Tennessee continued its impressive men’s basketball haul in the NCAA transfer portal Sunday, receiving a commitment from Virginia Commonwealth University guard Terrence Hill Jr.
The 6-foot-3, 180-pounder from Portland, Oregon, averaged 15.0 points, 2.8 assists and 2.7 rebounds as a sophomore this past season for the Rams, who went 28-8 and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament before losing 76-55 to Illinois. VCU advanced with an 82-78 overtime upset of North Carolina, rallying from 19 down.
Hill scored a career-high 34 points against the Tar Heels, going 7-of-10 from 3-point range and leading the Rams to the largest comeback ever in an NCAA tournament first-round pairing. He wound up picking the Volunteers over Kansas after visiting both schools last week.
“It’s just having that opportunity of me being a starting point guard in the SEC and just me getting to that next level for my dreams,” Hill told 247Sports.com.
Hill is Tennessee’s fifth addition via the portal since its season ended in the NCAA tournament’s Elite Eight for a third consecutive year, joining Belmont guard Tyler Lundblade, California guard Dai Dai Ames, Loyola of Chicago center Miles Rubin and Notre Dame combination guard Jalen Haralson. All five are ranked among 247Sports.com’s top 100 portal prospects in this two-week cycle that is concluding Tuesday, with Hill ranked 18th, Haralson 24th, Ames 51st, Lundblade 56th and Rubin 90th.