Tennessee Basketball Announces Internal Staff Promotions
Tennessee basketball announced a handful of internal staff promotions on Wednesday morning. Tennessee promoted Director of Player Development Bryan Lentz as well as Director of Recruiting Lucas Campbell to assistant coach positions. NCAA rules changed last July allowing colleges to have five assistant coaches instead of three. Lentz and Campbell will fill those two positions. […]
Cam Carr ‘Poised For Sophomore Leap’ With Tennessee Basketball According To Scout
Tennessee wing Cam Carr is one of the most intriguing players on the Vols’ roster entering the 2024-25 season and he’s providing reasons for more optimism this summer. Carr was one of 14 players competing at the Jayson Tatum Elite Camp over the weekend, an invite only event sent to just 15 college wing players. […]
What Tennessee Basketball’s Rotation Could Look Like Next Season
After landing four players in the transfer portal earlier this offseason, Tennessee basketball has filled 11 of its 13 scholarships to work with entering the 2024-25 season. While the Vols could look to add a developmental prep prospect to their roster before the fall semester begins in August, those 11 players are the ones that […]
How Much Money Did Dalton Knecht Lose By Dropping In The NBA Draft?
Tennessee guard Dalton Knecht falling to the Los Angeles Lakers at pick No. 17 was one of the biggest surprises in the 2024 NBA Draft. Scouting services unanimously projected Knecht to be a lottery pick while most mock drafts on Wednesday morning projected the SEC Player of the Year to land at pick No. 6 […]
Rick Barnes Details Behind-The-Scenes of Dalton Knecht’s Draft Day
When Dalton Knecht asked his coach to be at the NBA Draft with him, the answer was a resounding yes. While just spending one year at Tennessee, Knecht and Vols head coach Rick Barnes developed a bond on and off the court. Knecht initially chose Tennessee partially due to the fact that he would receive […]
WATCH: Rick Barnes Talks Dalton Knecht’s Lakers Journey, Offseason Work for Vol Hoops
Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes capped off a big week with a quick offseason visit with the media on Friday morning in Knoxville. Barnes’s jet-flying week had him in Omaha on Monday night for Tennessee Baseball’s National Championship and in Brooklyn, New York, for the first round of the NBA Draft alongside Dalton Knecht on […]
Everything Rick Barnes Said About NBA Draft, Tennessee’s Summer Workouts
Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes met with the local media on Friday morning just two days after being in New York City for the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft. The Vols’ 10th-year head coach discussed Dalton Knecht landing with the Los Angeles Lakers, being in Omaha to watch Tennessee baseball win the National […]
‘It Is Pretty Remarkable’: Rick Barnes Reacts To Tennessee Baseball Winning National Championship
During Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes’ first years in Knoxville there was little interest in the Volunteer baseball program as they lived near the bottom of the SEC standings. Barnes was at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Monday night when Tennessee baseball won its first ever National Championship. Having seen where Tennessee was when […]
How to Watch: Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht at the 2024 NBA Draft
Welcome to Rocky Top Insider’s NBA Draft HQ as former Tennessee guard and reigning SEC Player of the Year Dalton Knecht prepares to hear his name called as a likely lottery pick on Wednesday night. Unlike previous years, the first and second rounds will be split between two days on Wednesday and Thursday. The first […]
Tony Vitello Embraces With Josh Heupel, Rick Barnes After Tennessee Wins National Championship
Tennessee athletics is in its golden age. Rick Barnes has the Tennessee basketball program as healthy as it’s ever been. Josh Heupel has Tennessee football relevant for the first time in a long time. And Tony Vitello just kicked the door down, winning the athletic department’s first team national championship since women’s track and field […]
