HAPPY AT HOME
• Over the last five seasons (2021-26), the Volunteers' .924 (73-6) home winning percentage is fifth in Division I. That mark trails only Houston (.951, 78-4), Gonzaga (.933; 70-5), Akron (.932; 69-5) and Duke (.926; 75-6).
• The tally includes a 37-0 (1.000) ledger in non-conference home affairs and a 36-6 (.857) figure in SEC home contests. It also features an 18-2 (.900) home record versus AP top-25 foes, including a 13-2 (.867) count against AP top-15 teams and a perfect 7-0 (1.000) mark versus AP top-10 opponents.
• In total, UT is 151-26 (.853) at Food City Center in Rick Barnes' 11 years and has twice gone undefeated at home (18-0 in 2018-19 and 16-0 in 2021-22).
BEASTS ON THE BOARDS
• Tennessee leads the nation, according to KenPom, with a 44.9 offensive rebounding percentage. That is 2.3 percent above second-ranked Florida (42.6) and 5.2 ahead of third-place Virginia (39.7).
• UT is on pace, per KenPom, to be the co-third-best offensive rebounding team this century. The Vols trail only 2000-01 Michigan State (47.0) and 2000- 01 Georgetown (45.3), while matching 2010-11 Old Dominion (44.9).
• The Volunteers have logged double-digit offensive rebounds in 24 of 25 games, with 13-plus in 20, 15- plus in 16, 20-plus in five and 23-plus in three. Their top tally is 26.
• UT is second in DI in rebounding margin (13.4), second in offensive rebounds per game (15.80) and third in total rebounds per game (43.28).
• The Vols have grabbed at least 35 total boards in 22 of 25 contests, with 40-plus in 16, 45-plus in 13 and 50-plus in six. Their highest mark is 60.
• Jaylen Carey (four times), J.P. Estrella (three), Felix Okpara (three), Bishop Boswell (two), DeWayne Brown II (two) and Nate Ament (one) have all amassed 10 total rebounds in a game this season.
• Per KenPom, Jaylen Carey is sixth in the country with his 18.1 offensive rebounding percentage.
• In his second start, versus Gardner-Webb (12/21/25), DeWayne Brown II had 14 rebounds. He tied Grant Williams (3/1/17), Jarnell Stokes (3/3/12) and Brian Williams (12/15/07) for the most by a UT freshman in the last 20 seasons (2006-26). He also tied the fifth-highest total by any Vol in the Rick Barnes era.
• The Volunteers pulled down 60 rebounds in the double-overtime victory against Texas A&M (1/13/26) and conceded just 35 (plus-25). It marked their first time with 55-plus rebounds since grabbing 58 on 11/18/08 versus UT Martin. UT had 24 offensive boards and allowed only 10 (plus-14). Jaylen Carey (10p, 9r) was one rebound away from giving Tennessee three players with double-digit boards and double-doubles, as Bishop Boswell (13p, 11r) and Felix Okpara (10p, 12r) both hit that mark.
• In the overtime win at Georgia (1/28/26), Tennessee grabbed 52 rebounds and allowed only 27 (plus-25). It also pulled down an astounding 26 offensive boards while giving up just seven (plus-19). Two Vols, J.P. Estrella and Felix Okpara, had as many offensive boards individually as the Bulldogs did as a team. Bishop Boswell (13p, 10r) tallied a double-double, while Estrella (17p, 9r) and Okpara (6p, 11r) nearly did so.
• In the victory against Auburn (1/31/26), Tennessee had four players—Nate Ament, Bishop Boswell, Jaylen Carey and Amari Evans—grab eight rebounds. It marked the second such instance for the Volunteers in the last 20 seasons (2006-26), alongside a 12/23/13 game versus Morehead State. DeWayne Brown II gave UT five players with seven-plus boards, the first such occurrence for UT in the last two decades and just the fourth by any SEC team in league play.
• At Kentucky (2/7/26), DeWayne Brown II pulled down a game-best 12 rebounds. That tied for the third-most by a Tennessee freshman in an SEC game the last 20 seasons (2006-26). The only others to hit that mark are Grant Williams (14 on 3/1/17 at LSU), Jarnell Stokes (14 on 3/3/12 against Vanderbilt), Tobias Harris (12 on 1/29/11 at Ole Miss) and Wayne Chism (12 on 2/10/07 against Vanderbilt).
