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Welcome into Locked-on Balls, your team every day.

My name is Josh Ward.

Thank you for being here on today's show.

Today's show will begin with big news and really good news for Tennessee basketball.

As Eve Pons made the

decision on Monday to return to Tennessee for his senior season. I'll talk about the impact he can

make on the Valls, the depth of that roster, which you've heard me talk about a lot probably,

the amount of players that I think Tennessee will be able to count on and also the versatility that Tennessee

could have with its lineups with ponds coming back to Tennessee. We'll get to all of that coming

up here in segment number one of today's show. There will be more football talk as we continue

to look ahead to the upcoming season. I'm going to answer a couple of mailbag questions,

which will include Tennessee football on the field and Tennessee out on the upcoming season. I'm going to answer a couple of mailbag questions, which will include Tennessee football

on the field and Tennessee out on the recruiting trail.

It's all right here on Locked-on Vols, part of the Locked-on podcast network.

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Thanks again for being here, as we have a lot to cover, starting with Eve Pond's decision to return to Tennessee.

It's something we've talked about a lot on Monday's show. I talked to Blake Lovell about the impact that he's had on Tennessee, and I think

this has a pretty good chance of solidifying Tennessee as the favorite in the conference,

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