Tennessee coach Rick Barnes talks with Armani Moore during the Vols’ road game with Butler in December. Moore, who has played under three coaches in his Tennessee career — Cuonzo Martin and Donnie Tyndall in addition to Barnes — will be honored along with seniors Devon Baulkman, Kevin Punter Jr. and Derek Reese before today’s home final against Ole Miss.PUNTER TO UNDERGO SURGERY
Kevin Punter’s senior season is officially over. Tennessee’s leading scorer will undergo surgery on the stress fracture in his right foot Tuesday in his native New York City. For more information and comments from both Punter and Tennessee coach Rick Barnes, visit timesfreepress.com/sports.
KNOXVILLE – Only two years ago, Tennessee’s men’s basketball team played during the second weekend of the NCAA tournament while making the program’s seventh Sweet 16 appearance.
But you could understand why it would seem like a much more distant memory for Armani Moore and Derek Reese.
The two were sophomore role players when the Volunteers came within a possession of making the Elite Eight under coach Cuonzo Martin in 2014.
Now Moore and Reese will be two of the four seniors honored today before Tennessee’s home finale against Ole Miss.