Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
The 6-foot-11, 215-pound center from Liberty Heights (NC) Athletic Institute, chose Tennessee over offers from Alabama, Appalachian State, Clemson, Georgia, Houston, Iona and Kansas, among others.
Aidoo de-committed from Marquette on March 29 following the firing of head coach Steve Wojciechowski.
Tennessee hired former Marquette associate head coach Justin Gainey on April 12.
Gainey spent the 2020-21 season as an assistant under Wojciechowski.
Aidoo joins five-star guard Kennedy Chandler and four-star wing Jahmai Mashack in the Vols’ 2021 recruiting class.
The Vols are also set to bring in French guard Quentin Diboundje and Auburn transfer Justin Powell.
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