How To Watch: No. 12 Tennessee vs. No. 17 Indiana in charity exhibition game

No. 12 Tennessee’s new-look basketball team will make its unofficial debut against No. 17 Indiana Sunday afternoon in a charity exhibition game at Food City Center in Knoxville. The Vols and Hoosiers are scheduled for a 3 p.m. Eastern Time start, streaming live on SEC Network+.

Proceeds from the game will go to The John McClendon Foundation, which provides minorities access and opportunity through a scholarship program and leadership initiative.

Tennessee opens the regular-season schedule against Garder-Webb on November 4 and plays its first road game at Louisville on November 9.

No. 12 Tennessee vs No. 17 Indiana: How To Watch

Start Time: Sunday, 3 p.m. Eastern Time

Streaming: SEC Network+

SEC Network+ Broadcast: Roger Hoover, Steve Hamer, Sarah Detwiler 

Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.

Where Tennessee and Indiana are ranked

Tennessee on Wednesday came in at No. 12 in the preseason Coaches Poll, the same spot the Vols were ranked in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 earlier this month. The Vols are No. 13 overall in the new KenPom.com ratings, ranked No. 4 in adjusted defensive efficiency and No. 35 in adjusted offensive efficiency.

Indiana is ranked No. 17 in the AP Top 25 and No. 18 in the Coaches Poll. The Hoosiers are No. 39 in the KenPom ratings, ranked No. 49 in offensive efficiency and No. 34 on defense. 

The Hoosiers last season finished 19-14, with their season ending with a 93-66 loss to Nebraska in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. 

Head coach Mike Woodson took Indiana to the second round of the NCAA Tournament as a No. 12 seed in 2022, beating Wyoming in the first round and losing to Saint Mary’s in the second round to finish 21-14. The Hoosiers lost to Miami in the second round as a No. 4 seed in 2023.

Series History

Tennessee is 0-4 against Indiana, but the two basketball programs haven’t met in nearly 40 years. 

All four games have been played at neutral sites. Indiana beat Tennessee 74-67 in New York in March 1985 and won 70-68 in San Diego in December 1979. The Hoosiers won 73-71 in St. Louis in March 1974 and 51-44 in Evanston, Ill., in March 1967.

The 1967 meeting was a consolation game in the NCAA Tournament, after the Vols lost 53-52 to Dayton the day before. The 1974 game was in the Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament in St. Louis, the 1979 game was in the Cabrillo Classic in San Diego and the 1985 game was in the semifinals of the NIT.

Tennessee in charity exhibition games

This is the third straight season Tennessee has played a high-profile charity exhibition game during the preseason. The Vols won a thriller at No. 4 Michigan State last season, 89-88, and beat No. 2 Gonzaga 99-80 in a neutral-site game in Frisco, Texas, in October 2022.

A year ago Dalton Knecht had his coming out party in front of 14,797 at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, starring with 28 points, seven rebounds and four assists in 34 minutes. Jordan Gainey scored 20 while also making his Tennessee debut and the Vols got 11 from Jahmai Mashack.

Two years ago Tyreke Key erupted for 26 points, going 8-for-12 from the field, 4-for-7 from the 3-point line and 6-for-7 at the foul line in 27 minutes off the bench to help Tennessee blow out Gonzaga. 

Four other Vols finished in double figures with Zakai Zeigler and Uros Plavsic scoring 13 each, Julian Phillips scoring 12 and Olivier Nkamhoua scoring 11.