(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – University of Tennessee head men's basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Thursday the signing of forward Felix Okpara, a transfer from Ohio State. One of the nation's premier rim protectors, Okpara will join the Volunteers in 2024-25 with two years…
With all the free agency in pro sports and how players move around, comedian Jerry Seinfeld joked that fans are really just cheering for the clothes a team wears. Sadly that analogy may work for college hoops with the transfer…
Tennessee coaches are in love with former Bradley Central star Boo Carter. You can add special teams coach Mike Ekeler to the list. Ekeler says…
No one is more excited about the Vols spring game Saturday than linebacker Keenan Pili. He got hurt in the season opener last year, and…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball is fifth in both major polls to conclude the 2023-24 season. Tennessee (27-9, 14-4 SEC) holds the fifth position in both the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and the USA TODAY…
Tennessee introduced new Lady Vols basketball coach Kim Caldwell on Tuesday. She says she already feels apart of the Big Orange family after getting a text from Peyton…
It’s midseason and, well, Tennessee’s offense is in midseason form. The Volunteers hit 14 home runs in a weekend series win at Auburn, with six in the second game and six more in the third. “It’s a saying I’ve heard…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee wide receiver group has taken big steps during spring ball with the new additions of transfers and incoming freshmen. With the new boost of faces, the squad is leveling up their production each practice…
By TERESA M. WALKER/AP Sports Writer Tennessee has fired Kellie Harper as the Lady Vols coach after five seasons. Athletic director Danny White announced Monday that Harper would not return. White said he told Harper the university was making a…
DETROIT (AP) — Dalton Knecht had 24 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals, and Tennessee moved within a victory of its first trip to the Final Four, beating Creighton 82-75 in a Midwest Region semifinal on Friday night.…
DETROIT (AP) — Dalton Knecht didn’t have a lot of choices to continue his basketball career coming out of Prairie View High School in Henderson, Colorado. That didn’t stop him from becoming a star at Tennessee. “There are some people that…
Tennessee has now made the Sweet 16 three times under head coach Rick Barnes. They've lost the previous two meetings, so maybe the third time will be the charm. Although there's nothing charming about facing Creighton for the right to…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – NFL scouts and personnel got an all-access look at Tennessee football on Wednesday beginning with the Volunteers' first spring scrimmage in Neyland Stadium before shifting to Pro Day in the Anderson Training Center. All 32 NFL teams…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — "I know what I came here to do, and it's my job to go get that done." Those…
RALEIGH, N,C, (AP) — Tennessee didn’t wilt when North Carolina State built a 20-point lead. Just as importantly, the Wolfpack didn’t either after Lady Vols climbed all the way back within a single bucket. And that sent Wes Moore’s squad…
(utsports.com) CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Coming off a dominant rout of Saint Peter's in the Round of 64 Thursday night, the sixth-ranked and No. 2 seed Tennessee men's basketball team is set to take on No. 7 seed Texas in the NCAA…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — There won’t be many introductions needed for a trio of teams showing up for the NCAA Tournament’s opening-round games at North Carolina State. Kellie Harper has arrived with her Tennessee team to the venue where she…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A strong emphasis on Tennessee football's signing class was bringing in young, talented offensive skill players and that group is making its mark through three spring practices. The Volunteers donned shoulder pads for the first time this…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dalton Knecht scored 23 points and Tennessee shot 64% in the first half to build a huge lead before beating Saint Peter’s 83-49 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Jonas Aidoo…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Tennessee Volunteers have a history of underachieving in the NCAA Tournament under coach Rick Barnes. The second-seeded Vols hope All-American Dalton Knecht can help change that. For the first time in recent memory, the Vols have a…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Saint Peter’s is back in the NCAA Tournament. But this Peacocks squad bares no resemblance to the one that shocked the country — and busted brackets — two years ago by reaching the Elite Eight as…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee's eight 2025 Southeastern Conference football opponents and locations were revealed by the league office on Wednesday.All four of the SEC opponents that the Volunteers will travel to in 2024 will return the trip to Neyland Stadium…
(utsports.com) Tennessee Athletics' "Big Orange Caravan" rolls across the state of Tennessee this April and May with Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White, head football coach Josh Heupel, men's basketball coach Rick Barnes and women's basketball coach Kellie Harper.A collaborative fan appreciation tour…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Dalton Knecht of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team is an Associated Press First Team All-American, as announced Tuesday afternoon.The AP is the second of the four organizations—the others are the NABC, The Sporting News and the USBWA—utilized for,…