Knoxville, TN — Tennessee volunteer head coach Rick Barnes has been busy in the offseason, signing three players. But Greeneville, Tennessee, native Ja’kobi Gillespie was the first of the three.
Tennessee needs more guard help … so Gillespie will have the keys to the offense.
The point guard will take over for Zakai Zeigler, and Gillespie is already ingrained in the culture.
“The fact that his love for the state, his love for this university, and wanting to come back, I mean, one of the last things he said to me when he left here, he said, ‘I’ve been waiting a long time to take up a shot on this court.’ And the fact that he, again, has already done a lot with helping us recruit his teammates and the guys that he liked to play with and knowing the guys here, but that was, to get that one early was a big get for us, says Barnes.”
