Tennessee Basketball transfer Darlinstone Dubar returns to practice activity
Tennessee Basketball’s Darlinstone Dubar returned to practice Tuesday afternoon at Pratt Pavilion. The Hofstra transfer has been out of practice and has missed the first two games of the season due to a personal matter.
The timeline for Dubar’s return remains uncertain. On Tuesday he worked on the side with Tennessee staffers during the early portions of practice.
The specifics of the personal matter for Dubar have not been disclosed. He has remained around the team, watching practice from the sideline and traveling with the Vols to Louisville on Saturday for the 77-55 win at the KFC Yum! Center.
No. 11 Tennessee vs. Montana, Wednesday, 7 p.m. ET
No. 11 Tennessee (2-0) hosts Montana (2-1) on Wednesday (7 p.m. Eastern Time, SEC Network+) at Food City Center. The Vols are home again Sunday afternoon against Austin Peay.
Head coach Rick Barnes addressed the situation after Tennessee’s 80-64 season-opening win over Gardner-Webb on November 4.
“We’re leaving it up to him,” Barnes said at the time. “He’s around and he’s still here with us every day. And we just want to make sure he knows that we’re there for him and everyone around him has been.”
Darlinstone Dubar was one of four NCAA Transfer Portal additions made by Tennessee
Dubar was the first of four NCAA Transfer Portal additions made by the Vols early in the offseason. He committed to Tennessee on April 15 out of Hofstra, where last season he averaged a career-high 17.8 points per game in 33 games, shooting 53.9% from the floor and 39.9% from the 3-point line. He also averaged 6.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 34.6 minutes per game.
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Tennessee’s other three transfer additions — guard Chaz Lanier (North Florida), center Felix Okpara (Ohio State) and forward Igor Milicic (Charlotte) — started and played big roles in the first two games.
Lanier is the team’s leading scorer at 18.5 points per game through two games. Milicic is averaging 7.5 points and 1.5 rebounds and Okpara is averaging 6.0 points and 7.5 rebounds.
Dubar’s status was previously described as day-to-day, according to the Vols. He played just six minutes off the bench in the 66-62 exhibition loss to Indiana on October 27 in Knoxville.
“Tough time for him, just personally,” Barnes said, refereeing the personal matter. “But I think he has dealt with it for a while. But we love him to death and we miss him. But it’s up to him. It’s all on his time.”
