JORDAN MCRAE RUMORS & GOSSIP

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Jordan McRae came off the bench to score 14 points as Tennessee beat Arkansas 77-58 on Wednesday night. Trae Golden scored 13 points, Jeronne Maymon and Skylar McBee each had 12 points, Cameron Tatum added 11 points and Jarnell Stokes had 10 as the Volunteers shot 56 percent (28 of 50) while holding the Razorbacks to 42.9 percent shooting (24 of 56). Tennessee...

February 11, 2012; Gainesville, FL, USA; Tennessee Volunteers guard Jordan McRae (52) reacts after he dunked the ball during the first half against the Florida Gators at the Stephen C. O What a weird, wild day it has been in the SEC so far and with the dust settling, Kentucky can take firm control of the SEC with a win at Vanderbilt tonight.  With a win, Kentucky would go 11-0 in...

The sky might not be falling in Knoxville after all. After a disappointing football season and a slow start to basketball season, the Tennessee Vounteers (8-7, 1-0) 67-56 victory over the 13th-ranked Florida Gators (12-4, 0-1) Saturday was a much need lift for everyone. Since his first press conference at UT, head coach Cuonzo Martin preached his teams would play hard, and defensive...

Postgame quotes from Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin and sophomore guard Jordan McRae following the Vols' 86-60 win over Chaminade in Maui.

Postgame quotes from Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin and sophomore guard Jordan McRae following the Vols' 86-60 win over Chaminade in Maui.

Jordan McRae scored 25 points, Trae Golden added 17 and Tennessee rolled over Chaminade 86-60 in the seventh-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday. Tennessee (3-2) rebounded from a pair of difficult losses in Maui by breezing past the Division II Silverswords. The Vols took control with a big opening run and didn't let up, hitting 15 3-pointers while shooting 57 percent...

Jordan McRae scored 25 points, Trae Golden added 17 and Tennessee rolled over Chaminade 86-60 in the seventh-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday. Tennessee (3-2) rebounded from a pair of difficult losses in Maui by breezing past the Division II Silverswords. The Vols took control with a big opening run and didn't let up, hitting 15 3-pointers while shooting 57 percent.

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) -- Jordan McRae scored 25 points, Trae Golden added 17 and Tennessee rolled over Chaminade 86-60 in the seventh-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday. Tennessee (3-2) rebounded from a pair of difficult losses in Maui by breezing past the Division II Silverswords. The Vols took control with a big opening run and didn't let up, hitting 15 3-pointers...

Tennessee basketball's program has some perimeter shooting help on the way. That's good news for Vol fans who watched starting wings Cameron Tatum (5 of 15) and Jordan McRae (1 of 9) combine to make just 6 of 24 shots in Monday's 76-67 exhibition defeat of LMU.

The Tennessee Volunteers won their preseason exhibition againist the Carson-Newman Eagles 73 to 52, but it was not the easy win that Volunteer fans had expected. “It was not pretty early, but the guys managed to get it done and did a good job of doing that,” said Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin. “Effort was pretty good, it was not great. If  I graded our guys...