Today On Rocky Top: Tennessee Volunteers News 5/14
By Zach Ragan
Jan 28, 2013; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers athletic director Dave Hart and Lady Volunteers head coach emeritus Pat Summitt stand in front of a banner being raised in her honor at Thompson-Boling Arena before the game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
From ESPN
"Tennessee will honor longtime women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt with a statue, athletic director Dave Hart told the Knoxville News Sentinel on Monday.The university plans to unveil the statue near its athletic facilities as early as this fall."
From Bleacher Report
"Butch Jones is putting together a talented class this cycle. His first full recruiting year as Tennessee’s head coach is on the way to producing the best class in years.The Vols currently rank No. 4 nationally (via 247Sports Composite) and are headlined by 5-star RB Jalen Hurd. Hurd is a 6’3”, 230-pound bruiser and the No. 17 player in this class."
From Go Vols Xtra
"Tyler Bray believes that every rookie has something to prove.He may have more than most.The former Tennessee quarterback left school a year early hoping he’d be chosen highly in the draft, given the relatively weak collection of college signal-callers coming out this year. Instead, every team passed on him over the course of seven agonizing rounds"
From UTSports.com
"The Tennessee softball team has earned its 11th berth into the NCAA Tournament and will host an NCAA Regional for the ninth time in program history, as announced by the NCAA Division I Softball Committee on Sunday night. The Lady Vols are the national No. 7 seed and will host the Knoxville Regional from May 17-19. Seven SEC teams were seeded in the top 16 seeds.The Knoxville Regional will be a double-elimination tournament featuring Tennessee, Longwood, James Madison and NC State. The Lady Vols will face Big South Champion Longwood (41-18) in their first game on Friday at 6 p.m. The Dukes (41-15) and ACC Tournament Champion Wolfpack (33-18-1) play in the other opening contest at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. On Saturday, the winners from Friday’s games will play at 1:30 p.m. and the losers from Friday will play at 4 p.m. The loser from Saturday’s 1:30 p.m. game will play the winner from the 4 p.m. game will face off at 6:30 p.m. On Sunday, there will be a game at 1:30 p.m. and a game at 4 p.m., if necessary. The games will be streamed lived on UTSports.com."
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