BREAKING: Santiago Vescovi Expected To Be Available For Tennessee Against Purdue
DETROIT, Mich. — Tennessee shooting guard Santiago Vescovi will go through warmups with the intention to play in Sunday afternoon’s Elite Eight matchup against Purdue, a UT spokesperson confirmed to RTI. Vescovi missed his first game of the season in Tennessee’s Sweet 16 win over Creighton on Friday night as he battles the flu. The 6-foot-3 […]
Santiago Vescovi: The Flu ‘A Nightmare’ But Hopeful He Can Play Against Purdue Sunday
DETROIT, Mich. — Fever, chills, body aches. The flu has been “just like a nightmare” for Tennessee super senior shooting guard Santiago Vescovi. Vescovi missed his first game of the season and just his fourth game in his five-year career with the illness as Tennessee basketball outlasted Creighton 82-75 to advance to the Elite Eight on […]
BREAKING: Santiago Vescovi Out For Sweet 16 Matchup Against Creighton
DETROIT, Mich. — Tennessee shooting guard Santiago Vescovi is out for the Vols’ Sweet 16 matchup against Creighton on Friday night as he battles the flu, a UT spokesperson confirmed to RTI. Vescovi, who has started all 34 games this season for Tennessee and has missed just four games over the course of his five […]
Tennessee Guard Misses Vols’ Practice Ahead Of Sweet 16
DETROIT, Mich. — Tennessee shooting guard Santiago Vescovi is not practicing with the Vols during their Thursday afternoon shoot around at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Vescovi is with the team and sat on the bench during the practice as he battles an illness. Tennessee anticipates Vescovi being able to play against Creighton on Friday night. […]
Tennessee’s Recent Three-Point Shooting Woes Extend Past Texas Game
Tennessee basketball survived its Round of 32 scare against Texas despite making just three-of-25 three-point attempts against the Longhorns. Finding a way to survive a NCAA Tournament game shooting that poorly says a lot about Tennessee’s culture and toughness. But the Vols almost certainly can’t survive another NCAA Tournament game shooting that poorly, and their […]
Santiago Vescovi Becomes Tennessee Basketball Career Record Holder
Tennessee super senior shooting guard Santiago Vescovi showed off his crafty defensive ability by recording three steals in the Vols’ NCAA Tournament win over Texas. The three steals pushed Vescovi to 212 career steals and atop the Tennessee career steal rankings. The super senior passed former Tennessee guard Vincent Yarbrough (1998-2002) for the top spot […]
Tennessee Basketball’s Zakai Zeigler And The Making Of A Point Guard
Many basketball purists say that great point guards are born not made. That elite point guards have an innate ability to see the entire court and how all 10 players move in unison to one another. If there was ever evidence to the contrary it’s Tennessee junior Zakai Zeigler. The 5-foot-9 guard arrived at Tennessee […]
Despite Dalton Knecht’s Ability, Tennessee is Still Looking For Scoring from Santiago Vescovi
Santigo Vescovi is one of Tennessee’s most experienced veterans on the Vols’ roster as the sun begins to set on his collegiate career. The native of Montevideo, Uruguay, has played in 145 career games for the Vols, with seven SEC tournament games and six NCAA tournament games under his belt during his time on Rocky […]
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 […]
