KNOXVILLE — Tennessee played every scholarship player it had in each of its first two games, and at least seven players registered double-digit minutes.

TORONTO (AP)—Tennessee coach Rick Barnes is a big believer in challenging his teams with tough non-conference schedules.

KNOXVILLE — The younger players on Tennessee are still learning to not overlook anybody on the court.

KNOXVILLE — Big wins can be dangerous to a team’s intensity level in the immediate aftermath.

A lead for the Tennessee women’s basketball team often didn’t feel very safe last season.

KNOXVILLE — Give a little boy two older brothers and toughness surely will follow.

KNOXVILLE — Lamonte Turner is cognizant of how much he has grown, always willing to point out the difference between the basketball player he is now and the more selfish version that arrived at Tennessee four years ago.

KNOXVILLE — Jordan Bowden spent the past three years hearing about his lack of aggressiveness and inability to be a consistent scorer.

SOUTH BEND, Ind.—Rennia Davis tied her career high of 33 points to lead Tennessee (3-0) to victory over No. 15 Notre Dame on the road on Monday night, 74-63. It was the Lady Vols’ first victory on the road in the series since 2008.

KNOXVILLE — A week has passed since Tennessee’s season-opening victory over UNC-Asheville, and Rick Barnes is still harping over the play of senior guards Lamonte Turner and Jordan Bowden.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky used the run to take control early. Tennessee used the pass to find victory by the end.

KNOXVILLE — Jordan Horston and Tamari Key got a surprise right before the Tennessee women’s basketball team’s home opener against Central Arkansas.

KNOXVILLE — Yves Pons is a spectacle.

KNOXVILLE — Senior guards Lamonte Turner and Jordan Bowden will ultimately dictate Tennessee’s success this season, but the Vols extended their home winning streak to 27 games despite them Tuesday.

JOHNSON CITY — The Tennessee women’s basketball team found itself in dangerous territory in its season opener Tuesday night at ETSU.

KNOXVILLE — Every time Jarrett Guarantano took a snap it hurt. Every time Guarantano got hit it hurt a little more. Every time he tried to grip the football he struggled.

KNOXVILLE — Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt has discussed with the media the importance of turnovers since the day he arrived in Knoxville. More importantly, he has stressed it every day at practice with his players.

KNOXVILLE — Tyler Johnston III didn’t mean for his pass to end up in the hands of Bryce Thompson, but it did.

This was far from perfect, and it’s never going to be perfect.

Tennessee will be without redshirt freshman forward Uroš Plavsic this season after the Arizona State transfer was denied a waiver for immediate eligibility by the NCAA.

KNOXVILLE — Needing three wins in its last four games to become bowl-eligible, Tennessee has plenty at stake when it plays host to UAB on Saturday night.

KNOXVILLE — Lamonte Turner and Jordan Bowden lived up to the billing.

KNOXVILLE — It certainly wasn’t a pretty win for the Tennessee women’s basketball team.

KNOXVILLE — Time and time again since Jeremy Pruitt became Tennessee’s head coach he has been preaching patience.

KNOXVILLE — Entering the season, Tennessee’s wide receiver room was widely considered one of the team’s strengths.

Jarrett Guarantano gets it.

KNOXVILLE — Tennessee’s offensive line has been much maligned the last few years, but during the first half of this season there have been signs the Vols are close to getting over the hump.

KNOXVILLE — On the line.

KNOXVILLE — Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt appears to have a decision to make about his starting quarterback this week after declaring Brian Maurer is ‘probably doubtful’ for Saturday’s home against South Carolina.

Tennessee quarterback’s Jarrett Guarantano’s goal-line fumble and Alabama defensive back Trevon Diggs’ 100-yard scoop and score will go down as one of the most cringe-inducing moments Vols fans have witnessed on the Third Saturday in October.

KNOXVILLE — To be the best you have to beat the best, but nobody ever said there’s only one way to do it.

KNOXVILLE — Nigel Warrior doesn’t usually need to be encouraged to take things in stride, but advice he got from one of his Tennessee coaches last week gave him the spark he needed.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A year ago, Grant Williams strolled through the halls of the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama during SEC Tipoff hours after being announced as the preseason favorite to win SEC Player of the Year.

KNOXVILLE — Sometimes in a game with so many physical variables the thing that matters most is mentality.

KNOXVILLE — Noting that quarterback Brian Maurer was back in action on Sunday night, Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt said he did not expect the concussion the freshman suffered in Saturday’s victory over Mississippi State would be long-lasting.

KNOXVILLE — One piece of advice has long stuck with Tennessee defensive back Nigel Warrior.

Tyler Byrd could have left. Jarrett Guarantano could have moped.

KNOXVILLE — Freshman offensive lineman Wanya Morris got penalized for blocking an opponent out of bounds, and Jeremy Pruitt was OK with it. Two other Tennessee players got into a scuffle on the sideline, and Pruitt was fired up.

KNOXVILLE — Keep the energy. Give the ball to the running back. Clap your hands.

KNOXVILLE — Tennessee fans rightly relished in the spark freshman quarterback Brian Maurer gave the team in the first half against Georgia, but those who came down from that high and viewed other aspects of the game had to quickly notice one glaring problem.

KNOXVILLE — Lost in the Brian Maurer hype from Saturday night was the career night of one of the players he was throwing to.

The opinions of Brian Maurer’s first start as Tennessee’s quarterback varied from slightly positive to all-the-way positive and came with some caution, too.

KNOXVILLE — Everybody remembers how great Tennessee outside linebacker Darrell Taylor played against Georgia last season.

KNOXVILLE — Daniel Bituli was relaxing at home Monday night when he received a video call from Tennessee’s football facility.

Tennessee linebacker Jeremy Banks has issued an apology and coach Jeremy Pruitt a criticism of Banks’ behavior in a police video of Banks’ that surfaced late Tuesday of Banks’ arrest.

KNOXVILLE — Tennessee coach Kellie Harper continues to experience moments that feel surreal with the women’s basketball season on the horizon.

KNOXVILLE — Coaches make a habit out of praising their opponents, but Tennessee’s Jeremy Pruitt on Monday broke out the hyperbole like never before in discussing No. 3-ranked Georgia.

KNOXVILLE — As a native of Knoxville, Austin Pope hurts a little more than his Tennessee teammates when it comes to all this losing.