Last season turned into Rick Barnes appreciation season as the oft forgotten Tennessee Volunteers amassed the best record in the SEC and did so being the 13th team in the media’s preseason poll. In hindsight it’s pretty incredible so few had faith in Rick Barnes and his roster. I wish I could come off high and mighty but I had them 11th. They had a tough early schedule matching up against Purdue, Villanova, North Carolina State, North Carolina, and Wake Forest and I’m not sure them going 9-2 through that slate was predictable. Few could have predicted they sweep Kentucky and go on to win the league on the back of a largely unproven roster.
Previewing the #2 team in the SEC, the Tennessee Volunteers
