Joker Phillips took questions from the media after practice on Tuesday and spent a lot of time running down his team’s injury report. A number of Wildcats are banged up, including quarterback Maxwell Smith, who is coping with a shoulder injury suffered against Georgia.  Smith did participate in Tuesday’s practice, but improved enough that the training staff is saying he could begin throwing by Wednesday or Thursday. Smith’s improvement has a lot to do with how badly he wants to hit the field against Tennessee on Saturday.”When I was here until 10, he was still here last night getting treatment and strength training and all those things,” Phillips said. “The guy really wants to play and that’s half the battle. When a guy really wants to play, he’s going to work to play.”If Smith is unable to go, junior Morgan Newton figures to be better suited to play than he has since sustaining the injury that thrust Smith into the starting role. His ankle and shoulder showed improvement this week and he was able to come closer to full participation in practice than he has in weeks.Missing practice on Tuesday were safety Martavius Neloms and linebacker/defensive end Ridge Wilson. Phillips termed both doubtful for Saturday. Christian Coleman also missed practice but still could play. Fellow defensive lineman Mister Cobble was still limited in practice, but got more reps than he did last week.