Tennessee basketball isn’t going to be one-and-done on the transfer market.

Following the departure of junior point guard Jordan Bone, who announced on Tuesday night that he was keeping his name in the NBA Draft, the Vols have added Oregon sophomore guard Victor Bailey Jr..



Bailey announced his commitment to Tennessee on Instagram Friday evening. He picked the Vols over Texas, Texas A&M and Baylor.

The 6-foot-4, 190-pound Bailey, an Austin, Texas, native, is the sixth newcomer to join Tennessee during the 2019 cycle and will likely have to sit out the 2019-20 season due to NCAA transfer rules.



Bailey started eight times in 73 games at Oregon, averaging 7.4 points in 17.9 minutes per game. He had 65 assists to 60 turnovers during his two seasons with the Ducks.



Out of McNeil High School in Austin, Bailey was a four-star prospect and the No. 86 overall player in the 2017 class according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite. He was ranked No. 19 among point guards and No. 5 overall in Texas.



The 247Sports ratings had him at No. 153 overall, No. 28 at his position and No. 9 in the state.



Bailey took an official visit to Tulsa in September 2016, when Kim English was on the Golden Hurricane staff. English joined Tennessee’s staff from Colorado earlier this spring, filling the void left by former associate head coach Rob Lanier, who left to take over as head coach at Georgia State.



The Vols signed five-star point guard Josiah-Jordan James, three-star power forward Drew Pember and three-star small forward Davonte Gaines during the fall period and this spring have added four-star power forward Olivier Robinson Nkamhoua and 7-foot-1 center Uros Plavsic, a transfer from Arizona State.



Tennessee is filing a waiver to the NCAA for Plavsic’s immediate eligibility due to assistant coaching changes made at Arizona State.



Five players have cycled out of the program this spring, too, with the graduation of senior center Kyle Alexander and senior wing Admiral Schofield.



Both junior power forward Grant Williams and junior point guard Jordan Bone opted to forgo their senior seasons and enter the NBA Draft while sophomore power forward Derrick Walker transferred to Nebraska.



The five newcomers filling those five vacancies left the Vols sitting on 12 scholarships, one shy of the limit and leaving room for Bailey.

Even if he’s not a factor in 2019-20, Bailey will help Tennessee replenish its backcourt numbers next spring, with Jordan Bowden and Lamonte Turner both entering their senior seasons in the fall.



Five-star small forward Corey Walker is currently the only Tennessee commitment in the 2020 class. The 6-foot-6 product out of Jacksonville, Fla., is the No. 22 overall player and in the class according to the 247Sports rankings, rated No. 6 at his position.



Other big-name targets on the 2020 board for the Vols includes five-star showing guard Jaden Springer and four-star shooting guard Keon Johnson, the No. 1 in-state prospect in the class. Four-star shooting guard Matthew Murrell, four-star power forward P.J. Hall and three-star small forward Samson Ruzhentsev are other prospects Tennessee is chasing.

