From Bleacher Report
"Injuries infiltrated Tennessee’s football program last season, nearly derailing the Vols’ hopes of a late-season rally and bowl run.They overcame them thanks to some spectacular individual performances (such as quarterback Joshua Dobbs‘ against Vanderbilt) and an opportunistic defense.UT wound up with a convincing TaxSlayer Bowl victory over Iowa that reverberated good vibrations for the program into the offseason.Read more at Bleacher Report"
From The Knoxville News Sentinel
"Tennessee’s Ariel Massengale and Bashaara Graves ply their scoring trades in vastly different manners.Massengale, a 5-foot-7 senior guard, essentially has evolved from a point guard into a shooter this season. She roams the perimeter and takes aim from long range.The 6-2 Graves, on the other hand, works around the basket and the foul lane. The junior post looks for her shots amid heavier defensive traffic.Read more at The Knoxville News Sentinel"
From ESPN
"Tennessee’s Ariel Massengale doesn’t remember herself as being quite the guarded, insular city girl that her friend and teammate Cierra Burdick recalls.“I had to teach her how to smile and wave to strangers our freshman year,” Burdick said. “I said, ‘Hey, in the South, when someone smiles at you, it’s reciprocal.’ She wasn’t used to being in the South.”Burdick, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, was an expert in such etiquette. But Massengale, who is from greater Chicago, says Burdick is exaggerating just a little bit.Read more at ESPN"