Five-star big man Chris Cenac cut his list of contenders from 12 to seven on Wednesday night and Tennessee basketball made the cut.
Cenac is now down to a top group that includes Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Houston, Kentucky, LSU and Tennessee as he works his way through a group of fall official visits.
𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: Top ten senior recruit Chris Cenac has cut his list of 12 finalists down to seven, his father tells @247Sports.
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Cenac ranks as a five-star recruit and the No. 8 player in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings. A 6-foot-10 big man, Cenac is a consensus top 10 recruit on every single recruiting site and is one of the Vols’ top targets in the 2025 recruiting cycle.
The blue-chip recruit officially visited Tennessee basketball last month for the same weekend that the football team hosted Kent State. Cenac has also taken official visits to Auburn, Kentucky and Houston this fall and he still has official visits scheduled to both Arkansas and LSU.
Cenac is a New Orleans native but he plays his prep basketball at Link Academy in Branson, Missouri. Tennessee has had an abundance of success recruiting Link Academy due in part to Tennessee assistant coach Rod Clark’s relationships at the school. Current Tennessee players Cam Carr, Felix Okpara and Cade Phillips all played prep basketball at Link Academy.
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The 2025 recruiting class is a critical one for Tennessee basketball. Tennessee definitively has eight scholarships to work with this offseason. Tennessee’s current roster contains only 11 scholarship players meaning the Vols are two under the limit entering the season. Rick Barnes’ 10th team at Tennessee has six seniors on its roster including returners Zakai Zeigler, Jahmai Mashack and Jordan Gainey as well as incoming transfers Igor Milicic Jr (Charlotte), Darlinstone Dubar (Hofstra) and Chaz Lanier (North Florida).
