Basketball

The Tennessee women's basketball team will open the 2025-26 season ranked No. 9 in the USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Coaches Poll, the WBCA announced on Thursday afternoon. The Lady Vols, who finished last season at No. 16 in the coaches poll, picked up their highest...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University men’s basketball team has unveiled its 2025-26 schedule. The Pioneers will play 28 regular-season games including a challenging 22-game South Atlantic Conference slate. TU will also play a pair of exhibition contests against NCAA Division I competition. This...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team is No. 17 in the country in the preseason USA TODAY Coaches Poll, as released Wednesday afternoon. This is the eighth straight year, dating to 2018-19, the Volunteers are featured in the preseason top 25...

Thirteen miles from exit 23 on Interstate 81, just under 16,000 Tennesseans reside in Greeneville, deep in Volunteer country. Upper East Tennessee holds some of the most passionate Big Orange fans with a connection and passion for Tennessee sports. One of them is Ja’Kobi Gillespie....

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– The University of Tennessee men's basketball team continues Wednesday its preseason preparations ahead of the 2025-26 slate, traveling to Birmingham's Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook for the annual SEC Tipoff. The Volunteers will be represented by 11th-year head coach Rick Barnes, as...

As a unanimously ranked five-star and the No. 2 overall player in the country according to On3, Nate Ament is often known for his ability on the hardwood as a basketball player. With strong ties to his mother’s native Rwanda, though, the talented Tennessee...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team took center stage at the SEC Tipoff '26 event in Birmingham Wednesday, with head coach Rick Barnes, senior guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie, senior forward Felix Okpara and junior forward Cade Phillips representing the Volunteers. The...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team is No. 18 nationally in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 Poll, as announced Monday afternoon. This is the sixth consecutive season the Volunteers open as an AP top-20 team, dating to the 2020-21...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team took center stage at the SEC Tipoff '26 event in Birmingham Wednesday, with head coach Rick Barnes, senior guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie, senior forward Felix Okpara and junior forward Cade Phillips representing the Volunteers. The group arrived at the Grand Bohemian Hotel...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – University of Tennessee men's basketball assistant coach Gregg Polinsky will be inducted into the Ladue Schools Athletic Hall of Fame. Polinsky is one of 25 members of the inaugural class of honorees, including the only male basketball player. The induction gala...