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Tyler Smith picked first in Rocky Top League draft

Rocky Top League teams and draft order.

Overall pick in draft in parenthesis.

HT Group

Tyler Smith (1); Courtney Pigram (12); Daniel West (13); Michael Jenkins (24); Cole Rose (25); Greg Hamlin (36); Kyle Huckins (37); J.T. Blair (48); Chris Conner (49); Ryan Walden (60)

Toyota of Knoxville

Wayne Chism (2); Dane Bradshaw (11); Rashard Lee (14); Andy Tipton (23); Tony White Jr. (26); Kirill Yakvolev (35); Isiah Brown (38); Jared Stevens (47); Jimmy Boone (50); Dan Walter (59)

Rays ESG

Scotty Hopson (3); Bobby Maze (10); Brian Williams (15); Logan Johnson (22); Steven Pearl (27); Alex Oliver (34); Alex Bowers (39); Ben Williamson (46); James Gallman (51); Mario Mcclurie (58)

News-Sentinel

Damon Johnson (4); Ron Slay (9); Renaldo Woolridge (16); Phillip Jurick (21); Jalen Steele (28); Raul Placeras (33); Cameron Sharp (40); Jeremy Saffore (45); Chauncey Thompson (52); Keith Bauer (57)

Richardson Construction

John Mueller (5); Terrence Oglesby (8); Stanley Asumnu (17); Josh Tabb (20); Bobby Guyton (29); Elmar Kuli-Zade (32); Michael Blue (41); Rob Zalucki (44); Skylar McBee (53); Adam Plavich (56)

1st Tennessee

Cameron Tatum (6); James Jackson (7); John Higgins (18); Jordan Howell (19); Zach Hyatte (30); Ben Bosse (31); Eryk Watson (42); Marko Costic (43); Justin Walker (54) Dustin Brown (55)

       20 Comments

Posted by VolPride_13 on June 11, 2008 at 9:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Soooo...Who do ya'll think will win the league?
I'm leanin' towards News-Sentinel!!

Posted by ncvol on June 11, 2008 at 9:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm cheering them all on...

Posted by jlovevols on June 11, 2008 at 9:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I like Toyota of Kville. You've got a good mix of size, ball handling and scoring. But Rays and News-Sentinel are good too.

Posted by WorkinLikeHeck on June 11, 2008 at 9:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yet again, another basketball article. Hey Foolmore!!!!!!

Posted by volsfaninkpt on June 11, 2008 at 9:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

HT group, they got tyler smith and two players from ETSU, pigram and hamlin. i had some classes with both of them and they're pretty cool fellas and pretty decent players. i guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens though.

Posted by WVVOLFAN on June 11, 2008 at 9:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

workin', give it a break man. your boring.

Posted by Jagob38 on June 11, 2008 at 10:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

According to this 1st Tennessee only got 1 player out of the first 16 choosen. Why? There were only 6 teams.

Posted by jasvol on June 11, 2008 at 10:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Rays ESG will be interesting to watch with Maze and Hopson.

I don't know who most of these players are so I can't predict who has the best guards.

Posted by jasvol on June 11, 2008 at 10:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

workin' - please become a Florida fan. Your 'post' are lame.

Posted by txvolsfan on June 11, 2008 at 10:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I like Rays also, This league is made for Hopson and Maze. They both will also want to make a big splash
GO VOLS!!!

Posted by volhoopsfan001 on June 11, 2008 at 10:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It looks like 1st-Tenn got ripped if they got the 6th pick and then didn't pick again until 17th. Shouldn't they have gotten the 6th & 7th picks?

Posted by KNSsports on June 11, 2008 at 10:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The draft order has been corrected.
- KNS sports department

Posted by Silent_Fulmer on June 12, 2008 at 12:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow, My fav. team is already Toyota since they have the Great Dane on their team.

Who is John Mueller and James Jackson? They must be pretty good

It's almost surreal to me that Scotty Hopson's name on this list. That dude is going to go off.

Posted by DandyVol on June 12, 2008 at 7:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I pick Rays. They have the shooting guard, the point guard and we'll have to see how Williams does. Unfortuantely, I don't know much about the non Vol players, but I'm learning. Any one know how the draft order was selected? Any thing to do with last year's finish?

Posted by Silent_Fulmer on June 12, 2008 at 9:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

DandyVol - draft order was determined with a random draw.

Posted by Silent_Fulmer on June 12, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Touchdown - if only Fulmer was our basketball coach too. We might have to wait for Hopson's junior year to see any action on the court.

Posted by HotlantaVol on June 12, 2008 at 2:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I can't believe I didn't get drafted again this year. You'd think at least one of those teams would need a short, overweight, white guy who can't shoot the ball and only dribbles when sipping beers #4 and up while watching re-runs of Baywatch. What's a guy gotta do around here? Dang.

Posted by byobbio on June 12, 2008 at 11:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm picking 1st Tennessee. Hopefully, Jordon Howell comes out of his shooting slump! he's all they got.

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