Tennessee Men’s Basketball 2022 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 6, 2022 · CSM Staff
Tennessee Volunteers
SEC (26-7, 14-4)
Big Wins: 12/22 Arizona (77-73), 2/15 Kentucky (76-63)
Bad Losses: 12/7 Texas Tech (52-57), 1/29 at Texas (51-52)
Coach: Rick Barnes
Probable Starters:
Kennedy Chandler, Freshman, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 4.6 apg, 2.1 spg
Santiago Vescovi, Junior, Guard, 13.4 ppg, 3.1 apg, 4.5 rpg
Josiah-Jordan James, Junior, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 1.7 apg, 5.9 rpg, 1.1 bpg
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, Freshman, Forward, 3.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Uros Plavsic, Junior, Forward, 4.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg
Key Role Players:
Jonas Aidoo, Freshman, Forward, 2.1 ppg, 2.2 rpg
John Fulkerson, Senior, Forward, 7.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Zakai Zeigler, Freshman, Guard, 8.8 ppg, 2.6 apg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 73.6 (116th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.3 (29, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.9 (247, 10)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.5 (40, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.8 (54, 2)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.3 (93, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.7 (168, 10)
Rebound Margin: 3.6 (77, 4)
Assists Per Game: 16.0 (23, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.6 (170, 6)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2021 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Oregon State |
| 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 3/6
