WATCH: Tennessee Players React to Massive Tournament Win Over Saint Peter’s
Survive and advance? Tennessee rewrote the story on Thursday night to the tune of ‘dominate and advance.’ 2-seed Tennessee took down 15-seed Saint Peter’s in a Midwest Region first-round matchup on Thursday night by a score of 83-49. Tennessee burst out of the gates to the tune of 27-7 after just 12 minutes on the […]
Three Quick Takeaways: Tennessee Basketball Obliterates Saint Peter’s To Advance
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On a disastrous day for the SEC, Tennessee basketball left no doubt in a potential upset spot. The Vols jumped on Saint Peter’s early and never looked back, coasting to a 83-49 victory. Here’s three quick takeaways as Tennessee basketball never broke a sweat in its NCAA Tournament opening victory. Tennessee Comes Out […]
Zakai Zeigler Jokingly Trash Talks His Brother Before First Round Matchup on Thursday
Tennessee junior guard Zakai Zeigler will square off against his half-brother, Armoni Zeigler, on Thursday during the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Zakai’s Vols are the 2-seed in the Midwest Region while Armoni’s Peacocks are the 15-seed. The Vols and the Peacocks will meet in Charlotte, N.C.’s Spectrum Center on Thursday night at […]
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 […]
Zakai Zeigler To Face Half-Brother In Tennessee’s Matchup Against Saint Peter’s
Tennessee basketball’s matchup against Saint Peter’s in the first round of the NCAA Tournament will be a family affair. Junior Tennessee point guard Zakai Zeigler will face his half-brother Armoni Zeigler on Thursday night in Charlotte. Armoni Zeigler is a freshman guard at Saint Peter’s and is averaging 6.4 points and 2.6 rebounds in 19 […]
Dalton Knecht Wins Player Of Year, Three Vols Land On AP All-SEC Teams
The Associated Press released its postseason All-SEC teams and honors on Tuesday morning and Tennessee basketball was well represented. A panel of 14 voters unanimously voted the Vols’ Dalton Knecht as the SEC Player of the Year after the Northern Colorado transfer averaged 25.5 points and 5.2 rebounds in 18 conference games. Knecht was a […]
Zakai Zeigler Earns SEC Defensive Player of the Year Award
Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler was awarded the 2023-2024 SEC Defensive Player of the Year award on Monday afternoon. Zeigler’s award was announced exactly one year and 12 days after suffering a torn ACL at the end of the 2023 regular season that forced him to miss all of the postseason tournament action. Zeigler’s resiliency, toughness, […]
Pair Of Tennessee Basketball Players Land On SEC All-Defensive Team
Two Tennessee basketball players landed on the All-SEC Defensive Team on Monday afternoon. The league’s coaches voted both point guard Zakai Zeigler and power forward Jonas Aidoo on the five-player All-Defensive team for their play this season. Zeigler earned the SEC’s top defensive award, becoming the second ever Tennessee basketball player to earn the SEC […]
Trio of Vols Land on All-SEC Teams After SEC Regular-Season Championship Season
Three players from the Tennessee basketball team landed on All-SEC teams on Monday following the Vols’ SEC regular-season championship. Tennessee guards Dalton Knecht and Zakai Zeigler are First Team All-SEC selections while forward Jonas Aidoo landed as a Second Team All-SEC selection. Knecht earned his spot on the First Team after just one season in […]
‘God Is Great’: Zakai Zeigler Reflects On Knee Injury A Year Later
On Feb. 28, 2023, Tennessee point guard Zakai Zeigler hobbled off “The Summit” in tears. A sold out Thompson-Boling Arena came to a hush, everyone knowing that an injury that kept one of the SEC’s toughest players down was serious. “I just know that they know (Zeigler) like I know him, that if he stayed […]
