How Tennessee Basketball Freshmen Performed In First Week Of The Season
Tennessee basketball improved to 2-0 on the young 2025-26 season Saturday afternoon with a dominant 95-56 win over Northern Kentucky. The Vols are one week into the season with two wins in buy games. Tennessee has three more buy games before traveling to Las Vegas for the Players Era Festival. Even in lopsided victories, the […]
What Tennessee Basketball Freshman Nate Ament Said After Dropping 23 Points
Five-star freshman Nate Ament lived up to the extremely high expectations set out for him in his second game with Tennessee basketball. In the Vols’ 95-56 win over Northern Kentucky, he posted a team-high 23 points on 6-for-12 shooting from the field, 2-for-4 from three and 9-for-10 at the free throw line. He also notched […]
Everything Rick Barnes Said After Tennessee Basketball Dominated Northern Kentucky
Tennessee basketball rolled past Northern Kentucky 95-56 on Saturday afternoon as the Vols’ improved to 2-0 on the young season. The Vols got big performances from Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Nate Ament and JP Estrella while jumping out to a big lead and cruising to victory. Following the game, Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes discussed improvements with […]
RTI Reaction | Biggest Takeaways From Nate Ament’s Best Game Yet With Tennessee Basketball
On Saturday afternoon, Tennessee basketball won its second game of the season to stay undefeated early in the year. The Vols took down Northern Kentucky 95-56 at home to stay perfect on the season. Leading the way was five-star freshman Nate Ament, who produced a team-high 23 points on 6-for-12 shooting from the field. He […]
Vols Freshman Nate Ament Lands Top Five Projection in Early Season NBA Mock Draft
Ever since bursting onto the recruiting trail, Tennessee freshman Nate Ament has been widely considered as an NBA Draft candidate following his first year at the collegiate level. Ament’s name has been scattered across NBA big boards and projections throughout the summer, and that will certainly continue with the college basketball season now officially underway. […]
Nate Ament Joins Elite List of Former Vols After Freshman Debut on Monday Night
The Nate Ament Year is officially underway. The five-star freshman began his first year at Tennessee with a solid performance on Monday night against Mercer, putting up a game-high 18 points and nearly securing a double-double with nine rebounds. If Monday’s season-opening outing was the opening bar for where he can go this season with […]
What Tennessee’s Nate Ament Said Following College Debut
Five-star freshman Nate Ament made his Tennessee debut on Monday night as the Vols’ knocked off Mercer 76-61 to begin their 2025-26 campaign. Ament started and played 29 points in the win, totaling a game-high 18 points on six-of-11 shooting from the field while adding nine rebounds and an assist to go along with three […]
‘They’ve Earned It’: Trio Of Tennessee Basketball Freshmen Impress In Season-Opener
Five-star freshman Nate Ament did not have a dominant stretch or truly assert himself in Tennessee basketball’s 76-61 season-opening win over Mercer on Monday night in Knoxville. Yet Ament ended the night as the game’s top performer, slowly building a strong debut performance against the Beasts. “You look at his line, other than the fact […]
Everything Tennessee HC Rick Barnes Said Following Season-Opening Win Over Mercer
Tennessee basketball opened up its 2025-26 season with a 76-61 win over Mercer on Monday night in Knoxville. The Vols came out the gates slow before building a 23-point second half lead and coasting to the finish line. The Vols turned it over 19 times in a sloppy effort while five-star freshman Nate Ament turned […]
WATCH: Tennessee HC Rick Barnes, UT Players React to Vols’ Season-Opening Win Over Mercer
Tennessee Basketball is in the win column to begin the 2025-2026 regular season with a 76-61 win over Mercer in the season opener from Knoxville. It’s the first of five straight home games that Tennessee will have to begin the season, and the Vols are officially off to a 1-0 start. It wasn’t the fastest […]