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Tennessee basketball: 5 bold predictions for Vols 2019-2020 season

By Billy Williford

COLUMBUS, OHIO - MARCH 24: Lamonte Turner #1 and Jordan Bowden #23 of the Tennessee Volunteers react after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 83-77 in the Second Round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament at Nationwide Arena on March 24, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OHIO - MARCH 24: Lamonte Turner #1 and Jordan Bowden #23 of the Tennessee Volunteers react after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 83-77 in the Second Round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament at Nationwide Arena on March 24, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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DALLAS, TX – MARCH 15: Smokey, the mascot of the Tennessee Volunteers, performs during a time out in the second half against the Wright State Raiders in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at American Airlines Center on March 15, 2018, in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

The Tennessee basketball team is turning their mindset to the 2019-20 season. Here are five bold predictions for next season.

After a season filled with ups and downs, the Tennessee basketball is moving forward. Moving forward with head coach Rick Barnes receiving a healthy pay raise. Moving forward with the potential of losing Grant Williams and Jone Bone along with Admiral Schofield and Kyle Alexander. Finally, moving forward with three new players which you can find here.

Before the season began, we gave you all five bold predictions, and we hit on a few of them. Winning a regular season or tournament championship was one and as you know they Vols were close. They weren’t able to sweep Kentucky as we predicted, but they were able to win two out of three.

One prediction we did get right is we said the basketball team would lose fewer games than the football team did. Hard to believe that came true, but it did. We also mentioned Tennessee would have five players average in double figures which they did.

We begin the slideshow with John Fulkerson and our prediction that he will average close to a double-double. Fulkerson should have the opportunity to play significant minutes next season; we believe he will post good numbers.

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