Tennessee basketball is slated to produce an NBA draft class with multiple first round picks—a feat not accomplished by the program since 1977. That’s right, not since the days of Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld has the basketball team witnessed such NBA draft success.
It hasn’t happened yet...but if you believe the mock drafts, and you believe the NBA writers, the Volunteers are almost guaranteed to have both Keon Johnson and Jaden Springer as 44-year streak enders. That’s a fitting decoration for two players who gave their all for the Volunteers on the court—even if the season didn’t end as planned.