“Dwelling Candy Dwelling @Vol_Hoops”
That is how longtime Indiana State basketball standout Tyreke Key began the announcement on his Twitter web page Saturday that he is dedicated to the College of Tennessee for his ultimate season in 2022-23.
In response to the SI.com web site, the 6-foot-3 capturing guard visited UT from Tuesday via Thursday and dedicated simply two days later over Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Texas Tech (the place Key additionally took an official go to).
Key fills one in every of Tennessee’s scholarship spots that coach Rick Barnes must fill, with Kennedy Chandler, Handje Tamba, Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, Victor Bailey Jr. and Quentin Diboundje all departing.
Secret is getting into his sixth and ultimate 12 months of collegiate eligibility (COVID 12 months) after serving his first 5 years with the Sycamores.
“While you look again on my profession, I simply form of grinded it out, put within the work on a regular basis and put within the hours,” Key instructed the Tribune-Star in a February interview. “I made a decision it’s time for a brand new problem and a brand new alternative for myself to showcase on the subsequent degree.”
On the time, Key denied there have been any exterior influences in his resolution to depart ISU, apart from his household.
“Actually, I didn’t discuss to no one,” he insisted. “I instructed my mother how I considered it. She’s very supportive and instructed her how I believed. It was strictly what I had in my very own my thoughts. No person influenced me. I’ve not been speaking to no one. It’s actually about getting my coronary heart set on what I need.”
The Celina, Tenn., native joins Zakai Zeigler, Santiago Vescovi and incoming freshman B.J. Edwards as guards who’re more likely to see taking part in time within the coming season.
Key didn’t play within the 2021-2022 season due to a shoulder harm after back-to-back First Crew All-Missouri Valley Convention seasons. The previous Sycamore formally entered the portal March 16.
Key leaves Terre Haute because the No. 6 scorer in ISU males’s basketball historical past with 1,650 factors.
The 205-pound guard performed 4 full seasons as a Sycamore, averaging double-digit factors in three seasons, together with 17.2 factors and 5.4 rebounds per recreation in 2020-2021. Secret is a profession 37.4-percent shooter from past the 3-point arc.
A younger Key completed his Clay County (Tenn.) Excessive Faculty profession with 3,287 factors scored, rating tenth within the historical past of the state of Tennessee, per Key’s Indiana State’s profile. Key additionally set the Tennessee highschool file for many factors scored in a season with 1,383. Key additionally broke the TSSAA file for many factors scored in a state match with 128.
As Key talked about in February, he strikes on with no regrets and no unwell will towards anybody he’s been related to whereas he wore the Sycamore uniform.
“I definitely loved every little thing about this place,” he mentioned. “There’s nothing in opposition to this teaching workers. I believed, for myself, I’d enhance my recreation to the following degree and see what I can do. If it really works out? Nice. If it doesn’t work out? I’ll lay my head on my pillow and say I attempted.”
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