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Tennessee will retire number of former basketball All-American in January
By Corey Long
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The Tennessee basketball program will retire Chris Lofton’s No. 5 jersey at halftime of their game against Kentucky on Saturday, January 14.
Lofton was surprised by the announcement and the program’s offical twitter account posted a video.
Chris knew something was up… pic.twitter.com/iiPbLHf2F0
— Tennessee Basketball (@Vol_Hoops) September 15, 2022
“I knew something wasn’t right…I had a feeling,” Lofton said after Tennessee coach Rick Barnes told him that he met the criteria to have his jersey retired.
“God is good,” Lofton added.
Lofton played at Tennessee from 2004-08. He was a three-time All-American and the 2007 SEC Player of the Year. Lofton scored 2,131 points over his four seasons as a Volunteer.
He becomes Tennessee’s fifth men’s basketball player have their jersey retired at Thompson-Boling Arena rafters. He joins Bernard King, Ernie Grunfeld, Allan Houston and Dale Ellis.
Corey Long is a freelance writer for SaturdayDownSouth.com. Follow Corey on Twitter @CoreyLong.
