Tennessee Volunteers: E-VOL-ution

A look at the box score of Saturday night's Tennessee-Memphis game will tell you everything you need to know about how Bruce Pearl has engineered this magnificent turnaround that led the Volunteers passed the Tigers, 66-62.  Chris Lofton, the greatest 3-point shooter in SEC history and Tennessee's 13th all time leading scorer, attempted only four 3-point shots the entire game.  He finished the game with a mere 7 points, but the Vols still managed to knock off #1 Memphis. In Lofton's first two years at Tennessee, the Volunteers were a very average 4-6 when he scored 7 points or less, which included a loss at home to UT-Chattanooga.  Two years ago when the Vols went to Memphis, Lofton put up 16 but the Vols couldn't beat a Tiger squad that didn't have current freshman star Derrick Rose. Last year Lofton lit up the nets with 34 points in a home romp over a still Rose-less Memphis.  So this year, when Memphis has it's best team yet, Lofton scores just 7 and Tennessee ... (link)