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 […]
Josiah-Jordan James, Santiago Vescovi Talk Tennessee Memories Before Senior Day
Tennessee basketball’s Josiah-Jordan James and Santiago Vescovi met with the local media on Friday afternoon before their Senior Day matchup against Kentucky. Bot James and Vescovi went through Senior Day festivities a season ago before deciding to return for their super senior seasons. As Rick Barnes said on Friday, if anyone deserves two senior days […]
WATCH: Tennessee’s Josiah-Jordan James and Santiago Vescovi Talk Senior Day in Knoxville
Tennessee’s senior class will play their final game in Thompson Boling Arena this Saturday afternoon in Knoxville as the No. 4 Vols host the No. 15 Kentucky Wildcats in the regular-season finale. The game will be played at 4:00 p.m. ET in the Food City Center as Tennessee looks for their second straight win and […]
Rick Barnes: Tennessee Basketball’s SEC Title A Complete ‘Program Championship’
When Tennessee basketball fell to South Carolina in Knoxville back in late January, the Vols’ SEC Championship hopes were teetering. Tennessee was 5-2 in conference play and were staring down a potential 5-3 start with a challenging to road trip to Kentucky looming. Then the Vols won in Rupp Arena, beginning a run of nine […]
Tennessee Basketball Shows Its More Than Dalton Knecht At Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Three days after saving Tennessee and making his case for National Player of the Year in a win over No. 11 Auburn, star Dalton Knecht had his worst game in two months on Saturday night at Alabama. Tennessee’s second leading scorer in SEC play, Jonas Aidoo, battled foul trouble and scored just 12 […]
WATCH: Rick Barnes, Tennessee Players Discuss Win At Alabama
Tennessee basketball went on the road on Saturday night and overcame a second half deficit to defeat Alabama 81-74 at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa. The Vols used stifling defense to cool off the nation’s best offense, holding the Crimson Tide to their second lowest scoring total of the season behind only their loss at Tennessee. […]
Dalton Knecht And Josiah-Jordan James’ Games Complementing Each Other, Tennessee Basketball
Dalton Knecht and Josiah-Jordan James are both super seniors. They’re both 6-foot-6 and weigh within 20 pounds of each other. But the duo have followed radically different paths to their fifth and final collegiate season. James is a former five-star recruit while Knecht came to Knoxville after stops at junior college and Northern Colorado. Their […]
Where Tennessee Basketball Ranks In Feb. 5 AP Poll
Tennessee basketball dropped one-spot to No. 6 in this week’s AP Poll after a topsy turvy 1-1 week. Kansas jumped the Vols’ after knocking off then-No. 4 Houston on Saturday. The Vols suffered their worst loss of the season on Tuesday night when they fell to South Carolina at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. […]
Zakai Zeigler And Josiah-Jordan James Move Up Tennessee Basketball Scoring List At Rupp Arena
Tennessee basketball became the first SEC team to score 100 points at Rupp Arena in 30 years as the Vols toppled No. 10 Kentucky 103-92 on Saturday night. The Vols’ improved offense having a strong performance against a weak Kentucky defense wasn’t shocking, but scoring in triple digits while star Dalton Knecht totaled just 16 […]