Tag: Jonas Aidoo

Vols win exhibition game against Lenoir-Rhyne

Tennessee basketball wins exhibition game, 90-48.

No. 10 Tennessee defeated Lenoir-Rhyne, 90-48, in an exhibition game Tuesday in Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center.

The Vols scored the first 15 points of the contest and led, 49-30, at halftime.

Tennessee had four players total 10-plus points. Jonas Aidoo recorded 14 points and three blocks, while Dalton Knecht and Jordan Gainey added 13 points each. Tobe Awaka finished with 11.

Josiah-Jordan James and Cameron Carr recorded nine points and seven rebounds each against the Bears.

The Vols recorded 21 assists and committed 11 turnovers against Lenoir-Rhyne, Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes’ alma mater.

Tennessee next plays Monday when it opens the regular-season play against Tennessee Tech. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. EST.

2022-23 Tennessee basketball roster, regular-season analysis

A look at the 2022-23 Tennessee basketball roster and regular-season analysis.

March has arrived and the focus shifts to postseason play throughout college basketball.

Tennessee (22-9, 11-7 SEC) finished fifth in the Southeastern Conference regular-season standings. The Vols’ final regular-season ranking is No. 19 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

The 2023 SEC Tournament begins on Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. No. 5 seed Tennessee will play the winner of No. 12 South Carolina and No. 13 Ole Miss on March 9 at 3 p.m. EST. The contest will be televised by SEC Network.

Following the 2022-23 regular season, Vols Wire looks at the performance of Tennessee’s basketball roster.

Performance and analysis for each Tennessee player is listed below.

Oklahoma offers four-star center Jonas Aidoo out of Charlotte, North Carolina

Oklahoma basketball offered four-star center Jonas Aidoo from Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday morning.

Oklahoma basketball is in the early stages under the new coaching regime led by Porter Moser and things are already moving along. On the same day he was officially introduced, Moser landed the commitment of three-star point guard Alston Mason. Now, on Saturday, the Sooners have officially put out an offer to four-star center Jonas Aidoo from Liberty Heights Athletic Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Aidoo has already received a medley of other offers with Kansas and West Virginia being the other Big 12 programs in the running to land him. Some other notable offers include Alabama, Marquette, Houston and Tennessee. He was actually previously committed to the Golden Eagles, but decommitted back in March when coach Steve Wojciechowski was let go.

Big men underneath has been an Achilles heel for Oklahoma in recent seasons, so Moser finding a way to get ahold of a strong one right out of the gates would be a pretty big win. Aidoo would be a very nice pickup should they manage to land him.

Jonas Aidoo’s Recruiting Profile

Rating

Stars Overall State Position
247 4 80 3 12
Rivals 4 33 N/A 5
ESPN 4 70 3 15
247 Composite 4 60 1 7

Vitals

Hometown Charlotte, North Carolina
Projected Position Center
Height 6-11
Weight 215

Recruitment

  • Offered on April 10, 2021
  • No official visits listed at time of publication

Offers

  • Alabama
  • Appalachian State
  • Clemson
  • Georgia
  • Houston
  • Iona
  • Kansas
  • Marquette
  • Miami
  • NC State
  • Oklahoma
  • Ole Miss
  • Pittsburgh
  • Providence
  • Rutgers
  • South Carolina
  • St. John’s
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia Tech
  • Wake Forest
  • West Virginia
  • Western Kentucky
  • Wichita State

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Tennessee basketball offers 4-star center from North Carolina

Tennessee basketball offers 4-star center from North Carolina.

Rick Barnes has found an extraordinary amount of success on the recruiting trail in the last two years, finishing with a top five recruiting class in 2020, and he is off to a good start in 2021 with commitments of 5-star guard Kennedy Chandler and 4-star forward Jahmai Mashack.

Barnes’ pursuit of elite talent for 2021 continued with an offer being extended to Jonas Aidoo, a 4-star center from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Aidoo would give the Vols a big presence down low with his 6-foot-11, 215-pound frame.

The 247Sports Composite rates Aidoo as the No. 20 center in his class, and the No. 4 player in North Carolina.

Several other SEC programs are pursuing Aidoo, such as Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss and South Carolina. Houston, Miami, Wake Forest, St. John’s and others have also offered him.