Episode 135: Vols add five-star point guard

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🗓️ 20 September 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Grant Ramey went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down a huge development for the Tennessee basketball program.

Five-star point guard prospect Josiah James stunned the hoops world Wednesday morning by committing to Tennessee. The nation's No. 14 overall prospect in the 2019 industry-generated 247Sports Composite is a Michigan State legacy from Charleston, S.C., but he turned down Michigan State, Duke and practically every other program in the country and chose Rick Barnes' Vols.

The 6-foot-6, 200-pound James is an impressive southpaw specimen who can play practically anywhere on the floor but was recruited by Tennessee as a point guard, and the Vols believe he has the physicality and maturity to be an instant-impact player. Recruiting analysts obviously share that assessment, considering his ranking.

How did Barnes and Co. finally close the deal on a five-star prospect after coming so painfully close and falling short on a few others? There were several reasons, and those reasons are the primary focus of this episode.

A couple of other basketball notes — former Tennessee star Josh Richardson's impressive ranking on CBSSports.com's list of the NBA's top 100 players, and some preseason-ranking top-five for the defending SEC-champion Vols — are discussed in this episode, but insight into James' commitment and his future in Knoxville are the main topics.

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0:00.0	Here comes Schofield.
0:01.0	Oh, yes it is.
0:04.0	Wait a second.
0:06.0	Drive and left, dunk it right over love.
0:09.0	All right.
0:10.0	He's got everything going early on.
0:14.0	Scuffield, the theft.
0:16.0	And look at the big one and go down the floor.
0:20.0	Time out Loyola.
0:22.0	You can do it!
0:24.0	That's what she said.
0:25.0	Hey, I love you.
0:28.0	Nothing.
0:30.0	Sake a bang.
0:31.0	Just now.
0:32.0	Good morning. Afternoon, evening. Brunch time, lunch time. Talking basketball during Tennessee Florida football week time.
0:47.4	I'm gonna turn Grant's microphone on time
0:49.2	so he can talk time.
0:50.4	Hey Grant is your microphone on time?
0:52.0	It says on, is this thing on?
0:54.0	Famous last words when you say,
0:55.0	we're not gonna do a test.
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