Category: Vols Basketball Recruiting

  • #T19: Vols Add 17 to 2019 Class on Wednesday

    #T19: Vols Add 17 to 2019 Class on Wednesday

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee football program signed 17 players during Day 1 of the 2019 Early Signing Period on Wednesday.  The Early Signing Period continues on Thursday and Friday and the later National Signing Day will be on Feb 6. “I know today’s an exciting day for lots of guys across the country,” head coach…

  • Vols land JUCO guard Chris Darrington

    Vols land JUCO guard Chris Darrington

    Tennessee basketball got a boost Thursday afternoon when junior college combo guard Chris Darrington picked the Vols. Official Chris Darrington announcement thread, Thursday 3pm ’17 IN JUCO PG/SG Chris Darrington. Darrington has two years of eligibility remaining and joins center Zack Kent, wing Yves Pons and  forward Derrick Walker in Tennessee’s 2017 signing class. Chris Darrington…

  • Tennessee gets a visit from 6-6 wing Yves Pons

    Tennessee gets a visit from 6-6 wing Yves Pons

    The Vols seemingly had a “secret” basketball recruit on campus yesterday. Tennessee’s staff was reportedly trying to keep his visit quiet, but the player appears to be 6-6, 170-pound wing Yves Pons [player thread: ’17 France 6’6″ SF/SG Yves Pons] from France. From Draft Express back in July. Outlook: Highly productive lefty wing/forward from Haiti. Has the tools…

  • 2015 Kentucky forward Dikembe Dixon to visit later this week

    Class of 2015 Kentucky forward Dikembe Dixon is not on an official visit to Tennessee today, despite previous reports that he was scheduled to be in Knoxville. Ben Frederickson wrote, “Monday Update: Dikembe Dixson did not arrive for an official visit Monday. His father, Sam Dixson, told the News Sentinel in a phone interview on…