{"id":398,"date":"2014-05-08T04:26:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T08:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/freaknotes\/?p=398"},"modified":"2016-12-20T15:23:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T20:23:28","slug":"wednesday-tidbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.volnation.com\/freaknotes\/2014\/05\/08\/wednesday-tidbits\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday tidbits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few things you may have missed on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p>VOLS BASKETBALL<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Someone forgot to tell <strong>Donnie Tyndall<\/strong> that you aren&#8217;t supposed to be able to recruit talented basketball players in May. Tyndall has now inked three signees since arriving on April 22nd, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/freaknotes\/2014\/05\/08\/detrick-mostella-signs-tennessee\/\">the latest of which<\/a>, <strong>Detrick Mostella<\/strong>, is a highly regarded four-star shooting guard and a top 50 player overall. And according to Chris Dortch, editor of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-basketball\/218446-theres-more-come.html\">more to come<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee basketball will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-basketball\/218423-vols-host-kansas-state-december-6-a.html\">host Kansas State<\/a> in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge on December 6th.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-basketball\/164771-2014-georgia-forward-phil-cofer.html\"><strong>Phil Cofer<\/strong><\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.govolsxtra.com\/news\/2014\/may\/07\/former-signee-philip-cofer-says-ut-among-three\/\">eliminated Georgia Tech<\/a> from contention and will choose between Tennessee, Virginia Tech and Florida State.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-basketball\/150814-recruiting-news.html#post10158820\">Tennessee has offered<\/a> 2015 Georgia Stars power forward <strong>Noah Dickerson<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>VOLS FOOTBALL<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/188250-15-juco-dt-david-dj-jones.html\"><strong>15 JUCO DT David &#8220;DJ&#8221; Jones<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is scheduled to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/188250-15-juco-dt-david-dj-jones.html#post10161606\">visit Tennessee<\/a> on Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/213089-15-lb-darrin-kirkland-jr-4.html#post10161907\">coaches visited<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/213089-15-lb-darrin-kirkland-jr.html\"><strong>&#8217;15 IN LB Darrin Kirkland Jr.<\/strong><\/a> yesterday.<\/li>\n<li>Rivals Top 100 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/193127-15-az-ath-christian-kirk.html\"><strong>&#8217;15 AZ ATH Christian Kirk<\/strong><\/a> will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/193127-15-az-ath-christian-kirk.html#post10160481\">visit Tennessee<\/a> sometime during the last week of May.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/194245-15-va-wde-josh-sweat-2.html\"><strong>&#8217;15 VA WDE Josh Sweat<\/strong><\/a> lists Tennessee as one of the schools <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/194245-15-va-wde-josh-sweat.html#post10160185\">recruiting him the hardest<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee target <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/213033-15-ct-te-chris-clark.html\"><strong>&#8217;15 CT TE Chris Clark<\/strong><\/a> is now rated the top tight end in the country, according to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/213033-15-ct-te-chris-clark.html#post10161911\"> Scout<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alden Hill<\/strong> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-football\/217767-alden-hill-leaving.html#post10161914\">transferring to James Madison<\/a> and <strong>Pig Howard<\/strong> must attend May miniterm if he hopes to return to the team.<\/li>\n<li>Senior walk-on <strong>Jacob Gilliam<\/strong> from Farragut will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-football\/216684-walk-jacob-gilliam-bidding-tinys-lt.html#post10161916\">likely be put on scholarship<\/a>, according to Butch Jones.<\/li>\n<li>Four-star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/193468-15-ga-olb-rb-eric-swinney.html\"><strong>&#8217;15 GA OLB\/RB Eric Swinney<\/strong><\/a> will decide between Auburn, Tennessee and Ole Miss on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-recruiting\/193468-15-ga-olb-rb-eric-swinney.html#post10161918\">May 16th<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee coaches <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HamiltonESPN\/status\/464029043151482880\">visited<\/a> with ESPN 300 offensive tackle<strong> Matt Burrell<\/strong> on Tuesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>VOLS BASEBALL<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tennessee baseball <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-baseball\/218381-official-unc-asheville-tennessee-game-thread.html#post10159987\">dropped from the 20s to 41 overnight<\/a> after Tuesday night&#8217;s loss to UNC Ashville.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few things you may have missed on Wednesday: VOLS BASKETBALL Someone forgot to tell Donnie Tyndall that you aren&#8217;t supposed to be able to recruit talented basketball players in May. 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