Tennessee is closing in on a prospect for its 2026 basketball recruiting class.
Five-star point guard Tay Kinney included the Vols in his top 12 schools, along with Auburn, Kentucky, Louisville, Texas, Arkansas, Xavier, Kansas, Purdue, Oregon, Miami and Indiana, according to Joe Tipton of On3.
The 6-foot-1, 185-pound prospect is from Newport, Kentucky and plays for Overtime Elite in Atlanta, Georgia. Overtime Elite also produced Tennessee 2025 small forward commit Amari Evans.
247Sports ranks Kinney as the top-ranked point guard in the class and top-ranked player in Georgia.
Tennessee offered Kinney a scholarship on Dec. 25, 2023 and has not visited the Vols.
Tennessee does not have a commitment in its 2026 basketball recruiting class. The Vols have six commitments in their 2025 basketball recruiting class: forward DeWayne Brown, small forward Amari Evans, point guard Troy Henderson, forward Nate Ament, shooting guard Clarence Massamba and shooting guard Ethan Burg.