NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee State has fired men's basketball coach Travis Williams after only two seasons. Williams posted a 23-40 record that included a 5-25 mark this year. In a statement announcing her decision Tuesday, Tennessee State athletic director…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis has released its 2014 football schedule, which includes five consecutive early season games against teams that reached bowls last season. After opening the season Aug. 30 by hosting Austin Peay, Memphis plays at Sun Bowl…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Vanderbilt has finished the past two seasons ranked in the Top 25. Now the Commodores are preparing for spring practice with a new coach in Derek Mason and trying to build off their recent success. Mason said…
"It is my responsibility to provide our student-athletes with the best opportunities to reach their fullest potential academically, athletically and socially."
MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) - UT Martin has fired coach Jason James after a fifth consecutive losing season. James went 37-117 in five years as UT Martin's head coach after spending seven seasons as an assistant. UT Martin athletic director Julio…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Ricardo Glenn scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and South Carolina-Upstate beat East Tennessee State, 79-73 Friday night to claim the No. 3 seed into the Atlantic Sun tournament in the regular season finale for…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is paying a price for its lack of depth. Saturday's game between Tennessee (17-11, 8-7 SEC) and Vanderbilt (15-12, 7-8) matches two of the least productive benches in the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee ranks 12th out…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt sophomore Heather Bowe will miss the rest of the season after leaving the university due to a violation of the school's academic policy. Bowe - averaging 5.1 points and 4.3 rebounds in 27 games, including…
Rick Pitino has his Louisville Cardinals playing well heading into March again. Memphis coach Josh Pastner wants all his senior guards to wake up from their "zombie mode." Saturday would be good timing too. The 21st-ranked Tigers host No. 7…
HOUSTON (AP) - Danuel House had 19 points and Houston closed with a surge to beat No. 21 Memphis 77-68 on Thursday night. TaShawn Thomas added 16 points and seven rebounds for the Cougars, who finished on a 14-5 run…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Meighan Simmons highlighted a 31-point performance with a clutch 3-pointer in the final minute, and No. 10 Tennessee held off LSU, 72-67, on Thursday night after the Lady Tigers had erased a 21-point halftime hole.…
MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) - Cameron Payne had 17 points and eight assists to lead Murray State to its fifth straight win, 86-72 over Tennessee-Martin on Thursday night. T.J. Sapp added 20 points and five rebounds for the Racers (18-9, 12-3…
RUSTON, La. (AP) - Jaron Johnson scored 15 points and Louisiana Tech topped Middle Tennessee 55-39 Thursday to move into a first-place tie in the Conference USA standings. Louisiana Tech (23-6, 11-3) and Middle Tennessee (21-8, 11-3) are part of…
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - Tarius Johnson and Glenn Cosey scored 20 points each on Thursday night to lead Eastern Kentucky past Tennessee Tech 74-67. EKU (20-9, 10-5) led 63-61 with 3 minutes to go and went on an 11-3 run…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Martin Smith and J.C. Hampton pumped in 21 points each as Lipscomb overwhelmed Florida Gulf Coast with hot 3-point shooting in a 92-71 upset win Thursday night. Lipscomb (14-14, 9-8 Atlantic Sun) opened the game with…
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) - Patrick Miller poured in a career-high 38 points and drilled a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2 seconds remaining, carrying Tennessee State to a 70-68 upset over Morehead State Thursday night. Tennessee State opened the second half on…
CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) - Casey Jones scored 19 points as Chattanooga topped Western Carolina in overtime 83-81 Thursday. Western Carolina (17-13, 10-5 Southern Conference) led by three with 21 seconds left in regulation when Brandon Boggs made a pair of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings says "it's absolutely a joke" that Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin is facing questions about job security in his third season. Tennessee (17-11, 8-7 SEC) could miss the NCAA tournament for a third…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three Tennessee football players who received citations Feb. 9 in connection with a party have had their charges dropped, while four others have to perform community service to get their charges dismissed under agreements reached this…
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - J.J. Mann scored 19 of his 25 points in the first half and Belmont never trailed, rolling to a 94-75 win Wednesday night over SIU-Edwardsville. Reece Chamberlain scored six of his 18 points in the first…
