Special Season ‘Meant Everything’ To Tennessee Basketball
It began in East Lansing to two days before Halloween. It ended 87 miles to the east in Detroit on Easter. In between, Tennessee basketball won 27 games, a championship and reached NCAA Tournament heights that only one other team in program history reached. “It’s been the best year of my life by far,” super […]
What Tennessee Players Said After Season Ending Loss Against Purdue
Tennessee basketball’s fantastic 2023-24 season came to an end on Sunday afternoon in a 72-66 loss against Purdue in the Midwest Regional Final. The loss ended the Tennessee careers of seniors Josiah-Jordan James, Dalton Knecht and Santiago Vescovi. Following the game, James, Knecht and junior point guard Zakai Zeigler answered questions from the media. Here’s […]
Inside The 18-0 Run That Propelled Tennessee Basketball To The Elite Eight
DETROIT, Mich. — Creighton led by two points early in the second half of Tennessee’s 82-75 Sweet 16 win Friday night. Neither team could create any separation in a back-and-forth first 21 minutes. Then the Vols found another gear, going on an 18-0 run in 4:50 that changed the game and propelled them to the second […]
WATCH: Tennessee Players React to Win Over Creighton in the Sweet Sixteen
Two-seed Tennessee advanced to the Elite Eight with a win over three-seed Creighton in the Sweet 16 round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Friday night in Detroit, Michigan. The Vols defeated the Blue Jays by a score of 82-75 to advance to their second Elite Eight in program history and their first in the […]
Role Players Step Up As Tennessee Basketball Grits Past Texas
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It all looks easy for Tennessee basketball when stars Dalton Knecht, Zakai Zeigler and Jonas Aidoo play well on the offensive end. A question for the Vols this NCAA Tournament was what would happen if two of those guys struggle on the offensive end. In Saturday night’s 62-58 Round of 32 victory against […]
Tennessee Basketball Looking To Find Desperate Mindset Entering NCAA Tournament
Tennessee basketball enters the NCAA Tournament coming of its worst performance of the season in a 73-56 loss against Mississippi State in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals on Friday afternoon. For Tennessee to bounce back, it starts with its mindset and that can be in a number of different way.s “I know how we respond. Nobody […]
Mississippi State Exposes Tennessee’s Deficiencies In SEC Tournament Loss
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Rick Barnes’ face dropped into his hands as Dashawn Davis intercepted a lazy Dalton Knecht pass. Davis missed the transition layup but Shawn Jones was there for the put back dunk as the first half expired. The disastrous sequence gave Mississippi State a 38-19 halftime lead on its way to a 73-56 victory […]
Why Rick Barnes Wants Tennessee To Do Senior Day Differently
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said that the Vols were “way too emotional” in the first half of their 85-81 loss against Kentucky on Saturday afternoon. Barnes didn’t pinpoint exactly why that was the case but the emotional Senior Day ceremony for three key starters before the game seems like the most likely reason why. And […]
Rick Barnes: Tennessee ‘Way Too Emotional’ Early In Loss Against Kentucky
It was maybe rival Kentucky coming to town. Or maybe it was clinching the SEC Regular Season Championship earlier this week. Honoring three senior starters less than 20 minutes before tipoff seems most likely. But whatever it was, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes believes that his team came out too emotional in its 85-81 loss against […]
WATCH: Tennessee Senior Day Presentations – Dalton Knecht, Santiago Vescovi, Josiah-Jordan James, Colin Coyne
Tennessee hosted Senior Day before the Vols’ regular-season finale against Kentucky on Saturday afternoon in Knoxville. The Vols honored four seniors during the presentation: fifth-year senior Josiah-Jordan James, fifth-year senior Santiago Vescovi, first-year transfer Dalton Knecht, and two-year walk-on Colin Coyne. James and Vescovi began their Tennessee careers during the 2019-2020 season but came to […]
