Tennessee 76-71 Butler (23 Mar, 2008) Play-by-Play

Butler Bulldogs

30-4

	1	2	OT	T
BUT	34	29	8	71
TENN	38	25	13	76

Tennessee Volunteers

31-4

TIME		BUT	TENN
19:30	Foul on Wayne Chism	0	0
19:02	A.J. Graves missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:02	Tyler Smith Defensive Rebound.	0	0
18:33	Wayne Chism made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by J.P. Prince.	0	3
18:13	Matt Howard made Two Point Layup. Assisted by A.J. Graves.	2	3
18:01	Tyler Smith made Two Point Jumper.	2	5
17:34	Wayne Chism missed Three Point Jumper.	2	5
17:34	Matt Howard Defensive Rebound.	2	5
17:12	Chris Lofton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by J.P. Prince.	2	8
16:42	Matt Howard missed Two Point Layup.	2	8
16:42	Drew Streicher Offensive Rebound.	2	8
16:38	A.J. Graves missed Three Point Jumper.	2	8
16:38	Wayne Chism Defensive Rebound.	2	8
16:30	JaJuan Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by J.P. Prince.	2	11
15:57	Foul on Mike Green	2	11
15:57	Official TV Timeout.	2	11
15:50	Tyler Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	2	11
15:50	Mike Green Defensive Rebound.	2	11
15:29	Foul on Chris Lofton	2	11
15:02	Foul on Duke Crews	2	11
14:54	Foul on Tyler Smith	2	11
14:54	A.J. Graves missed Three Point Jumper.	2	11
14:54	Pete Campbell Offensive Rebound.	2	11
14:49	A.J. Graves missed Three Point Jumper.	2	11
14:49	J.P. Prince Defensive Rebound.	2	11
14:41	Ramar Smith made Two Point Layup. Assisted by J.P. Prince.	2	13
14:26	Pete Campbell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Green.	5	13
13:50	Ramar Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	5	13
13:50	Mike Green Defensive Rebound.	5	13
13:33	Mike Green missed Two Point Layup.	5	13
13:33	Matt Howard Offensive Rebound.	5	13
13:30	Matt Howard missed Two Point Layup.	5	13
13:30	Ramar Smith Defensive Rebound.	5	13
13:24	J.P. Prince made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Ramar Smith.	5	15
13:08	Foul on Wayne Chism	5	15
13:08	Pete Campbell missed Free Throw.	5	15
13:08		5	15
13:08	Pete Campbell made Free Throw.	6	15
12:37	Mike Green missed Three Point Jumper.	6	15
12:37	Chris Lofton Defensive Rebound.	6	15
12:24	Ramar Smith missed Two Point Layup.	6	15
12:24	Brian Williams Offensive Rebound.	6	15
12:20	Brian Williams made Two Point Layup.	6	17
12:20	Foul on Pete Campbell	6	17
12:20	Brian Williams missed Free Throw.	6	17
12:20	Willie Veasley Defensive Rebound.	6	17
12:00	Pete Campbell missed Three Point Jumper.	6	17
12:00	Chris Lofton Defensive Rebound.	6	17
11:51	Foul on Shawn Vanzant	6	17
11:51	Official TV Timeout.	6	17
11:46	Foul on A.J. Graves	6	17
11:46	Brian Williams made Free Throw.	6	18
11:46	Brian Williams missed Free Throw.	6	18
11:46	Shawn Vanzant Defensive Rebound.	6	18
11:32	Willie Veasley made Two Point Jumper.	8	18
11:32	Foul on Chris Lofton	8	18
11:32	Willie Veasley missed Free Throw.	8	18
11:32	Tyler Smith Defensive Rebound.	8	18
11:24	J.P. Prince made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Brian Williams.	8	20
11:24	Foul on Pete Campbell	8	20
11:24	J.P. Prince made Free Throw.	8	21
11:21	Willie Veasley made Two Point Layup.	10	21
11:05	Tyler Smith missed Two Point Jumper.	10	21
11:05	Mike Green Defensive Rebound.	10	21
10:47	Pete Campbell missed Three Point Jumper.	10	21
10:47	Brian Williams Defensive Rebound.	10	21
10:12	Foul on Mike Green	10	21
9:51	A.J. Graves made Three Point Jumper.	13	21
9:30	JaJuan Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	13	21
9:30	Duke Crews Offensive Rebound.	13	21
9:04	Mike Green made Two Point Jumper.	15	21
8:38	Foul on Ramar Smith	15	21
8:15	Foul on Matt Howard	15	21
8:15	Wayne Chism made Free Throw.	15	22
8:15	Wayne Chism made Free Throw.	15	23
8:11	Josh Tabb made Two Point Layup.	15	25
7:53	Foul on J.P. Prince	15	25
7:53	Official TV Timeout.	15	25
7:53	Matt Howard missed Free Throw.	15	25
7:53	Mike Green Offensive Rebound.	15	25
7:26	Willie Veasley missed Two Point Layup.	15	25
7:25	Matt Howard Offensive Rebound.	15	25
7:21	Foul on Ramar Smith	15	25
7:21	A.J. Graves made Free Throw.	16	25
7:21	A.J. Graves made Free Throw.	17	25
6:51	Wayne Chism missed Three Point Jumper.	17	25
6:51	Julian Betko Defensive Rebound.	17	25
6:37	Matt Howard missed Two Point Jumper.	17	25
6:37	Mike Green Offensive Rebound.	17	25
6:32	A.J. Graves made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Green.	20	25
6:03	Foul on Julian Betko	20	25
6:03	Tyler Smith made Free Throw.	20	26
6:03	Tyler Smith made Free Throw.	20	27
5:46	Mike Green missed Three Point Jumper.	20	27
5:46	J.P. Prince Defensive Rebound.	20	27
5:28	Pete Campbell made Three Point Jumper.	23	27
5:12	Brian Williams missed Two Point Jumper.	23	27
5:12	Pete Campbell Defensive Rebound.	23	27
5:05	Mike Green missed Two Point Jumper.	23	27
5:05	Butler Offensive Rebound.	23	27
4:44	Matt Howard missed Two Point Layup.	23	27
4:44	Duke Crews Defensive Rebound.	23	27
4:24	JaJuan Smith made Two Point Layup.	23	29
3:57	Official TV Timeout.	23	29
3:54	Foul on JaJuan Smith	23	29
3:54	Willie Veasley made Free Throw.	24	29
3:54	Willie Veasley missed Free Throw.	24	29
3:54	JaJuan Smith Defensive Rebound.	24	29
3:33	Tyler Smith missed Two Point Jumper.	24	29
3:33	Tennessee Offensive Rebound.	24	29
3:15	Duke Crews missed Two Point Jumper.	24	29
3:15	JaJuan Smith Offensive Rebound.	24	29
3:11	JaJuan Smith made Two Point Tip Shot.	24	31
2:43	Foul on Duke Crews	24	31
2:43	Matt Howard made Free Throw.	25	31
2:43	Matt Howard made Free Throw.	26	31
2:33	Ramar Smith missed Two Point Layup.	26	31
2:33	Tennessee Offensive Rebound.	26	31
2:29	Chris Lofton missed Two Point Jumper.	26	31
2:29	Butler Defensive Rebound.	26	31
2:14	A.J. Graves made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Howard.	29	31
1:53	Tyler Smith made Two Point Jumper.	29	33
1:38	Foul on Tyler Smith	29	33
1:38	Drew Streicher made Free Throw.	30	33
1:38	Drew Streicher missed Free Throw.	30	33
1:38	Ramar Smith Defensive Rebound.	30	33
1:17	Foul on Matt Howard	30	33
1:17	Ramar Smith missed Free Throw.	30	33
1:17		30	33
1:17	Ramar Smith missed Free Throw.	30	33
1:17	Mike Green Defensive Rebound.	30	33
0:58	Foul on Ramar Smith	30	33
0:58	Mike Green missed Free Throw.	30	33
0:58		30	33
0:58	Mike Green made Free Throw.	31	33
0:46	Foul on Willie Veasley	31	33
0:46	Duke Crews made Free Throw.	31	34
0:46	Duke Crews made Free Throw.	31	35
0:39	Pete Campbell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Green.	34	35
0:28	Tennessee 30 Second Timeout.	34	35
0:05	Chris Lofton made Three Point Jumper.	34	38
0:03	Butler 30 Second Timeout.	34	38
0:01	Chris Lofton missed Three Point Jumper.	34	38
0:01		34	38
0:00	End of the 1st Half.	34	38

6:30 PM, 23 March 2008

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Marquette	2-0	-	11-2
Georgetown	2-0	-	10-2
St. John's	2-0	-	10-2
UConn	2-0	-	10-3
Creighton	1-1	1	8-5
Villanova	1-1	1	8-5
Providence	1-1	1	7-6
DePaul	0-2	2	8-4
Xavier	0-2	2	8-5
Butler	0-2	2	7-6
Seton Hall	0-2	2	5-8

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Florida	0-0	-	12-0
Oklahoma	0-0	-	12-0
Tennessee	0-0	-	12-0
Auburn	0-0	-	11-1
Georgia	0-0	-	11-1
Ole Miss	0-0	-	11-1
Mississippi State	0-0	-	11-1
Vanderbilt	0-0	-	11-1
Alabama	0-0	-	10-2
Arkansas	0-0	-	10-2
Kentucky	0-0	-	10-2
LSU	0-0	-	10-2
Missouri	0-0	-	10-2
Texas	0-0	-	10-2
Texas A&M	0-0	-	10-2
South Carolina	0-0	-	9-3

Lanier and Zeigler lead No. 1 Tennessee past upset-minded Middle Tennessee 82-64

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Lanier and Zeigler lead No. 1 Tennessee past upset-minded Middle Tennessee 82-64

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