Vols - #8 ESPN way too early top 25

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Tennessee Volunteers

Rick Barnes won SEC Coach of the Year honors after a Tennessee team picked to finish at the bottom of the league shared the SEC title with Auburn. The Vols, who finished the season ranked within the top 10 in adjusted defensive efficiency on KenPom.com, will boast more ambitious aspirations next season when all but one player (James Daniel) will likely return to a roster filled with youth. Grant Williams (15.2 PPG), the SEC Player of the Year, is one of the top six scorers on the roster from 2017-18 set to come back and help Barnes chase a national championship. Admiral Schofield averaged 13.9 PPG and made nearly 40 percent of his 3-point attempts. Tennessee will have a talented crew next season.

College basketball's Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings for 2018-19

Kentucky #4, Auburn #5 , Florida #14, LSU #20

 

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Tennessee Volunteers

Rick Barnes won SEC Coach of the Year honors after a Tennessee team picked to finish at the bottom of the league shared the SEC title with Auburn. The Vols, who finished the season ranked within the top 10 in adjusted defensive efficiency on KenPom.com, will boast more ambitious aspirations next season when all but one player (James Daniel) will likely return to a roster filled with youth. Grant Williams (15.2 PPG), the SEC Player of the Year, is one of the top six scorers on the roster from 2017-18 set to come back and help Barnes chase a national championship. Admiral Schofield averaged 13.9 PPG and made nearly 40 percent of his 3-point attempts. Tennessee will have a talented crew next season.

College basketball's Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings for 2018-19

Kentucky #4, Auburn #5 , Florida #14, LSU #20

Not bad! What are we ranked after the NCAA Tourney ended?