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Tennessee basketball: Rick Barnes speaks as Vols begin preseason

Well, Tennessee football may be a disaster, but while they are on a bye week, Tennessee basketball is ready to get things started for the 2019-2020 season. After a Sweet Sixteen run in 2018-2019 that included four weeks at No. 1, the Vols take the court to begin practice with a brand new look.

This includes the loss of four starters in Grant Williams, Jordan Bone, Admiral Schofield and Kyle Alexander, and the addition of four freshman, including five-star Josiah-Jordan James and three three-stars in Olivier Robinson-Nkamhoua, Davonte Gaines and Drew Pember. Transfer Uros Plavsic is another newcomer.