Tennessee hoops makes another transfer portal splash with VCU guard Terrence Hill Jr.
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🗓️ 19 April 2026
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Summary
On the newest episode of the GoVols247 Podcast, Patrick Brown and Ben McKee break down the latest transfer portal splash for Tennessee basketball.
Rick Barnes and the Vols struck again with the commitment of VCU guard Terrence Hill Jr., the fifth transfer addition for Tennessee in this portal window. The No. 18 overall player in the portal, Hill capped his breakout sophomore season with the Rams by torching North Carolina in the NCAA tournament. His 34 points and late baskets scored the upset for VCU.
Ben breaks down what made Hill pick Tennessee over Kansas, his fit with the 2026-27 team and why he can be viewed as a like-for-like replacement for outgoing point guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
We also reset the big-picture look at Tennessee's roster overhaul. With Ethan Burg announcing he is returning to his home in Israel after one season, the Vols have another available spot to use in the portal. Tennessee has four incoming 2026 recruits to go along with its five portal additions.
Ben also gave the latest on Tennessee's pursuit of Wake Forest scorer Juke Harris and dropped some frontcourt names linked to the Vols.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into the GoVals 24-7 podcast. |
| 0:10.1 | I am Patrick Brown. |
| 0:11.3 | I am joined by Ben McKee, and we are back again because Tennessee basketball is in Fuego |
| 0:17.6 | on the transfer and high school recruiting trail. Ben, who is the next one in the |
| 0:24.1 | boat for the Tennessee Falls? Yeah, I told you earlier this week that we'd be speaking again soon, |
| 0:30.3 | and we are now speaking for the second time since I said that. This is our third podcast of the week, |
| 0:37.3 | I believe Rick Barnes wasting zero time rebuilding what he hopes is a final four roster. |
| 0:44.8 | And Good Friday was two weeks ago, but it's another good Friday for Tennessee basketball |
| 0:50.5 | because Terrence Hill Jr., the VCU combo guard has committed to Tennessee over Kansas. |
| 0:58.5 | Don't know if you know this, but Kansas is a blue blood in the sport of college basketball. |
| 1:03.1 | And so it is a very nice win for Tennessee. |
| 1:06.6 | Again, we don't say they're nice wins just because every win is a nice win or every pickup is a good pickup. |
| 1:11.8 | But this is a tremendous pickup for Tennessee. |
| 1:15.3 | We can dive into the fit a little bit more later on. |
| 1:18.4 | But to me, this is Jacoby Gillespie 2.0. |
| 1:21.7 | And obviously, you hope things play out the way it did for Jacobi because Jacoby was an all SEC player and one of the most valuable |
| 1:27.8 | players in the country. And again, I think this is Jacoby 2.0 in terms of the fit, the style of play, |
| 1:34.8 | how he's going to be used, so on and so forth. But just a tremendous pickup for Tennessee because |
| 1:40.0 | of Terrence's ability to score the ball. He is one of the best players in the portal this offseason. |
| 1:46.3 | I believe at the time of this recording, we have him ranked number 18 overall in our portal rankings and as the number five point guard. |
| 1:54.0 | So a very talented player, the best pickup for Tennessee in the portal to this point. |
| 2:03.4 | As you start to look at what Tennessee has picked up with Tyler Lundblade, Day Dayh Aims, Miles Rubin, Jalen Harrelson, |
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