Ranking the five most important Tennessee Lady Vols for 2019-2020

Jazmine Massengill may have earned the starting guard spot over Jordan Horston, but that competition is a fight to start alongside Zaay Green in the backcourt. In 2018, Green was the Horston of the class, and with Evina Westbrook gone, the pressure is on her to shoulder a lot of the scoring load this year.

There’s a very good chance that Green turns into the star player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. She’s certainly the backcourt player with the highest level of expectations, and there is every reason in the world to believe she will be a major force. After all, she not only had the raw talent last year that Horston brings this year, but she now has experience.

Green averaged over nine and a half points a game last year and figures to get into double-figures now. She did that while shooting only 21.8 percent from the three-point line, so if she takes a big enough leap from beyond the arc this year, she could end up being unstoppable. Add in her four rebounds and nearly two and a half assists a game as an off-guard, and she can do it all.

At 6’0″, Green is the clear-cut starting two-guard for the year. Her star-power combined with her experience is too much to pass up. But it does show that Harper has a lot to work with at guard with her, Massengill and Horston back there and all of them being freshmen and sophomores. Jessie Rennie, an Australian sharpshooting freshman, adds another element.