2007–08 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2007–08
Prev Year:2006–07
Next Year:2008–09
Team:Tennessee Volunteers
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Division:East
Short Conf:SEC
Coachrank:7
Aprank:5
Record:31–5
Conf Record:14–2
Hc Year:3rd
Champion:SEC regular season champions
Bowl Result:Sweet Sixteen

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 forward Duke Crews was suspended. Crews suffered a 30-day suspension, and then missed both exhibition games with an ankle injury. Tennessee's first exhibition game was against the California-Pennsylvania Vulcans, winning handily, 106–46. 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

Name Number Team Position Height Year
Ramar Smith 12 1 6–1 Sophomore
JaJuan Smith 2 2 6–2 Senior
Chris Lofton- C 5 3 6–2 Senior
Tyler Smith 1 4 6–7 Sophomore
Wayne Chism 4 5 6–9 Sophomore
30 6 6–7 Sophomore
Jordan Howell 15 7 6–3 Senior
Brian Williams 33 8 6–10 Freshman
Duke Crews 32 9 6–8 Sophomore
Ryan Childress 34 10 6–9 Junior
Josh Tabb 25 11 6–4 Sophomore

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