Cade Phillips is set to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. Here is what it means for the Tennessee basketball roster for the rest of the season.

Tennessee basketball has lost three games in a row for the first time in two years after it stumbled through a loss to Illinois on Dec. 6.

The Illini are 22nd in the country in 2-point percentage (60.7%), but Tennessee has an elite defense that can slow them down. The Vols don't allow many shots at the rim and rank 19th in the country in opponent 2PT% (44.1%).

Tennessee basketball had 17 turnovers in its loss to Syracuse, which was one of the issues for the Vols and Rick Barnes in their second straight loss

The Tennessee Volunteers have seemingly dropped in the AP Poll as expected following their two straight losses.

Tennessee basketball has lost back-to-back games after losing 62-60 at Syracuse. The Vols lost to Kansas on Nov. 26.

Tennessee junior forward Cade Phillips will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 basketball season due to a recurring shoulder injury, Vols' head coach Rick Barnes announced Monday. Phillips, who started nine of Tennessee's first 10 games, will have season-ending surgery to repair his shoulder.

Illinois earned a major bounce-back win in Nashville, defeating the Volunteers with defense, grit and late-game toughness

Nate Ament is averaging 17.1 points and 7.4 rebounds for Tennessee basketball, but has struggled in the past three games against better teams.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Nate Ament scored 23 points to lead No. 18 Tennessee to a 95-56 victory over Northern Kentucky on Saturday. Ja'Kobi Gillespie added 20 points and J.P. Estrella came off the bench to finish with 17 points and 11 rebounds for the ...

Winthrop coach Semeka Randall Lay, a former Lady Vols star, was given a technical foul for a comment about officiating during game against Tennessee.