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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.…

Lady Vols, Bruins Ink Two-Game Hoops Series
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Lady Vols, Bruins Ink Two-Game Hoops Series

Tennessee and UCLA, each ranked in the top 10 of preliminary preseason polls, announced on Friday a two-game series in women’s basketball, beginning with the upcoming 2025-26 campaign. The Bruins, ranked No. 3 in ESPN’s “Way Too Early” Top 25, will play host to the No. 7 Lady Vols in a contest at Pauley Pavilion presented…

Vols Set Numerous Program Records on Opening Day of 2025 MLB Draft
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Vols Set Numerous Program Records on Opening Day of 2025 MLB Draft

ATLANTA – It was a record-setting night for the Tennessee baseball program on Sunday during Day 1 of the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft in Atlanta. The Volunteers led all schools with a program-record eight players selected in the opening three rounds of this year’s draft, including four first rounders in Liam Doyle, Gavin Kilen, Andrew Fischer and Marcus Phillips. UT’s four…

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…