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Maintaining and building among UTC basketball offseason priorities

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton/ UTC Fans cheer as Collin Mulholland and the rest of the NIT champion men's basketball team returned to McKenzie Arena on Friday, April 4, 2025.
Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton/ UTC Fans cheer as Collin Mulholland and the rest of the NIT champion men's basketball team returned to McKenzie Arena on Friday, April 4, 2025.

Fresh off claiming the National Invitation Tournament championship, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has already had a pretty busy offseason in terms of graduation and players both entering the transfer portal as well as adding pieces from it.

Since Friday, the Mocs — who finished 29-9 and won the program’s first national title since claiming the Division II crown in 1977 — have already lost junior Honor Huff and sophomore Noah Melson to the transfer portal, while in recent weeks have added former North Dakota State guard Brennan Watkins and Division II Trevecca guard Jikari Johnson.

With the November prep additions of forward Josh Bowman and guards Zach Bleshoy and Tate Darner, the Mocs currently have a total of three available scholarships to use how they see fit.

Today we look at three of the most pressing needs entering what will be a busy offseason for the Mocs:

› 1. Protect Collin Mulholland