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Tennessee Basketball: Rick Barnes Betting On His Own Coaching Ability

Despite losing Kevin Punter, Armani Moore, Devon Baulkman, and Derek Reese along with the transfer of Ray Kosongo, the Tennessee Vols have a complete roster going into the 2016-2017 season thanks to Rick Barnes.

Barnes employed an odd recruiting method focused on filling specific roster spots with competent players to fit his system, and he grabbed as many players as he could to do that, focusing on quantity rather than quality.

He completed the process by picking up Utah State transfer Lew Evans. Evans has never been really impressive, shooting only 41 percent from the field last year and averaging only eight and a half points and five and a half rebounds.