Ja’Kobi Gillespie Raising Already High Expectations During Summer With Tennessee Basketball
Maryland point guard transfer Ja’Kobi Gillespie was the prize of Tennessee basketball’s transfer portal class. Gillespie averaged 14.7 points and 4.8 assists per game on his way to earning Third Team All-Big 10 honors in his junior season. No one on Tennessee’s roster has had more success at the college level than Gillespie. Yet the […]
Everything Tennessee AHC Justin Gainey Said After Summer Practices
As Tennessee basketball turns its attention from its summer slate of practices to the preseason stretch, the Vols made a pair of freshmen and associate head coach Justin Gainey open to the media. Gainey spoke on that pair of newcomers, Nate Ament and Clarence Massamba, incoming Ethan Burg, how the team fits together and more. […]
Everything Tennessee AHC Justin Gainey Said As Vols Continue Summer Work
Tennessee basketball associate head coach Justin Gainey met with the media Tuesday afternoon as the Vols continue their summer work at Pratt Pavilion. Before Tennessee’s open practice, Gainey discussed his thoughts on Tennessee’s newcomers, five-star freshman Nate Ament and much more. Here’s everything Gainey said. More From RTI: Tennessee Basketball Practice Notes And Observations From June […]
WATCH: Tennessee Associate Head Coach Justin Gainey Previews Vols’ Summer Hoops Storylines
Tennessee associate head coach Justin Gainey met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to preview some summer storylines for the Volunteers this month. Rick Barnes’ program underwent a number of changes following their second-straight Elite 8 run this past March, including a handful of fresh new faces to the roster and a few new additions […]
Tennessee Basketball’s ‘Mentality Switch’ The Difference In Sweet 16 Win Over Kentucky
INDIANAPOLIS — Tennessee associate head coach Justin Gainey stood in a victorious locker room recounting the Vols’ defensive breakdowns in their first two losses against Kentucky like he had watched them just a moment before. “I felt like those first two (games) we didn’t come in, for whatever reason, with the intensity we needed, with the […]
‘A Point Guard’s Dream’: Troy Henderson Discusses His Commitment To Tennessee Basketball
Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes was watching five-star power forward Nate Ament an an AAU tournament late last summer when Ament’s Team Loaded point guard Troy Henderson grabbed his attention. “The ball had went out of bounds and I had gone to take the ball out of bounds and Coach Barnes was like, ‘you look […]
Tennessee Challenged Its Frontcourt Before UCLA Game, Trio ‘Answered The Bell’
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tennessee’s five starters broke their tight huddle to walk to mid court for the opening tip off when Zakai Zeigler grabbed Felix Okpara and Igor Milicic and shared a few more words. “I was just telling them, go get every rebound,” Zeigler said postgame. “If nobody else gets a rebound, nobody on our […]
How Tennessee Basketball’s Rarely Used Press ‘Changed The Game’ In Win Over UCLA
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Zakai Zeigler walked up to Tennessee associate head coach and “defensive coordinator” Justin Gainey during free throws in the first half of the Vols’ 67-58 win over UCLA on Saturday night with a simple suggestion. “I asked Coach Gainey, ‘do you want to go into this press right here?’” Zeigler said postgame. “He […]
What Tennessee AHC Justin Gainey Said Before Vols Open Play At SEC Tournament
Tennessee basketball associate head coach Justin Gainey met with the local media on Thursday morning a day before the Vols begin play at the SEC Tournament in Nashville. Ahead of the tournament, Gainey discussed wanting to avoid the feeling from last year’s early exit, last week’s Senior Day with his son Jordan and much more. […]
Tennessee Assistant Justin Gainey Responds To Being A Coaching Candidate At NC State
One of the biggest job openings early in the college basketball coaching carousel is North Carolina State who fired Kevin Keatts on Sunday just a year after a run to the Final Four. Tennessee associate head coach Justin Gainey, who played his college basketball at NC State, is a consistent name on hot boards for […]
