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Tennessee Basketball Makes Top Seven For Five-Star Point Guard
Five-star point guard Reese Alston released his top seven including Tennessee basketball on Monday night, 247sports’ Brandon Jenkins first reported…
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Tennessee Basketball Makes The Cut For Five-Star Point Guard
Five-star point guard Nasir Anderson released his top 10 including Tennessee basketball on Saturday afternoon, League Rdy’s Sam Kayser first reported…
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Jalen Washington Still Remains Eligible For Tennessee Basketball Despite Friday Court Ruling
A chaotic summer for college athletics continued on Friday when a Tenth Circuit Court granted the NCAA’s stay request in Wisne vs. the NCAA. It looked…
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Former Lady Vols Basketball Guard Enters Transfer Portal Looking For Fifth Year of Eligibility
Former Lady Vols basketball guard Avery Strickland Hurst’s college career may not be over. According to a report from Talia Goodman, Strickland Hurst has…
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Elite Point Guard Recruit Schedules Upcoming Official Visit with Lady Vols Basketball
Lady Vols basketball has made the cut for another top-ranked recruit in the 2027 class. Earlier this week, four-star point guard Cece Dennis named Tennessee…
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Tennessee Basketball Will Face Six Former Players This Regular Season
Tennessee has been active in the transfer portal every years since the start of its existence. But the Vols were particularly aggressive his offseason, landing…
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Blue-Chip Point Guard Schedules Official Visit With Tennessee Basketball
Four-star point guard Micah Gordon has scheduled an official visit with Tennessee basketball from Sept. 4-6, The Athletic’s Tobias Bass first reported…
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Tennessee Basketball Rises in Offseason Bracketology Report For The First Time This Summer
For the first time this offseason, Tennessee Basketball is officially on the rise in Joe Lunardi’s latest offseason bracketology report for ESPN. The…
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How Much Tennessee Will Reportedly Make From New Partnership With Axle Logisitics
Tennessee men’s and women’s basketball announced a partnership with Axle Logistics on Tuesday. The five-year deal will include an Axle patch on the…
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What Danny White, Rick Barnes, Kim Caldwell Said About Tennessee’s New Jersey Patch
Tennessee men’s and women’s basketball are joining the newly allowed trend of adding sponsorship patches to uniforms. On Tuesday afternoon, UT…
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Multiple Lady Vols Basketball Legends to be Enshrined in Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame This Weekend
This weekend, the 2026 class of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame members will be enshrined during festivities in Springfield, Mass., the Birthplace of…
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Former Tennessee Basketball Guard Commits To SEC School Out Of Transfer Portal
Former Tennessee basketball guard B.J. Edwards is returning to the SEC for his fifth and final season of eligibility. Edwards committed to Oklahoma on Thursday…
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ESPN Names Tennessee Basketball’s Postseason Ceiling and Floor After Roster Revamp
Tennessee Basketball’s revamped roster is a fairly old story at this point in the offseason. While fans are still waiting to see the new players together…
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No. 1-Ranked Recruit From Tennessee Names Vols Basketball in Top Schools List
Tennessee basketball has done a fantastic job stockpiling talent in the Rick Barnes Era. While a lot of the recent big splashes have been transfers, he’s…
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When Outgoing Lady Vols Basketball Transfers Are Scheduled to Play Tennessee in 2026-27
After a disastrous ending to the 2025-26 season in Kim Caldwell’s second year leading the Lady Vols basketball program, the entire roster either departed…
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Tennessee Basketball Makes Top Five for Top-75 Recruit, Standout Small Forward
Rick Barnes has piled up extremely impressive recruiting classes in recent years leading Tennessee basketball. Ahead of the 2026-27 season, Barnes is making…
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Multiple Former Tennessee Vols Slated For NBA Christmas Day Action
A few different Tennessee Volunteers will be celebrating the Christmas Day holiday on an NBA court this winter. On Tuesday morning, the NBA released the…
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SEC Announces Full Lady Vols Basketball Conference Slate With Game Dates
We now have the full out-of-conference and SEC schedule for the 2026-27 Lady Vols basketball season. For Kim Caldwell’s third year, she’ll face a…
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Who Will Start For Tennessee Basketball? Jalen Washington’s Addition Complicates Things
Tennessee basketball made a major addition to its roster last week, landing Vanderbilt transfer center Jalen Washington. It’s a major addition to the…
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Lady Vols Basketball Release Full 2026-27 Out-of-Conference Schedule
The full 2026-27 out-of-conference schedule for Lady Vols basketball has been released. Ahead of Kim Caldwell’s third season leading the program, we now…
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Tennessee Basketball Hosting Elite Point Guard Recruit on Official Visit
After making his top schools list just over a week ago, Tennessee basketball has now set up an official visit with one of the top point guard recruits in the…
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RTI Predicts Six Tennessee Basketball Superlatives For the Upcoming Season
We’re less than three months away from Tennessee Basketball’s season-opening game against Wofford on Nov. 3, but UT fans won’t have to wait…
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Tennessee Basketball Recruiting Target Commits To SEC Foe
Four-star shooting guard Justin Wise committed to Georgia basketball over Tennessee and others on Friday afternoon. Wise released a top six including Clemson…
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Where Tennessee C Jalen Washington Ranks In Late Summer Transfer Portal Rankings
The college basketball offseason found even more juice last week when courts in Tennessee and Colorado granted multiple student-athletes an additional year of…
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Tennessee Basketball Announces Home Exhibition Game Against Big East Foe
Tennessee basketball will face Xavier in an exhibition game at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center on Thursday, Oct. 15, the program announced on Friday…
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What Rick Barnes Said About Tennessee Basketball Signing Jalen Washington
Tennessee basketball officially announced the signing of Vanderbilt center Jalen Washington on Wednesday afternoon. Washington committed to the Vols on Monday…
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Former Tennessee Star Zakai Zeigler Files Amended Lawsuit Against The NCAA
Tennessee basketball star Zakai Zeigler filed a lawsuit against the NCAA last July, seeking an additional year of eligibility and calling for the NCAA to adapt…
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Impact Analysis: What Jalen Washington Brings Tennessee Basketball
Tennessee basketball landed the final piece to its 2026-27 roster on Monday when Vanderbilt transfer center Jalen Washington committed to Rick Barnes and his…
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BREAKING: Vanderbilt Transfer Center Commits To Tennessee Basketball
Vanderbilt transfer center Jalen Washington committed to Tennessee basketball out of the transfer portal on Monday On3’s Joe Tipton first reported and a…
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How Transfer Jalen Washington Performed Against Tennessee While With Vanderbilt and North Carolina
Tennessee Basketball bolstered its 2026-2027 roster with a commitment from former Vanderbilt forward Jalen Washington on Monday afternoon, via a report from…
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Lady Vols Basketball Practice Notes And Observations: August 3, 2026
For the first time this offseason, we got a look at what the 2026-27 Lady Vols basketball team will look like under Kim Caldwell. This featured the entirely…
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Former Tennessee Guard Intends To Re-Enter Transfer Portal
Former Tennessee basketball guard B.J. Edwards is re-entering the transfer portal after spending the last three seasons at SMU, 247sports’ Travis Branham…
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Everything Lady Vols Basketball HC Kim Caldwell Said in Summer Practice Press Conference
Kim Caldwell is set to embark on year three as the head coach of the prestigious Lady Vols basketball program. After a strong year one and then a disappointing…
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WATCH: Kim Caldwell, Lady Vols Basketball Players Meet With the Media During Summer Practice
Lady Vols basketball is going through its slate of summer practices, which includes integrating an entirely new 15-player roster into Kim Caldwell’s…
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Tennessee Basketball Notebook: What We Heard And Saw About Summer Practices
Tennessee basketball held its final summer practice last Thursday. After two months of work, Tennessee’s players will get he next few weeks off before…
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LOOK: Tennessee Basketball Wraps Up Summer Practices With Annual Weight Room Photo
Tennessee Basketball’s summer workouts are officially in the book as the new-look Volunteers prepare for the upcoming 2026-2027 college basketball…
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A Detailed Look At Tennessee Basketball’s Non Conference Schedule
Tennessee basketball officially released its complete non conference schedule last week. It’s most likely a 14-game out of conference slate with seven…
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Former Tennessee Basketball Standout Signs Professional Deal In New Zealand
Former Tennessee basketball forward Josiah-Jordan James is continuing his basketball career in New Zealand. James signed a one-year deal with the New Zealand…
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Tennessee Basketball in Top Eight for Top 50 Recruit in 2027 Class
Tennessee basketball is one of the eight schools still in the mix for a top recruit in the class of 2027. This past week, J’Lon Lyons named the Vols…
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WATCH: Five Former Vols Hit The Court to Take on Tennessee Basketball’s Current Roster
It was a ‘Welcome Home’ party in Knoxville on Thursday as five former Tennessee Volunteers returned to Rocky Top for the Vols’ final practice…
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What Juke Harris Said In First Tennessee Basketball Press Conference
Tennessee basketball wing Juke Harris met with the local media earlier this week in his first press conference since committing to the Vols out of the transfer…
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Playing For Rick Barnes Living Up To Expectations For Juke Harris
Juke Harris was the crown jewel of Tennessee basketball’s highly-touted transfer portal class this spring, choosing the Vols over Michigan and North…
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WATCH: Tennessee’s Rick Barnes, Juke Harris, and Marquis Clark Talk Vols’ Summer Basketball Workouts
Tennessee Basketball head coach Rick Barnes, transfer guard Juke Harris, and freshman guard Marquis Clark all met with the media on Thursday afternoon in…
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Lady Vols Basketball Guard Underwent Successful Surgery for ACL and Meniscus Injury
One of Lady Vols basketball’s transfer portal additions from this offseason, Liberty guard Avery Mills, is set to be sidelined for an extended period of…
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WATCH: Tennessee Athletics Posts 2025-2026 Year in Review Video
With the 2026-2027 athletics season on the horizon, Tennessee posted a recap of this past year’s accomplishments on Thursday. Tennessee Athletics had…
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Former Tennessee Basketball Standout Signs New Overseas Contract
Former Tennessee basketball standout Jordan Gainey signed a professional deal with KK Cedevita Olimpija in the Slovenian First League earlier this week, the…
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WATCH: Tennessee Basketball Drops Trailer for Upcoming Rick Barnes Documentary
Since Rick Barnes took over the Tennessee basketball program in 2015, he’s had unprecedented success. Securing his position as the most accomplished head…
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Tennessee Basketball Practice Notes And Observations: July 23, 2026
Tennessee basketball held its final practice open to the media on Thursday afternoon at Pratt Pavilion as the Vols have just one more week of summer practices…
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Everything Rick Barnes Said As Tennessee Basketball Summer Practice Winds Down
Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes met with the local media on Thursday afternoon as the Vols’ summer practices wind down. Tennessee has one more…
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Tennessee Football Lands Two Expert Predictions For Talented In-State Running Back Asa Barnes
Tennessee won the David Gabriel Georges battle on Wednesday night, but the Vols still have their eye on another talented in-state running back from the 2027…