The starting lineup for the Tennessee Volunteers consists of two players that weren’t even eligible at the start of the calendar year. Starting point guard Santiago Vescovi didn’t enroll at Tennessee until the second semester of this year, and Rick Barnes had hinted at the time that he probably wouldn’t even be eligible this season. The Montevideo, Uruguay native arrived on campus on December 28th and was cleared by the NCAA on January 3rd. Starting center Uros Plavsic transferred from Arizona State in May, and wasn’t ruled eligible until January 14th.
Vescovi has played in ten games, becoming the starting point guard very quickly.