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. 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 2000. But the Vols lost in the 3rd round of both the SEC and NCAA Tournament.

Roster

NameNumber Team PositionHeightYear
Ramar Smith1216–1Sophomore
JaJuan Smith226–2Senior
Chris Lofton- C536–2Senior
Tyler Smith146–7Sophomore
Wayne Chism456–9Sophomore
J. P. Prince3066–7Sophomore
Jordan Howell1576–3Senior
Brian Williams3386–10Freshman
Duke Crews3296–8Sophomore
Ryan Childress34106–9Junior
Josh Tabb25116–4Sophomore

Legend: C = Team Captain
;Non-Scholarship Players:
Steven Pearl,
Quinn Cannington,
Tanner Wild,
Rick Daniels-Mulholland,
Justin Jackson,
Brett Jackson
;Coaches:
Head Coach: Bruce Pearl,
Associate Coach: Tony Jones,
Assistant Coach: Steve Forbes,
Assistant Coach: Jason Shay,
Director of Basketball Operations: Ken Johnson

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| SEC regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| SEC Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| NCAA Tournament