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Jersey Number 33
Uros Plavsic
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 7-1
- Weight:
- 265
- Hometown:
- Ivanjica, Serbia
- High School:
- Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Tenn.)
- Prev School:
- Arizona State University
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Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Points: 19 // vs. Kentucky, 1/14/23
- Rebounds: 10 // at Georgia, 3/1/22
- Assists: 3 (3x) // last vs. Austin Peay, 12/21/22
- Steals: 3 // vs. Vanderbilt, 1/10/23
- Blocks: 1 (19x) // last vs. Arkansas, 2/28/23
- Field Goals: 9 // vs. Kentucky, 1/14/23
- 3-Pointers: -- // --
- Free Throws: 6 // at Alabama, 12/29/21
- Minutes: 27:38 // vs. LSU, 1/22/22
HONORS
- 2022-23 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
- Undrafted free agent signed to play in the 2023 NBA Summer League with the Atlanta Hawks.
2022-23 - SENIOR
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- VIDEO: 2023 Player Feature
- AUDIO: OFWAF Podcast | Uros Plavsic
- Appeared in 34 games, with 20 starts, and posted the team's best field-goal percentage, shooting .636 (75 of 118).
- Posted career-bests in scoring average (4.9 ppg), field goals made (75) and attempted (118), field-goal percentage (.636), total assists (24), total steals (15) and total blocks (10).
- Started UT's NCAA Tournament second-round game vs. Duke (3/18/23) and set the tone early with his physical play; he finished with three rebounds, two steals and an assist in Tennessee's 65-52 triumph over the Blue Devils.
- Was reinserted into the starting lineup for the NCAA Tournament and posted nine points and four rebounds during the first-round win over Louisiana (3/16/23).
- During SEC play, his .695 field-goal percentage (41 of 59) was the best on the team.
- During the month of February (nine games), he shot 15 for 19 from the field (.789).
- Totaled 10 points on 5-for-5 shooting as the Vols trounced South Carolina at home (2/25/23).
- Played a key role in Tennessee's thrilling home win over No. 1-ranked Alabama (2/15/23), scoring 10 points on 4-for-4 shooting with four rebounds, two assists and a steal in 14 highly productive minutes off the bench.
- Coming off the bench for the first time in more than a year, scored seven points and had six rebounds against Georgia (1/25/23) in 14 minutes.
- Was Tennessee’s go-to offensive threat against Kentucky (1/14/23), scoring a career-high 19 points on 9-for-11 shooting in a season-high 26 minutes of action.
- Put up an 11-point, six-rebound effort against Vanderbilt (1/10/23) while gathering a career-high three steals.
- Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds at South Carolina (1/7/23) and also chipped in six points in 15 minutes.
- Was perfect from the field against Mississippi State (1/3/23), shooting 5-for-5 and scoring 10 points in 15 minutes of action.
- Posted season-high totals with 13 points and seven rebounds against Eastern Kentucky (12/7/22), also dishing out a career-high-tying three assists.
- Scored a season-high 12 points on 6-for-6 shooting, grabbed four rebounds and had a block and a steal against Alcorn State (12/4/22).
- Returned from injury to start against Butler (11/23/22), posting a seven-point, six-rebound effort in just 16 minutes.
- Was a perfect 6-for-6 from the field during a 13-point, four-assist, three-block performance in Tennessee’s exhibition win over No. 2 Gonzaga (10/28/22); he posted the game’s best plus/minus at +22 in the 99-80 victory.
- Completed his degree in Recreation & Sport Management in July of 2022.
2021-22 - JUNIOR
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- VIDEO: 2022 Player Feature
- Finished the season as the team leader in field-goal percentage, shooting a career-high .573.
- Also averaged career-bests in scoring (4.2 ppg), rebounding (4.0 rpg) and minutes played (14.1 mpg).
- Led Tennessee in rebounding nine times and was the first Vol off the bench 10 times, prior to being inserted into the starting lineup.
- Surpassed his minutes total from the 2020-21 season (71) in just eight games this season.
- Had a nine-point, nine-rebound effort against Michigan (3/19/22) in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32.
- Scored six points on 3-for-4 shooting and had eight rebounds in the SEC Tournament semifinal win over #5 Kentucky (3/12/22).
- Made both of his field goal attempts and had three rebounds in 11 minutes against Arkansas (3/5/22).
- Pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds at Georgia (3/1/22).
- Put together a six-point, seven rebound effort in the win over #3 Auburn (2/26/22).
- In a career-high 28 minutes, scored 12 points and pulled down six rebounds in the win over No. 13 LSU (1/22/22).
- Made his third start of the season at Vanderbilt (1/18/22), scoring a season-high 13 points on 6-for-7 shooting and pulling down a team-high-tying seven rebounds in a season-high 21 minutes.
- In 16 minutes off the bench, scored a season-high 12 points at LSU (1/8/22) on 5-for-8 shooting, also pulling down seven rebounds.
- Started the SEC opener at Alabama (12/29/21), scoring six points and grabbing a career-high nine rebounds.
- Scored seven points against USC Upstate (12/14/21), also grabbing three rebounds.
- Scored four points, had two assists and two rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench against North Carolina (11/21/21).
- Started Tennessee's season-opener against UT Martin (11/9/21) and scored six points with a blocked shot in the winning effort.
2020-21 - SOPHOMORE
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Saw limited action in 16 of Tennessee's 27 games, averaging 4.4 minutes primarily off the bench.
- Had a positive assist/turnover ratio and committed only two total turnovers in his 70+ minutes of action.
- Earned his first start of the season in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Oregon State (3/19/21), pulling in three rebounds and scoring one point.
- Played a season-high 17 minutes off the bench in the SEC Tournament semifinals against Alabama (3/13/21), recording four points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal while filling in for the injured John Fulkerson.
- Gave the Vols five quality minutes off the bench in the SEC quarterfinal win over Florida (3/12/21).
- Recorded two points, two offensive rebounds and an assist in the win over South Carolina (2/17/21).
- Totaled two points, a block and a rebound in the Vols' home victory over Vanderbilt (1/16/21).
- Scored four points in six minutes of action in Tennessee's dominant victory over Tennessee Tech (12/18/20).
- Pulled in a pair of rebounds and scored his first point of the season in the win over Appalachian State (12/15/20).
2019-20 - REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Shot .421 from the field and averaged 2.6 points in 16 appearances following the midseason approval of his NCAA appeal for eligibility relief.
- During SEC play, he averaged 2.8 points and 1.0 rebounds.
- Was incredibly efficient in the Vols' road matchup at Arkansas (2/26/20), scoring eight points, finishing 2-of-2 from the field and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe in six minutes off the bench.
- Earned his first career start at Mississippi State (2/1/20), where he tied for the team lead in scoring with 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field; Tennessee's starting lineup in that game featured four different nationalities.
- Saw 11 minutes of action off the bench in his Thompson-Boling Arena debut, scoring four points in UT's win over Ole Miss (1/21/20).
- Played 17 minutes off the bench, tallying five points and three rebounds in his collegiate debut against Georgia (1/15/20).
- His waiver for immediate eligibility was initially denied by the NCAA, but on Jan. 14, 2020, the NCAA's Committee for Legislative Relief ruled him eligible to compete immediately.
- He was inactive for the first 15 games of the 2019-20 season.
- On Nov. 25, 2019, he was granted a travel waiver by the NCAA, enabling him to join his teammates on road trips.
- Enrolled at UT in May of 2019 as a transfer from Arizona State.
2018-19 - REDSHIRT (ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY)
- Redshirted the 2018-19 season.
- Scored three points and grabbed a rebound in three minutes of action off the bench during ASU’s exhibition win over Arizona Christian (10/30/18).
HIGH SCHOOL
- Graduated from Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he was coached by Zach Ferrell.
- First moved to the United States in October 2017 and averaged 9.6 points and 7.5 rebounds while leading Hamilton Heights to a 28-7 record and the NACA Division I national championship in his lone season there as a senior in 2017-18.
- Listed in the 247Sports Composite as the nation’s 21st-ranked center in the Class of 2018 and the fifth-ranked prospect in the state of Tennessee.
- Part of a four-man Arizona State signing class that was ranked 14th in the country.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Uroš Plavšic
- Name pronounced: Ü-rosh PLÄV-chich
- Born December 22, 1998, in Cacak, Serbia
- Son of Rajka and Goran Plavsic
- Just the sixth 7-footer in program history and the first since Steve Hamer (1992-96).
- Is the first Tennessee basketball player from Serbia.
- Played on the Belgrade-based BC Mega Leks junior team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the Euroleague championships.
- He has competed against fellow Serbian and NBA All-Star Nikola Jokic, as well as Croatian NBA center Ivica Zubac.
- Earned his degree in Recreation & Sport Management in August of 2022 and is now pursing a master's degree in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
- Recipient of the Ray & Dana Mears Athletic Scholarship Endowment
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