The battle for state (and national) supremacy.

UT Game Notes [1]

Memphis Game Notes [2]

ESPN (Jay Bilas) [3]

The hype [4]:

Jimmy Sexton, one of the country's most prominent sports agents, lives in Memphis and has never seen anything remotely close to the ticket hunt for this game.

"It's the hardest ticket I've ever seen in sports, ever," Sexton said. "It's harder than any Super Bowl, harder than any World Series. There's just not that many people selling tickets. I've had so many of the players that I represent call and ask me to help them get tickets. I've told them, 'There just aren't any.'"

Keys for a Tennessee victory:

--Chris Lofton and JaJuan Smith must shoot well from the perimeter

--UT must force turnovers and convert them into easy points

--UT must limit the Tigers's offensive rebounding

--Wayne Chism and Duke Crews must stay out of foul trouble

Go Vols!