Vols Still Viewed as Tournament Contenders Despite Major Losses
Jun 3, 2019
Despite losing a huge amoung of production from this past season, the basketball Vols are still viewed as NCAA Tournament contenders for next season.
Despite losing a huge amoung of production from this past season, the basketball Vols are still viewed as NCAA Tournament contenders for next season.
Each week, we take a look back at both the good and bad that happened in Tennessee athletics in our weekly column, This Week in UT Sports History.
The Vols fought back from an early deficit, but they couldn’t overcome one-seed North Carolina, and UT’s season comes to an end.
Four-star linebacker Jaheim Thomas up in Ohio released his list of top schools, and the Vols made the cut along with a couple other SEC teams.
Tennessee escaped Liberty’s threat in the bottom of the ninth then won the game in extras to advance to the Regional Final against North Carolina.
The Vols have sent out an offer to four-star defensive end Xavier Carlton, who is 6-foot-7 and plays in Utah.
The Vols are one of the top teams for Bryson Eason, a four-star linebacker over in Memphis who is teammates with another highly-rated linebacker.
The baseball Vols grabbed a huge 10-3 victory over UNC-Wilmington to fight off elimination in the Chapel Hill Regional on Saturday.
The baseball Vols dropped their first game of the NCAA Tournament against Liberty, and now they have to win or go home against UNC-Wilmington.
For the second time this offseason, the Vols have added a transfer in men’s hoops. This time, Tennessee adds guard Victor Bailey Jr. from Oregon.
