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Vols Reveal 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule
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Vols Reveal 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – University of Tennessee head men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Friday the team’s non-conference slate for the upcoming 2025-26 season. The Volunteers, coming off a campaign in which they won 30 games and reached the Elite Eight in the same year for the first time, will take the floor for 13 non-conference affairs between Nov.…MORE

Vols Garner Fourth Straight NABC Team Excellence Award; Five on NABC Honors Court
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Vols Garner Fourth Straight NABC Team Excellence Award; Five on NABC Honors Court

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced Thursday its team and individual academic honors for the 2024-25 academic year, with the University of Tennessee men’s basketball program earning plaudits in both areas. The Volunteers received the NABC Team Excellence Award for the fourth consecutive year. They are the only SEC team to claim…MORE

Nine VFLs on NBA2K26 Summer League Rosters
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Nine VFLs on NBA2K26 Summer League Rosters

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball program will once again be well represented in the 2025 NBA Summer League. Nine players who finished their careers at Tennessee will compete in the NBA2K26 Summer League. Action is slated for July 10-20 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus…MORE

Vols Set for Dec. 6 Matchup with Illinois at Bridgestone Arena
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Vols Set for Dec. 6 Matchup with Illinois at Bridgestone Arena

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team will face Illinois in Nashville, Tenn., during its 2025-26 non-conference slate, as released Wednesday afternoon by bdG Sports. The Volunteers and Fighting Illini will square off Dec. 6 at Bridgestone Arena. The game time and TV network—it will be on an ESPN channel—will be announced later.…MORE

Schedule Set for Players Era Men’s Championship
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Schedule Set for Players Era Men’s Championship

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Players Era, an EverWonder Studio company, revealed Tuesday the schedule for the 2025 Players Era Men’s Championship. The 18-team event, held in Las Vegas, will run from Nov. 24-27. All matchups for the first two days of action are officially set. Tennessee will play in the opening game of the tournament with a…MORE

Mashack Chosen No. 59 in 2025 NBA Draft by Houston Rockets
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Mashack Chosen No. 59 in 2025 NBA Draft by Houston Rockets

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –Jahmai Mashack of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team went No. 59 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, picked in the second round Thursday night by the Houston Rockets, with his rights set to be dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies in a proposed trade. The final pick of the draft, on the second…MORE

Lanier Picked No. 37 in 2025 NBA Draft by Detroit Pistons
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Lanier Picked No. 37 in 2025 NBA Draft by Detroit Pistons

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –Chaz Lanier of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team went No. 37 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, selected in the second round Thursday night by the Detroit Pistons at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.The seventh pick of the second round, on the second day of the draft, Lanier was the seventh player…MORE

SEC Reveals 2025-26 Conference Opponents
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SEC Reveals 2025-26 Conference Opponents

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The SEC announced Wednesday each school’s home and away matchups for the upcoming 2025-26 men’s basketball season. The conference slate will run from Jan. 3 to March 7, with each team playing 18 games. Tennessee will face three teams both at home and on the road: Alabama, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. The Volunteers are…MORE

Lanier, Zeigler Tabbed to Wooden Award Top 15 National Ballot

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Two members of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team, Chaz Lanier and Zakai Zeigler, made the cut for the John R. Wooden Award Top 15 National Ballot. The Volunteers are the only team with two selections, as named by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. They are joined by three other SEC competitors—Auburn’s Johni Broome, Florida’s…MORE

Hoops Central: #4 Tennessee vs. South Carolina

Read Online | Tennessee Game Notes | South Carolina Game Notes | Watch Live (SEC Network) | Listen Live | Live Stats | Parking Map | Buy Tickets KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The fourth-ranked Tennessee men’s basketball team returns home for its regular season finale Saturday at Food City Center, facing South Carolina on senior day. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. ET. Fans can catch Saturday’s game between the Volunteers (24-6, 11-6 SEC) and…MORE

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