All the talk this offseason surrounding Tennessee basketball has been all the talent they lost. We get it. A 31-6 team that spent nearly a month last year ranked No. 1 and made it to the Sweet Sixteen lost four of its starters, all of whom inked deals with NBA teams, along with a contributor off the bench.
Add in the transfer of D.J. Burns, who was a redshirt and figured to fill a major gap this year in the post, along with Kerry Blackshear going to the Florida Gators, and we knew Rick Barnes had his work cut out for him this year to replace the talent he lost.