Without a doubt, the surprise of Tennessee’s season to this point has been the play of freshman point guard Zakai Zeigler. Coming out of nowhere on the recruiting scene, the Volunteers quickly added him to the roster during the summer. Zeigler had to reclassify to join the team, and it wasn’t entirely clear what the plan was for him immediately.
Turns out, he’s one of the key players in the rotation in what should be his senior year of high school.
Zeigler has earned his playing time in practice, and he was thrown into the deep end from the start of the season.