Dalton Knecht Reps Tennessee With Suit, Shouts Out Vol Baseball At NBA Draft
Dalton Knecht had to wait a little bit longer than expected to hear commissioner Adam Silver call his name during the 2024 NBA Draft. But when the Los Angeles Lakers selected Knecht with the 17th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft on Wednesday night, the SEC Player of the Year made sure to shoutout Tennessee. […]
National Recognition Highlights Tennessee Athletics’ Success in 2023-24
Tennessee’s success was widespread across the athletics department during the 2023-2024 sports year. Capped off by the program’s first national championship in baseball, Tennessee saw 11 teams finish in the Top 10 of their respective sports and was one of just two Power Five programs to have every sport reach the postseason in 2023-2024. All […]
Greg McElroy Apologizes For His Comments About Tony Vitello Following National Championship
A day after ripping Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello, former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy apologized on his morning radio show “McElroy and Cubelic.” Here is McElroy’s complete apology. “I want to start by apologizing to Tony Vitello and the Tennessee Volunteers,” McElroy said. “I took my shot at them yesterday and it was unnecessary. My […]
Drew Gilbert, Drew Beam Send Strong Recruiting Message After Vols’ National Title
Former and current Tennessee Volunteers are sending out recruiting beacons through social media coming out of Tennessee Baseball’s National Championship on Monday. With Tennessee expecting significant turnover both starting in the field and on the mound this offseason, the Vols need to continue to reload with talent as the offseason begins. Former Tennessee outfielder Drew […]
Tennessee Baseball’s Tony Vitello Tabbed As National Coach Of The Year
The American Baseball Coaches Association tabbed Tennessee’s Tony Vitello as its National Coach of the Year on Wednesday just two days after Vitello led the Vols to their first National Championship in program history. Tennessee baseball posted a 60-13 (22-8 SEC) record during the 2024 season, winning the SEC East, SEC Regular-Season Championship and SEC […]
Tennessee Baseball Won the Second Most-Watched College World Series
Viewership was sky-high for the three-game Men’s College World Series between No. 1 Tennessee and No. 3 Texas A&M this past weekend. ESPN revealed the viewership numbers on Tuesday, showing that nearly 3 million people on average were turned into the College World Series across ESPN’s various platforms. According to ESPN, the 2024 Men’s College […]
‘It Is Pretty Remarkable’: Rick Barnes Reacts To Tennessee Baseball Winning National Championship
During Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes’ first years in Knoxville there was little interest in the Volunteer baseball program as they lived near the bottom of the SEC standings. Barnes was at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Monday night when Tennessee baseball won its first ever National Championship. Having seen where Tennessee was when […]
Tennessee Baseball’s Incredible Last Four Years By The Numbers
With each passing day, the 2020s are looking more-and-more like a decade that will belong to Tennessee baseball. Tony Vitello’s program reached the mountaintop on Monday night, winning its first ever National Championship. The last four years has been by far the best stretch in Tennessee history and has shown just how elite Vitello’s Volunteer […]
The Sights and Sounds From Tennessee Baseball’s National Championship Parade
Gay Street was flooded with orange on Tuesday evening in Knoxville. Fans gathered on Gay Street and in Market Square in Downtown Knoxville throughout the afternoon in anticipation for the Tennessee Baseball National Championship parade and celebration set for that evening. As the time drew near for the parade to begin, the crowd started inching […]
Tony Vitello’s Early Tennessee Teams Deserve Tons Of Credit For The Vols National Championship
Tennessee strength coach Quentin Eberhardt will never forget it. In a team meeting following Tony Vitello’s first season a specific player said that he didn’t believe the Vols would ever make it to a regional. “Tony and I looked at each other like it was the most crazy thing we’ve ever heard in our life,” […]