Hofstra forward Darlinstone Dubar committed to Tennessee basketball on Instagram on Monday afternoon. Dubar officially visited Knoxville this past weekend and Tennessee was able to lock up his commitment.
Tennessee is Dubar’s third school during his college career. The super senior spent his freshman season at Iowa State before transferring to Hofstra where he starred for the Pride the last three seasons.
Dubar averaged 17.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game last season at Hofstra. Dubar scored nearly 18 points per game on just 12.5 shots while making 73 three-pointers over the course of the season— a mark that would have ranked second on the Vols’ roster behind only Dalton Knecht last season.
The 6-foot-8, 211-pound forward was one of the most efficient scorers in the country last season, shooting 53% from the field and 40% from three-point line. Dubar’s high three-point shooting clip is quite impressive considering how many shots he attempted over the course of the season.
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It’s still early in the offseason as Tennessee tries to fill out its roster but Dubar is the early favorite to replace Josiah-Jordan James as the Vols’ starting power forward next season.
Hofstra played just a couple of strong teams last season but Dubar performed well in those matchups, totaling 24 points (seven-of-11 three-point shooting) and eight rebounds in a loss at Duke, 23 points (10-of-17 from the field) and five rebounds against St. John’s and 17 points and four rebounds against UNLV.
Dubar ranks as a four-star recruit and the No. 77 player in the transfer according to the 247sports transfer rankings and as a four-star recruit and as a four-star recruit and the No. 61 player in the portal according to EvanMiya.com.
A Charlotte, North Carolina native, Dubar played his AAU basketball for BMaze Elite— an AAU program run by former Tennessee point guard Bobby Maze. The Vols have landed a plethora of BMaze Elite players over the years with them having differing levels of success inside Tennessee’s program.
