KNOXVILLE – Melvin Goins may have summed it up perfectly.
“It’s not the typical senior class,” Tennessee’s senior point guard said Friday.
While most senior days involve a group of players who have been through a program for four or five years, the Volunteers playing their final home game today against Kentucky clearly break that mold.
Goins and guard Josh Bone transferred from mid-major schools, center John Fields came to UT as a graduate student for a one-year career, and walk-on guard Michael Hubert started his college career at UT-Chattanooga.
Forward Steven Pearl is a fifth-year former walk-on. Brian Williams, who won’t play due to lingering tightness in his back, is the only senior who will be honored today who took the normal route.