The 2017–18 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Volunteers were led by third-year head coach Rick Barnes. The team played its home games at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 13–5 in SEC play to earn a share of the SEC regular season championship. As the No. 2 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Mississippi State and Arkansas before losing to Kentucky in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South region. There the Volunteers defeated Wright State before being upset by Loyola–Chicago in the Second Round.
Previous season The Vols finished the 2016–17 season 16–16, 8–10 in SEC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC tournament to Georgia.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ref Robert Hubbs III 3 G 6'5" 207 Senior Newbern, TN Graduated Kwe Parker 12 G 6'0" 181 Freshman Fayetteville, NC Transferred to Cape Fear Community College Lew Evans 21 F 6'7" 235 RS Senior Salt Lake City, UT Graduated Shembari Phillips 25 G 6'3" 192 Sophomore Atlanta, GA Transferred to Georgia Tech
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ref 3 G 6'0" 175 RS Senior Hampton, VA Graduate transfer from Howard. Eligible to play immediately. 32 G 6'1" 179 Junior Toledo, OH Junior college transfer from Vincennes University. Eligible to play immediately.
2017 recruiting class
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Roster
Depth chart
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Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| SEC Tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament
Rankings
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
See also 2017–18 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team
References