Despite losing an overtime battle against Purdue in the Sweet Sixteen, the Tennessee basketball team won a program-tying 31 games in the 2018-19 season. That is quite a feat considering where the program came from in Rick Barnes’ first season on Rocky Top.
Along with the transformation of the program came transformations of players. It’s well known that Grant Williams, Admiral Schofield, and Jordan Bone were not highly recruited players coming out of high school. In fact, other than D.J. Burns, there wasn’t a single play on the Vols roster that was highly sought after.
Chalk it down to good development or maybe players just being studs; some former Vols have an opportunity to hear their names in the 2019 NBA Draft.