Tennessee basketball to 'Orange Out' Thompson-Boling Arena for Saturday's Alabama game
Tennessee basketball will ‘Orange Out’ Thompson-Boling Arena for Saturday’s game against Alabama. The Vols announced the plans on social media on Wednesday night. The game will be a 2 p.m. Eastern Time start and will be televised by ESPN2. will start at 2 p.m.
Tennessee (13-4, 3-1 SEC) beat Florida 85-66 Tuesday in Knoxville behind a season-high 39 points from Dalton Knecht, who has 103 points over his last three games and leads the Vols in scoring at 18.5 points per game.
Knecht is fourth in the SEC in scoring while Alabama’s Mark Sears leads the league at 19.6 points per game. Alabama (12-5, 4-0) stayed perfect in league play with a home win over Missouri on Tuesday.
Alabama was ranked No. 1 the last time it came to Thompson-Boling Arena, with No. 10 Tennessee winning 68-59. Santiago Vescovi and Zakai Zeigler scored 15 each, Jonas Aidoo had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds and Uros Plavsic had 10 points off the bench.
Brandon Miller, soon to be the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA Draft, scored 15 points on 4-for-11 shooting from the field before fouling out.
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No. 6 Tennessee vs. Alabama: How To Watch
Start Time: Saturday, 2 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ESPN2
Streaming: FuboTV
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
Location: Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678)
KenPom Prediction: Tennessee 82, Alabama 79 (Vols 61% chance to win)
A Closer Look: Alabama
Alabama started the season with four straight wins, lost five of its next seven, and has now won five straight. The Crimson Tide’s first loss of the season came against Ohio State on a neutral floor on November 24. Other losses followed against Clemson, at home, and against Purdue, Creighton and Arizona.
KenPom.com has Alabama at No. 8 overall, two spots behind Tennessee, with the No. 1 adjusted offensive efficiency rating, scoring 125.3 points per 100 possessions. The Tide are 65th in adjusted defensive efficiency (99.8).
Three Alabama players average double figures, led by guard Mark Sears at 19.6 points per game. Aaron Estrada averages 13.6 and transfer forward Grant Nelson averages 12.6. Nelson also leads the team in rebounding (5.8) while Estrada leads the team in assists (3.9) and steals (1.6).
