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Tennessee Lady Vols 2021-2022 season preview: Frontcourt

By Caleb Calhoun

Tennessee Lady Vols forward Alexus Dye (2) during practice in Knoxville, Tenn. on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.Kns Wbball Practice
Tennessee Lady Vols forward Alexus Dye (2) during practice in Knoxville, Tenn. on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.Kns Wbball Practice /
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Tennessee Lady Vols forward/center Keyen Green (13) during basketball practice in Knoxville, Tenn. on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.Kns Wbball Practice
Tennessee Lady Vols forward/center Keyen Green (13) during basketball practice in Knoxville, Tenn. on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.Kns Wbball Practice /

Final take

Size and playing inside-out has been a focus of Kellie Harper’s ever since she became head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols. With Rennia Davis now gone, Harper has a lot of work to do to find the proper amount of production, but she’s now pretty much forced to play the game she wants to play given the personnel remaining.

Tamari Key is the one player with proven star potential on this list. At 6’6″, her ability to dominate is impossible to ignore. Beyond Key, though, everything is up in the air, especially with the season-ending injury to Marta Suárez.

Keyen Green getting healthy and Alexus Dye transferring should help offset the departure of Davis. However, Suárez’s injury will make it really difficult to offset all of the production at that position. While the backcourt is pretty much set, this brings a ton of questions here.

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Talent is still there, and Harper has plenty of options to run different rotations. That’s the good news for the Tennessee Lady Vols. She has her work cut out for her, though, figuring out just how to manage everybody. It’s likely the group will just go four-deep, as the post players will just make up the four and the five this year.