Look: Tennessee Basketball signee Clarence Massamba on official visit with Vols

Roughly three weeks after committing to and signing with Tennessee Basketball, Clarence Massamba made it to Knoxville for an official visit with the Vols on Monday. The French guard was the latest addition to the 2025-26 roster when he picked Tennessee on April 30.

Massamba signed with Tennessee out of AS Monaco Basket, the Monaco-based professional basketball club.

The 6-foot-5 Massamba averaged 9.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game during the 2024-25 international season, playing mostly for Espies Monaco, AS Monaco’s U21 team. He shot 44.6% from the field and 34.1% from the 3-point line.

“We are happy to welcome Clarence and his family to the Tennessee basketball program,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said in a press release announcing Massamba’s signing. “Once we identified Clarence as a player of interest, we immediately became excited about his impressive upside.

“He is a long, athletic, versatile guard,” Barnes said, “who can really attack in the open court. He is good with the ball in his hands, yet also possesses the ability to excel without it.”

Rick Barnes: ‘Clarence has a nice feel for the game and an excellent basketball IQ’

Massamba recently had 23 points, six rebounds and three assists in his final regular-season game in the U21 French league.

“Clarence has a nice feel for the game and an excellent basketball IQ,” Barnes said. “He is a hard-working, driven young man who plays with a chip on his shoulder and our fans will love seeing the way he competes.”

Massamba was the fifth of five prep prospects Tennessee has signed in its 2025 recruiting class, following five-star Nate Ament, a consensus top-five player in the class, as well as four-star guard Amari Evans, four-star center Dewayne Brown and three-star point guard Troy Henderson.