Tennessee Men's Basketball 2017 Postseason Capsule

 

Tennessee Volunteers

SEC (16-16, 8-10)

 
Big Wins: 1/14 at Vanderbilt (87-75), 1/24 Kentucky (82-80), 1/28 Kansas State (70-58)
Bad Losses: 11/11 Chattanooga (69-82), 2/4 at Mississippi State (59-64), 3/1 at LSU (82-92)
Coach: Rick Barnes
 
Probable Starters:
Robert Hubbs III, Senior, Guard, 13.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg
Lamonte Turner, Freshman, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 2.7 apg
Jordan Bowen, Freshman, Guard, 7.9 ppg, 1.3 apg
Grant Williams, Freshman, Forward, 12.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.9 bpg
Lew Evans, Senior, Forward, 3.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Kyle Alexander, Sophomore, Forward, 3.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg
Admiral Schofield, Sophomore, Forward, 8.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Jordan Bone, Freshman, Guard, 7.2 ppg, 2.9 apg
Shembari Phillips, Sophomore, Guard, 6.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 75.0 (131st in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 73.4 (216, 10)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.5 (268, 10)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.7 (120, 10)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.9 (300, 13)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.9 (280, 11)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.7 (96, 5)
Rebound Margin: 1.1 (149, 8)
Assists Per Game: 14.0 (143, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.6 (127, 6)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2014    NCAA Opening Round win over Iowa
2014    NCAA Round of 64 win over Massachusetts
2014    NCAA Round of 32 win over Mercer
2014    NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Michigan
2013    NIT      First Round loss to Mercer
2012    NIT      First Round win over Savannah State
2012    NIT      Second Round loss to Middle Tennessee
2011    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Michigan
2010    NCAA Round of 64 win over San Diego State
2010    NCAA Round of 32 win over Ohio
2010    NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Ohio State
2010    NCAA Regional Final loss to Michigan State
2009    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Oklahoma
2008    NCAA Round of 64 win over American University
2008    NCAA Round of 32 win over Butler
2008    NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Louisville
2007    NCAA Round of 64 win over Long Beach State
2007    NCAA Round of 32 win over Virginia
2007    NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Ohio State
 
*all team stats through 3/5