Game time, TV set for No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Saint Peter's in first round of NCAA Tournament
Thursday’s game between No. 2 Tennessee and No. 15 Saint Peter’s in the first round of the NCAA Tournament will start at 9:20 p.m. Eastern Time and will be televised by TNT. Start times and TV information was released after the 68-team bracket was revealed Sunday evening.
Purdue is the No. 1 seed in the Midwest, Creighton is the No. 3 seed and Kansas is the No. 4 seed. Texas is the No. 7 seed and the No. 10 seed will be either Virginia or Colorado State out the First Four in Dayton.
Saint Peter’s (19-13) was the No. 15 seed in 2022, when the Peacocks beat No. 2 Kentucky, No. 7 Murray State and No. 3 Purdue on a Cinderella run to the Elite Eight, before losing to No. 8 North Carolina.
Tennessee (24-8) is a No. 2 seed for the fourth time in program history and the second time under Rick Barnes.
Tennessee’s NCAA Tournament history under Rick Barnes
Tennessee basketball under Barnes has been a No. 2 seed, a No. 3 seed twice, a No. 4 seed and a No. 5.
A year ago the Vols went to the Sweet Sixteen as a No. 4 seed, beating No. 13-seed Louisiana in the first round and No. 5 Duke in the second round. They lost 62-55 to No. 9 Florida Atlantic in the third round.
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They were a No. 3 in 2022, beating Longwood in the first round before being upset by No. 11-seed Michigan in the second round. They were a No. 3 in 2018, beating Wright State before losing to No. 11-seed Loyola-Chicago.
Tennessee’s history as a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament
Three times in program history Tennessee has been a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament: 2006, 2008 and 2019.
In 2019, the Vols beat No. 15-seed Colgate 77-70 in the first round in Columbus, Ohio, survived No. 7-seed Iowa 83-77 in overtime in the second round, then lost to No. 3-seed Purdue 99-94 in overtime in Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen.
Tennessee in 2008 beat American 72-57 in the first round and Butler in the second round, 76-71 in overtime, before losing 79-60 to Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen.
The Vols in 2006 beat Winthrop 63-61 in the first round in Greensboro, then lost 80-73 to No. 7-seed Wichita State in the second round.
