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3 reasons for concern from an in-person look at Tennessee's Nate Ament

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — In warmups, Tennessee freshman phenom Nate Ament looks the part.

But then the basketball game starts.

And so far this season, the Volunteers' top-five recruit, a player projected by many to go in the top-five of the 2026 NBA Draft, has not looked like anything special once the ball has been tipped.

An in-person look at Ament on Tuesday night in the JMA Wireless Dome, during a Tennessee upset loss to Syracuse, revealed genuine reasons for concern.

These are all things Ament can address between now and the end of the season, and he can certainly be better at them by the time he gets to the league.

But they also aren't nothing. They're worth noting, because Ament hasn't yet li

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