Where Tennessee Basketball is ranked in the preseason Coaches Poll
Tennessee Basketball came in at No. 12 in the preseason Coaches Poll on Wednesday, the same spot the Vols were ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 earlier this month.
Kansas is No. 1 in the Coaches Poll, ahead of Alabama, UConn, Houston and Duke in the top five. From there, it’s No. 6 Iowa Sate, No. 7 Gonzaga, No. 8 Baylor, No. 9 Arizona and No. 10 North Carolina. Auburn is No. 11, one spot ahead of Tennessee.
Five other SEC teams were ranked in the Coaches Poll: No. 15 Texas A&M, No. 16 Arkansas, No. 19 Texas, No. 21 Florida and No. 23 Kentucky.
The first look at the 2024-25 Tennessee basketball team will be October 27, when the Vols host Indiana in a charity exhibition game at Food City Center. The game will start at 3 p.m. Eastern Time and can be streamed on SEC Network+.
Tennessee ranked No. 13 in preseason KenPom.com ratings
Tennessee started at No. 13 overall in the new KenPom.com ratings for the 2024-25 season. The KenPom numbers have the Vols at No. 4 in adjusted defensive efficiency and No. 35 in adjusted offensive efficiency.
The regular-season schedule opens at home on November 4 against Gardner Webb and Tennessee goes to Louisville on November 9 for the first road game.
Tennessee opens the Baha Mar tournament with Virginia on November 21. The Vols host Syracuse in the SEC-ACC Challenge on December 3, play Miami in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden on December 10 and go to Illinois on December 14. The SEC schedule starts at home on January 4 against John Calipari and Arkansas.
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Vols added four transfers, return six scholarship players
Rick Barnes has a new-look roster this season after losing four players to the NCAA Transfer Portal and adding four players out of the portal.
The Vols lost junior center Jonas Aidoo (Arkansas), sophomore power forward Tobe Awaka (Arizona), redshirt freshman guard Freddie Dilione V (Penn State) and redshirt freshman wing DJ Jefferson (Longwood).
Tennessee added North Florida guard Chaz Lanier, Charlotte stretch forward Igor Milicic Jr., Ohio State center Felix Okpara and Hofstra wing Darlinstone Dubar.
There are six returning scholarship players, after the departures of fifth-year seniors Dalton Knecht, Josiah-Jordan James and Santiago Vescovi: Senior point guard Zakai Zeigler, senior guard Jordan Gainey, senior guard Jahmai Mashack, sophomore forward JP Estrella, sophomore forward Cade Phillips and sophomore wing Cameron Carr.
