Today On Rocky Top: Lady Vols Reach Sweet 16
By Zach Ragan
From ESPN
"Tennessee forward Bashaara Graves can’t explain her tendency to have her best performances in the Lady Vols’ biggest games.She just wants to make sure the trend continues for a couple of more weeks.Graves scored 21 points and had 14 rebounds as Tennessee withstood a late rally to defeat Pittsburgh 77-67 in an NCAA tournament second-round game Monday night.The 6-foot-2 junior’s double-double came two days after Graves had a career-high 24 points in a 72-61 first-round victory over Boise State. Graves also had 22 points at Notre Dame and 20 points at South Carolina this season, although Tennessee lost both games.Read more at ESPN"
From WBIR
"Despite nine players out with injuries, Vols coach Butch Jones is optimistic about his third spring practice at Tennessee, which begins Tuesday.“If you look on the positive side it also allows for many opportunities,” Jones said. “We are night and day from where we were spring one. Just our work capacity, our mentality, our players doing the extra. They understand the culture, they understand the standard.”Read more at WBIR"
From The Times Free Press
"On the eve of the start of his third spring practice as Tennessee’s football coach, Butch Jones can say with confidence that his program is progressing on schedule.The Volunteers are returning nearly all of their starters and contributors from a young team that last season went 7-6 and notched Tennessee’s first postseason win since 2007, and the talent level is higher thanks to a pair of touted signing classes.There’s just one problem.Or, well, roughly a dozen of them, to be a little more precise.Read more at The Times Free Press"