Tennessee Men’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 7, 2021 · CSM Staff
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:
| 2019 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Colgate |
| 2019 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Iowa |
| 2019 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Purdue |
| 2018 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Wright State |
| 2018 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Loyola (IL) |
| 2014 | NCAA | Opening Round win over Iowa |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Massachusetts |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Mercer |
| 2014 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Michigan |
| 2013 | NIT | First Round loss to Mercer |
| 2012 | NIT | First Round win over Savannah State |
| 2012 | NIT | Second Round loss to Middle Tennessee |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Michigan |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over San Diego State |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Ohio |
| 2010 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal win over Ohio State |
| 2010 | NCAA | Regional Final loss to Michigan State |
| 2009 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Oklahoma |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over American University |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Butler |
| 2008 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Louisville |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Long Beach State |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 32 win over Virginia |
| 2007 | NCAA | Regional Semifinal loss to Ohio State |
*all team stats through 3/7
