NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chaz Lanier scored 29 points on 11-of-22 shooting in his NCAA Tournament debut, and No. 2 seed Tennessee never trailed in a 77-62 victory over Wofford on Thursday night that sent the Volunteers to the second round for…
Zakai Zeigler has one overriding goal for his final season with the Tennessee Volunteers, and that is making sure they accomplish something this program has never done. Reach their first Final Four. The Volunteers (27-7) have a lengthy NCAA Tournament history…
Kellie Harper has been hired as the new women’s basketball coach at Missouri, where the former coach of SEC-rival Tennessee will have the job of rebuilding a once-proud program that has not been to the NCAA Tournament in six years.…
Tennessee’s dominance through the first month of the season has become so apparent that one of the most authoritative college baseball media outlets demoted an LSU team on a 15-game winning streak from No. 1 in its Top 25 and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chaz Lanier scored 17 of No. 8 Tennessee’s first 21 points, and the Volunteers never trailed Friday beating Texas 83-72 in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. The fourth-seeded Volunteers (26-6) also gave coach Rick Barnes the 832nd victory…
Tennessee held their pro day on Rocky Top on Tuesday. Running back Dylan Sampson ditched his shirt to run the forty. You don't want any drag when you're looking to go fast. Sampson clocked a 4.46 forty, and he was…
Another area kid is going through spring drills with the Vols. It's former Red Bank running back Duane Morris. He suited up for the Lions before transferring to Oakland high school in Murfreesboro. Now that he's on Rocky Top, Morris…
Will the Vols Boo Carter become the new Travis Hunter of college football? Hunter of course won the Heisman Trophy playing both ways at Colorado.…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Three members of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team collected All-SEC honors from the league's head coaches, as announced Monday afternoon by the conference office. For the second consecutive season, Zakai Zeigler earned SEC Defensive Player of the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will hold its spring game in the usual scrimmage format on April 12, with coach Josh Heupel saying Friday that creating a big stage for the players this time of year benefits their development. The…
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Freshman Mikayla Blakes scored 24 points, Iyana Moore had 23 points and four 3-pointers, and Vanderbilt beat No. 18 Tennessee 84-76 on Thursday in the second round of the SEC Tournament. Vanderbilt beat Tennessee twice in…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaemyn Brakefield scored all 19 of his points in the final 11 minutes, including a tiebreaking basket with 7 seconds remaining that lifted Mississippi over No. 4 Tennessee 78-76 on Wednesday night. Brakefield rebounded a missed…
Welcome to the tough and tumble SEC. The 5th ranked Vols entertain 6th ranked Alabama tomorrow, marking the 5th time Tennessee has had a top 8 showdown in the SEC this year. You hear strength of schedule a lot in…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jihad Campbell, Teddye Buchanan and Kain Medano had the strongest performances among linebackers on the first day of workouts on the NFL’s annual scouting combine. Jalon Walker of Georgia, the top-rated linebacker in the draft, did not work…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Zakai Zeigler scored 17 points, Felix Okpara added 15 and No. 5 Tennessee defeated LSU 65-59 on Tuesday night. Chaz Lanier added 14 points and a season-high nine rebounds for the Volunteers (23-5, 10-5 Southeastern…
(utsports.com) BATON ROUGE, La. – Victorious in five of its past six games, the No. 5 Tennessee men's basketball team is geared up for its second road contest in four days, as it travels south to face the Tigers of LSU Tuesday night…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska canceled two nonconference games against Tennessee as part of a plan to recoup lost revenue from reduced seating capacity during major renovations of Memorial Stadium in 2027, athletic director Troy Dannen announced Friday. The Cornhuskers…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jewel Spear scored 11 of her 20 points at the free-throw line, Talaysia Cooper added 16 points and No. 15 Tennessee beat No. 18 Alabama 88-80 on Thursday night for its fifth win in six games.…
(utsports.com) Tennessee Athletics' "Big Orange Caravan" presented by Pilot rolls across the state of Tennessee from April 29 - May 1 with Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White, men's basketball coach Rick Barnes, women's basketball coach Kim Caldwell, head football coach Josh Heupel and…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia already won an injunction enabling him to play one more season next fall after a federal judge ruled the time he spent at a junior college shouldn’t count against his eligibility. Now about 180…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Ansley Almonor and Otega Oweh scored 13 points each and No. 15 Kentucky beat No. 5 Tennessee 75-64 on Tuesday night. The Wildcats (17-7, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) completed a regular season sweep of the Volunteers. Kentucky…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — First-year coach Kim Caldwell and No. 19 Tennessee got their first signature win of the season and it came against the Lady Vols’ longtime rival — UConn. A back and forth game went Tennessee’s way in…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Zakai Zeigler and Igor Milicic returned to Tennessee’s lineup to each score 21 points in the No. 4 Volunteers’ 85-81 victory over No. 15 Missouri on Wednesday night. Zeigler also had eight assists, and Milicic added…
It’s a busy week for Tennessee. First up is a rivalry game against No. 5 UConn on Thursday and then Sunday is a rematch with sixth-ranked LSU, which beat the Lady Vols by two points last month. A win over either opponent…