Hopson leads No. 10 Tennessee to exhibition win (AP)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:51:00 PST

Sophomore guard Scotty Hopson scored 20 points in 18 minutes Wednesday night to lead No. 10 Tennessee to a 97-58 exhibition victory over Lincoln Memorial. Tennessee senior forwards Tyler Smith and Wayne Chism added 11 points each in similarly reduced minutes, and Chism had eight rebounds. The Volunteers started sloppily while coach Bruce Pearl tinkered with lineup combinations, and they were 1 of 10...

Tennessee Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:40:50 PDT

Tennessee finished with 21 victories last season, but more was expected from the Volunteers, who lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Looking back, those expectations may have been a bit overblown since the Volunteers were looking to replace Chris Lofton and JaJuan Smith, their top two scorers from the 2007-08 campaign.

The inexperience showed at times.

That shouldn't be the case this time, as the Vols bring back almost everyone of note.

The returnees include Tyler Smith, one of the conference's top scorers at better than 17 points a game. His decision not to enter the NBA draft makes all the difference for the Vols.

"If you look at Tennessee's team without Tyler Smith, I think there would be those having us picked somewhere in the...