Oh, man. We have hoops again. How sweet it is. Tennessee beat Colorado 56-47 in the Vols’ first game of the season, and here are three things.
Guard-ian Angels
Outside of Vescovi for half the season and Jordan Bowden sometimes, Tennessee’s backcourt wasn’t that great last season. Rick Barnes addressed that need in the offseason by signing two 5-star guards (Jaden Springer, Keon Johnson) to go with the newly eligible Victor Bailey, Jr.
The stacked backcourt showed some positive early returns against Colorado Tuesday evening by scoring a collective 37 points out of the Vols 56-point total.