meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
GoVols247: A Tennessee Volunteers athletics podcast

Ahuna eligible, Vitello returns for No. 3 Vols

GoVols247: A Tennessee Volunteers athletics podcast

247Sports, Tennessee, Tennessee Volunteers, Tennessee Football, Tennessee athletics, Football, Colle

Sports, Football

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

GoVols247's Ben McKee and Wes Rucker discuss the return of coach Tony Vitello from suspension and the NCAA ruling star shortstop Maui Ahuna eligible for the third-ranked Tennessee baseball team.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

What's going to happen tonight? What's going to happen?

0:05.0

What's going to happen? We're going to whoop this. Welcome into the Diamond Valls podcast on GoValls 247.com.

0:24.4

I am Ben McKee joined by West Rucker as always, and we were planning on doing a Diamond

0:30.2

Vols podcast regardless of circumstance after Tennessee swept Dayton but this is also

0:36.4

somewhat of a breaking news edition although a little later in the day because there's a whole lot going on on campus.

0:44.6

Basketball is in the final week of the regular season.

0:47.7

Football is stealing commitments out of Lane Kiffin's backyard and the baseball program is being the baseball program.

0:55.7

But good news for Tennessee is that Tony Vitello, his three-game suspension has been lifted

1:02.1

and he'll be back in the dugout on Tuesday afternoon

1:04.8

against Charleston Southern but I think even better news is that Maui Ahuna has been

1:12.3

freed and that is quite the development for Tennessee a much

1:16.8

needed development for what would be a really really good Tennessee baseball

1:21.8

team without him but Wes a Tennessee baseball team that is

1:26.0

certainly better with him in the lineup at the top and in the field defensively.

1:32.0

No question about it Ben no question'll apologize quickly off the top.

1:36.0

This should have been out about an hour ago in all fairness, but my son had other ideas.

1:42.0

Toddler meltdown's are fun toddler meltdowns are fun.

1:43.5

They're super fun.

1:45.2

Y'all who have been through that.

1:46.7

No, it is a good time.

1:49.0

So regardless, that's good news for us is now that we're here doing this and more importantly for Tennessee. Yeah, Ben it's it's it's awesome news. It's a this is a premium player. This is one of the biggest players in the portal at any position. This is the best defensive shortstop probably at the college level and a guy who's a plus hitter I think potentially for the position to he's a first round prospect for a reason this is a, very big day for Tennessee and I would imagine

2:15.2

also sort of a sigh of relief day for Tennessee that any concerns about what seriousness

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from 247Sports, Tennessee, Tennessee Volunteers, Tennessee Football, Tennessee athletics, Football, Colle, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of 247Sports, Tennessee, Tennessee Volunteers, Tennessee Football, Tennessee athletics, Football, Colle and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.