Volunteer State News

Tennessee is being represented by 51 players in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

California will have the most players on the hard court during this year's tournament with 206 players, followed by Texas with 178.

Memphis is the most popular hometown for NCAA players from Tennessee in the tournament with 12 players.

Name	Team	Height	Position	Hometown
Daniel Cochran	Chicago Maroons	6′7″	Forward	Brentwood
Tyler Tanner	Vanderbilt Commodores	6′0″	Point Guard	Brentwood
Will Amonett	Alabama Huntsville Chargers	5′10″	Guard	Byrdstown
Zach Amonett	Alabama Huntsville Chargers	6′2″	Guard	Byrdstown
Trey Hamilton	Alabama Huntsville Chargers	6′5″	Guard	Chattanooga
Cade Pendleton	UC San Diego Tritons	6′10″	Forward	Chattanooga
LaDarrius Chigano	Valdosta State Blazers	6′9″	Forward	Chattanooga
Lucas Brown Jr.	Valdosta State Blazers	6′2″	Guard	Chattanooga
Blake Campbell	Alabama Huntsville Chargers	6′4″	Guard	Cleveland
Caiden Botts	Carson-Newman Eagles	6′6″	Forward	Cleveland
Grant Hurst	Tennessee Volunteers	6′2″	Guard	Cleveland
Jasen Brooks	UC San Diego Tritons	6′0″	Guard	Cleveland
Griffin Cooper	Alabama Huntsville Chargers	6′8″	Forward	Columbia
Kolby Wright	Hampden-Sydney Tigers	6′4″	Forward and Guard	Cookeville
Matt Bilbrey	Carson-Newman Eagles	6′0″	Guard	Crossville
Matt Thurman	Alabama Huntsville Chargers	6′8″	Forward	Franklin
Mason Miller	Creighton Bluejays	6′9″	Forward	Germantown
Zander Yates	Liberty Flames	6′8″	Forward	Germantown
Adler Kerr	Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters	6′3″	Guard	Gladeville
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	Maryland Terrapins	6′1″	Guard	Greeneville
Jack Browder	Carson-Newman Eagles	6′4″	Guard	Kingsport
Luke Burnett	Alabama Huntsville Chargers	6′2″	Guard	Knoxville
Presley Patterson	Auburn Tigers	5′11″	Guard	Knoxville
Blue Cain	Georgia Bulldogs	6′5″	Guard	Knoxville
Luke Carter	Lipscomb Bisons	6′1″	Guard	Knoxville
Joe Anderson	Lipscomb Bisons	6′0″	Guard	Maryville
Ayden Kelley	Arkansas Razorbacks	5′10″	Guard	Memphis
Billy Richmond III	Arkansas Razorbacks	6′5″	Forward	Memphis
Reid Chauhan	Drew Rangers	6′4″	Forward	Memphis
Ayman McGowan	Hampden-Sydney Tigers	6′4″	Guard	Memphis
Mavrick Miller	High Point Panthers	6′4″	Guard	Memphis
EJ Smith	Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters	6′2″	Guard	Memphis
Kam Jones	Marquette Golden Eagles	6′5″	Guard	Memphis
Ragi Phillips	Memphis Tigers	5′11″	Guard	Memphis
Bryson Andrews	Montevallo Falcons	6′1″	Guard	Memphis
Camden Andrews	Montevallo Falcons	6′1″	Guard	Memphis
Jordan Hamilton	SIU Edwardsville Cougars	6′6″	Guard	Memphis
Jaxon Toney	Tampa Spartans	6′7″	Forward	Memphis
Micah Simpson	Alabama State Hornets	6′2″	Guard	Morristown
Braden Ilic	Carson-Newman Eagles	6′9″	Forward	Morristown
Connor Jordan	Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters	5′10″	Guard	Morristown
Will Pruitt	Lipscomb Bisons	6′3″	Guard	Mount Juliet
Malik Dia	Ole Miss Rebels	6′9″	Forward	Murfreesboro
Elijah Cobb	UNC Pembroke Braves	6′8″	Forward	Murfreesboro
JP Pegues	Auburn Tigers	6′2″	Guard	Nashville
Chaz Lanier	Tennessee Volunteers	6′5″	Guard	Nashville
Daniel Saylor	Alabama Huntsville Chargers	6′11″	Forward	Pleasant View
Camden McElhaney	Carson-Newman Eagles	6′4″	Forward	Sevierville
John Zhao	Carson-Newman Eagles	6′4″	Guard	Sevierville
Savon Wykle	UMSL Tritons	6′5″	Guard and Forward	Smyrna
Damarien Yates	Memphis Tigers	6′5″	Forward	Somerville

State	Total Tournament Players	Total Tournament Teams
California	206	12
Texas	178	13
New York	142	13
North Carolina	122	10
Illinois	115	5
New Jersey	105	5
Florida	100	5
Wisconsin	95	7
Ohio	94	5
Georgia	92	7
Minnesota	86	6
Virginia	86	9
Pennsylvania	75	13
Michigan	71	7
Massachusetts	56	6
Alabama	55	7
Tennessee	51	6
Indiana	48	2
Washington	45	3
Missouri	42	5
Iowa	39	4
Maryland	37	2
Connecticut	32	5
Arizona	27	2
Colorado	25	3
Arkansas	24	2
Kansas	23	3
South Carolina	21	3
Nebraska	20	2
Utah	18	2
Oklahoma	18	1
Nevada	16	0
Oregon	14	2
Kentucky	13	2
New Hampshire	12	2
Maine	12	2
Louisiana	12	1
West Virginia	11	3
Mississippi	11	2
Idaho	9	1
Rhode Island	9	1
Delaware	8	0
Hawaii	5	0
New Mexico	5	1
South Dakota	3	0
North Dakota	2	1
Vermont	2	0
Alaska	1	0
Montana	1	1
Wyoming	1	0