Five Tennessee Basketball Questions As Preseason Practice Begins
Tennessee basketball begins preseason practice today with its season opener against Tennessee Tech just under six weeks away. The Vols are coming off a strong 27-8 (14-4 SEC) season that saw the Big Orange finish second in the SEC regular season race before winning the SEC Tournament and falling to Michigan in the Round of […]
Tennessee Moving Up In ESPN’s Preseason Bracketology
Tennessee’s men’s basketball team has followed up its strong 2021-22 season with a strong offseason. The Vols lost star point guard Kennedy Chandler but return upperclassmen Santiago Vescovi and Josiah-Jordan James after breakout junior seasons. Pair that with a four-player prep signing class including five-star Julian Phillips and Indiana State transfer Tyreke Key and you […]
Santiago Vescovi Withdraws From NBA Draft, Returning To UT For Senior Season
Tennessee shooting guard Santiago Vescovi is returning to Knoxville for his senior season after withdrawing from the 2022 NBA Draft, Stadium’s Jeff Goodman first reported and Vescovi later confirmed on Friday. “Run it back turbo,” Vescovi commented on his Instagram post. Vescovi declared for the NBA Draft while retaining his eligibility in late March to […]
Josiah-Jordan James Confirms Decision Regarding Future Status
Tennessee guard/forward Josiah-Jordan James began testing the NBA waters this spring back in April. Despite declaring for the NBA Draft though, James still had the option to return to Tennessee for his final year of collegiate eligibility. On Saturday afternoon, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein first reported that Josiah-Jordan James would be returning to Tennessee next […]
Tennessee Star Forward Testing NBA Waters
Tennessee small forward Josiah-Jordan James is following the lead of Kennedy Chandler and Santiago Vescovi by declaring for the NBA Draft. James never made a formal announcement that he would test NBA waters, but with the deadline to enter the draft in the rearview, the South Carolina native is one of the 283 players currently […]
What Rick Barnes Said About Tennessee’s Roster Movement Following NCAA Tournament
Roster building is a never ending process in modern college basketball. Instant eligibility transfers and the addition of the transfer portal has changed how college coaches build their teams. This can be a negative — like at LSU where every single scholarship player has declared for the NBA Draft or entered the portal — or a […]
Tennessee Veteran Guard Declares for the NBA Draft
NCAAM Elite Eight Preview 3/27: #10 Miami Vs. #1 Kansas Tennessee guard Santiago Vescovi has officially declared for the 2022 NBA Draft according to a post on his Instagram on Saturday. Vescovi’s declaration is not an immediate goodbye to Tennessee, though, as he will still maintain his collegiate eligibility. However, after a three-year career with […]
Five Answers To Tennessee Basketball’s Preseason Questions
Sweet 16 3/24 Player Performance Doubles: #5 Houston Vs. #1 Arizona Tennessee’s men’s basketball season is over with the Vols posting a 27-8 (14-4 SEC record). The Vols won the second most games of the Rick Barnes era and claimed Tennessee’s first SEC Tournament title since 1979. The Vols season ended earlier than they wanted […]
Vescovi Ties Tennessee NCAA Tournament Record Against Longwood
First Round Preview: #13 Chattanooga Vs. #4 Illinois INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Santiago Vescovi didn’t make a shot in the first 14 minutes of Tennessee’s Round of 64 blowout win over Longwood. Kennedy Chandler got a steal, ran the court found Vescovi open on the left wing. Bullseye. “For me, Coach always tells me push the ball,” […]
Three Quick Takeaways: Tennessee Blows Past Longwood
First Round Preview: #13 Chattanooga Vs. #4 Illinois INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Longwood hung with Tennessee for 10 minutes Thursday afternoon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Then the Vols unleashed a dominant three-point shooting barrage to blow past the Lancers, 88-56. Here’s three quick takeaways. Fulkerson Gets Tennessee Going John Fulkerson missed last year’s NCAA Tournament while dealing with […]
