By BETH RUCKER
AP Sports Writer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl was ejected from the Volunteers' 91-78 loss to College of Charleston on Friday with just one more game to go before serving an eight-game suspension during Southeastern Conference play.
Pearl was given a technical foul with 5:25 to go and Tennessee trailing 76-63 when Josh Bone was called for fouling Donavan Monroe. Pearl didn't stop yelling from the sideline while Andrew Goudelock hit two free throws, and was called for a second technical, which meant he was ejected.
"I was just trying to get Tony Jones some reps, that's all," Pearl said, referencing the associate head coach who will take over for him during his suspension. "I wasn't talking to the official when I was ejected, so that's what I was surprised about."
It was the third ejection in Pearl's career, the previous two coming during his coaching stints at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Southern Indiana.
SEC commissioner Mike Slive suspended Pearl for lying to NCAA investigators during an ongoing probe into recruiting practices by the Tennessee coaching staff.
Pearl will coach the Vols against Memphis on Jan. 5 and will serve his suspension for games played between Jan. 8 through Feb. 8. He will be allowed to coach the nonconference meeting with No. 4 Connecticut on Jan. 22 and during Tennessee's practices between games.
Updated December 31, 2010
