2007–08 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team

To begin a highly touted year, the 2007 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team traveled to Europe and played a few European teams going 4–1 against them. The Vols were hurt when Sophomore F Duke Crews was suspended. Crews suffered a 30-day suspension, but missed both exhibition games with an ankle injury. UT's first exb. game was against the California-Pennsylvania Vulcans, winning handily, 106–46. The University of Tennessee lead the SEC in unrelated Smiths (JaJaun, Tyler, and Ramar). Crews also missed about a month due to heart problems. The Vols finished 31–5, winning the SEC regular season championship, for the first time since 1967. But the Vols lost in the 3rd round of both the SEC and NCAA Tournament.

Roster and Rotation

Name Number Team Position Height Year
Ramar Smith 12 1 6–1 Sophomore
JaJuan Smith 2 2 6–2 Senior
Chris Lofton- C 5 3 6–2 Senior
Tyler Smith 1 4 6–7 Sophomore
Wayne Chism 4 5 6–9 Sophomore
J.P. Prince 30 6 6–7 Sophomore
Jordan Howell 15 7 6–3 Senior
Brian Williams 33 8 6–10 Freshman
Duke Crews 32 9 6–8 Sophomore
Ryan Childress 34 10 6–9 Junior
Josh Tabb 25 11 6–4 Sophomore
Cameron Tatum 23 12 6–6 Freshman (Redshirted)

Legend: C = Team Captain

Non-Scholarship Players

Steven Pearl, Quinn Cannington, Tanner Wild, Rick Daniels-Mulholland, Justin Jackson,

Coaches

Head Coach: Bruce Pearl, Associate Coach: Tony Jones, Assistant Coach: Steve Forbes, Assistant Coach: Jason Shay, Director of Basketball Operations: Ken Johnson

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