Tennessee basketball vs. Colorado: How to watch, stream, listen
It’s Tennessee basketball game day with the 11th-ranked Vols on the road for a neutral-site game, facing Colorado at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Tennessee (1-0) and and Colorado (1-1) are scheduled for a 2 p.m. Eastern Time start. The game will be televised by ESPN.
The Vols opened the season with a 75-43 win over Tennessee Tech on Monday at Thompson-Boling Arena. Colorado beat Nebraska in an exhibition game on October 30, beat UC Riverside 82-66 on Monday in the season-opener, but was upset at Grambling State on Friday night, 83-74.
Tennessee-Colorado: How to watch, stream, listen
Tipoff Time: 2 p.m. ET, Sunday
Location: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
TV: ESPN (Play-by-play Kevin Fitzgerald; Analyst — Jimmy Dykes)
Streaming: ESPN App or WatchESPN.com
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast (Bob Kesling – play-by-play – Bert Bertelkamp, analyst) can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee. SiriusXM Channel 135. SiriusXM App Channel 961.
Tennessee-Colorado: The Series
Today’s game is the third and final one in a three-year contract, dating back to the COVID-shortened season in 2020-21. After having multiple games canceled due to COVID in November 2020, the Vols scrambled to get the Buffs scheduled with only 48 hours notice before the two teams met at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. Tennessee won that game 56-47, then made the return trip to Colorado last season, winning 69-54 in Boulder.
“I just have great respect for Tad Boyle,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said before his team’s practice on Friday at Pratt Pavilion. “I mean, the way he does things. I think anytime you’re playing against his team and associated with his program, it’s a compliment. And the fact is, it did come about during the COVID, because we had both been pushed back against the wall that year. It just so happened that they could get here at the time, easier than we could get there. Then we agreed to a home-and-home, then Nashville.
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“He’s done an incredible job building that program. I know he’s well liked and loved there. His teams are going to be fundamentally sound. They’re going to compete. They’re going to challenge you in every area. His staff does a great job. They’re going to know as much about us as we know about them. When you play a three-game series, you do start to get to know each other fairly well. It will get down to we have to execute, because there’s not going to be any secrets. They’re going to know what we’re trying to get done.”
Colorado is No. 74 in the KenPom.com ratings. The Buffs are 97th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 63rd in adjusted defensive efficiency. Tennessee is No. 4 in the KenPom ratings, ranked 13th on offense and second on defense.
“They are different, a little bit different, obviously,” Barnes said of this Colorado team. “They are playing, I think, faster. Tad does a lot of good stuff. They move well without the ball and do a lot of what they do off their stagger action.
“Them playing with more speed, I could imagine it could be a fast game we can be part of. We will have to guard them because they have players that have the ability to score points and if you are not ready earlier, they are going to exploit that.”
