What does anybody expect them to do? Tennessee basketball lost four of its key six rotational players from last year’s team, including arguably its best player ever in Grant Williams, its inside shot-blocker and rebounder in Kyle Alexander, its leader in Admiral Schofield and its point guard in Jordan Bone.
Then they lost Derrick Walker and DJ Burns, two post players Rick Barnes planned to have for the future, to transfer. Trying to replace them, he went for Virginia Tech Hokies graduate transfer Kerry Blackshear Jr., who instead chose to commit to the Florida Gators. Then he got Arizona State Sun Devils transfer Uros Plavsic, but he wasn’t granted an eligibility waiver for this year.