Basketball

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The 2024 Tusculum University Sports Hall of Fame class has been announced and four new members will be inducted later this fall. This year's honorees will be inducted during Sports Hall of Fame Weekend festivities on Saturday, October 26th. This year's class...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Dalton Knecht became the ninth-highest drafted player in University of Tennessee men's basketball history Wednesday night, as he went No. 17 overall to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2024 NBA Draft. NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced Knecht's name at 9:58 p.m. at...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University men's basketball team will host the 2024 JT Burton Youth Camp, June 3-6 at Pioneer Arena on the Greeneville campus. The JT Burton Youth camp is open for boys and girls, grades K-6 and will run daily from 9...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – University of Tennessee standout Dalton Knecht is the Tennessee Sportswriters Association (TSWA) Men's Basketball Player of the Year, as announced Thursday. Knecht collected 17 of the 18 votes, winning the award in near-unanimous fashion. Players from Tennessee schools across all levels of college basketball are...

DETROIT – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team took an 11-point first-half lead in Sunday afternoon's Elite Eight matchup with third-ranked, top-seeded Purdue, but came up on the short end of a hard-fought 72-66 decision. Fifth-year guard Dalton Knecht poured in 37 points, the most ever...

AUSTIN, Texas --- Tusculum University student-athletes Jenna Kallenberg and Carleigh Wilson have been named to the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Academic All-District® 3 first team as selected by the College Sports Communicators. The 2023-2024 Academic All-District® Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the...

AUSTIN, Texas --- Tusculum University guard Josiah Morris has been named to the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Academic All-District® 3 first team as selected by the College Sports Communicators. The 2023-2024 Academic All-District® Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the basketball...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Zakai Zeigler of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team is a finalist for the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award, as announced Monday afternoon. This is the second season in a row Zeigler is among the finalists for the elite...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- RV/RV Tennessee (20-12), the No. 6 seed in the Portland 4 Regional, continues its 42nd-straight NCAA Tournament journey, meeting No. 3 seed and No. 11/11 ranked NC State (28-6) on Monday at 4 p.m. ET in a second-round match-up at Raleigh,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – For the third consecutive season, the University of Tennessee men's basketball team claimed a first-round victory in the NCAA Tournament, this time with an 83-49 decision Thursday night against No. 15-seeded Saint Peter's. Sixth-ranked, second-seeded Tennessee (25-8, 14-4 SEC) led wire-to-wire at...