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Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Let’s go! And just like that, Tennessee basketball is back! The Volunteers will open their non-conference schedule tonight, welcoming in Tennessee Tech to Food City Center. Tennessee starts the year as a top ten team in the preseason AP poll, projected to win the SEC regular season by the media. Tennessee was undefeated in the … [Read more...] about How to watch: Tennessee vs. Tennessee Tech

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It’s been a weird, wild ride in 2023. We’re looking at the best, worst, and most surprising aspects of Tennessee’s season thus far The first weekend of November has passed which means we are officially three quarters of the way through Tennessee’s 2023 season, and through all of the ups and downs, they sit at a respectable 7-2 with a … [Read more...] about Tennessee Football Superlatives for 2023 so far

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Can this be the team that gets the Vols back to the Elite Eight? Prologue Last season, Tennessee finished the year out at 25-11 with another disappointing loss in the NCAA Tournament — as a four seed — to a scrappy, ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic team in the Sweet Sixteen. The most troubling part was that the Vols had just beaten a fifth-seeded … [Read more...] about Three Things: the 2023-2024 Tennessee basketball team edition

Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images Just what the doctor ordered Tennessee’s defense scored three touchdowns for the first time in 25 years, the offense went for over 600 yards and Tennessee ran up and down the field on UCONN like I-75 runs through Knoxville as the Vols took the 59-3 win. On the first drive of the game, it took Tennessee’s offense just two plays to go … [Read more...] about RECAP: Vols put Huskies in the doghouse with 59-3 win

Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports Get set for Saturday. Tennessee gets a break from SEC play on Saturday, set to welcome in UConn for a homecoming matchup. The Huskies are just 1-7 on the year, failing to sustain momentum from their surprising six-win season a year ago. The Volunteers shouldn’t have many issues here. UConn ranks 128th in Bill Connelly’s S&P+ rankings, … [Read more...] about Josh Heupel talks UConn matchup