July: Recruiting notes on Tennessee prospects

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We are in the final stretch of the AAU season. College coaches were at a plethora of AAU tournaments last weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tennessee prospects were in action in various events. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here's news on the best in the state:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1211987' first='Cade' last='Capps']</strong>, [program_tooltip program_id='2434055' first='STARS' last='Basketball Club'] 17U: Capps picked up offers from Harding University and Trevecca. Jacksonville State, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of Montevallo, Air Force, and Navy are showing interest.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1400889' first='Jacob' last='Walker']</strong>, Hoop City 17U: Walker picked up an offer from Sam Houston State. Creighton, North Texas, Central Arkansas, Central Michigan, and UTEP watched him play at the Adidas 3SSB Palmetto Road Championship.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1455019' first='Cade' last='Bennerman']</strong>, Game Elite 17U 3SSB: Duke, Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Clemson, Auburn, North Carolina, and NC State watched the 6-10 center play last weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1477573' first='Maguire' last='Evans']</strong>, Hawks Elite 17U: Belmont Abbey, Coker, Navy, UVA-Wise, Fairfield, Quincy, Northwood, LeMoyne College, Lenior Rhyne and Dartmouth evaluated the 6-2 guard last weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>King Keary</strong>, [program_tooltip program_id='2078772' first='Team' last='Thad'] EYCL 17U: Memphis, Auburn, Tennessee Tech, Austin Peay, and Lindenwood have inquired about Keary. The 6-0 point guard was offered by Gannon University in the spring. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1318564' first='Christian' last='Brown']</strong>, Brad Beal Elite 17U: Western Kentucky, Appalachian State, Memphis, and James Madison have been at Peach Jam to watch the 6-7 forward. Air Force and Belmont are showing interest. Brown is expected to commit to a program before the start of the 2024 season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2026</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1660040' first='Louis' last='O'Keefe']</strong>, Hoop City 16U: Yale, Columbia, Belmont, Lipscomb and Tulane have contacted the 6-foot-3 point guard. All five programs watched him play over the weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1560719' first='Trey' last='Pearson']</strong>, Brad Beal Elite 16U: Tennessee, UConn, Duke, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Texas Tech, VCU, Iowa State, Belmont, Western Kentucky, Marquette (Shaka Smart), UCLA, Florida, Florida State, Murray State and Tennessee State have been at Peach Jam to watch one of the most coveted prospects in the 2026 class. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1959160' first='Trey' last='Thompson']</strong>, [program_tooltip program_id='2393604' first='Tennessee' last='Impact']: Purdue, South Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Oklahoma State, Nevada, UAB, Liberty, Ohio, Belmont, Yale, Appalachian State, and Lipscomb watched the 6-8 forward over the weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->