More than ever before, the current free-for-all state of college sports allows teams to push all the chips in on one big year.
The way Tennessee men’s basketball has attacked this year’s transfer portal cycle certainly qualifies. The clearest evidence came Monday when Wake Forest transfer wing Juke Harris, one of the best players in the portal, picked the Vols over interest from the NBA, defending champion Michigan and blueblood North Carolina. Harris is Tennessee’s highest-profile portal pickup of what had already been a loaded transfer class, giving the Vols arguably the best group of newcomers in college basketball for next season. Adding Harris shows Tennessee is all in on winning big in 2027, trying to deliver the program its elusive first Final Four appearance.
