Double four-star commitments (one recruit, one portal) for Tennessee hoops
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
GoVols247's Ben McKee and Patrick Brown break down the TWO latest commitment for the Tennessee basketball program -- one out of the transfer portal and another for the 2026 recruiting class.
Four-star forward Christopher Washington Jr., a top-50 national prospect and the No. 1 player in the state of Tennessee (out of Murfreesboro) committed to the Vols on Thursday. Ben broke down how the Vols landed the one-time Alabama commitment and reveals what his outlook is as a freshman. Could he be an immediate impact player for Tennessee's overhauled roster?
Then we discussed the latest four-star portal pickup for Tennessee in Notre Dame transfer combo guard Jalen Haralson, who chose the Vols over North Carolina and Ohio State after his visit this week.
Ben then focuses on the next two big portal targets for Rick Barnes: Terrence Hill Jr. (VCU) and Juke Harris (Wake Forest). Where does stand with both? What will Barnes do with the remaining roster spots with (for now) four recruits and four transfers coming in?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into the Go Balls 24-7 podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | I am Patrick Brown. |
| 0:13.3 | I will be hosting this episode with Ben McKee. |
| 0:16.2 | He has joined me to talk about the latest developments with the Tennessee basketball program, |
| 0:21.5 | and they are reeling in players left and right, Ben, on Thursday, four-star recruit. |
| 0:28.7 | We have to denote this now in this day and age. |
| 0:30.7 | Christopher Washington, Jr. announced his commitment to Tennessee on CBS Sports HQ. |
| 0:37.0 | Ben, what can you tell us about Tennessee's latest |
| 0:39.1 | recruiting edition? We will get to a portal edition later in the podcast. But first, Ben, |
| 0:43.4 | what you got for us on Christopher Washington, Jr.? Yeah, really nice pickup for Tennessee. |
| 0:47.9 | And I'm not just saying that because every pickup is a nice pickup. I really do believe |
| 0:53.2 | this is a good pickup for Tennessee basketball on the traditional |
| 0:58.3 | recruiting trail. |
| 0:59.5 | Tennessee obviously has done a lot of good in the transfer portal. |
| 1:03.1 | Rick Barnes looks like Mariano Rivera closing in the portal. |
| 1:07.1 | They are four for four on visits and hope to make it five to five but like you |
| 1:11.7 | mentioned we'll we'll touch on that in the second segment Chris Washington |
| 1:15.0 | Jr. is a top 50 overall player in the country he's originally from Gainesville |
| 1:20.1 | Florida he did tell me that he did not grow up a Florida fan though he didn't |
| 1:25.0 | really grow up a fan of anybody. He actually admitted to me that |
| 1:28.7 | he never even thought that he'd be able to play basketball at this level. So growing up, |
| 1:33.2 | he wasn't really a fan of anybody. He just kind of wanted to play basketball. And it slowly |
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