Any time I see a great cause like this it’s worth posting.
From the Associated Press via ESPN.com.
I’ve already ordered a t-shirt.
Team manager starts ‘Outlive’ program
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former Tennessee guard Chris Lofton quietly went through cancer treatments during his senior season last year, while forward Tyler Smith’s father died from complications of lung cancer.
Brooks Savage saw how cancer affected his teammates and wanted to do something about it.
So the Vols’ graduate manager came up with the business plan for Tennessee’s “Outlive” program, a drive to raise money to support cancer programs and screenings, and showed it to Tennessee director of …read more

Former Tennessee guard Chris Lofton had a less than spectacular senior campaign in 07/08. Much of the college basketball world was perplexed as to why Lofton was playing so poorly, why his shooting percentages and scoring averages had fallen drastically. Was it because of a lackadaisical training effort during the offseason, one which was void of enough work-on-your-game-all-day kind of days, or maybe it was because he wasn’t quite as good as everyone thought… maybe the 20.8 ppg junior season was just an aberration?
It was nothing that simple.
Tennessee’s Lofton quietly faced and beat cancer
A few days after …read more

If anybody has Tennessee going to the Final Four, you may want to stop reading right now.
The Vols disclosed that leading scorer Chris Lofton has a minor leg injury but should be able to play against Louisville on Thursday.
There is bad timing, and then there is having your leading scorer injured during the NCAA tournament.
Tennessee needs Lofton at 100% if they are to advance in the tournament, and even a full-strength Lofton may not be enough to push them past red-hot Louisville.
If Louisville head coach Rick Pitino is smart, he’ll have his guards put a ton of pressure on Lofton …read more

Saturday afternoon here at Tournament Central…here are some thoughts as we go throughout the day.
- Duke is overrated. Period. End of story. You simply cannot afford to rely on 3s as much as Duke does. When they are going in, they are fine. But when they struggle from behind the arc, they are in big-time trouble. Right now against West Virginia, Duke is 2 for 18 from 3 point range. West Virginia is outscrapping, outhustling, and outplaying Duke. The reliance on the 3 is another reason why I’m leery about Tennessee. They have a little better inside presence than Duke, …read more

UPDATED: Thursday 1/30, 9:24pm MST – Final score: Kansas State 84, Kansas 75. What did I tell you? Did I say that a Kansas upset was a definite possibility? Dang right I did. Maybe next time you’ll pay more attention to my gut feelings and predictions!
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Here are some top-notch college basketball games to check out this week:
Wednesday January 30: #2 Kansas at #24 Kansas State – Don’t be surprised if …read more

The presents are all unwrapped, the egg-nog has been finished off, and the Christmas turkey is in the fridge.
It’s time to make a turkey sandwich, grab the last few Christmas cookies and watch some college basketball!!!
Here are some tasty matchups to go along with your tasty Christmas leftovers…

We’re nearly a third of the way into the college basketball season, and with the conference battles set to begin in a few weeks, let’s do a quick review of the teams that many analysts and prognosticators picked to go to the Elite 8.

The highly anticipated AP pre-season All-American team has been announced, and its members shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone:
PF Tyler Hansbrough – North Carolina
C Roy Hibbert – Georgetown
G Chris Lofton – Tennessee
G Drew Neitzel – Michigan State
G Darren Collison – UCLA
What blows my mind is that Hansbrough was not a unanimous selection to the team – one AP voter didn’t vote for him on the 1st team. Whoever that voter is should have his AP credentials and voting privileges revoked immediately. Hansbrough will be the Player of the Year, in my opinion, and very well could lead North Carolina to …read more