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#25,926
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Updated now that we know more about the players:

PG: Gillespie | 32 MPG | 16 PPG
SG: Burg | 25 MPG | 10 PPG
SF: Ament | 30 MPG | 15 PPG
PF: Phillips | 18 MPG | 5 PPG
C: Okpara | 25 MPG | 7 PPG
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G: Abram | 15 MPG | 7 PPG
G: Henderson | 9 MPG | 3 PPG
F: Carey | 17 MPG | 7 PPG
F: Estrella | 17 MPG | 8 PPG
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G: Boswell | 5 MPG | 1 PPG
F: Brown | 5 MPG | 1 PPG
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BE: Massamba | 1 MPG | 0 PPG
BE: Evans | 1 MPG | 0 PPG


Again, all just speculation. Can Swap Burg/Abram with each other, don't think it makes much of a difference. Can also swap Phillips/Carey, think they probably have a pretty clean split at time at the four, with Brown taking a minute or two. Really like how deep the team is and how positive the reports are on basically every player. CRB hyping the team up helps!
 
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#25,927
#25,927
VolsNetClippers2025 said:
Updated now that we know more about the players:

PG: Gillespie | 32 MPG | 16 PPG
SG: Burg | 25 MPG | 10 PPG
SF: Ament | 30 MPG | 15 PPG
F: Phillips | 17 MPG | 5 PPG
C: Okpara | 25 MPG | 7 PPG
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G: Abram | 15 MPG | 7 PPG
G: Henderson | 9 MPG | 3 PPG
F: Carey | 17 MPG | 7 PPG
C: Estrella | 17 MPG | 8 PPG
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G: Boswell | 5 MPG | 1 PPG
C: Brown | 6 MPG | 1 PPG
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BE: Massamba | 1 MPG | 0 PPG
BE: Evans | 1 MPG | 0 PPG


Again, all just speculation. Can Swap Burg/Abram with each other, don't think it makes much of a difference. Can also swap Phillips/Carey, think they probably have a pretty clean split at time at the four, with Brown taking a minute or two. Really like how deep the team is and how positive the reports are on basically every player. CRB hyping the team up helps!
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Based on recent reports, Estrella may be starting at the 4
 
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#25,944
#25,944
Some weird picks ahead of us... Kentucky at 9 with more losses and us putting them out in Sweet 16. Illinois coming off 13 losses ahead of us. Arkansas, Iowa State, UCLA, Louisville...all weird to have had worse seasons and some we beat head to head but are ahead of us too.

I think my top 8 is basically same though, would possibly have a few teams switched but still same top 8.

9-18 though lots of changes...

We did lose some big pieces so I get being lower...I think 12-15 range would have made sense.
 
#25,945
#25,945
MoCo_Vol said:
Some weird picks ahead of us... Kentucky at 9 with more losses and us putting them out in Sweet 16. Illinois coming off 13 losses ahead of us. Arkansas, Iowa State, UCLA, Louisville...all weird to have had worse seasons and some we beat head to head but are ahead of us too.

I think my top 8 is basically same though, would possibly have a few teams switched but still same top 8.

9-18 though lots of changes...

We did lose some big pieces so I get being lower...I think 12-15 range would have made sense.
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I think our offseason was a bit unconventional. You'd have to follow our team a lot more closely than your typical AP pundit to really understand our potential, so I can see how we end up this low. It's perfectly reasonable.

But I'm a homer, so take anything I say with a grain of salt LOL.
 
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omghulkhands said:
I think our offseason was a bit unconventional. You'd have to follow our team a lot more closely than your typical AP pundit to really understand our potential, so I can see how we end up this low. It's perfectly reasonable.

But I'm a homer, so take anything I say with a grain of salt LOL.
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I think you are spot on. I think that ranking will change quickly when folks see what we got.
 
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The AP guys really just know that we have Ament and Gillespe with some returning production inside. They have no idea what to expect from our international guys or that we made have found some hidden gems between the transfer portal and the imcoming freshman.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Some weird picks ahead of us... Kentucky at 9 with more losses and us putting them out in Sweet 16. Illinois coming off 13 losses ahead of us. Arkansas, Iowa State, UCLA, Louisville...all weird to have had worse seasons and some we beat head to head but are ahead of us too.

I think my top 8 is basically same though, would possibly have a few teams switched but still same top 8.

9-18 though lots of changes...

We did lose some big pieces so I get being lower...I think 12-15 range would have made sense.
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Vols lack name recognition even though back to back elite 8s. Lost a lot of players as did most teams but most preseason rankings discount Barnes. They don't realize how good the front court can be and only give credit for JG and Ament.

I doubt baring injury and Ament flaming out this team being worse than a top 12 end of the year.
 
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Chaz-Vol said:
Vols lack name recognition even though back to back elite 8s. Lost a lot of players as did most teams but most preseason rankings discount Barnes. They don't realize how good the front court can be and only give credit for JG and Ament.

I doubt baring injury and Ament flaming out this team being worse than a top 12 end of the year.
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Yep, hard to combat the narrative that we lost 4 guys who were not only starters, but all of whom were in NBA camps this summer. I'm perfectly fine being the hunter. Barnes teams typically thrive in that role.
 
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