Four-star wing Chris Washington Jr. originally scheduled an official visit with Tennessee basketball for its SEC matchup against Auburn on Saturday. But that visit will no longer happen this weekend, multiple sources told RTI.
Washington is postponing his visit after one of his high school games got delayed and rescheduled to Saturday. The blue-chip recruit has not yet re-scheduled his Tennessee visit.
Washington ranks as a four-star recruit and the No. 41 player in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings. He also ranks as the No. 16 small forward and the top player in the state of Tennessee in the 2026 recruiting cycle.
The 6-foot-9, 195-pound wing is a former Alabama commit and Murfreesboro native who stars at Providence Christian Academy in Murfreesboro. The Vols originally made his top seven back over the summer before he committed and then de-committed to the Crimson Tide back in the fall.
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Tennessee basketball signed three players during the early signing period including four-star wing Ralph Scott, four-star Manny Green and three-star point guard Marquis Clark. The Vols are not heavily pursuing any other prep prospects in the country after missing out on five-star Deron Rippey Jr last month.
It’s unclear exactly how many scholarship spots Tennessee will have to fill this offseason due to the uncertainty of the NBA Draft and the transfer portal. However, the Vols have four seniors on their roster this season and will have to replace at least those four.
Tennessee will likely hit the transfer portal hard again this offseason, especially at point guard where they lose Ja’Kobi Gillespie following this season. The Vols already signing two prep wings this fall while also potentially returning Bishop Boswell, Amari Evans and Clarence Massamba makes it less of a priority at the moment.
The Vols enter the Saturday matchup at Auburn coming off two critical wins on the road at Alabama and Georgia. Stephen Pearl’s first Auburn team is playing as well as any team in the conference and enters the matchup riding a four-game winning streak.
Tipoff between Tennessee and Auburn is at 8:30p.m. ET on Saturday night. ESPN is broadcasting the game.
