WATCH: Tennessee’s Santiago Vescovi and Rod Clark Preview South Carolina
Tennessee will be back on the court in Knoxville this Tuesday evening as the Vols host South Carolina inside the Food City Center. The Gamecocks, one of the conference’s more positively surprising teams this season, will enter the game with a 17-3 overall record with three straight wins. Tennessee, on the other hand, will look […]
Santiago Vescovi Sets Program Record With Start Against Vanderbilt
Tennessee veteran guard Santiago Vescovi set a new program record on Rocky Top with his start against Vanderbilt on Saturday evening in Nashville. According to Tennessee Athletics, “Vescovi passed Chris Lofton (2004-08) and Allan Houston (1989-93) for sole possession of the most starts in program history with 129.” The fifth-year senior recorded 12 points on […]
Rick Barnes Praises ‘Unselfish’ Nature Of Tennessee’s Leaders After Florida Win
Josiah-Jordan James and Santiago Vescovi totaled just five points while Dalton Knecht went for 39 points in Tennessee’s 85-66 win over Florida on Tuesday evening. Through four SEC games, neither James nor Vescovi have a double-digit scoring outing and they have combined for just 25 points. These are two players that have been crucial pieces […]
Tennessee Seniors Struggle Offensively In Loss At Mississippi State
STARKVILLE, Miss — Consistency is the name of the game for Tennessee basketball. The Vols have a lot of good players but a number of them have struggled with offensive consistency in their careers. In Wednesday night’s 77-72 loss at Mississippi State, super seniors Josiah-Jordan James and Santiago Vescovi struggled miserably on the offensive end of […]
Everything Rick Barnes Said After Tennessee Fell At Mississippi State
Tennessee basketball played one of its worst halves of the season on Wednesday night following behind Mississippi State 35-22 thanks to sloppy offensive basketball. But the Vols came storming back in the second half behind their full court press and elite showings from Zakai Zeigler and Dalton Knecht. The Vols tied the game with 33 […]
Santiago Vescovi Reaches Career Milestone Which Proves His Value
Santiago Vescovi faded off an off ball screen from Jonas Aidoo, luring the big man’s defender onto him as he so often does with opponents respecting his stout three-point shooting. Vescovi leaped to catch Zakai Zeigler’s pass and fired the ball while still in the air to a rolling Jonas Aidoo for an easy dunk. […]
Veteran Tennessee Guards Play Winning Basketball Against Illinois
Tennessee’s backcourt veterans struggled in the Vols’ three November losses. But the trio of Zakai Zeigler, Jahmai Mashack and Santiago Vescovi played winning basketball as No. 17 Tennessee knocked off No. 20 Illinois 86-79 on Saturday afternoon. Mashack played only three minutes in the first half but proved crucial in 12 second half minutes. He […]
Santiago Vescovi Moving Up Tennessee Record Book
Shooting guard Santiago Vescovi is moving up the Tennessee basketball record books. After dishing out three assists in the Vols’ 87-66 win over George Mason, Vescovi moved into 10th place in program history with 387 career-assists. The fifth-year senior is in position to do a good bit more climbing up the record books this season. […]
Familiar Issue Bites Tennessee In Loss Against No. 1 Kansas
Tennessee was neck-and-neck with Kansas with 12 minutes remaining. The Vols’ offense hadn’t been perfect or shot great but they were overall getting good looks and had 49 points through the game’s first 12 minutes. And then the all-to familiar happened with Tennessee. Its offense collapsed and the Vols couldn’t get shots to fall. From […]
Tennessee’s Veterans Deliver Down The Stretch Against Syracuse
Tennessee basketball looked out of sorts offensively in the first half of its 73-56 win over Syracuse in its Maui Invitational opener on Monday afternoon. These 2023 Vols looked like the 2022 Vols in the first half and would have trailed at halftime if it weren’t for Dalton Knecht’s spectacular play. The Northern Colorado scored […]
