You have heard coaches say it over and over, “Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard.” No team in America has shown that to be more truthful, than this years Tennessee basketball squad.
Tennessee is ranked #1 in the country in this weeks AP poll for only the 2nd time in school history. The greatest thing however, is they don’t have any of the nations top 100 out of high school.
Rankings from 247 sports
Jordan Bone- 171
Lamonte Turner- 144
Grant Williams- 191
Jacob Fleschman- NR
Admiral Schofield- 251
John Fulkerson- 238
Kyle Alexander- 362
Brad Woodson- NR
Jalen Johnson- 147
Derrick Walker- 270
Jordan Bowden- 262
Lucas Campbell- NR
DJ Burns- 108
Zach Kent- 203
Brock Jancek- NR
Yves Pons-127
Rick Barnes has done a tremendous job at coaching these guys up and it has paid off with a #1 ranking in January.
We won’t be able to say that too long. Josiah James, a 5 star player and ranked #15 in the country, has signed to play for Coach Barnes and Tennessee next season.
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