Basketball

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...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – For the 26th time in program history, including the sixth in a row, the University of Tennessee men's basketball team will compete in the NCAA Tournament. Fifth-ranked Tennessee (24-8, 14-4 SEC) earned the second seed in the Midwest region, as revealed Sunday...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The top-seeded University of Tennessee men's basketball team dropped a 73-56 decision to ninth-seeded Mississippi State in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals Friday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena. Fifth-ranked Tennessee (24-8, 14-4 SEC) fell behind early by double digits and could not claw...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Dalton Knecht of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team earned unanimous The Sporting News First All-America status, as announced Tuesday morning. The Sporting News is one of four outlets—the others are the Associated Press, NABC and USBWA—that, in aggregate, determines the consensus All-America teams. It...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Dalton Knecht of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team is the 2023-24 SEC Player of the Year, while Zakai Zeigler is the SEC Defensive Player of the Year, as selected by the league's head coaches and announced Monday afternoon by the conference office. Both...