2007 Tennessee Vols Basketball team
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To begin a highly touted year, the 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/C 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.
Starters: PG Soph. Ramar Smith #12 PF Soph. Tyler Smith #1 C Soph. Wayne Chism #4 SG Sr. JaJuan Smith #2 SG Sr. Chris Lofton #5
Bench: SG Soph. J.P. Prince #30 F/C Soph. Duke Crews #32 C Fr. Brian Williams #33 G Soph. Josh Tabb #25
Reserves: PF Jr. Ryan Childress #34 PG Sr. Jordan Howell #15
Redshirt: G Fr. Cameron Tatum #23
Non-Scholarship Players: Steven Pearl #22 Quinn Cannington #11 Tanner Wild #24 Rick Daniels-Mulholland #40 Justin Jackson #21
Coaches: Head Coach Bruce Pearl Associate Coach Tony Jones Assistant Coach Steve Forbes Assistant Coach Jason Shay Director of Basketball Operations Ken Johnson
