Tennessee men's basketball season tickets are officially sold out
Tennessee basketball on Wednesday announced it has officially sold out the allotment of 14,500 season tickets at Thompson-Boling Arena this season. The Vols open the regular-season schedule at home Monday against Tennessee Tech.
It’s the seventh consecutive full-capacity season with more than 13,000 season tickets sold for men’s basketball. Last season the Vols averaged 18,781 fans at home games, which ranked fifth nationally. There were only eight schools that averaged more than 15,100 fans at home games.
Tennessee wrapped up its preseason schedule on Tuesday night with a 90-48 win over Lenoir-Rhyne. The Vols on Sunday won 89-88 over No. 4 Michigan State at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.
After opening the season with Tennessee Tech on Monday, the Vols go to Wisconsin to face the Badgers on November 10 at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Vols host Illinois at home on December 9
The home schedule is highlighted by games against Illinois (December 9), Florida (January 16), Alabama (January 20), Texas A&M (February 24), Auburn (February 28) and Kentucky, the regular-season finale on March 9.
SEC play starts at home with Ole Miss on January 6. Other conference games include South Carolina (January 30), LSU (February 7) and Vanderbilt (February 17).
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).
Tennessee will host Wofford on November 14, before playing three games in the Maui Invitation November 20-22.
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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.
Up Next: No. 9 Tennessee vs. Tennessee Tech, Monday, 6:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network+
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.
