Rick Barnes Addresses Tennessee Injury Situation Before Season Opener and Davidson Scrimmage

Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has addressed the Volunteers' injury situation as the team prepares for its season opener, according to a report from 247Sports. The update came as Tennessee gets ready to begin the season and as it looks back on a closed, or secret, scrimmage against Davidson.

The report centers on what Barnes said about the health of his team at that point in the preseason, without the available summary naming the individual players involved. For a team heading into its opener, the status of injured players can shape early rotations and how much the coaching staff can learn from preseason work, including a scrimmage against an opponent such as Davidson.

How Tennessee manages those injuries in the days leading up to the opener will be an early storyline for the Vols. Barnes's comments set the stage for the start of the season, with attention now turning to who is available when Tennessee takes the court for its first regular-season game.