Mode: | Basketball |
Sex: | none |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Tennessee Volunteers |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Short Conf: | SEC |
Record: | 27–9 |
Conf Record: | 14–4 |
Coachrank: | 5 |
Aprank: | 5 |
Hc Year: | 9th |
Assoc Coach: | Justin Gainey |
Asst Coach1: | Rod Clark |
Asst Coach2: | Gregg Polinsky |
Champion: | SEC regular season champions |
Tourney Result: | Elite Eight |
The 2023–24 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by ninth-year head coach Rick Barnes, played their home games at Thompson–Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
The Volunteers finished the 2022–23 season 25–11, 11–7 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Ole Miss before losing to Missouri in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the East Region, where they defeated Louisiana in the First Round and Duke in the Second Round to reach the Sweet Sixteen. There, they were upset by Florida Atlantic.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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B.J. Edwards | 1 | G | 6'3" | 192 | Freshman | Transferred to SMU | ||
2 | F | 6'8" | 190 | Freshman | Declare for 2023 NBA draft; selected 35th overall by Boston Celtics | |||
Evan Shiflet | 3 | G | 6'2" | 191 | Freshman | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons | ||
Tyreke Key | 4 | G | 6'3" | 207 | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
Oliver Nkamhoua | 13 | F | 6'8" | 232 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Michigan | ||
Kent Gilbert | 21 | G | 6'1" | 175 | Junior | Walk-on; transferred | ||
Isaiah Sulack | 31 | G | 6'5" | 186 | RS Senior | Walk-on; graduate transferred to Marist | ||
Kidd Brizek | 32 | G | 6'6" | 194 | Freshman | Walk-on; mid season transferred to Manhattan | ||
33 | F | 7'0" | 251 | RS Senior | Graduated/signed to play professionally in Serbia with Mega MIS |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordan Gainey | 2 | G | 6'4" | 175 | Junior | USC Upstate | ||
3 | G | 6'6" | 200 | GS Senior | Northern Colorado | |||
Grant Hurst | 23 | G | 6'2" | 180 | RS Sophomore | Walk-on; UT Martin | ||
Kaylan Makan | 24 | G | 6'2" | 170 | Sophomore | Walk-on; The Citadel |
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See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.