“ Zakai Zeigler has impacted this program in four years in a way that nobody in their wildest imagination (expected),” Barnes said at the time. “In ways that you can’t even imagine.

Tennessee star guard Zakai Zeigler filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the NCAA seeking a fifth year of eligibility -- a potentially groundbreaking case that could have wide-reaching effects across ...

Former Tennessee basketball player Zakai Zeigler is suing the NCAA to gain a fifth year of eligibility, citing a new state law that challenges the NCAA's authority. The new Tennessee law allows ...

BREAKOUT: Inside Zakai Zeigler's starring performance in Tennessee basketball's win vs. North Carolina “He is not a privileged kid,” said Shandue McNeill, one of Zeigler’s AAU coaches.

A federal judge on Thursday denied Tennessee point guard Zakai Zeigler ’s request for a preliminary injunction allowing him to play a fifth season of Division I basketball in five years. U.S ...

Zakai Zeigler sued the NCAA on May 20 over its rules limiting him to four seasons in a five-year window as an unlawful restraint of trade under both federal and Tennessee laws.

Zeigler was a last-second add to the 2021 class with no expectation that he would play during the 2021-22 season. This appeared on the outside to be UT taking a flier on someone who could be a ...

In Zakai Zeigler's mind, sitting is for quitters. He never wants to leave the floor, and Rick Barnes usually won't make him. Barnes doesn't even ask that much anymore, and he's fine with it.

2024-25: 13.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 7.5 assists per game on 34.2% shooting Zakai Zeigler height Zeigler listed at 5-foot-9, 172 pounds according to his Tennessee basketball bio.

Zakai Zeigler is Tennessee’s all-time leader in assists and steals. (Stew Milne / Getty Images) But no one is touching these guys when it comes to having fun at the expense of each other.

Tennessee’s Zakai Zeigler brings the ball up against Kentucky in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on March 28, 2025, in Indianapolis. (Michael Conroy/AP) ...