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Tennessee Basketball Receives Its New AP Poll Ranking After First Win of the Season

SI Feed·Caleb Sisk·1 day ago
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The Tennessee Volunteers basketball team has already completed its first game of the long regular season. The Vols were victorious against the Wofford Terriers , although things didn't look pretty at the very beginning for Rick Barnes and his team .

On Tuesday, Barnes and the Volunteers defeated Wofford by a score of 90-59, showcasing just how different of an offensive team this unit is compared to some of the Barnes-coached teams in the past.

The star of the show was DeWayne Brown II, who is one of the many dominant big men on the roster, as he finished the game with a double-double. In fact, after shooting 7/11 from the field and making multiple free throws, the talented big man finished the contest with 17 points while also grabbing 13 rebounds, making it a clear dominant performance that even Barnes was thrilled with.

This led many to believe that the Vols would make a jump up in the newest AP Poll release, as they were already ranked as the No.…

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