A former Tennessee basketball target in the transfer portal has emerged with a familiar rival.
According to a report from On3 Sports’ Joe Tipton, former Oklahoma shooting guard Duke Miles has committed to Vanderbilt.
Miles’ Vanderbilt commitment comes after the 6-foot-2 senior had already committed to Virginia and Texas A&M in the month of April. Tennessee reportedly reached back out following his de-commitment to Texas A&M, but Miles wound up with Vanderbilt instead on Sunday.
NEWS: Oklahoma transfer guard Duke Miles has committed to Vanderbilt, he told @On3sports.
The 6-2 senior averaged 9.4 PPG this season. Was previously committed to both Virginia and Texas A&M this portal cycle before ultimately landing on Vandy. https://t.co/QhnZFsMQVw pic.twitter.com/LdrgTsuzaq
— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) May 12, 2025
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Miles is one of seven incoming transfer additions for Mark Byington’s Vanderbilt program. The former OU transfer joins Washington SF Tyler Harrison, Jacksonville State center Mason Nicholson, North Carolina PF Jalen Washington, NC State SF Mike James, Cornell SF AK Okereke, and TCU point guard Frankie Collins.
One of the players that Vanderbilt had to replace was four-star center Jaylen Carey. The 6-foot-8, 265-pound center switched sides to Rick Barnes’ Tennessee program over a month ago on Apr. 6.
Carey is part of a three-man portal class for Tennessee alongside Maryland point guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Louisiana Tech shooting guard Amaree Abram. Carey impressed Barnes during the Commodores’ two matchups against Tennessee this past season while Gillespie and Abram helped the Vols fill major shooting vacancies on the perimeter left by Zakai Zeigler, Jordan Gainey, and Chaz Lanier.
While others are building more through the portal, Tennessee has put together a nice recruiting class to join its three transfer additions. The Vols have signed five prospects with five-star wing Nate Ament, four-star shooting guard Amari Evans, four-star center DeWayne Brown, French combo guard Clarence Massamba, and three-star point guard Troy Henderson.
In a recent way-too-early Top 25 projection from ESPN on May 6, Jeff Borzello tagged Tennessee as the No. 20 team in the country with a projected starting five of Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Amaree Abram, Nate Ament, Jaylen Carey, and returning starter Felix Okpara.
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