Tennessee Vols Basketball Recruiting

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I’m just wondering our odds of getting these guys that are left on the board. We need to make a move with transfers because that May 1st deadline will be here soon. We still feeling good about Phillips?
 
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JRVOL11 said:
Arkansas has 4 transfers already, how many spots do they have lol
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I’m confused by Arkansas’ roster. Jon Rothstein just put out his early 2022-2023 ranking projections with projected rosters and he has Arky listed with 15 (!!!) players. Makes no sense. How is that possible?
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I’m confused by Arkansas’ roster. Jon Rothstein just put out his early 2022-2023 ranking projections with projected rosters and he has Arky listed with 15 (!!!) players. Makes no sense. How is that possible?
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Williams likely stays in the draft, think they’re 1 over projected right now but they’ll run someone off…they’re gonna be super young/transfer heavy
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Williams likely stays in the draft, think they’re 1 over projected right now but they’ll run someone off…they’re gonna be super young/transfer heavy
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It’s quite unreal how often Arkansas keeps turning rosters almost completely over and still finding success. I’ll never doubt Musselman’s ability to make the piece fit after the job he did this year, but I think he is going to have his work cut out for him this upcoming season.
 
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Interesting note…Murray got in tonight and will be here through at least Saturday, which it was previously stated he would visit Tennessee/Illinois/Georgetown and announce a decision on Monday. Hard to think that timeline holds, either a visit or two is being cancelled or his decision is being delayed, have to like him spending 2-3 days in Knoxville though.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Interesting note…Murray got in tonight and will be here through at least Saturday, which it was previously stated he would visit Tennessee/Illinois/Georgetown and announce a decision on Monday. Hard to think that timeline holds, either a visit or two is being cancelled or his decision is being delayed, have to like him spending 2-3 days in Knoxville though.
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Maybe the Clark transfer to Illinois takes them out of the hunt for Murray.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
It’s quite unreal how often Arkansas keeps turning rosters almost completely over and still finding success. I’ll never doubt Musselman’s ability to make the piece fit after the job he did this year, but I think he is going to have his work cut out for him this upcoming season.
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I’m honestly a little surprised him being so ruthless with the roster still has so many big transfers interested in playing for him but he definitely treats it like he’s still in the NBA and if you’re not getting it done you’re gone.
 
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This weekend Tennessee is hosting coveted LSU transfer Brandon Murray, one of the top transfers available in the portal and a guy that the Vols’ staff has made a priority since he decided to look around. Head coach Rick Barnes along with assistants Justin Gainey and Greg Polinsky made a home visit with Murray and his family last week in Baltimore. On Friday Murray begins an official visit at Tennessee and will spend the weekend in Knoxville. Starting Wednesday night there was ample speculation that Georgetown—where former LSU assistant Kevin Nickelberry landed this week—was the team to beat. We heard some of that chatter ourselves but there was no doubt whatsoever that Tennessee was preparing to host Murray believing that they were firmly in the mix.
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Tennessee is continuing to evaluate lots of transfers but the one other player in the portal we’re sure that Barnes has met with face to face is Indiana State transfer Tyreke Key, who is originally from Celina. The Vols are highly interested in Key but in talking to some people it feels like he and Murray are probably an ‘either/or’ situation. That’s not written in stone, and could depend on what happens elsewhere, but that’s what it feels like to us. One name that interested basketball fans should keep a very close eye on is St. Louis point guard Yuri Collins. On Wednesday Collins announced that he was testing the NBA Draft waters while maintaining his college eligibility. We’ve heard more than a few rumblings that Collins will end up transferring and that when he enters the portal Tennessee will be deeply and immediately in strong contention. Again, keep an eye on that one.
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-Vq
 
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Adding Key and Collins would go a long way. A guard rotation of Collins, Santi, ZZ, Key and JJJ would put us up there with the best in the country IMO.

Edit: that doesn’t even count guys like Powell and Maschack.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Interesting note…Murray got in tonight and will be here through at least Saturday, which it was previously stated he would visit Tennessee/Illinois/Georgetown and announce a decision on Monday. Hard to think that timeline holds, either a visit or two is being cancelled or his decision is being delayed, have to like him spending 2-3 days in Knoxville though.
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Wants to watch another Vol baseball sweep
 
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Honestly if we land Collins, Phillips, & BJE I'd be stoked for this off-season haul regardless of who the 4th addition is. Murray or Key
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Landing Collins, Murray, Phillips would be an absolute grand slam from this staff on attacking the off-season, even if it’s Key instead of Murray that’s still a home run imo. The depth on next years team would be absolutely ridiculous adding any of those 3.
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Hope they thrive on competition
 
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I’m not going to worry about “too much talent” till those 3 theoretically commit here. Still not sold any of it happens. However, IF we do bring in Collins, Murray, and Phillips someone on the roster is going to be upset with their playing time.

We lose two major contributors (KC, Fulky) and add in 3 guys probably all expecting major minutes on top of the return of ON.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I’m not going to worry about “too much talent” till those 3 theoretically commit here. Still not sold any of it happens. However, IF we do bring in Collins, Murray, and Phillips someone on the roster is going to be upset with their playing time.

We lose two major contributors (KC, Fulky) and add in 3 guys probably all expecting major minutes on top of the return of ON.
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I think Powell and Mashack are the two who are the odd men out in that situation
 
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