After high school, Cherry went on to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where he was a walk-on basketball player. He appeared in 18 games for the freshman team in 1970–1971. In the 1971–1972 season, he and Larry Robinson, a junior college transfer with an athletic scholarship, became the first African-Americans to play on the university's varsity team. In 1971–72 Cherry played in four varsity games, making him a member of the 1972 team that won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship.[4][1] A five-foot-eleven-inch point guard, Cherry was cut from the team after that season.[1]
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