We’re now just a couple of weeks away from the return of Tennessee basketball. The Volunteers have a couple of scrimmages set for the end of this month before opening the season on November 6th against Tennessee Tech.
As expected, the Volunteers will begin as a top ten team.
The preseason AP top 25 was released on Monday, and Tennessee checked in at No. 9. The veteran Volunteers have a chance to be Rick Barnes’ strongest team since he arrived in Knoxville. Santiago Vescovi and Josiah-Jordan James are back, Zakai Zeigler is working back from a torn ACL and should be ready to go sooner than later.