Tennessee basketball is just a handful of weeks away from getting going, if you can believe it. The Volunteers are once again expected to challenge for the SEC crown, but they’ll be moving into a new era at point guard. Kennedy Chandler went one and done as expected, leaving a big hole in the Tennessee roster.
But all is good, right? Tennessee found Zakai Zeigler in the summer of 2021, and he shocked everyone by instantly becoming one of the most impactful players on the roster. Zeigler should slide right into Chandler’s role and execute Rick Barnes’ system without much transition at all.