The most casual of college basketball fans will notice that Tennessee is a very different looking basketball team from a year ago. What hasn't changed are the Vols' preseason ranking--consensus top-ten--or preseason expectations. Seven new faces dot a roster that is minus top scorers Chris Lofton and JaJuan Smith, but those losses haven't stemmed fans', or the medias' assumption that Bruce Pearl will be able to continue the unprecedented run of success that he's enjoyed since arriving in Knoxville four seasons ago.

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