March 19, 2020 was supposed to be one of the best days on the sports calendar.
The first day of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament’s Round of 64, with wall-to-wall games providing thrilling matchups, electric performances from star players and cinderella upsets were supposed to be dominating the airwaves.
The Tennessee Volunteers would have been playing in the NIT, or possibly the Big Dance if they could have mustered an unexpected run in the SEC Tournament.
Instead we are home, practicing social distancing and wondering how it was only one week ago that the NCAA Tournament was officially canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, along with all other conference tournaments and major sports leagues.
The lack of sports in March means getting an early jump on list season, typically reserved for the midst of the summer when we have nothing but mid-season baseball and offseason news to keep us entertained.
In the past decade, Tennessee basketball has been through extraordinary highs and lows. 2010-20 has seen four different head coaches, NCAA scandals and disappointing performances paired with postseason runs, NBA draft picks and shocking success during seasons in which mediocrity was expected.
At Vols Wire, we ranked each of the last ten Tennessee basketball teams based on player personnel, coaching performances and postseason finishes.
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