WATCH: Chaz Lanier, Rod Clark Talk Tennessee Basketball Offseason Storylines
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Tennessee held a summer practice in front of the media in Knoxville on Tuesday afternoon, giving a first look at all five of the Vols’ offseason newcomers. Tennessee brought in four players from the transfer portal and one player from the 2024 recruiting class. The last of the four transfer players to announce his commitment […]
What Tennessee Basketball AC Rod Clark Said During Summer Practices
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Tennessee assistant coach Rod Clark met with the media on Tuesday afternoon as the Vols go through their summer workouts. Clark discussed the Vols’ newcomers, watching Dalton Knecht in the NBA Summer League and much more. Here’s everything Clark said on Tuesday. More From RTI: Tennessee Basketball Practice Notes And Observations From Tuesday On what […]
Inside The 18-0 Run That Propelled Tennessee Basketball To The Elite Eight
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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 […]
What Tennessee Basketball AC Rod Clark Said Ahead Of NCAA Tournament
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Tennessee basketball assistant coach Rod Clark met with the local media on Tuesday morning before the Vols leave for Charlotte and the opening two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Vols face 15-seed Saint Peter’s in the first round of the tournament just two years after the Peacocks made a run to the Elite Eight. […]
Make No Bones About It, Tennessee Basketball Has Greater Goals Than SEC Championship
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A couple of national pundits criticized Dalton Knecht and Tennessee players for having the gall to celebrate after clinching the program’s second outright SEC Regular Season Championship in 57 seasons. The notion is ridiculous on its own. Tennessee players set the goal when they first came together in June to begin this season. Achieving goals […]
Dalton Knecht And Josiah-Jordan James’ Games Complementing Each Other, Tennessee Basketball
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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 […]
Four-Star Dakari Spear Discusses Vols-Aggies Game, Tennessee Basketball
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Tennessee basketball was the first school to offer class of 2026 guard Dakari Spear back in the summer. On Saturday night, the four-star guard took in his first men’s basketball game at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center as the Vols dominated Texas A&M in an 86-51 blowout. Both the environment for the “Checker” Food […]
‘It Sets The Tone’: The Drill Tennessee Basketball Installed To Address Its Rebounding Concerns
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Tennessee knew that rebounding was going to be integral to its success this season. The Vols planned, and have, played much smaller lineups this year, making them vulnerable to physical teams. For most the season, Tennessee’s held up well on the glass but back-to-back poor rebounding performances in a win against LSU and a loss […]
WATCH: Tennessee’s Rod Clark and Zakai Zeigler Preview Missouri Matchup
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With Tennessee looking to build on a two-game win streak last week after defeating Arkansas and Vanderbilt, the Vols will travel east to take on Missouri in a conference showdown on Tuesday night. The Tigers beat Rick Barnes’ Volunteers twice last season (once in Knoxville, once in the SEC tournament) but have consistently struggled throughout […]
What Tennessee AC Rod Clark Said Before Tennessee Faces Missouri
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Tennessee basketball assistant coach Rod Clark met with the local media on Monday afternoon before the Vols head to Columbia to face Missouri. The Tigers are currently winless in conference play but Tennessee hasn’t forgotten that Missouri beat the Vols twice last season. Clark discussed that fact, the growth of Tennessee’s freshman and much more. […]