Earl Grant
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Oct 7, 2026
AJ BlackHOST
Compare in that.
AJ BlackHOST
to what Earl Grant did is going to be like night and day.
AJ BlackHOST
But more importantly, you have a new head coach who isn't just hedging, you know, his bets on what Boston College can and can't become.
AJ BlackHOST
He has a firm philosophy of what's going to bring Boston College back to relevancy in basketball.
AJ BlackHOST
And I feel confident, not only feel confident that this team is going to be entertaining, but I feel like this team is going to be sneaky good.
AJ BlackHOST
And what Luke Murray talked about was just the things that I think good teams do, which is attention to detail in everything that they do.
AJ BlackHOST
Not a knock on Earl Grant, but, you know, I feel like he was here to make everyone work as hard as they can and build that culture that way, which, again, I said on yesterday's show is fine.
AJ BlackHOST
But building an offensive philosophy never seemed like anything that Earl Grant was really putting in.
AJ BlackHOST
That's a huge thing.
AJ BlackHOST
You know, Earl Grant, his whole thing was being gritty and trying to grind out wins.
AJ BlackHOST
That's not what Luke Murray's going to be going for.
AJ BlackHOST
He is trying to build a machine here where everyone plays a part, everyone knows the system, everyone knows the, you know, the complex ball screens and off-ball movements and every, you know, how to swing it around and make those good looks so you find open passes.
AJ BlackHOST
That is going to be absolutely different than what we saw with Earl Grant, where, with Earl Grant, where you're just like, you know, hop, skip, and a prayer that you're gonna beat a team.
AJ BlackHOST
And then we saw, year after year, some of those offenses were really, really ugly.
AJ BlackHOST
Murray is pushing for an efficient, crisp, you know, explosive offense that's gonna make a lot of points, and that is gonna be a huge change.
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AJ BlackHOST
So I, I, I like the setup of this team, and I can't wait to see a, a team that's just well-coached.
Ben McKeeHOST
Had podcasts with Josh Elander posted this week.
Ben McKeeHOST
Earl Grant, Tennessee basketball assistant coach, also posted this week with basketball beginning preseason practice and baseball beginning fall practice.
Ben McKeeHOST
And that was in addition to all of our usual media availabilities and no huddles and football highlights.
Ben McKeeHOST
There's basketball practice highlights on there, our podcast.
Jack SeiberlichHOST
... not anyone could say that.
Jack SeiberlichHOST
Earl Grant, I don't, I don't know if he ever said that, but-
Mac HutchinsonHOST
I don't think they ever...
Mac HutchinsonHOST
Honestly, I don't think they even had the balls to say that, any of the coaches previously.
Ben McKeeHOST
It is basketball time in Tennessee.
Ben McKeeHOST
Rick Barnes and Tennessee basketball begins practice today on Tuesday, September 22nd and first year assistant coach Earl Grant, who came over after a tenure at Boston College, was kind enough to join me last week on the Go Vols 24-7 podcast to preview the start of Tennessee basketball practice.
Ben McKeeHOST
Coach Grant spoke about what his first offseason in Knoxville was like and with Rick Barnes and Rick Barnes basketball program.
Ben McKeeHOST
He discussed himself being the defensive coordinator and what that adjustment has looked like this summer.
Ben McKeeHOST
And, of course, we talked about several of Tennessee's newcomers, what he wants to learn about this Tennessee basketball team over the next couple of weeks, what he already knows, the chemistry, a couple of freshmen.
Ben McKeeHOST
We talked a lot of Tennessee basketball to preview the start of Tennessee basketball practice as the exhibition, the first exhibition against Xavier is less than a month away, and we're about five or six weeks away from the season opener.
Ben McKeeHOST
Without further ado, here is new Tennessee basketball assistant coach Earl Grant.
Ben McKeeHOST
Welcome in to the Go Balls 24-7 podcast.
Ben McKeeHOST
So we'll have coverage of that.
Ben McKeeHOST
With practice starting, Earl Grant joined us on the Go Vols 24-7 podcast for an interview.
Ben McKeeHOST
The new Tennessee basketball assistant coach that's going to drop on Tuesday morning.
Ben McKeeHOST
And not only is basketball starting, fall baseball practice is starting on Friday as well.
AJ BlackHOST
I mean, I get the willies thinking of that, right? That's exciting.
AJ BlackHOST
Like, how often do you get a guy... gets nba comparisons on bc's bench i know i know it's one report but we went from just think about what where things have gone with this program in a year you went from nothing to this that's exciting you have a legitimate three-point shooter to go along with ernest shelton who is also a three-point shooter the big piece that that we that he talks about is The precision and detail orientation to Luke Murray's offense, which is completely different than Earl Grant's, which you saw down the stretch in a lot of these games where it was just kind of messy.
AJ BlackHOST
It's going to be a whole different ballgame.
AJ BlackHOST
And yes, excitement always breeds during the offseason.
AJ BlackHOST
I'll be down there a lot.
AJ BlackHOST
I already planned it.
AJ BlackHOST
because once they showed they cared it made me care it'll make you care too like now that you know that BC is showing some sort of drive to get better it makes it worth your money it makes it worth your time and that all pays off again now Luke and his team is just going to go out there and execute that's going to be the that's going to be the the challenge here and Based off of everything you heard, you know, with the Luke Murray being the offensive guru, that he's the complete 180 from Earl Grant, you get the sense it's going to happen.
AJ BlackHOST
But Luke, he has bigger aspirations for this team.
Joey MaiullariHOST
I know-
Zach CrewsGUEST
Yeah, if you're gonna put coaches up there, Earl Grant and Steve Addazio.
Joey MaiullariHOST
Earl Grant and Steve are definitely in there.
Joey MaiullariHOST
Uh-
Zach CrewsGUEST
Love it
Joey MaiullariHOST
Been one of my best friends since that moment, and, and both, both of us are big time sports fans.
Joey MaiullariHOST
So being able to have that podcast, share all the memories we had at BC.
Joey MaiullariHOST
And two of our top memories over the years were, you know, was meeting, uh, Steve Addazio, and then was also meeting Earl Grant.