Olivier Nkamhoua: Rick Barnes ‘A Winner At Heart’
Tennessee basketball silenced the critics and haters Saturday afternoon, knocking off popular Final Four pick Duke in the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament. The Vols and their seniors had plenty to prove after a lackluster final six weeks entering the NCAA Tournament. Nkamhoua led the way for that group with 27 points as […]
Tennessee Basketball’s Message To The Haters
Tennessee basketball has had many doubters and haters this season. National and local pundits, Vol fans and many more have expressed their disbelief in this Tennessee team over the course of the season. It’s something Tennessee players have acknowledged, most only on Twitter, this season. Josiah-Jordan James talked about it Monday before Tennessee departed for […]
‘Taking Them To The Mud’: How Tennessee Basketball Defeated Duke In NCAA Tournament
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tennessee basketball’s game plan against Duke was simple. “We called it ‘taking them to the mud,’” senior Josiah-Jordan James said. “Being physical, making it a dogfight. … That’s what we do day in and day out. We don’t think anyone else can emulate what we do or do what we do on a […]
WATCH: Tennessee Postgame Video – Barnes, Nkamhoua, Aidoo, James, Vescovi
Four-seed Tennessee is officially Sweet 16 bound. The Vols defeated a red-hot five-seed Duke squad by a score of 65-52 on Saturday afternoon in Orlando, FL, to advance to their first Sweet 16 since the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Tennessee forward Olivier Nkamhoua was certainly the star of the show for Rick Barnes’ Tennessee squad. The […]
WATCH: Rick Barnes and Tennessee Players React to SEC Tournament Ending Loss
After just a day and a half in Nashville, Tennessee’s hopes of becoming back-to-back SEC Tournament champions are over. Five-seed Tennessee was defeated by four-seed Missouri by a score of 79-71 in the quarterfinals of the tournament located in Bridgestone Arena. Similarly to their previous matchup in Knoxville, Missouri’s offense lit up the scoreboard on […]
Vols’ Veterans Deliver In Postseason Opening Victory Over Ole Miss
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee senior Josiah-Jordan James put it bluntly. “This team goes how the veterans go,” James said. The veterans led Tennessee past Ole Miss 70-55 in its opening game at the SEC Tournament Thursday afternoon. Tennessee’s veterans are all seniors. With zero scholarship juniors on the roster and experienced sophomore Zakai Zeigler sidelined […]
WATCH: Tennessee’s Rod Clark, Olivier Nkamhoua Move Forward After Kentucky Loss
It’s a new week for the Volunteers with a big challenge on the immediate horizon. After losing three of their last four games, with a win over No. 1 Alabama sandwiched in nonetheless, Tennessee will now prepare to head west to Texas for a matchup with No. 25 Texas A&M on Tuesday night in College […]
Tennessee Basketball Loses Its ‘Poise’ In Loss At Florida
There was plenty not to like about Tennessee’s offensive performance Wednesday night at Florida. While those offensive consistency issues have been fewer and far between this season, we’ve seen them enough to know they’re bubbling under the surface. What we haven’t seen is how Tennessee crumbled down the stretch. Even in its poor performance against […]
WATCH: Rick Barnes, Olivier Nkamhoua React to Florida’s Win over Tennessee in Gainesville
The second-ranked Tennessee Volunteers suffered their fourth loss of the season on Wednesday night in Gainesville. The Vols lost to the Florida Gators by a score of 67 to 54 in what will be Tennessee’s second SEC loss of the year. Tennessee started the game poorly as Florida jumped out to a 17-4 lead over […]
‘Emotional Conversations’ Fueled Nkamhoua’s ‘Terrific’ Performance Against Texas
There’s an argument that the origins of Olivier Nkamhoua’s career night against No. 10 Texas came on Wednesday when he missed a ball screen assignment on the first possession of the game against Georgia. Nkamhoua told Barnes his mind “wasn’t in the right place” against Georgia. But his mind was in the right place when […]
