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Tennessee basketball all-century team: Vols roster with players since 2000

By Billy Williford

ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 14: Jordan McRae #52 of the Tennessee Volunteers dunks against the South Carolina Gamecocks against during the quarterfinals of the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament at Georgia Dome on March 14, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 14: Jordan McRae #52 of the Tennessee Volunteers dunks against the South Carolina Gamecocks against during the quarterfinals of the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament at Georgia Dome on March 14, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA – MARCH 15: Chris Lofton #5 of the Tennessee Volunteers makes a shot over Sonny Weems #13 of the Arkansas Razorbacks during the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament on March 15, 2008, at Alexander Memorial Coliseum, on the campus of Georgia Tech, in Atlanta Georgia. The Razorbacks defeated the Volunteers 92-91. Yesterday’s games were postponed and changed venue after severe weather damaged the Georgia Dome. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /

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Starting shooting guard is a no-brainer. Chris Lofton would start, and there might not be much time that he is on the bench. He is one best three-point shooter in college basketball history.

There were so many big shots that Lofton made throughout his career. We just wrote about the shot over Kevin Durrant, and then there is the one in the NCAA Tournament to help the Vols advance to the Round of 32.

Lofton’s best season came during his sophomore season when he led the SEC in scoring with 20.8 points per game. He clearly is one of the best players to play for the Vols in the history of the basketball program.

JaJuan Smith is the first player that makes this team that did not make the top ten of the best players of the century. Now, some could argue that Smith should have been on that list because his time in Knoxville was rather impressive.

He played alongside Lofton; they were a pair of three-point shooters that couldn’t be stopped in most games. On this team, Smith would back up Lofton to even out the shooters on the court.

In his final two seasons in Knoxville, Smith scored over 14 points per game in each season. In his senior season, Smith shot almost 40 percent from the three-point line. HE might not have made our list of the ten best players, but he does make the all-century team.

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