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Locked On Vols - Daily Podcast On Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball

Why Rick Barnes believes Tennessee can be even better

Locked On Vols - Daily Podcast On Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball

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4.8797 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee's basketball team is in a great position as the No. 1 team, but it's only going to get harder. Look ahead to the rest of the season on today's show. The Locked on Vols podcast is available every day on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. And good news: the Locked on Vols podcast is now available on Spotify! • Segment 1: Josh Ward updates the latest in SEC basketball as long-time sports reporter Ashley Fox details her recent conversation with Tennessee coach Rick Barnes, who believes the Vols can still play at a higher level. Hear what UT needs to do to compete for a national championship. • Segment 2: Josh answers mailbag questions about the transfer portal, Tennessee's pursuit of wide receiver George Pickens and managing scholarship offers.  • Segment 3: Josh talks to author/speaker Jon Gordon, who has worked with championship teams like Clemson, the Los Angeles Dodgers and LA Rams. Gordon explains why it's so important for teams to establish the right kind of culture behind the scenes. Does that apply to Tennessee?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You are Locked-on Balls, your daily Tennessee Volunteers Podcast, part of the Locked-on

0:05.6

Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:09.6

Welcome into Locked-on Balls, Your Team Every Day.

0:12.7

My name is Josh Ward.

0:14.1

Thank you for being here on today's show.

0:16.6

It's going to be a busy one, a mix of Tennessee basketball and football, as typically is the case here on the show.

0:23.1

In the first segment today, Tennessee continues to sit in a really good position in basketball.

0:27.9

The balls are atop the SEC standings.

0:30.3

They do have company, though.

0:32.0

I'll tell you about the latest results in the SEC last night.

0:35.4

The second half of SEC play, as I've continued to say, I think it's

0:40.0

going to be really interesting for Tennessee. The Vols are in a great position, but there is a lot

0:44.7

of work to be done in SEC play this season. Coming up here in segment number one, Ashley Fox,

0:50.3

longtime college and pro sports reporter earlier this this week, talked to Rick Barnes about his

0:55.8

Tennessee basketball team. She's known Rick a long time. She's going to tell you about what Rick

1:00.6

had to say about Tennessee and her belief that Tennessee can compete for a national title this

1:07.1

year. We'll get to that in segment number one. In the second segment, it's mailbag time. I'll get in

1:11.5

a few football questions. A lot of them related to how Tennessee will close out this 2019 class

1:17.3

and trying to answer some questions on how these numbers work. And what do I mean when I'm talking about,

1:23.8

hey, they can only bring in 25 guys or 85 guys on the team. I'll get to that coming up

1:28.3

in segment number two. And in the third segment of today's show, author and speaker,

1:34.3

John Gordon talking about the culture of a team and locker room. And I think that applies to Tennessee.

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