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Nobody saw Josh Beard's remarkable 2009 football season coming.

Marcus West isn't going anywhere, at least not until after the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's 2013 football season at the earliest.

Wes Moore will be introduced Monday as the new North Carolina State women's basketball coach. For the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the program he leaves behind after 15 years and 358 wins, life goes on.

For the second time in three years, Wes Moore has left his position as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's women's basketball coach. This time it appears for good.

The plan for Friday's scrimmage, new University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offensive coordinator Jeff Durden said, was to focus on the running game and see if a back or two can emerge from the pack.

Ordinarily, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coach Russ Huesman loves it when the ball winds up in his defense's hands. But not when it's his offense giving the ball away.

As the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offensive line prepares for its second season in a spread offense — their first under new offensive coordinator Jeff Durden — getting in shape this spring and playing at the pace Durden wants are among the top priorities.

The Southern Conference has one year left on its three-year contract to hold the men's and women's basketball tournaments in Asheville, N.C.

There weren't many holes in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga defense last season.

Following Wednesday's announcements that Appalachian State and Georgia Southern were leaving the Southern Conference for the Sun Belt, much of the ensuing discussion centered around what that meant for SoCon football and men's basketball.

Change has once again come to the Southern Conference.

Had it wanted to, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga might have been among the teams announcing Wednesday that it was headed to the Sun Belt Conference.

D.J. Key heads back to see his doctor today. If all goes well, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga safety said he hopes to ditch the boot on his left foot and the crutches that have been with him nonstop for months.

Georgia Southern announced this morning that it was leaving the Southern Conference and heading to the Sun Belt. Fellow SoCon and Football Championship Subdivision power Appalachian State will announce this afternoon that it, too, is leaving for the Sun Belt.

Wes Moore wasn't in his office Monday afternoon, a little less than 48 hours after his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament. He was nowhere near the office, in fact.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga had Nebraska on the ropes briefly Saturday at Texas A&M's Reed Arena. But the Lady Mocs couldn't deliver the knockout punch and advance beyond the first round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — In the first NCAA tournament game of her career, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga junior forward Taylor Hall couldn't have gotten off to a much better start Saturday at Texas A&M's Reed Arena.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team’s season came to an end today in the first round of the NCAA tournament after falling 73-59 to Nebraska at Texas A&M’s Reed Arena.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — In the first game of her collegiate career, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga freshman guard Tatianna Jackson was a part of Lady Mocs basketball history.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Nebraska coach Connie Yori said Friday that she's watched a lot more of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team than its upset of Tennessee.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team arrived in Texas on Thursday and went through a news conference and practice today at Texas A&M’s Reed Arena.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team begins spring practice today at Scrappy Moore Field.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Faith Dupree is on the court to score.

One of the things that separated the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from the rest of the women's basketball teams in the Southern Conference this season was its depth.

When the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team begins spring practice Friday at Scrappy Moore field, Mocs coach Russ Huesman will be keeping his eyes on the young guys.

There was no in or out drama for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team Monday night.

Wes Moore got just about everything he wanted out of his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team's seeding, opponent and destination in the NCAA tournament.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga earned its ticket to the NCAA women's basketball tournament last Monday, when Kayla Christopher's putback lifted the Lady Mocs to a 64-63 win over Davidson in the finals of the Southern Conference tournament.

While nervously watching the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team play Davidson in the Southern Conference tournament championship game last Monday, UTC interim athletic director Laura Herron was busy typing on her phone.

One aspect of Rusty Wright's life got much, much easier when he rejoined the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coaching staff. He's spending much less time in the car.

Wes Moore claims to not be a superstitious man. The clear plastic cup on his desk — the one with the fading Longhorns Steakhouse logo — indicates otherwise.

The Southern Conference is looking at trying to expand in time for the 2014-15 academic year, commissioner John Iamarino said last weekend during the league basketball tournaments in Asheville, N.C.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Kylie Lambert will never forget the couple of hours she spent at the U.S. Cellular Center on Monday. What the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior experienced was indelible and pretty incredible.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Offensive rebounding kept the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the game. Offensive rebounding and a Kayla Christopher putback with 8.2 seconds left earned the Lady Mocs another championship.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Kayla Christopher scored on a putback with eight seconds left to lift the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to the Southern Conference women’s basketball tournament championship today at the U.S. Cellular Center, beating Davidson 64-63.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Sitting in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga locker room at halftime with zero points, Taylor Hall knew she needed to assert herself more.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga made the clutch plays late, mainly at the free-throw line, to hold off Appalachian State today in the semifinals of the Southern Conference women’s basketball tournament. Taylor Hall went 11-for-11 from the line and the top-seeded Lady Mocs advanced with a 72-67 win at the U.S. Cellular Center.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's long win streak was never really in doubt Saturday at Kimmel Arena.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team got 13 points from Alex Black and 12 each from Kayla Christopher and Faith Dupree in the Lady Mocs’ 78-53 win over Georgia Southern today to advance to the semifinals of the Southern Conference tournament.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball coach Wes Moore had a message for his team following the Lady Mocs' season-opening upset of Tennessee on Nov. 9. He told his players to not let the big win be the high point of their season.

It's not that the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team was bad defensively last season.

After leading the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team to its 12th Southern Conference title in the past 14 seasons, and going through the league schedule with just one loss, Lady Mocs coach Wes Moore has been voted SoCon coach of the year.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball coach Wes Moore was voted Southern Conference coach of the year by the league’s coaches and media, the SoCon announced today.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coaching staff is now back at full strength.

The Southern Conference women's basketball tournament bracket was set Monday night after 10 of the league's 11 teams closed our their regular seasons.

New University of Tennessee at Chattanooga chancellor Steve Angle said Friday, shortly after his appointment was approved by the UT Board of Trustees, that UTC's search for a new athletic director "needs to get going very quickly."

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team is in Boone, N.C., today for its regular-season finale against rival Appalachian State.

Wes Moore was smiling as he walked out of the media room at McKenzie Arena on Monday, about 40 minutes after his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team clinched its 12th Southern Conference title in 14 seasons.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga may have a new chancellor Friday. When it will have a new athletic director remains unknown.

The drought — if you can call it that — is over. Wes Moore called it a "hiatus."

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