It hasn’t been the senior season that Josiah-Jordan James had in mind. Knee soreness cost him the majority of the non-conference games, then a turned ankle has forced him to the bench down the stretch of SEC play.
James suffered his latest injury against Vanderbilt a little over two weeks ago, and has yet to return. Making things worse? Julian Phillips went down in the following game with a hip injury. Those two situations have made things even more difficult for Tennessee, as they continue to stumble towards tournament season.
Tennessee has dropped five of their last seven games, now clinging to a No.