Look: Tennessee basketball's complete 2023-24 schedule announced
The Southeastern Conference on Thursday announced the league’s complete basketball schedule with dates and in doing so completed Tennessee’s 2023-24 schedule. The Vols open league play against at Thompson-Boling Arena against Ole Miss on January 6 and close the regular-season schedule at home against Kentucky on March 9.
After the opener in Knoxville against Tennessee has home dates with Florida (January 16), Alabama (January 20), South Carolina (January 30), LSU (February 7), Vanderbilt (February 17), Texas A&M (February 24), Auburn (February 28) and Kentucky (March 9).
Road games in SEC play are at Mississippi State (January 10), at Vanderbilt (January 27), at Kentucky (February 3), at Texas A&M (February 10), at Arkansas (February 14), at Missouri (February 20), at Alabama (March 2) and at South Carolina (March 6).
A closer look at the non-conference schedule
Tennessee basketball on July 17 announced its complete non-conference schedule , highlighted by road games at Wisconsin and North Carolina, a home date with Illinois, a neutral-site game against North Carolina State in San Antonio and a meeting with Syracuse in the first round of the Maui Invitational.
The Vols open the 2023-24 home schedule with an exhibition game against Lenoir-Rhyne on October 31 and will host Tennessee Tech on November 6 in the regular-season opener. They go to Wisconsin on November 10 and host Wofford on November 14, before playing three games in the Maui Invitation November 20-22.
The Vols go to North Carolina on November 29, the first game back after returning from Maui. They host George Mason on December 5, Illinois on December 9 and Georgia Southern on December 12.
The neutral-site game against North Carolina State is set for December 16 and a home date with Tarleton State is the final game before the Christmas break, scheduled for December 21. Tennessee hosts Norfolk State on January 2 in the final non-conference game on the schedule.
The game at Wisconsin is the second in a home-and-home series that started at Thompson-Boling Arena in December 2019. The Vols were scheduled to play at Wisconsin in December 2020 before the COVID pandemic altered the 2020-21 basketball season.
Wisconsin won 68-48 at Thompson-Boling Arena on December 28, 2019. Wisconsin finished 20-15 last season, going 9-11 in Big Ten play before making a run to the NIT championship game, where the Badgers lost to North Texas.
Tennessee announced in December that a home-and-home with Illinois had been scheduled, starting in Knoxville this season. The Vols make the return trip to Illinois on December 14, 2024.
Tennessee Basketball 2023-24 Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| Sunday, Oct. 29 | At Michigan State (Exhibition) |
| Tuesday, Oct. 31 | Lenoir-Rhyne (Exhibition) |
| Monday, Nov. 6 | Tennessee Tech |
| Friday, Nov. 10 | At Wisconsin |
| Tuesday, Nov. 14 | Wofford |
| Monday, Nov. 20 | Syracuse (Maui Invitational) |
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 | TBD (Maui Invitational) |
| Wednesday, Nov. 22 | TBD (Maui Invitational) |
| Wednesday, Nov. 29 | At North Carolina |
| Tuesday, Dec. 5 | George Mason |
| Saturday, Dec. 9 | Illinois |
| Tuesday, Dec. 12 | Georgia Southern |
| Saturday, Dec. 16 | N.C. State (San Antonio) |
| Thursday, Dec. 21 | Tarleton State |
| Tuesday, Jan. 2 | Norfolk State |
| Saturday, Jan. 6 | Ole Miss |
| Wednesday, Jan. 10 | At Mississippi State |
| Saturday, Jan. 13 | At Georgia |
| Tuesday, Jan. 16 | Florida |
| Saturday, Jan. 20 | Alabama |
| Saturday, Jan. 27 | At Vanderbilt |
| Tuesday, Jan. 30 | South Carolina |
| Saturday, Feb. 3 | At Kentucky |
| Wednesday, Feb. 7 | LSU |
| Saturday, Feb. 10 | At Texas A&M |
| Wednesday, Feb. 14 | At Arkansas |
| Saturday, Feb. 17 | Vanderbilt |
| Tuesday, Feb. 20 | At Missouri |
| Saturday, Feb. 24 | Texas A&M |
| Wednesday, Feb. 28 | Auburn |
| Saturday, March 2 | At Alabama |
| Wednesday, March 6 | At South Carolina |
| Saturday, March 9 | Kentucky |
