Men's Basketball

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In his mind, Jarnell Stokes was already gone.

The last piece of Tennessee’s 2013-14 men’s basketball puzzle has fallen into place. Jarnell Stokes, the Vols’ second-leading scorer (12.4 ppg) and leading rebounder (9.6 rpg) last season, announced Saturday morning he will return to Tennessee for his junior season.

Will he stay or will he go? The time has come for an answer. With the NBA deadline for early entrants to declare for the 2013 draft looming Sunday, Tennessee sophomore Jarnell Stokes is scheduled to make an announcement at ...

The tick tock of the clock atop Ayers Hall is counting down the minutes until Sunday. Those seconds might not mean much, unless you’re University of Tennessee sophomore Jarnell Stokes.

The intertwining paths of Buzz Peterson and Houston Fancher have merged once again.

An 18-year-old nursing student has obtained an order of protection against departing University of Tennessee men’s basketball player Yemi Makanjuola, who was released from his scholarship on Saturday.

Tennessee center Yemi Makanjuola has been granted a release from his scholarship and will be transferring from the men’s basketball program, the school announced Saturday morning.

As Indian Hills (Iowa) Community College coach Barret Peery said earlier this week, “It’s hard to find an available big body this time of year.”

Blackman High School point guard Darius Thompson put pen to paper Wednesday, signing a National Letter of Intent to officially becoming the fourth incoming member of coach Cuonzo Martin’s 2013 recruiting class.

Rawane Ndiaye, a 6-foot-11 center from Indian Hills Community College, officially committed to Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon, the News Sentinel learned.

Jordan McRae began the 2012-13 season coming off the bench for Tennessee men’s basketball.

Jordan McRae only flirted. The Tennessee guard took his NBA dream for a few dates. Options were considered. That’s where it ended it, though. The NBA isn’t ready for McRae. McRae isn’t ready for the NBA.

Tennessee guard Jordan McRae announced Saturday morning he will be "back in orange" for his senior season instead of entering his name for the NBA draft.

When the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee begins assessing evaluation requests from college basketball players across the country Wednesday, Tennessee’s Jordan McRae and Jarnell Stokes will be among the applicants.