Alex Schwartz
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Associate AD of Strategic Comms and MBB SID at the University of Tennessee | Miami alum and former Miami SID (2023 Final Four) | Proud Jew and Zionist 🇮🇱🎗️
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The scene at the home of the Midwest Regional champions at 3:44 a.m.
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.
@Vol_Hoops
in the last four seasons has...
...20 AP top-25 wins (co-fourth in DI)
...18 AP top-20 wins (fourth in DI)
...16 AP top-15 wins (third in DI)
...eight AP top-10 wins (co-sixth in DI)
...five AP top-five wins (co-first in DI)
Tennessee leads the SEC in each category.
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Bruce Brown. Scored the NBA title-winning bucket AND iced it from the line.
Straight out of The 🙌!
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Tennessee’s No. 5 ranking ties its best finish ever in the AP Poll and sets a new program record for highest finish in the Coaches Poll.
Further confirmation this was the greatest season in Tennessee history.
our final rankings to wrap the 2023-24 campaign
details »
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2K
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Top point totals by
@Vol_Hoops
players in the last 34 years (1990-2024)...
1⃣ Grant Williams, 43 @ Vanderbilt (1/23/19)
2⃣ Dalton Knecht, 40 v Kentucky (3/9/24)
3⃣ Dalton Knecht, 39 v Auburn (2/28/24)
3⃣ Dalton Knecht, 39 v Florida (1/16/24)
5⃣ Ron Slay, 38 v New Mexico (1/4/03)
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Dalton Knecht (234) is the ONLY Division I player in *at least* the last 19 seasons to score 230-plus points in an eight game span without eclipsing eight turnovers.
Lone other player with even 220 is Luka Garza (227) from Nov. 25-Dec. 22, 2020, during his consensus NPOY season.
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Through three seasons with
@Vol_Hoops
, Jahmai Mashack has a
@collegebb_ref
career defensive box plus/minus of 5.75.
That is the second-best mark of any SEC player over the last 14 seasons, trailing only Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein.
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Last 16 outings for
@Vol_Hoops
guard Zakai Zeigler...
14.3 ppg, 6.3 apg, 2.4spg, 48.1 FG%, 39.6 3P%
The only other Power Six players with such a stretch in the past eight seasons (2016-24) are Iowa State's Tyrese Haliburton, UCLA's Lonzo Ball and NC State's Dennis Smith Jr.
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Tennessee is one of six schools with at least eight players selected in the NBA Draft since 2019.
The others are Connecticut, Duke, Gonzaga, Kentucky and Michigan.
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Given the stage, this is the greatest performance in Miami basketball history. I don’t even need to check the record books.
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In his final 22 games with
@Vol_Hoops
, 21 of which were against Power Six foes, Dalton Knecht averaged 25.86 PPG. That's the best 22-game mark by an SEC player in 15 years.
Over that span, he had 22+ points 16 times, 25+ 12 times, 31+ seven times, 36+ five times and 39+ thrice.
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.
@Vol_Hoops
is now 💯 games over .500 in the last seven seasons (2017-24) with a 163-63 (.721) record.
Tennessee is tied for the most wins and best winning percentage of any
@SEC
team during that span.
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Pittsburgh entered today’s game against
@CanesFootball
leading the country in sacks per game.
Miami allowed just two and logged four of its own. Greg Rousseau personally had more sacks (three) than the nation’s top sack defense.
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ROCKY TOP! Extremely thankful for this fantastic opportunity to work with
@Vol_Sports
and the 12-time SEC champion
@Vol_Hoops
program.
So excited to begin this new adventure with
@cliebss
and look forward to getting started Monday in America’s College Sports City. GO BIG ORANGE!
Alex Schwartz joins Vols as Associate AD for Men’s Basketball Communications
Welcome to Rocky Top
@AlexJSchwartz
!
Read more »
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The Hurricanes play in the nicest venue of any college football team in the country. Period.
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For the third consecutive year,
@Vol_Hoops
' Santiago Vescovi had at least 220 PTS, 125 REB, 85 AST, 40 3PM & 35 STL.
No other SEC player in the last 30 seasons has posted that line more than twice.
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Talked
@Vol_Hoops
with Bill Walton for a full practice in Honolulu. (Yes, it was as awesome as you’d imagine!)
At the end, I told Bill he was my dad’s favorite player. He insisted we take a photo for me to send to him.
A kind man and basketball legend, may he rest in peace.
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Knoxville ➡️ Coral Gables
A pretty cool “worlds colliding” moment with
@cliebss
this evening, watching
@DaltonKnecht3
and
@jjjames30
work out at The U!
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And now, with NC State’s victory, Tennessee—regardless of what happens tomorrow—owns victories over the ACC, Big Ten and SEC tournament champions.
During the regular season,
@Vol_Hoops
played BOTH eventual finalists from the ACC, Big Ten and (of course) SEC.
Tennessee posted a 5-1 record in those six games.
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The following schools are 8-0 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in men's and women's basketball over the last four seasons...
• Miami
That's it. That's the list.
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Recognition on the Final Four video board tonight for major accomplishments this season by
@Vol_Hoops
’ Dalton Knecht and Rick Barnes.
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.
@Vol_Hoops
' final KenPom rankings the last three years...
2023-24: 5⃣
2022-23: 6⃣
2021-22: 9⃣
Prior to this stretch, Tennessee had never finished better than 10th (2018-19 & 2013-14) in the
@kenpomeroy
era, which dates back to 1996-97.
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One last time for
@Jordan_miller11
with the local media. Few student-athletes have better represented
@univmiami
in this setting.
Thankful to have two years working with Jordan, who—in addition to his media prowess!—is clearly among the most important players in program history.
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Three top-15 wins for the
@MiamiHurricanes
tonight…
🏀
@CanesWBB
, 61-59, over
#4
Louisville on a buzzer-beater in ACC Tournament
🎾
@CanesWTennis
, 4-3, on the road at
#15
Wake Forest
⚾️
@CanesBaseball
, 5-2, over
#14
Florida
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An All-American on the court and the most low-maintenance, easygoing star you can ask for off the court.
An honor to work with you for four years,
@zaywong21
! Wishing you the best in your next steps as a pro and beyond.
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Not a bad way to end my first road trip with
@Vol_Hoops
!
Thank you to the great
@MagicJohnson
for graciously taking the time to snap photos with most of our travel party. Couldn’t have been nicer.
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Full list of DI teams with six-plus Quad 1 wins, double-digit Quad 1/2 wins and over twice as many Quad 1/2 wins as losses...
🐘 Alabama
🐈 Arizona
🔵 Kansas
🙌 Miami
🚂 Purdue
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Carlos Correa is one of three
@CanesBaseball
commits to go No. 1 overall and turn pro. Other two are Alex Rodriguez and Chipper Jones.
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In the last 15 years (2009-24), an SEC player has scored 39 PTS in a regulation league game eight times.
Dalton Knecht had three in 2023-24. All other SEC players since 2009-10 totaled five.
Knecht did it twice (in 10 days) versus
@AP_Top25
teams. No one else did it even once.
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Kam Kinchens’ three INTs tie
@CanesFootball
record—12th occasion—and mark first such outing since Kenny Phillips in ‘06. The 99yd return is second-longest in UM history.
Fifth FBS player with three-plus INTs & one for a TD in last five years. First ACC player to do so since ‘09.
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The greatest season in 🙌🏀 history!
I don’t even have words to express what it means, as a Miami alum, to have shared this ride with such an incredible group of players, coaches and staffers.
So, instead, I’ll just say this — THANK YOU!! ✂️🏆✖️2️⃣
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Privileged to be there for and to help document your draft night,
@Jordan_miller11
! A whole lot of new
@LAClippers
fans in the 305. Best of luck in the NBA!
Miller’s Moment:
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The 1999
@CanesBaseball
team, which beat Florida State in the CWS final, remains the only one in the 64-team era to win the national title as the No. 1 overall seed.
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Just three players have transferred from a mid-major and become consensus First Team All-Americans:
-Tennessee's Dalton Knecht (2024)
-UConn's Tristen Newton (2024)
-Jacksonville's Artis Gilmore (1971)
Knecht is the ONLY one to do it in his first year active at a new school.
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Tobe Awaka, battling foul trouble, played just under 11 minutes last night and was still the
@kenpomeroy
Game MVP. That’s how good he was.
He had 10 points, five rebounds and one block. He shot 4/5 on FGs and 2/2 on FTs.
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I counted nine
@Vol_Hoops
sightings in One Shining Moment, including the first visual of a player. GBO 🍊
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Including exhibitions,
@Vol_Hoops
has played four games this season.
Of a possible 160 minutes, Tennessee has led for 154:47 and trailed for … zero seconds.
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Congrats to Coach L on his induction into the
@UMSHoF
! I say with sincerity there isn’t a MBB coach in the country I’d rather be the SID for. Regardless of results, he makes my job a joy…but he sure wins a lot! What he’s accomplished with 🙌🏀 is incredible. Well-deserved honor.
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.
@DaltonKnecht3
is the first
@Vol_Hoops
player in nearly 18 years with 25-plus points in back-to-back games against DI teams with both outings on the road.
The last Volunteer to do so was Chris Lofton in February 2006, with his second showing also at Georgia.
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.
@Vol_Hoops
has played the fifth-hardest schedule in the nation and is the only Power Six school in the top seven, per
@kenpomeroy
…
1. Texas Southern
2. EWU
3. FAMU
4. Southern
5. TENNESSEE
6. Alcorn State
7. MVSU
8. Purdue
9. Wisconsin
10. Grambling
11. UAPB
12. Boise State
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Tennessee was one of just two Division I schools, including the only one at the Power Six level, with a 20 PPG scorer in both men's and women's basketball in 2023-24.
Dalton Knecht averaged 21.7 PPG for
@Vol_Hoops
, while Rickea Jackson averaged 20.2 PPG for
@LadyVol_Hoops
.
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Best winning percentage in NCAA Tournament play since 2019…
1. Florida Atlantic — .800 (4-1)
2. Miami — .779 (7-2)
3. Gonzaga — .765 (13-4)
No other team, regardless of number of appearances, has won over 75 percent of its games.
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.
@CanesFootball
has not only defeated Florida State three years in a row, but has done so with three different starting QBs.
-2017: Malik Rosier (3 TD, 1 INT)
-2018: N’Kosi Perry (4 TD, 0 INT)
-2019: Jarren Williams (2 TD, 0 INT, 313 yards)
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Totally officially marks a half-decade working at
@univmiami
. It’s truly an honor to represent my alma mater each and every day.
Big thank you to all the
@MiamiHurricanes
student-athletes and coworkers who have helped put a 😁 like this ⤵️ on my face for the last five years.
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Over the last eight seasons, three individuals have won SEC Player of the Year and earned consensus First Team All-America status in the same season. Two of them were from
@Vol_Hoops
...
- Dalton Knecht in 2023-24
- Oscar Tshiebwe in 2021-22
- Grant Williams in 2018-19
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Three of the top 10 players on
@Vol_Hoops
' all-time steals leaderboard right here...
3. Santiago Vescovi, 1⃣9⃣5⃣
T-8. Josiah-Jordan James, 1⃣6⃣2⃣
10. Zakai Zeigler, 1⃣5⃣5⃣
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Florida went 16-1 last year and returned basically its whole roster. Deservedly the consensus No. 1 team in the country.
Miami just went on the road—on opening weekend at a new ballpark—and took two of three from the Gators. Absolutely tremendous showing from
@CanesBaseball
.
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.
@Vol_Hoops
has finished as one of the SEC's top two teams in
@kenpomeroy
's rankings each of the last three seasons.
No other SEC program has done so more than once in that span.
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The
@MiamiHurricanes
have played Florida State in three sports this fall and won all three games by one.
•
@CanesFootball
: 28-27
•
@CanesVB
: 3-2
•
@CanesFutbol
: 1-0
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From
@Vol_Tennis
and
@Vol_WTennis
to
@Vol_Softball
and now
@Vol_Baseball
, this is the sixth consecutive a weekend a
@Vol_Sports
team is hosting an NCAA regional/super.
Tennessee is the only school in the country that has done this. GBO.
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Miami’s seven NCAA Tournament wins in the last two years match Kansas for the most of any team. No one else has even six.
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.
@jjjames30
stuffed the stat sheet this year for
@Vol_Hoops
... 302 PTS, 229 REB, 68 AST, 49 STL & 23 BLK.
Only five others in SEC have done that in the last 18 seasons: Tasmin Mitchell (2009), Bradley Beal (2012), Ben Simmons (2016), Chuma Okeke (2019) & Cameron Matthews (2024).
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Power Six players in last 19 years (2005-24) with 290 points on 50% shooting in an 11-game span, all league play, in a season:
-Dalton Knecht, 2023-24
-TJ Warren, 2013-14
-Doug McDermott, 2013-14*
-Michael Beasley, 2007-08
-Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08*
-JJ Redick, 2005-06*
*=NPOY
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During the regular season,
@Vol_Hoops
played BOTH eventual finalists from the ACC, Big Ten and (of course) SEC.
Tennessee posted a 5-1 record in those six games.
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Zakai Zeigler tallied 218 assists for
@Vol_Hoops
this season, the eighth-most by any SEC player in the last 30 years and third-most ever by a Volunteer.
He logged six-plus assists 20 times in 2023-24, tied with SIU's Xavier Johnson and Houston's Jamal Shead for ninth nationally.
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.
@Vol_Hoops
is one of three teams in
@kenpomeroy
's top 15 in adjusted efficiency on both offense and defense.
The other two are Arizona and UConn.
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In my four-plus years on the job at my alma mater, this is the most meaningful photo I’ve captured.
Our two seniors, who have meant so very much to this program. Whole lot to be proud of.
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Highest point totals by
@SEC
players this season...
1⃣ 41 by Wade Taylor IV at Arkansas (13/32 FGs)
2⃣ 39 by Dalton Knecht vs. Florida (13/23 FGs)
3⃣ 37 by Dalton Knecht at North Carolina (13/17 FGs)
4⃣ 36 by Dalton Knecht at Georgia (12/20 FGs)
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Pleased to report that all of the
@CanesHoops
graduate assistants who were trampled during yesterday’s celebration are fully healthy.
I cannot, however, report on the status of the missing shoe.
(📷:
@openartz
)
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.
@CanesFootball
has allowed one defensive touchdown in regulation over the last 12 quarters.
Miami also kept Pittsburgh out of the end zone for the second consecutive season.
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One more time — a huge thank you to the 2022-23
@CanesHoops
squad for a magical ride! Beyond grateful I was able to be a small part of it.
I’ll forever cherish not this ring, but more so the memories and relationships from an incredible season!
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The greatest season in Tennessee history. So proud of this team. GBO.
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CHAMPIONS! ✂️🏆🙌
So proud of our players and coaches. Privileged to be along for the ride and celebrate alongside them!
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.
@CanesHoops
had double-digit steals 16 times (12-4) this season.
In
@CanesCoachL
's first 10 years, Miami had 10-plus takeaways 40 times (26-14), an average of 4.0 per season.
The defensive transformation of this team was incredible. Heck of a job by the staff.
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.
@DaltonKnecht3
added two steals to this line.
The last
@SEC
player with 27p/7r/6a/3b/2s in a game was LSU’s Ben Simmons on 12/2/15 versus Longwood.
That is the only other occurrence in the last 15 seasons (2009-24).
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.
@JordaGainey
became the seventh
@Vol_Hoops
player in the last 32 years with an 87.0 FT% on at least 1.5 FTA/gm (min. 10 GP). The others...
Allan Houston, 1992-93
Kevin Whitted, 1994-95
Scooter McFadgon, 2003-04
Chris Lofton, 2005-06
C.J. Watson, 2005-06
Lamonte Turner, 2017-18
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Miami is now one of 10 teams—just six are in a Power Six league—with 26-plus DI victories in both 2021-22 and 2022-23.
@CanesHoops
’ 52 wins over the last two seasons ties a two-year program record (2014-16).
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Walk it off,
@CanesBaseball
, walk it off. Again. That's ONE THOUSAND wins at
#TheU
for
@Coach3morris
.
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Tonight will be
@Vol_Hoops
' 65th game since March 13, 2022, a stretch of 23-plus months.
UT has been ranked ninth or better by
@kenpomeroy
in 64 of those 65 contests.
Additionally, UT has played more games in the top two (11) than it has outside the top seven (10) in that time.
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Head coach of
@TUMBBHoops
in the house! Owls have a whole bunch of new fans in Coral Gables supporting
@Coach_Afish
!
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Very cool moment on Sunday night, sharing the biggest win in 🙌🏀 history with
@nanook52
and
@afledder
.
The three of us have combined for 12 years as the
@CanesHoops
SID, spanning from
@CanesCoachL
’s first season to now!
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I end this with a quote from the GOAT, so I may as well start with one, too... I Got a Story to Tell.
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Congratulations to my man
@CamronGhorbi
on earning his master’s degree from
@univmiami
today. No one is more passionate about
#TheU
than this Double Cane.
It’s privilege to call you not just a coworker, but a close friend. Happy for you, Cam! 🙌🎓
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Alex Toral...
• First
@CanesBaseball
player to hit 20 HR with a BBCOR bat
• First Cane with 20+ HR since 2010 (Harold Martinez, 21)
• Tenth Cane with 20 HR in a year (12th time total)
• Third Cane to hit 20 HR in the last 17 years (Martinez and Yonder Alonso [24 in 2008])
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Miami has played 44 games against
@accmbb
teams over the last two seasons.
Yesterday was just the second loss by more than six points … and it was by seven … without an All-ACC big for the final 38+ minutes. Amazing effort.
An incredible level of consistency from this team.
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.
@CanesHoops
is 5-2 in its past seven games against Duke and North Carolina, including 4-2 over the last two seasons.
To put that in perspective, Miami was 4-31 all-time against the two before
@CanesCoachL
arrived in 2011-12.
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Dalton Knecht's 264 made field goals this season marked the highest total by an SEC player in 27 years, dating back to Ron Mercer in 1996-97.
Knecht's 780 points put him No. 13 on the SEC single-season scoring list, including third in the last 33 years (since 1991-92).
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.
@Vol_Hoops
had nearly 2.5x as many dunks as its opponents this season. Tennessee amassed 106 and conceded just 43, a plus-63 ledger.
UT's top single-game margin was a 9-0 mark at Arkansas.
Among Vols with multiple dunks on the year, J.P. Estrella led the way with 2.6 per 40.
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From the hardwood to the gridiron,
@TheJimmyGraham
has been reppin' The U for over a dozen years.
(📷:
@caneshooter
, 2/2/08)
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Made it to Rome with
@CanesHoops
! Grateful to have a job that allows me to take amazing trips and create incredible memories.
(📷:
@openartz
)
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Over the last four games,
@Vol_Hoops
' average MOV is 26.0 ppg. It has three wins by 29-plus, with two by 35.
In a four-game span of SEC play, the last time Tennessee...
...had a 26.0 average MOV: J31-F12, 1966
...thrice won by 29: J29-F7, 1966
...twice won by 35: J30-F10, 1999
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Rarely do Notes App tweets, but felt it was worth it for the amazing display of togetherness and kindness I saw yesterday from so many amazing people in Vol Nation on the way to Omaha to cheer on
@Vol_Baseball
…
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The national champion and the first 60-win team in SEC history. GO BIG ORANGE!
@Vol_Baseball
🏆
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Ten years to the day after leaving to begin college at
@univmiami
—best decision of my life—I’m finishing my second foreign tour as a UM employee. Been an amazing decade at The U; I’m honored to work at and for my alma mater. Damn proud to be a Miami Hurricane.
#ItsAllAboutTheU
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