Tennessee has played just two games along with an exhibition matchup, but so far so good. Rick Barnes’ new look roster is aggressive and balanced, playing through former five-star point guard prospect Kennedy Chandler.
The Volunteers put it on ETSU on Sunday, pulling away in the middle of the first half and never looking back. Desmond Oliver, the ETSU coach who spent the last six seasons with Barnes in Knoxville, is in a unique position to evaluate what he saw on Sunday.
“Tennessee is pretty good,” Oliver said after the game. “They’re probably the best team I have seen are since that Grant Williams and Schofield team that won 31 games.