After playing five straight top 25 opponents, Tennessee heads on the road to face unranked Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon.
While Oklahoma is not in the top 25, they’re still a solid team who is currently projected to make the NCAA Tournament. The Sooners have lost just once at home this season and have won three of their last five games.
Here’s everything to know about the SEC matchup.
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How To Watch — No. 4 Tennessee (19-4, 6-4 SEC) at Oklahoma (16-6, 3-6 SEC)
- Start Time: 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT
- Location: Lloyd Noble Center
- Watch: ESPN. PxP: Kevin Brown, CC: John Crispin
- Online Streaming: Watch ESPN
- Radio (Knoxville): The Vol Network/The Vol Network App
Betting Lines
- Tennessee -5.5 Oklahoma
- Over/under 138
- Tennessee -3 Oklahoma
- Over/under: 137
What Tennessee HC Rick Barnes Said About The Sooners
On what stands out about Oklahoma
“Well again, a lot of respect for Porter Moser. When he was at Loyola, they knocked us out of the NCAA Tournament. But I’ve known Porter and certainly about him and he’s done a great job everywhere he has been. And you go back, I mean, out of nowhere early in the year they go to Battle of Atlantis, against a great field there, come out as champions of that tournament. And we all know once you get into this league every night, it can be just a different battle. But his teams, they guard, they do some different things. They’ll show you some pressure in the back court, change their ball screen coverage at times. But they work hard. I’m sure they’ll play personnel like everyone does. But just a lot of respect for him and his team and again, for this league. I mean, they’re like us. Every time you turn around you’re playing against a ranked team and they’ve been right there all year with everybody. And no doubt in my mind they’re as competitive as anybody that we will play this year.”
On Oklahoma’s Jeremiah Fears
“Well he has good size, sees the floor well. And, again, I look at the coaching staff and they’ve done a really good job putting him in positions he needs to be in to be effective.”
