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Mike Watters-Imagn Images Rick Barnes continues to line up the options. The mad dash to fill out next season’s Tennessee basketball roster is in high gear, with visits being scheduled all over this week. Rick Barnes has been a busy man after opting to come back for another season, having to replace the bulk of his roster ahead of his 11th season in Knoxville. Barnes has … [Read more...] about Tennessee basketball schedules visits with two transfer portal targets

Steve Roberts-Imagn Images The Iamaleava camp greatly misplayed this one. And Tennessee ultimately just couldn’t do it anymore. In the span of roughly 48 hours, Nico Iamaleava went from the starting quarterback at Tennessee to breaking up with the program entirely and planning to hit the transfer portal. That’s at least the outside perspective — this was brewing for … [Read more...] about More details come to light on Nico Iamaleava situation

Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A massive win for the Volunteers A second consecutive series loss was staring Tennessee in the face on Sunday evening, until it wasn’t. Down 8-7 entering the top of the ninth, No. 4 Tennessee found a way. It was Reese Chapman delivering the two-run shot for the Volunteers, giving them a late 9-8 lead … [Read more...] about Late-game heroics give Tennessee series win over Ole Miss

Alex Peterman / Special to The Post / USA TODAY NETWORK Tennessee will get their chance to make an impression. A name we’ve heard about for a couple of weeks now is set to visit Knoxville and take a look at the campus of Tennessee. Elyjah Freeman, a wing coming off of his freshman season at D-2 Lincoln Memorial, will visit the Volunteers after getting a visit from Rick … [Read more...] about Transfer Portal: Wing Elyjah Freeman to visit Tennessee

Brett Davis-Imagn Images At least three teams have shown interest. Nico Iamaleava’s messy exit from Tennessee will become official on Wednesday when the post-spring transfer portal period opens for ten days. The former five-star quarterback will be looking for a new home after Tennessee balked at his camp’s latest demands, which included a pay raise of up to $4 million … [Read more...] about Report: Three destinations emerge for Nico Iamaleava