In October 1994 the board of trustees approved a proposal presented by UT Athletics Director Doug Dickey to spend $750,000 to create a men’s basketball hall of fame, with approximately half of the money to come from donations and the remainder to come from the Athletics Department. SGA President Matthew Gregory wrote a column in … Continued

From 1909 to 1912, intercollegiate basketball was played in the YMCA gym on campus. Games (and practice) moved to the YMCA at the corner of Commerce and Vine in 1913–22. Home games were played in Jefferson Hall in 1922–32 and in Alumni Memorial Gym in 1932–58; UT Armory-Fieldhouse (expanded and renamed Stokely Athletics Center and … Continued

On April 26, 1961, the District Attorney’s Office for New York informed UT that two of its basketball players, Dick Fisher, a senior from Bemis, and Eddie Test, a junior from Chattanooga, were among nine players from five college teams involved in accepting bribes during the past basketball season. Neither Fisher nor Test was enrolled … Continued

After partnering with Knox County in the building of Thompson-Boling Arena, free men’s basketball tickets were annually provided by UT to Knox County Commissioners and members of the Knox County Administration. In November 2007 County Law Director John Owings advised county commissioners to begin paying for the tickets, which were valued at $660 to $916.

The William M. Bass Building, which replaced the portion of the 1960 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory housing office, seminar, and analysis space, was completed in 2011 and dedicated September 27. Construction of this 5,025-square-foot forensic anthropology processing building began in 2010. The building contains a classroom, two offices, locker-room facilities, and state-of-the-art laboratory and intake facilities. … Continued

Dr. Bass joined the university faculty as head of the Department of Anthropology in 1971 and served in that capacity until 1992. He additionally directed the university’s Forensic Anthropology Center and served as consultant to the Tennessee State Medical Examiners’ Systems, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the US Air Force Mortuary Services, and the US … Continued

The Bat Creek Stone was temporarily loaned to the campus’s McClung Museum by the Smithsonian Institution in 2002 but has since been returned to the lender. The stone was discovered in 1889 in Bat Creek Mound # 3 near the mouth of Bat Creek in Loudoun County during a series of burial-mound excavations conducted under … Continued

UT left fielder Ted Arpin and designated hitter Mike Huskisson instigated the 1977 formation of UT Batgirls. Dressed in orange, deep-V T-shirts and white short shorts, the female students chased foul balls, handed out programs at games, and retrieved tossed bats. An editorial in the Daily Beacon indicated that there was much comment about exploitation … Continued

The annual Battle of the Bands, sponsored by the Campus Entertainment Board, began in 1985. The event is an opportunity for student bands to present their music and compete for prizes. The Battle is open to any music formats, and bands are required to present some original songs. Bands apply through a process that includes … Continued

On October 3, 1970, Bill Battle, an assistant to UT Head Football Coach Doug Dickey since 1966, was named head coach. He was the first Southeastern Conference head coach to have earned academic All-SEC recognition as a player and, at the time of his appointment, was the nation’s youngest head coach. Battle had a successful … Continued