Tennessee basketball sets new program record with sixth home sellout
Tennessee basketball’s February 28 home game against Auburn is officially sold out, the Vols announced on social media on Friday morning. It’s the sixth confirmed sellout of the season, a new program record at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Other games that are already sold out are Alabama on January 20, Texas A&M on February 24 and Kentucky on March 9, the regular-season finale.
SEC play opened Saturday with Tennessee’s 90-64 win over Ole Miss in front of a capacity crowd in Knoxville, a month after the Vols beat Illinois at home in front of a sold-out crowd.
Last season Tennessee tied a program record with five sellouts at Thompson-Boling Arena, matching a mark that dated back to 1987-88. It’s the 37th season for the Vols at the arena, the third-largest on-campus basketball facility in the county.
It was also announced Friday that limited tickets remain for the LSU game on February 7 and the Vanderbilt game on February 17.
Up Next: No. 5 Tennessee at Georgia, Saturday, Noon ET, ESPN2
Tennessee (11-4, 1-1 SEC) is back on the road at Georgia (12-3, 2-0) on Saturday (Noon Eastern Time, ESPN2) at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens. The Vols lost 77-72 at Mississippi State on Wednesday, falling in the final minute after rallying to tie the game after trailing by as many as 15 points.
After a wire-to-wire 80-70 win at Wisconsin on November 10, Tennessee has lost its last two true road games, losing 100-92 at North Carolina on November 29 and at Mississippi State on Wednesday.
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Tennessee is a perfect 8-0 at home this season and 116-22 at home during the Rick Barnes era, included undefeated seasons at home in 2018-19 (18-0) and 2021-22 (16-0).
The Vols next week start a stretch of three of four games at home, starting with Florida on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). Alabama at home is next on Saturday, January 20 (Noon or 2 p.m. ET on ESPN or ESPN 2).
Tennessee goes to Vanderbilt on January 27 (6 p.m. ET, SEC Network) and is back home against South Carolina on January 30 (6:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network) to round out the January schedule.
Tennessee basketball season tickets sold-out during preseason
The Vols announced on November 1 they had officially sold out the allotment of 14,500 season tickets at Thompson-Boling Arena this season.
It’s the seventh consecutive full-capacity season with more than 13,000 season tickets sold for men’s basketball.
Last season the Vols averaged 18,781 fans at home games, which ranked fifth nationally. There were only eight schools that averaged more than 15,100 fans at home games.
