Vols basketball ranked 18th in preseason AP

[Freak]

About right? Too high? Too low?

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Bout right to start off the year imo

 

[AngryButchJones]

Thought they might be closer to 16 or 15, but I'm not gonna squabble over a couple spots.

 

[Vol49er]

Seems right ranking for us to me. We play preseason #s 4 (N), 5 (A), 10 (H & A), 12 (N), 14 (A), 16 (H & A), 22 (H), and 7 or 19 (N). Plus five teams that are receiving votes, one of which we play twice. Heck of a schedule

 

[Stoked]

It's cool to see a team like St. Bonaventure ranked in the preseason.

 

[mrMet]

The perfect spot. Anywhere between 15-20 is correct

 

[LeannaVol]

Should be a fun season with us, UK, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn all battling it out. Mississippi State and LSU should be solid too.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Top 20... I will take it.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Sounds about right to me. Will be interesting to see how far we fall if we lose any games in Uncasville.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Hard to complain with Top 20 after losing 2 first round draft picks. What caught my eye is that 16 out of our 31 opponents are either ranked or received votes in the first AP poll. Our SOS/RPI is going to be wonderful come selection Sunday.

 

[goldvol]

Loads of talent, athleticism, experience. Gonna be a fun team to watch. Good OOC schedule. Room to move on up the polls.

 

[Voltopia]

For Tennessee to get that ranking in the pre-season with so many questions speaks to how much more highly the national regard for Tennessee is these days. Credit to Barnes and the UTAD for putting basketball in this position. A reminder for me of just how far UT's grown in basketball from the 80s and 90s, back when I started watching.

The best part is, there's room in there for Tennessee to build that "don't look now but here comes Tennessee" narrative before rolling into the SEC season (when the narrative switches to "who can take down Tennessee?").

 

[Vo13]

Good start hopefully we rise throughout the year

 

[Volunteer08]

According to the preseason polls, we'll play 10-12 ranked opponents during our 30ish game slate. That's pretty wild!

 

[omghulkhands]

According to the preseason polls, we'll play 10-12 ranked opponents during our 30ish game slate. That's pretty wild!

That’s awesome