The basketball world continues to mourn the loss of Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant, including Vols coach Rick Barnes. Barnes never met Kobe, but he did see him at an AAU tournament in high school. Said Barnes:"Then all at once there's…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Devon Dotson scored 22 points, Udoka Azubuike added 18 and No. 3 Kansas beat Tennessee 74-68 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Azubuike was the lone big man for the Jayhawks after Silvio De Sousa was suspended…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Crystal Dangerfield scored 14 points and No. 3 UConn used a dominant third quarter to beat 23rd-ranked Tennessee 60-45 on Thursday night _ the first matchup in 13 years between the two teams whose rivalry dominated…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The Big 12 has suspended four players from Kansas and Kansas State a combined 25 games for their roles in a melee that spilled off the court. The brawl erupted into a section of disabled seating…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt announced the addition of veteran wide receiver and kick returner Velus Jones to the Volunteers’ football program on Monday. Jones collected All-Conference Second Team honors from the Pac-12 as a return specialist…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown with a wild melee behind the basket that included punches, shoving and at least one player picking up a stool. The brawl started moments after the Jayhawks…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - John Fulkerson scored a career-high 18 points and matched a career high with 10 rebounds as Tennessee trounced Mississippi 73-48 to hand the Rebels their sixth consecutive loss. Tennessee (12-6, 4-2 SEC) won for the fourth…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rennia Davis sank a long go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left and No. 23 Tennessee beat Alabama 65-63 to snap a five-game losing streak in the series. Jordan Horston scored 16 of her 19 points in…
(utsports.com) ATHENS, Ga. – Two first-half runs and a hot-shooting touch from 3-point range in the opening half from Georgia were the difference on Wednesday night, as the Tennessee men's basketball team fell, 80-63, in Athens. Tennessee dropped to 10-6…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee football team and head coach Jeremy Pruitt welcomed four true freshmen early enrollees to campus this month as the first members of the 2020 recruiting class to arrive on Rocky Top. All four scholarship…
(utsports.com) The NCAA's Committee for Legislative Relief notified the University of Tennessee Athletics Compliance staff Tuesday that men's basketball student-athlete Uros Plavsic has been ruled eligible to compete, effective immediately. "We appreciate the committee's work as this process ran its course,"…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - John Fulkerson had 15 points and 10 rebounds and drew a game-clinching charge with 1.4 seconds left as Tennessee edged South Carolina 56-55 on Saturday. South Carolina had the ball in the closing seconds with a…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Rennia Davis had 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting and No. 23 Tennessee beat Mississippi 84-28, limiting the Rebels to their fewest points in program history. It was Tennessee's largest margin of victory against a Southeastern Conference…
Offensive lineman Cade Mays is leaving Georgia and returning to his hometown to continue his college football career at Tennessee. Mays' attorney says the offensive lineman will have a strong case to be granted immediate eligibility in 2020. Tom Mars…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee offensive guard Trey Smith says he will return to school for his senior year after making a successful comeback from a career-threatening medical issue to earn first-team, all-Southeastern Conference honors this year. Smith played all…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Rhyne Howard drained seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 37 points and No. 13 Kentucky held off No. 22 Tennessee 80-76. Howard, who played at Bradley Central high school, made several key baskets and then sank…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Despite 18 points from Yves Pons and an impressive debut from freshman point guard Santiago Vescovi, Tennessee fell to LSU in its conference opener Saturday at Thompson-Boling Arena, 78-64. After arriving in the United States and joining the team just…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rennia Davis had 19 points and 12 rebounds as No. 22 Tennessee defeated Missouri 77-66 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. Tamari Key scored 16 points and Jordan Horston added 13 as Tennessee handed…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Tennessee scored two touchdowns in a span of 30 seconds, using an onside kick to help erase a double-digit deficit, and then held on to stun Indiana 23-22 in the Gator Bowl on Thursday night. The…
Indiana coach Tom Allen likes to compare new opponents to those the Hoosiers play regularly. Tennessee reminds him of a Big 10 rival in 10th ranked Penn State. Allen says the Vols physicality, size, and strength of the offensive and…
Tennessee's top receiver Jauan Jennings spoke to the media for the first time Wednesday about his first half suspension for Thursday's Gator Bowl against Indiana. The SEC suspended Jennings after he stepped on a Vanderbilt player's head in Tennessee's regular…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Indiana and Tennessee have plenty at stake in the Gator Bowl. It's each team's first bowl trip since 2016. The Hoosiers have eight wins for the first time since 1993 and are in a bowl game…
Before their Gator Bowl practice on Tuesday, the Vols football players took a few swings at Top Golf. News 12's Angela Moryan joins us live from Jacksonville, and Angela, it looked like a bunch of duffers on the range there.…
(utsports.com) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Tennessee football team spent Monday night practicing in helmets after visiting the Mayport Naval Base during the afternoon. The Vols completed their second of four practices at Hodges Stadium in preparation for the 75th TaxSlayer…