Basketball Recruiting

MURFREESBORO - In a season filled with so many positives for Fulton High School boys' basketball star Jalen Steele, the 6-foot-2 Auburn signee was delivered some bad news Friday.

Moses Abraham arrived in Tennessee Friday night for his official visit with the men's basketball team this weekend.

Tennessee basketball signee Tobias Harris, from Dix Hills, N.Y., is among six finalists for the 2010 Boy’s Naismith High School Player of the Year Award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday.

TIPTON — It was a mini-convention of women’s college basketball coaches here Tuesday, assembled in the dead of winter in an Iowa school gymnasium.

When Marshall County point guard Kedren Johnson was 4, his dad would tape his son's right hand behind his back or make him stick it in his belt whenever they played basketball.

University of Tennessee men's basketball signee Tobias Harris has been picked as a McDonald's High School All-American, Tennessee associate head coach Tony Jones said Wednesday at the Big Orange Tip Off Club's meeting.

POWDER SPRINGS, Ga, - Trae Golden is playing basketball with a different outlook.

MEMPHIS - Having played before whom he intends to be his college coach last Monday at FedExForum, Melrose High School junior guard Chris Jones said late Sunday night he has committed to the University of Tennessee.

When new University of Tennessee football assistant Terry Joseph showed up just across the Mississippi border this week to visit highly touted Olive Branch High offensive linemen Shon Coleman and Damien Robinson, he had to take a deep breath.

Tennessee recruits Tobias Harris and Trae Golden have read the headlines and seen their share of ESPN updates on the Vols’ recent off-court troubles.

FLORESVILLE, Texas - Meighan Simmons had just become the greatest scorer in San Antonio girls basketball history, but the Cibolo Steele High guard was the only one in the gym who didn't hear the announcement.

Power forward Jayvaughn Pinkston, one of Tennessee's top recruiting targets, has committed to sign with Villanova in the spring period, according to numerous reports.

How does a 6-foot-8 high school All-American attend at Tennessee men’s basketball game incognito?

Trae Golden signed on with the Tennessee men's basketball Class of 2010 Tuesday morning, giving the Vols the quality point guard they needed.

Ridgeway High senior power forward Tarik Black said Monday he will sign with the University of Memphis, giving the Tigers four 2010 signees rated among the nation’s top 50 prospects.