McMinn Central beats Greeneville

KNOXVILLE -- Bruce Pearl thinks his Tennessee basketball team just needs to "keep knocking on the door" at the Southeastern Conference tournament. Eventually, according to Pearl, the Volunteers will break down that door.

As University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coach Russ Huesman sat behind his desk one day last week, defensive back Chris Lewis-Harris sat in a chair on the other side.

Levi Mitchell and Krik D. Prokosch caught this large blue channel catfish using 8-pound test line last fall on Lake Chickamauga.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- When the team caravan began making its way from the school parking lot toward the interstate, Walker Valley girls' basketball coach David Tucker ordered a detour. Wanting his team, and the entire community, to soak up the excitement of the moment, Tucker led the team through Charleston and past a couple of elementary schools where well-wishers waved and cheered.

The NCAA announced on Wednesday the 50 at-large selections for its 2010 Wrestling Championships and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore Jason McCroskey is one of the recipients. The tournament is March 18-20 in Omaha, Neb.

Technology has made Ruth Thompson's job easier in recent years.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- It didn't take brilliant halftime adjustments to inspire the Arts & Sciences girls' basketball team. All Lady Patriots coach Clay Martin needed to do was to remind them that they had packed their bags for a four-day stay, which meant they needed a second-half rally unless they were ready to go back home.

The beginning of the end arrives today for all Southeastern Conference basketball fans. Even if Tennessee -- which begins its SEC tourney run this afternoon at 3:15 EST against LSU -- wins every game possible the rest of the year it will play but 10 more times.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Several small scoring runs, at least one of 6-0 in all four quarters, added up to an insurmountable advantage for South Greene and eventually a 73-53 victory over Polk County in the Class AA girls' state tournament quarterfinals at Murphy Center.