Tennessee Volunteers NCAA Basketball News

Former Memphis point guard Antonio Barton has named UT, Kansas State, Texas A&M and Maryland his four finalists and will make a selection on Sunday afternoon, according to CBSSports.com . He will be eligible to play his senior season at any school next year that offers a graduate program not offered at Memphis since he got his undergraduate degree ... (more)

Around two years ago, Bruce Pearl was fired as the University of Tennessee's head coach stemming from lies that he told NCAA investigators that were looking into relatively minor infractions.

Crews were called to 608 Equestrian Circle in the Blount County section of Seymour just after 3:00 a.m. Monday morning for what was originally a robbery call.

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Former Liberty County High School basketball players Jordan McRae, Rion Brown and Lamar Richardson spoke Thursday at the Shuman Center to a group of young basketball players.

Though the weight grew heavy, Tennessee men's basketball has emerged from a week seemingly subscribed to adversity.

Cuonzo Martin hopes the 2013-14 season will buff it off. Golden's departure, he says, has no effect on expectations.

Georgia guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope shoots a 3-point basket while defended by Tennessee guards Jordan McRae and guard Josh Richardson during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Athens, Ga., Saturday, March 2, 2013.

Tennessee guard Jordan McRae has earned an invitation to the Kevin Durant Skills Academy, an event held in Washington D.C. from June 28-30 and hosted by Nike and Durant, one of the NBA's top players who currently plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin talks with guard Trae Golden in the first half against Vanderbilt at Thompson-Boling Arena Tuesday, Jan.

Tennessee guard Trae Golden shoots over Mercer forward Jakob Gollon in the first half during the first round of the NIT Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin got his first commitment for the class of 2014 on Monday night when 6-4, 185-pound guard Jordan Cornish pledged to the Vols via Twitter.

Travon Landry and Tennessee parted ways over the weekend, and the three-star point guard has already signed with New Mexico State.

The Marquette assistant coach, the son of Tennessee women's head coach emeritus Pat Summitt , interviewed for the job on Saturday, said a source familiar with the process.

Point guard Travon Landry has been released from his Letter of Intent to Tennessee and will not enroll at UT this summer, a team spokesman confirmed to Nooga.com on Saturday afternoon.

College basketball is still seven months away from restarting, but that hasn't stopped many national publications from making early predictions for 2013-14. The Vols are almost unanimously in the Top 25 in the early polls - topping out as high as No.

The field for the Battle 4 Atlantis was finalized Thursday with Iowa joining a field consisting of Tennessee, Kansas, Southern Cal, UTEP, Villanova, Wake Forest and Xavier.

Tennessee men's basketball player and Midway native Jordan McRae was named the Volunteers' most valuable player Monday night in Knoxville as the team held its season-ending banquet for 2012-13, according to govolsxtra.com. McRae increased his scoring from 8.6 points per game as a sophomore to a team-best 15.7 this past season as a junior.

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Tennessee's Jordan McRae was named most valuable player Monday night as the men's basketball team held its season-ending banquet for 2012-13. McRae increased his scoring from 8.6 points per game as a sophomore to 15.7 as a junior.