Live Updates: No. 12 Tennessee Basketball at Louisville
No. 12 Tennessee (1-0) goes on the road for its first big test of the season, facing Louisville (1-0) on Saturday afternoon in a Noon Eastern Time start at the KFC Yum! Center. ACC Network will broadcast the game.
Follow along for live updates before, during and after the game on The General’s Quarters
The Vols opened the season with an 80-64 win over Gardner-Webb on Monday. After Saturday’s road game, the return home for two games, against Montana on Wednesday and Austin Peay on Sunday, then go to the Bahamas to face Virginia in the first round of the Baha Mar Championship on November 21.
Louisville is ranked No. 53 overall in the KenPom.com ratings. The Cardinals are No. 44 in adjusted defensive efficiency and No. 63 in offensive efficiency. Tennessee is ranked No. 14 overall, coming in at No. 7 on defense and No. 34 on offense.
No. 12 Tennessee at Louisville: How To Watch
Start Time: Saturday, Noon Eastern Time
TV: ACC Network
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
The Line: Tennessee -1
KenPom Prediction: Tennessee 77, Louisville 75
The Series: Tennessee vs. Louisville
Tennessee is 8-12 in 20 games against Louisville, dating back to 1913. The Vols won the most recent meeting 92-81 in the NIT Season Tip-Off at Barclays Center in New York in November 2018.
Grant Williams scored 24 points and had nine rebounds, Admiral Schofield scored 20, Lamonte Turner had 13 and John Fulkerson and Jordan Bone scored 11 each in the preseason NIT win.
Louisville beat Tennessee 79-60 in the Sweet Sixteen in Charlotte in March 2008. The Vols lost their last road game at Louisville, 85-62 in January 2005.
Tennessee won the first six games in the series, five of them on the road at Louisville, between 1913 and 1922. The Cardinals then won 12 of the next 13, with the lone win for the Vols coming in the NIT in New York in March 1985.
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A Closer Look: Louisville Cardinals
The Pat Kelsey era started at Louisville on Monday with a 93-45 win over Morehead State. Kesley went 75-27 in three seasons at College of Charleston before being hired to replace Kenny Payne at Louisville. He won 186 games over nine seasons at Winthrop. He took both Charleston and Winthrop to the first round of the NCAA Tournament twice.
Kelsey’s new-look roster was built almost entirely out of the NCAA Transfer Portal. He added three players from College of Charleston, two from BYU as well as one from Colorado, Washington, Northern Kentucky, James Madison, South Florida, Wisconsin, Georgia and Long Beach State.
“(They) play hard,” Tennessee assistant coach Rod Clark said Friday when describing a Kelsey-coached team. “They play really fast. They’re going to take their shots for sure. I think at Charleston he did a really good job of playing an up tempo style that was tough for his opponents. And he always played really well against the high-major teams. And obviously I think they beat a few of them as well.”
The game is the start of a two-year home-and-home between the two programs, with Louisville scheduled to come to Knoxville in December 2025.
“We think it’s going to be a great game for us,” Clark said. “We’re happy we were able to get this home at home on the schedule, especially with a prestigious program like Louisville. So we’re looking forward to it.”
