Tennessee Men's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Tennessee Volunteers

SEC (18-8, 10-7)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/30 at Missouri (73-53), 1/6 Arkansas (79-74), 1/30 Kansas (80-61)
Bad Losses: 2/2 at Mississippi (50-52), 2/20 Kentucky (55-70), 2/27 at Auburn (72-77)
Coach:  Rick Barnes
 
Probable Starters:
Josiah-Jordan James, Sophomore, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 2.0 apg, 6.2 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Jaden Springer, Freshman, Guard, 12.5 ppg, 2.9 apg
Keon Johnson, Freshman, Guard, 11.2 ppg, 2.5 apg
Santiago Vescovi, Sophomore, Guard, 8.6 ppg, 3.2 apg
Yves Pons, Senior, Guard, 8.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.9 bpg
 
Key Role Players:
Uros Plavsic, Sophomore, Forward, 1.1 ppg
Victor Bailey Jr., Junior, Guard, 11.0 ppg, 1.6 apg
John Fulkerson, Senoir, Forward, 9.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 72.5 (145th in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.7 (21, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.3 (161, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.2 (29, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.5 (247, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.6 (185, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.5 (55, 3)
Rebound Margin: 2.4 (112, 6)
Assists Per Game: 14.9 (73, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.2 (100, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NCAARound of 64 win over Colgate
2019NCAARound of 32 win over Iowa
2019NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Purdue
2018NCAARound of 64 win over Wright State
2018NCAARound of 32 loss to Loyola (IL)
2014NCAAOpening Round win over Iowa
2014NCAARound of 64 win over Massachusetts
2014NCAARound of 32 win over Mercer
2014NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Michigan
2013NITFirst Round loss to Mercer
2012NITFirst Round win over Savannah State
2012NITSecond Round loss to Middle Tennessee
2011NCAARound of 64 loss to Michigan
2010NCAARound of 64 win over San Diego State
2010NCAARound of 32 win over Ohio
2010NCAARegional Semifinal win over Ohio State
2010NCAARegional Final loss to Michigan State
2009NCAARound of 64 loss to Oklahoma
2008NCAARound of 64 win over American University
2008NCAARound of 32 win over Butler
2008NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Louisville
2007NCAARound of 64 win over Long Beach State
2007NCAARound of 32 win over Virginia
2007NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Ohio State
 
*all team stats through 3/7