Tennessee Basketball: Alabama power forward Cade Phillips signs with Vols
Three-star Alabama power forward Cade Phillips signed with the Tennessee basketball program on Wednesday, on the first day of college basketball’s fall signing period.
Phillips, a 6-foot-9, 200-pound prospect from Rainbow City, Ala., is roommates with Carr at Link Academy in Missouri. Phillips is ranked No. 147 in the 2023 class in the On3 consensus. He’s ranked No. 30 among power forwards and No. 1 in the state of Alabama.
He committed to Tennessee in May, picking the Vols over scholarship offers from Alabama, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Stanford and Florida State, among others.
“I picked Tennessee because on my visits there it just felt different,” Phillips told On3 at the time. “The culture and environment around there was just awesome and didn’t feel like any other place.”
He’s one of four prospects in Tennessee’s 2023 recruiting class, along with four-star center JP Estrella, four-star shooting guard Freddie Dilione and four-star small forward Cameron Carr. Phillips is roommates with Carr at Link Academy in Missouri.
Estrella, the 6-foot-11, 210-pound center out of South Portland, Maine, is the highest-rated prospect in the class, coming in at No. 21 overall in the 2023 class in the On3 ratings. He’s ranked No. 6 among power forwards and No. 1 in player out of Maine.
Dilione, a 6-foot-5, 195-pound guard from Fayetteville, N.C., is ranked No. 56 nationally in the 2023 class. He’s No. 10 among shooting guards and No. 1 in the state of North Carolina.
Carr, a 6-foot-4, 160-pound prospect who committed to the Vols on Tuesday, is ranked by On3 as the No. 112 overall prospect in the 2023 recruiting cycle. He’s the No. 23 small forward nationally and the No. 2 player in the state of Missouri, where he attends Link Academy. He’s a Manhattan, Kansas, native and product of the MOKAN Elite AAU program.
Tennessee five-player signing class last year — five-star Julian Phillips, four-star small forward DJ Jefferson, four-star point guard BJ Edwards, center Tobe Awaka and Indiana State graduate-transfer guard Tyreke Key— finished 16th nationally in the On3 team rankings and No. 5 in the SEC.
The 2023 recruiting class for the Vols is currently ranked No. 14 overall in the team rankings and No. 2 in the SEC.
