Tennessee basketball forward enters transfer portal

Cade Phillips is coming into the transfer portal after three seasons with Tennessee basketballI advised Volquest on Friday.

The Vols forward had season-ending shoulder surgical procedure in December to handle a longstanding harm. He is the primary Tennessee participant to enter the portal following the season, which ended with a 3rd straight Elite Eight look.

The 6-foot-9 Phillips is averaging 3.7 factors and three.1 rebounds in 61 profession video games. He averaged 3.8 factors and 4.0 rebounds in 16.9 minutes per sport as a junior, beginning 9 of Tennessee’s 10 video games earlier than ending his season.

Phillips initially suffered the harm when he dislocated his shoulder whereas chasing a unfastened ball within the second half of Tennessee’s 76-52 win towards Arkansas on Jan. 4, 2025. He didn’t miss any video games, taking part in by way of the harm whereas sporting a brace that coated his shoulder and higher arm. I rehabbed it throughout the offseason earlier than I injured it once more. He wore a brace overlaying his total left arm throughout the season.

The Alabama native earned a task early as a freshman within the 2023-24 season earlier than his taking part in time dipped in SEC play. He averaged 0.9 factors and 1.4 rebounds in 6.0 minutes in 13 video games.

He averaged 4.6 factors and three.5 rebounds within the 2024-25 season as a sophomore.

Phillips had proper shoulder surgical procedure earlier than arriving in Tennessee. He was a three-star recruit within the 2023 class after spending a season at Link Academy in Branson, Missouri.