No. 6 Tennessee continues to evolve as coach Rick Barnes experiments with different lineups going into Sunday's game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Knoxville, Tenn., including the insertion of sophomore wing player Yves Pons into the starting lineup for the first time Wednesday against Eastern Kentucky.
The move meant that for the first time in two years Jordan Bowden had to come off the bench. Bowden had started all 35 games last year and 63 of 65 games in his career.
"We just feel like he's being very tentative," Barnes said of Bowden after Tennessee's 95-67 win over Eastern Kentucky.