Rusty Wright knew that the first few months of his tenure as University of Tennessee at Chattanooga head football coach would be the most tumultuous. Or maybe he hoped that would be the case.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball program announced Monday that the Mocs' Southern Conference games this Wednesday at East Tennessee State and Saturday at Furman have been canceled due to a positive test within the team's Tier 1 personnel, which consists of student-athletes, coaches, athletic trainers and physical therapists, medical staff and equipment and officials.

With the UTC women's basketball team hosting Samford again Saturday, just two days after losing to the Bulldogs at McKenzie Arena, there wasn't much time for the Mocs to dwell on their lackluster effort in Thursday's defeat.

Even as the UTC men's basketball team goes through another roster makeover, a concerning trend continued for the Mocs in a home loss to UNC Greensboro.

Samford's fast start forced the UTC women's basketball to battle from behind Thursday night at McKenzie Arena, and it ultimately was too much for the Mocs as they took a second straight loss in Southern Conference play.

Lamont Paris didn't have to provide much encouragement for A.J. Caldwell to work on his free throws.

In a normal school year, members of the UTCfootball team would have just returned to campus to begin the spring term, with a little time to rest up after a fall semester full of football games and a renewed focus on the winter workouts coming up.

Former UTC linebacker Jimmy Lindsey, who also had two separate coaching stints with the Mocs, was announced Sunday as South Carolina's defensive line coach.

The UTC women's basketball team limited its mistakes when it came to maintaining possession during Friday night's Southern Conference victory at Furman. That wasn't the case in Sunday's loss to the same opponent.

The UTC men's basketball team overcame a bad first half to beat Mercer on Wednesday night, and the Mocs appeared to use some of that momentum to build a 13-point lead Saturday against Wofford.

In defeating Furman on Friday, the UTC women's basketball team may have had a revelation: If you don't turn the ball over, the game gets easier.

UTC has hired Nick Davison as its defensive line coach to replace Landius Wilkerson, who left recently for a similar position at Football Bowl Subdivision member South Alabama.

As it turns out, adding a three-year starter who scored more than 1,000 points for his previous college basketball program can make your team better.

The UTC women's basketball team has won six of eight games since an 0-2 start, and the Mocs have developed an identity in the process, led by the combination of senior Bria Dial and junior Eboni Williams, who combined for 38 points and 19 rebounds in Saturday's win over East Tennessee State.

The undefeated start to the UTC men's basketball team's season ended before December was over. Now even the remnants of that 9-0 run by the Mocs, unprecedented in program history, are gone.

For many people, Jim Frost's legacy in the fastpitch softball universe is obvious: the stadium that bears his name at Warner Park in downtown Chattanooga.

When Eboni Williams first arrived on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus in 2019, she was told that she needed to slow down.

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offensive line coach Chris Malone has been relieved of his duties after he posted a tweet attacking Georgia voting rights activist Stacey Abrams.

So, anything happen Wednesday that caught your attention?

In hindsight, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball team running those hills every summer on the North Shore of Chattanooga probably wasn't all that bad after all.

Two weeks prior to the start of an unprecedented spring football season, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga lost a position coach.

Perhaps because unique times deserve unique celebrations, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball coach Lamont Paris decided to have his Mocs over for dinner over the Christmas break.

Where the scoreboard was concerned, the UTC wrestling team's season opener wasn't a challenge. That distinction will be reserved for next weekend.