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Freddie Dilione V commits to Big Ten school

Former Tennessee basketball guard Freddie Dilione V commits to Big Ten school.

Former Tennessee guard Freddie Dilione V committed to Penn State basketball on Wednesday.

“Tennessee transfer guard Freddie Dilione has committed to Penn State, he tells On3 Sports,” Joe Tipton said. “Former top 50 recruit.”

The 6-foot-5, 195-pound redshirt freshman entered the NCAA transfer portal on April 4.

Dilione V appeared in 18 games at Tennessee during the 2023-24 season. He averaged 1.7 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists per contest. His career-high for points was seven against Tennessee Tech on Nov. 6, 2023.

Dilione V went to Tennessee from Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina. He enrolled at Tennessee in Jan. 2023 and redshirted during the remainder of the 2022-23 season, while practicing and traveling with the Vols.

Update on Freddie Dilione V ahead of Maui Invitational

Update on Freddie Dilione V ahead of the Maui Invitational.

No. 8 Tennessee (3-0) will open play in the Maui Invitational on Monday.

The Vols will play Syracuse (3-0) at 2:30 p.m. EST. ESPN2 will televise the matchup on Monday.

Ahead of tipoff, Tennessee provided an update on redshirt freshman guard Freddie Dilione V.

“Freddie Dilione V will not play in the Allstate Maui Invitational due to a partial tear of his left plantar fascia,” Tennessee announced. “His status is day-to-day moving forward and he will be reevaluated upon the team’s return to Knoxville.”

Chaminade, Gonzaga, Kansas, Marquette, Purdue, Syracuse, Tennessee and UCLA are teams competing in the 2023 Maui Invitational.

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Two Vols are finalists for USA Basketball U19 National Team

Two Vols are finalists for the USA Basketball U19 National Team.

Tennessee men’s basketball players Tobe Awaka and Freddie Dilione V are finalists for USA Basketball’s U19 men’s national team.

Awaka, a rising sophomore for the Vols, and Dilione, a redshirt freshman, are two of 16 finalists named after four training sessions in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

They are competing to make the team’s 12-man roster that will compete at the 2023 FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, on June 24-July 2.

Finalists were selected from a field of 35 players by the USA men’s junior national committee.

The 2023 FIBA World Cup tournament field is composed of teams from the United States, Hungary, Argentina, Canada, Egypt, Korea, Madagascar, Slovenia, Turkey, Brazil, China, France, Japan, Lebanon, Serbia and Spain.

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