Tennessee basketball beat Houston 76-73 to seal its spot as one of the top four teams in the Players Era Festival

Two Tennessee basketball starters are dinged up with minor injuries but are likely to play in Wednesday's game against North Florida.

Tennessee (5-0) will play Rutgers (4-1) Monday in the Players Era Men's Championship at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tipoff between the Vols and Scarlet Knights is slated at 1 p.m. EST. TNT will televise the nonconference matchup.

Bruce Pearl aired out some dirty laundry from Candace Parker‘s past at Tennessee during Monday’s TNT broadcast of the Vols’ game against Rutgers. Pearl was the men’s basketball coach in Knoxville from 2005-11,

Ja’Kobi Gillespie had his first shot fall, and Aaron Nkrumah followed on the other end with a basket. That was the closest it would be on Thursday night at Food

Two key players have been ruled out for No. 20 Tennessee's game against Tennessee State on Thursday night in Knoxville.

Two Tennessee men's basketball players were named to the John R. Wooden Award Watch List. Nate Ament and Ja'Kobi Gillespie were named to the list, released Tuesday by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. 50 players are on the list, including 14 players from the SEC. Ament is one of eight freshmen to make the list.

The Tennessee men’s basketball team wrapped up their five-game homestand with their fifth win of the season on Thursday, a comfortable 89-60 victory over Tennessee State. A Ja’Kobi Gillespie jumper got the scoring started,