2017–18 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team
The 2017–18 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Volunteers were led by third-year head coach Rick Barnes.[1] The team played its home games at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 13–5 in SEC play to earn a share of the SEC regular season championship. As the No. 2 seed in the SEC Tournament, they defeated Mississippi State and Arkansas before losing to Kentucky in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South region. There the Volunteers defeated Wright State before being upset by Loyola–Chicago in the Second Round.
2017–18 Tennessee Volunteers basketball | |
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SEC regular season co-champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Second Round | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 13 |
2017–18 record | 26–9 (13–5 SEC) |
Head coach | Rick Barnes (3rd season) |
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Home arena | Thompson–Boling Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Auburn | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Tennessee | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Florida | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Kentucky † | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 25 | – | 12 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
The Vols finished the 2016–17 season 16–16, 8–10 in SEC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Tournament to Georgia.
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | Ref |
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Robert Hubbs III | 3 | G | 6'5" | 207 | Senior | Newbern, TN | Graduated | |
Kwe Parker | 12 | G | 6'0" | 181 | Freshman | Fayetteville, NC | Transferred to Cape Fear Community College | [2][3] |
Lew Evans | 21 | F | 6'7" | 235 | RS Senior | Salt Lake City, UT | Graduated | |
Shembari Phillips | 25 | G | 6'3" | 192 | Sophomore | Atlanta, GA | Transferred to Georgia Tech | [4] |
Incoming transfers
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | Ref |
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James Daniel III | 3 | G | 6'0" | 175 | RS Senior | Hampton, VA | Graduate transfer from Howard. Eligible to play immediately. | [5] |
Chris Darrington | 32 | G | 6'1" | 179 | Junior | Toledo, OH | Junior college transfer from Vincennes University. Eligible to play immediately. | [6] |
2017 recruiting class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Yves Pons SF |
Paris, France | INSEP Paris | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 217 lb (98 kg) | Feb 28, 2017 | |
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Derrick Walker PF |
Kansas City, MO | Sunrise Christian Academy | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 255 lb (116 kg) | Feb 2, 2017 | |
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Zach Kent C |
Middletown, DE | Blair Academy | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | Oct 30, 2016 | |
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Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR Rivals: NR 247Sports: NR ESPN: NR | ||||||
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Roster
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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F/C | Kyle Alexander | John Fulkerson | Zach Kent | |
F | Grant Williams | Derrick Walker | ||
G/F | Admiral Schofield | Yves Pons | Jalen Johnson | Lucas Campbell (W) |
G | Jordan Bowden | Lamonte' Turner | Chris Darrington | Jacob Fleschman (W) |
PG | Jordan Bone | James Daniel | Brad Woodson (W) |
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 2, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Carson–Newman | W 86–44 | – |
18 – Williams | 12 – Williams | 8 – Bone | Thompson–Boling Arena (5,014) Knoxville, TN | ||||
November 5, 2017* 12:30 PM |
at Clemson Exhibition for Hurricane Relief |
W 71–67 | – |
24 – Williams | 7 – Tied | 4 – Daniel | Littlejohn Coliseum (4,112) Clemson, SC | ||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
November 10, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Presbyterian Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game |
W 88–53 | 1–0 |
22 – Schofield | 7 – Williams | 5 – Fulkerson | Thompson–Boling Arena (15,047) Knoxville, TN | ||||
November 14, 2017* 7:00 pm |
High Point | W 84–53 | 2–0 |
16 – Bone | 12 – Williams | 10 – Daniel | Thompson–Boling Arena (12,343) Knoxville, TN | ||||
November 22, 2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. No. 18 Purdue Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals |
W 78–75 OT | 3–0 |
22 – Williams | 11 – Alexander | 3 – Bone | Imperial Arena (1,306) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
November 23, 2017* 12:30 pm, ESPN |
vs. No. 5 Villanova Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals |
L 76–85 | 3–1 |
20 – Williams | 8 – Williams | 5 – Turner | Imperial Arena (2,102) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
November 24, 2017* 2:30 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. NC State Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd Place game |
W 67–58 | 4–1 |
14 – Williams | 13 – Alexander | 4 – Williams | Imperial Arena (1,329) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
November 29, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Mercer | W 84–60 | 5–1 |
21 – Williams | 4 – Tied | 10 – Daniel | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,642) Knoxville, TN | ||||
December 3, 2017* 6:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Georgia Tech | W 77–70 | 6–1 |
24 – Turner | 11 – Alexander | 4 – Bone | McCamish Pavilion (6,529) Atlanta, GA | ||||
December 9, 2017* 2:15 pm, SECN |
No. 24 | Lipscomb | W 81–71 | 7–1 |
19 – Williams | 8 – Williams | 6 – Bone | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,051) Knoxville, TN | |||
December 17, 2017* 3:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 20 | No. 7 North Carolina | L 73–78 | 7–2 |
15 – Williams | 9 – Turner | 4 – Bone | Thompson–Boling Arena (21,678) Knoxville, TN | |||
December 20, 2017* 9:00 pm, SECN |
No. 21-T | Furman | W 66–61 | 8–2 |
21 – Bowden | 13 – Schofield | 4 – Daniel | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,095) Knoxville, TN | |||
December 23, 2017* 12:30 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 21-T | at Wake Forest | W 79–60 | 9–2 |
17 – Bowden | 6 – Schofield | 5 – Bone | LJVM Coliseum (11,362) Winston-Salem, NC | |||
December 30, 2017 1:00 pm, SECN |
No. 19 | at Arkansas | L 93–95 OT | 9–3 (0–1) |
21 – Bone | 7 – Schofield | 5 – Bone | Bud Walton Arena (18,696) Fayetteville, AR | |||
January 2, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 23 | Auburn | L 84–94 | 9–4 (0–2) |
25 – Turner | 8 – Williams | 3 – Bowden | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,755) Knoxville, TN | |||
January 6, 2018 9:00 pm, SECN |
No. 23 | No. 17 Kentucky Rivalry |
W 76–65 | 10–4 (1–2) |
20 – Schofield | 9 – Schofield | 6 – Daniel | Thompson–Boling Arena (21,678) Knoxville, TN | |||
January 9, 2018 9:00 pm, SECN |
No. 24 | at Vanderbilt | W 92–84 | 11–4 (2–2) |
37 – Williams | 9 – Schofield | 4 – Daniel | Memorial Gymnasium (11,510) Nashville, TN | |||
January 13, 2018 6:00 pm, SECN |
No. 24 | Texas A&M | W 75–62 | 12–4 (3–2) |
15 – Bowden | 8 – Schofield | 4 – Bone | Thompson–Boling Arena (19,612) Knoxville, TN | |||
January 17, 2018 9:00 pm, SECN |
No. 21 | at Missouri | L 55–59 | 12–5 (3–3) |
15 – Williams | 5 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, MO | |||
January 20, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 21 | at South Carolina | W 70–63 | 13–5 (4–3) |
25 – Turner | 6 – Turner | 3 – Tied | Colonial Life Arena (18,000) Columbia, SC | |||
January 23, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 22 | Vanderbilt | W 67–62 | 14–5 (5–3) |
19 – Bowden | 6 – Tied | 4 – Daniel | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,127) Knoxville, TN | |||
January 27, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 22 | at Iowa State Big 12/SEC Challenge |
W 68–45 | 15–5 |
20 – Turner | 10 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Hilton Coliseum (14,384) Ames, IA | |||
January 31, 2018 6:00 pm, SECN |
No. 18 | LSU | W 84–61 | 16–5 (6–3) |
17 – Daniel | 8 – Schofield | 8 – Bone | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,425) Knoxville, TN | |||
February 3, 2018 6:00 pm, SECN |
No. 18 | Ole Miss | W 94–61 | 17–5 (7–3) |
17 – Tied | 12 – Schofield | 6 – Bone | Thompson–Boling Arena (18,316) Knoxville, TN | |||
February 6, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 15 | at No. 24 Kentucky Rivalry |
W 61–59 | 18–5 (8–3) |
16 – Turner | 8 – Bowden | 4 – Bone | Rupp Arena (23,332) Lexington, KY | |||
February 10, 2018 6:00 pm, SECN |
No. 15 | at Alabama | L 50–78 | 18–6 (8–4) |
16 – Williams | 7 – Tied | 2 – Bone | Coleman Coliseum (15,383) Tuscaloosa, AL | |||
February 13, 2018 9:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 18 | South Carolina | W 70–67 | 19–6 (9–4) |
22 – Williams | 5 – Tied | 4 – Bone | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,126) Knoxville, TN | |||
February 17, 2018 6:00 pm, SECN |
No. 18 | at Georgia | L 62–73 | 19–7 (9–5) |
14 – Turner | 13 – Alexander | 7 – Bone | Stegeman Coliseum (10,028) Athens, GA | |||
February 21, 2018 9:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 19 | Florida | W 62–57 | 20–7 (10–5) |
23 – Williams | 8 – Schofield | 4 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (16,016) Knoxville, TN | |||
February 24, 2018 1:00 pm, SECN |
No. 19 | at Ole Miss | W 73–65 | 21–7 (11–5) |
25 – Schofield | 7 – Tied | 8 – Bone | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (8,149) Oxford, MS | |||
February 27, 2018 7:00 pm, SECN |
No. 16 | at Mississippi State | W 76–54 | 22–7 (12–5) |
24 – Schofield | 7 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Humphrey Coliseum (7,548) Starkville, MS | |||
March 3, 2018 6:00 pm, SECN |
No. 16 | Georgia | W 66–61 | 23–7 (13–5) |
23 – Schofield | 9 – Alexander | 7 – Bowden | Thompson–Boling Arena (21,678) Knoxville, TN | |||
SEC Tournament | |||||||||||
March 9, 2018 7:00 pm, SECN |
(2) No. 13 | vs. (7) Mississippi State Quarterfinals |
W 62–59 | 24–7 |
15 – Turner | 11 – Williams | 3 – Tied | Scottrade Center (14,596) St. Louis, MO | |||
March 10, 2018 3:30 pm, ESPN |
(2) No. 13 | vs. (6) Arkansas Semifinals |
W 84–66 | 25–7 |
19 – Bone | 7 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Scottrade Center (18,729) St. Louis, MO | |||
March 11, 2018 1:00 pm, ESPN |
(2) No. 13 | vs. (4) Kentucky Championship game |
L 72–77 | 25–8 |
22 – Schofield | 10 – Schofield | 4 – Tied | Scottrade Center (18,973) St. Louis, MO | |||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 15, 2018* 12:40 pm, truTV |
(3 S) No. 13 | vs. (14 S) Wright State First Round |
W 73–47 | 26–8 |
19 – Turner | 12 – Schofield | 9 – Turner | American Airlines Center (15,802) Dallas, TX | |||
March 17, 2018* 6:10 pm, TNT |
(3 S) No. 13 | vs. (11 S) Loyola–Chicago Second Round |
L 62–63 | 26–9 |
14 – Schofield | 5 – Turner | 5 – Bone | American Airlines Center (18,642) Dallas, TX | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
AP | NR | NR | NR | RV | 24 | 20 | 21-T | 19 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 13 | Not released | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | NR | NR^ | NR | RV | RV | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
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