KNOXVILLE – Tennessee basketball’s 2020-21 season will come with high expectations, and rightfully so.
Rick Barnes welcomes a top 5 recruiting class on campus next season. The Vols also return contributors John Fulkerson, Santiago Vescovi and Josiah-Jordan James.
UT also adds highly-touted Sacred Heart transfer E.J. Anosike and will have Oregon transfer Victor Bailey Jr. available after sitting out a year.
ESPN bracketology analyst Joe Lunardi released his latest projections for the 2021 bracket, and has the Vols as the No. 5 seed in the East.
Lunardi matched Tennessee with No. 12 seed Loyola Chicago, an opponent Vol fans are all too familiar with after being upset in the second round of the 2018 tournament during its cinderella run to the Final Four.
Other SEC teams included by Lunardi are LSU, Arkansas, Kentucky and Alabama.