<span data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">The </span>2007âÂÂ08 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team <span data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">represented the </span>University of Tennessee <span data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">in the </span>2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season<span data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">.</span> To begin a highly touted year, the team traveled to Europe and played a few European teams going 4âÂÂ1 against them. The Vols were hurt when sophomore forward Duke Crews was suspended. Crews suffered a 30-day suspension, and then missed both exhibition games with an ankle injury. Tennessee's first exhibition game was against the California-Pennsylvania Vulcans, winning handily, 106âÂÂ46. Crews also missed about a month due to heart problems. The Vols finished 31âÂÂ5, winning the SEC regular season championship, for the first time since 2000, but the Vols lost in the 3rd round of both the SEC and NCAA Tournament.
Legend: C = Team Captain
Steven Pearl, Quinn Cannington, Tanner Wild, Rick Daniels-Mulholland, Justin Jackson, Brett Jackson
Head Coach: Bruce Pearl, Associate Coach: Tony Jones, Assistant Coach: Steve Forbes, Assistant Coach: Jason Shay, Director of Basketball Operations: Ken Johnson
|- !colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Exhibition
|- !colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
|- !colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00; color:white;"| SEC regular season
|- !colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| <span style="color:white;">SEC Tournament</span>
|- !colspan=9 style="background:#F77F00;"| <span style="color:white;">NCAA tournament</span>