Tennessee basketball guard Darlinstone Dubar has entered the transfer portal following his lone season with the program, GoVols247 learned Thursday.
Dubar does not currently have any eligibility remaining after playing his fifth year of college basketball with the Vols this past season. He previously played at Iowa State and Hofstra before transferring to Tennessee last offseason.
The 6-foot-6, 220-pound Dubar averaged 3.4 points per game and 1.8 rebounds in 9.8 minutes this season. He shot 25.4% from behind the three-point line (16-for-63) and 39% from the field overall in 33 games. Dubar made one start.
Dubar is the only Vol that has entered the portal this offseason. None of the Volunteers who have eligibility remaining — guard Bishop Boswell and forwards Cade Phillips, Felix Okpara and J.P. Estrella — elected to move on from the program.
Tennessee has signed two transfers since its season ended in the Elite Eight for the second consecutive season. UT signed Maryland transfer point guard Jakobi Gillespie to replace Zakai Zeigler and then signed Vanderbilt transfer forward Jaylen Carey to round out the frontcourt.
The Vols have also signed two high school players in five-star forward Nate Ament and three-star point guard Troy Henderson. They’ve now signed four players in the 2025 recruiting class. Four-star wing Amari Evans and four-star center DeWayne Brown in November.
Dubar began his career at Iowa State as a true freshman in 2020-2021 before transferring to Hofstra, where he played the three seasons prior to his campaign with the Vols. He played high school basketball in Charlotte, N.C.
247Sports ranked Dubar as a four-star and as the No. 78 overall transfer at the time he committed. He was considered the No. 15 small forward.
Dubar increased his scoring average by nearly eight points per game and his rebounding average by nearly two this past season to rank second on Hofstra and fifth in the CAA at 18.1 points. He also averaged a team-high 6.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game to earn All-CAA Second Team honors. His rebounding total ranked 11th in the league.
He made 71 three-pointers this season on 39.9% shooting to finish second on the team and rank seventh in the CAA with 2.29 three-pointers made per game. Dubar scored in double figures 30 times and had 11 games of at least 20 points. His 1,294 points at Hofstra rank 21st in program history.
As a junior in 2022-23, Dubar averaged 10.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game in 35 starts, while shooting 40.4% from three. He averaged 11.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game during his first season at Hofstra in 2021-22.
Dubar played in 16 games and made seven starts in his lone season at Iowa State. He scored 37 points and added 39 rebounds, seven assists, six steals, and three blocks in 14.4 minutes per game.
