tennessee has been to five NCAA softball Women’s College World Series, the showcase of the sport held annually in Oklahoma City.For the first time, last year’s trip lasted only two games. Loss to Alabama. Loss to Oregon. See you later.Chavanne’s exit line from Oklahoma City was this:“We’ll be back.’’"

From Nooga.com

"It hasn’t been the smoothest offseason for Tennessee’s basketball team, given the departures of point guard Trae Golden and forward Yemi Makanjuola, two players who would have played roles on a Top 25 team next season.But the Vols caught a break on Sunday.That’s when Will Barton, who just finished his rookie year for the Portland Trailblazers, tweeted out that his brother Antonio, a 6-foot-2 point guard from Memphis, would be spending his final season of eligibility at Tennessee."

From Go Vols Xtra

"If I had made out the itinerary for this week’s SEC spring meetings, Sonny Smith and Bruce Pearl would have been conducting a coaching seminar.And they wouldn’t have had to draw a single “x” or “o.”So what if Smith is long retired from his coaching heyday in the 1980s at Auburn. Of if Pearl is beginning his third year in coaching purgatory after a spectacular run at Tennessee ended in his firing for lying about NCAA violations. They both have something to offer.And they both remind us what the conference is missing."

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