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#551
#551
Will be curious to see if Sanders or Denis will hop on board this weekend.

Last scheduled visit for Sanders, I think.

Denis has Kansas after us, I wonder if we try to shut it down.

Wonder if we would take all of Sanders, JJ, Evans and Denis or first couple in. We are losing a lot.
 
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#553
#553
bleedingTNorange said:
Commits:
#110 Dewayne Brown-COMMITTED


Priority Targets:
#3 Nate Ament-OV SCHEDULED 10/19
#5 Chris Cenac-OV TAKEN 9/14
#6 Caleb Wilson-OV SCHEDULED 10/11 & UOV
#24 Darius Adams-OV TAKEN 9/13 & UOV
#39 Shon Abaev- OV TAKEN
#50 JJ Mandaquit-OV SCHEDULED 11/16
#92 Isaiah Denis-OV SCHEDULED 10/11 & UOV
#108 Dante Allen-OV TAKEN 8/23
#129 Amari Evans-OV TAKEN 8/30 & UOV
#135 Josiah Sanders-OV SCHEDULED 10/11



Other offers:
#7 Meleek Thomas
#9 Koa Peat
#11 Tounde Yessoufou
#12 Brayden Burries
#13 Kingston Flemings
#15 Mikel Brown Jr.
#28 Trey McKinney
#30 Kiyan Anthony
#33 Eric Reibe
#34 Nikolas Khamenia
#43 John Clark
#48 Chance Mallory- UOV
#51 Kai Rogers
#59 Jerry Easter
#62 Matt Gilhool
#63 Cam Ward
#69 Christian Jeffrey
#72 Sebastian Williams-Adams
#73 Nyk Lewis
#85 A’mare Bynum
#88 Amari Allen-UOV
#102 Zymicah Wilkins
#106 Gevonte Ware
#114 Keyshuan Tillery
#139 Deondrea Lindsey
#143 Nicholas Randall
#146 Jaylen Cross-UOV
NR Adrien Stevens
NR BJ Davis-Ray
NR Aleks Alston-UOV
NR JR Leonard-UOV
NR Simon Walker-UOV
NR Silas Barksdale
NR Shane Cherry
NR Jackson Keith-UOV
NR Jermaine O’Neal Jr.-UOV
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It would be nice to have a couple of basketball prospect commitments and a win over Florida as birthday presents.
 
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#554
#554
Another update from the resident Vols insider in the Trilly discord:

“Tennessee is willing to offer Ament significantly more than Wilson. I (and they) don’t believe they have a competitive $ offer for Wilson.”

Also says he thinks we are more than a hat on the table with Cenac and are very much alive in the recruitment.
 
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#557
#557
I wonder how competitive they were with Cenac.

Not complaining, it would be an awesome pull to get Ament. Just curious how competitive out staff and resources are with kids known to be $$ shopping.
 
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#560
#560
It’s a big visit weekend for Tennessee as the Vols will host one of top-rated prospects on their board, five-star Caleb Wilson out of Atlanta. Wilson (6-foot-9, 195 pounds), the No. 5 ranked player in the On3 industry composite rankings, is a highly versatile forward with a vast array of skills.

He’s also one of the most highly sought after prospects in this class.

Wilson has already visited North Carolina, Kentucky and Central Florida in this cycle. Following this visit to Tennessee he has visit set to Georgia Tech next week.

Wilson’s recent visit to North Carolina last week was unofficial. He previously made an official visit to Chapel Hill last February.

Wilson has indicated in recent interviews that he may not sign in November, but make a commitment sometime during his senior year.

Hard information about where Wilson and his camp may be leaning is hard to come by.

He has indicated that in addition to the programs he has visited Auburn, Arkansas, Brigham Young, Oregon and USC are also programs that could receive consideration.

This one could go in a bunch of different directions and it’s compounded by the real possibility that Wilson won’t sign in November.

It’s also safe to say that NIL will be a factor here, as it is for any five-star prospect viewed a potential instant-impact performer.

Tennessee has been in this one for a long time. Assistant head coach Gregg Polinsky along with Rick Barnes have done a nice job of cultivating a relationship.

This is a highly competitive recruitment though, as you’d expect when you’re recruiting a top-five national talent, and it probably has a bunch of twists and turns before it gets to the finish line.

Tennessee will also host four-star Charlotte-area point guard Isaiah Denis this weekend. This is the final scheduled official visit for Denis after he was at Wake Forest last weekend.

At 6-foot-5 Denis is a long point guard, who, if paired with freshman Bishop Boswell (and potentially 2025 prospect Amari Evans), would give the Vols some extreme length in the backcourt.

In addition to Wake Forest Denis has also visited North Carolina, Ohio State and Miami.

Most seem to view the Demon Deacons as the Vols’ biggest competition. UNC just recently took a commitment from four-star point guard Derek Dixon, and while some seem to think that the Tar Heels would still like to add Denis, you have to think that helps the Vols’ chances.

Kansas, which had seemingly backed off Denis earlier in the process, circled back and made a school visit last week. The Jayhawks are late trying to get back in, but they’re a program that can pull that type of thing off, so it’s worth keeping an eye on.

We continue to think that Tennessee is good shape for Evans. He will be back in town as an unofficial visitor this weekend, which is probably another strong sign for the Vols at this stage.

Next week will be another big weekend for the staff with five-star and No. 4 overall player Nate Ament expected on an official visit along with five-star and No. 14 overall player Brayden Burries.
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-VQ
 
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#562
#562
Commits:
#110 Dewayne Brown-COMMITTED


Priority Targets:
#3 Nate Ament-OV SCHEDULED 10/19
#5 Chris Cenac-OV TAKEN 9/14
#6 Caleb Wilson-OV SCHEDULED 10/11 & UOV
#12 Brayden Burries-OV SCHEDULED 10/19
#24 Darius Adams-OV TAKEN 9/13 & UOV
#39 Shon Abaev- OV TAKEN
#50 JJ Mandaquit-OV SCHEDULED 11/16
#92 Isaiah Denis-OV SCHEDULED 10/11 & UOV
#108 Dante Allen-OV TAKEN 8/23
#129 Amari Evans-OV TAKEN 8/30 & UOV
#135 Josiah Sanders-OV SCHEDULED 10/11



Other offers:
#7 Meleek Thomas
#9 Koa Peat
#11 Tounde Yessoufou
#13 Kingston Flemings
#15 Mikel Brown Jr.
#28 Trey McKinney
#30 Kiyan Anthony
#33 Eric Reibe
#34 Nikolas Khamenia
#43 John Clark
#48 Chance Mallory- UOV
#51 Kai Rogers
#59 Jerry Easter
#62 Matt Gilhool
#63 Cam Ward
#69 Christian Jeffrey
#72 Sebastian Williams-Adams
#73 Nyk Lewis
#85 A’mare Bynum
#88 Amari Allen-UOV
#102 Zymicah Wilkins
#106 Gevonte Ware
#114 Keyshuan Tillery
#139 Deondrea Lindsey
#143 Nicholas Randall
#146 Jaylen Cross-UOV
NR Adrien Stevens
NR BJ Davis-Ray
NR Aleks Alston-UOV
NR JR Leonard-UOV
NR Simon Walker-UOV
NR Silas Barksdale
NR Shane Cherry
NR Jackson Keith-UOV
NR Jermaine O’Neal Jr.-UOV
 
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#568
#568
TrippieRedd said:
Will be curious to see if Sanders or Denis will hop on board this weekend.

Last scheduled visit for Sanders, I think.

Denis has Kansas after us, I wonder if we try to shut it down.

Wonder if we would take all of Sanders, JJ, Evans and Denis or first couple in. We are losing a lot.
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Doesn’t sound like Sanders will be in fwiw
 
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#572
#572
bleedingTNorange said:
Would guess they’re just trying to kick the can and prefer Denis and want to take their shot with him first.
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See that’s where I’m confused, I suppose.

Figured Denis and Evans would be wings and Sanders the PG. I was like, “we got the room”

Guess the coaches really are trying to get a big man, didn’t think they would try this hard with who we have coming back.


Edit: forgot about JJ and Burries, guess that’s why lol
 
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#573
#573
TrippieRedd said:
See that’s where I’m confused, I suppose.

Figured Denis and Evans would be wings and Sanders the PG. I was like, “we got the room”

Guess the coaches really are trying to get a big man, didn’t think they would try this hard with who we have coming back.


Edit: forgot about JJ and Burries, guess that’s why lol
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Denis is very much a PG, CG at worst, which is the same deal as Sanders
 
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