Pair Of Key Tennessee Basketball Players On Injury Report Ahead Of Matchup With No. 1 Auburn
The status for a pair of Tennessee basketball players is uncertain for Saturday’s top 10 matchup against top-ranked Auburn. Igor Milicic Jr is probable for the game with a “lower body” injury while Jordan Gainey is questionable due to “illness” on the SEC Availability Report. Milicic was a partial participant in Friday’s practice open to […]
Square Dance? Slingshot? Zakai Zeigler and Jordan Gainey Pull Off Steph Curry Move Against Mississippi State
Tennessee guards Zakai Zeigler and Jordan Gainey had social media talking on Tuesday with a unique move in the second half of the Vols’ win over Mississippi State. Do-si-do? Square dancing? Floppy? We’ll call it the slingshot for now, but the move has a few different names. Running towards each other along the baseline, Zeigler […]
WATCH: Tennessee’s Zakai Zeigler and Justin Gainey Preview Vols’ SEC Week Ahead
Tennessee is set to take on a pair of Top 25 teams from the SEC this week including a road contest against the nation’s No. 1 on the road Saturday. The Vols return to Knoxville after a road trip to Vanderbilt to host No. 15 Mississippi State on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. ET. Tennessee […]
WATCH: Tennessee HC Rick Barnes, Jordan Gainey Break Down Florida Loss Before Texas Game
Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes and senior guard Jordan Gainey met with the media on Thursday in Knoxville as the Vols prepare to take on Texas in Austin, TX, this Saturday evening. The Vols are looking to bounce back from their first loss of the season, a 30-point blowout against Florida, 73-43. One early loss […]
Social Media Reacts: Jordan Gainey Keeps Tennessee Undefeated With Buzzer Beating Shot
Jordan Gainey’s game-winning buzzer-beater had social media fired up on Saturday night. With No. 1 Tennessee tied in a 64-all battle against Illinois in Champaign with six seconds left, Gainey went coast-to-coast to deliver the game-winning layup to lift the Vols to the win and keep the undefeated season alive at 10-0. Tennessee overcame offensive […]
‘We’re Tough’: Tennessee’s Improbable Win At Illinois Latest Encouraging Sign
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Tennessee made just six field goals in the first half. Zakai Zeigler and Chaz Lanier combined for two points in the second half while fouling out. Igor Milicic missed all eight of his three-point attempts. Felix Okpara didn’t score in nine minutes of action. The list of stats and circumstances that made […]
WATCH: Jordan Gainey, Rick Barnes, Tennessee Players React to Win Over Illinois
No. 1 Tennessee improved to 10-0 on the season with an unbelievable coast-to-coast buzzer-beating layup from Jordan Gainey. The Vols defeated Illinois in Champaign on Saturday night by a score of 66-64 behind Gainey’s 23 points and buzzer-beating layup. With the Vols in significant foul trouble for much of the game, Gainey put the team […]
What Jordan Gainey Said After His Buzzer Beater, Career Performance Against Illinois
With Tennessee’s starting backcourt of Zakai Zeigler and Chaz Lanier each battling foul trouble and eventually fouling out in the Vols’ 66-64 win over Illinois, Tennessee basketball needed Jordan Gainey to step up. Step up Gainey did. The senior shooting guard played the best game of his Tennessee career. He scored 18 of his Tennessee-high […]
Everything Rick Barnes Said After Tennessee Escaped Illinois Victorious
Tennessee basketball passed its toughest test of the season to date, knocking off Illinois 66-64 in Champaign on Saturday night. The Vols were far from their best with a number of top players struggling to score and stay out of foul trouble. But Tennessee’s bench, led by Jordan Gainey, kept punching and the Vols held […]
WATCH: Jordan Gainey Hits Coast-to-Coast Buzzer Beater to Defeat Illinois
Jordan Gainey’s coast-to-coast buzzer beater lifted No. 1 Tennessee over Illinois, 66-64, in a back-and-forth heavyweight battle from Champaign. With less than six seconds remaining in a tie game, Gainey shot down the court like a cannonball and carved his way through the Illini defense to shock, stun, and silence an Illinois crowd that had […]