Tennessee Stats & Info

Most Sweet 16 appearances since 2007... 1. Duke (12) T-2. Michigan State (11) T-2. North Carolina (11) 4. Gonzaga (10) T-5. TENNESSEE (9) T-5. Arizona (9*) T-5. Kansas (9*) T-5. Kentucky (9) T-5. Michigan (9) T-5. Purdue (9) * excludes a vacated appearance

Gillespie is the ninth player—first from SEC, second in last 30 years—with 29p/9a/3s in NCAA Tournament. Joins Markquis Nowwell (‘23), Stephon Marbury (‘96), Anderson Hunt (‘90), Tim Hardaway (‘89), Billy Donovan (‘87), Magic Johnson (‘79), Rickey Green (‘77), Sam McCants (‘74).

With @Vol_Hoops headed to the NCAA Tournament for the eighth straight time, Rick Barnes now owns 30 total berths as a head coach. Barnes ties Roy Williams for the third-most NCAA Tournament trips all-time. Mike Krzyzewski (36) and Jim Boeheim (35) are the only others at 30-plus.

.@Vol_Hoops’ Ja’Kobi Gillespie is the first SEC player ever with two eight-steal outings in league action. He did it in a four-game span. Gillespie is also the only DI player in the last 15 years (2011-26) with 26 points, eight steals, seven assists and five rebounds in a game.

In last night's @Vol_Hoops win over Oklahoma, Ja'Kobi Gillespie became just the eighth player in the last 20 seasons (2006-26) with 16 points, eight assists & eight steals against a DI foe. He's the only one to log that stat line versus a Power Five team in the past two decades.

In last night's win against Oklahoma, @Vol_Hoops connected on a 3-pointer for the 500th consecutive game. The streak started over 14 years ago and dates to Nov. 22, 2011.

Since SEC Freshman of the Week was reinstated in 2005-06, Nate Ament is the sixth freshman with six SEC weekly honors (POTW/FOTW) in a season. Joins Darius Acuff Jr. (2025-26), Brandon Miller (2022-23), Jabari Smith (2021-22), Bradley Beal (2011-12) & Brandon Knight (2010-11).

Per @JaredBerson, Nate Ament's 29 points for @Vol_Hoops last night were the most by a freshman on the road at Kentucky in nearly 36 years, since Auburn's Ronnie Battle had 30 on 2/24/90.

Nate Ament went 12-of-15 at the line @Vol_Hoops' win over Auburn last night. He is the first Vol with that many FTM and/or FTA since Grant Williams on 1/23/19. He is the second SEC freshman in the last five years (2021-26) with 15+ FTA in a game, joining Anthony Black on 1/7/23.

Nate Ament is the sixth SEC freshman in last 20 years with 29p/7r/3a. Joins Tre Johnson, Anthony Edwards, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ben Simmons (2x) & Terrence Jones. Only other DI freshman with 29p/7r/3a on the road versus ranked foe in past 20 years is Chase Budinger (2/10/07).

With last night's 83-62 win over No. 11 Louisville, @Vol_Hoops is now 16-5 at home against AP top-15 teams in the Rick Barnes era, including 14-2 since Jan. 30, 2021. The Volunteers are also now 21-5 at Food City Center in AP top-25 matchups under Barnes.

Joey Aguilar became the fifth @Vol_Football player to throw for 3,000 yards in a regular season. The others: 
- Peyton Manning (1996, ’97) - Erik Ainge (2007) 
- Tyler Bray (2012) 
- Hendon Hooker (2022)

Nya Robertson's 10 made 3-pointers against Coppin State Sunday set a new single-game program record. Her 32-point performance powered @LadyVol_Hoops to it's milestone 1500th total win, as it the became the first program in NCAA history to eclipse the mark. #GBO 🍊

The 248 rushing yards by @Vol_Football at Florida were its most in the series since putting up 250 on Sept. 19, 1992.

Nate Ament is the fifth SEC freshman—third in regulation—in the last 10 years (2016-26) with at least 15 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST & 4 STL in a game. Joins Collin Murray-Boyles (3/9/24 [OT]), Anthony Edwards (2/26/20 [OT]), Keyontae Johnson (3/15/19) & Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (3/15/18).

Nate Ament is the fifth SEC freshman—seventh instance—in the last 20 years (2006-26) with 19 points, nine rebounds, five assists, two steals and one block in a game. He joins Ben Simmons (3x in 2015-16), James Young (1/8/14), Archie Goodwin (11/23/12) and John Wall (3/27/10).

In her @LadyVol_Hoops debut, guard Jaida Civil scored 13 points against #9/8 NC State. She is the first freshman to score in double figures for UT in their collegiate debut since Marta Suarez did so against Western Kentucky on Nov. 28, 2020. #GBO 🍊

Troy Henderson is the first @Vol_Hoops freshman with five-plus assists since Julian Phillips on 1/25/23 versus Georgia. He is the first to do so with no turnovers since Kennedy Chandler on 3/13/22 in the SEC Tournament title game victory over Texas A&M in Tampa, Fla.   #GBO 🍊

. @Vol_Football receivers Chris Brazzell II (138 yds), Mike Matthews (107 yds) and Braylon Staley (105 yds) are just the second trio in program history to all collect 100+ rec. yards in a game. They join Palmer/Jennings/Callaway, who did so against Mizzou in 2019. #GBO 🍊

DeSean Bishop's 25-yard rushing TD in overtime vs. Mississippi State is now the longest rushing play in OT in @Vol_Football history. It is the fifth one-play OT drive in program history. All four previous one-play drives were 25-yard passes. #GBO 🍊