Conference Coaches Pick Tennessee Baseball To Finish Second In SEC East
The SEC released its Preseason Coaches Poll on Thursday morning with the league’s coaches picking Tennessee to finish second in the SEC East behind only Florida. Florida earned 88 votes in first place while Tennessee earned 75 votes in second place right ahead of Vanderbilt’s 73 votes in third place. The rest of the SEC […]
An Overview Of SEC Basketball On The Eve Of Conference Play
Tennessee basketball is a day away from opening up SEC play against unbeaten Ole Miss at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. It’s a loaded Southeastern Conference this season with nine-teams projected to make the NCAA Tournament in ESPN Joe Lunardi’s most recent bracketology update. Here’s a quick overview on the SEC with conference play […]
Which Bowl Games SEC Teams Landed In
Tennessee football has its bowl destination as the Vols turn their attention to the Sunshine State where they’ll face the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Citrus Bowl on New Years Day. But the Vols are just one of nine SEC teams that earned bowl eligibility this season and will play at least one postseason game. Where […]
Pair Of Tennessee Players Earn SEC Weekly Honors For Performances Against Texas A&M
A pair of Tennessee football players split SEC weekly honors for their performances in the Vols’ 20-13 victory over Texas A&M last Saturday at Neyland Stadium. Sophomore edge rusher James Pearce Jr. earned co-Defensive Lineman of the Week honors along with Arkansas’ Landon Jackson. Senior punt returner Dee Williams earned co-Special Teams Player of the […]
SEC Approves Eight-Game Conference Football Schedule For 2024
There’s an abundance of changes coming to the SEC in 2024 but a nine-game conference football schedule isn’t one of them. The league will play an eight-game SEC schedule in 2024 before deciding a permanent schedule model, the SEC announced Thursday evening. The decision comes out of the SEC spring meetings in Destin where the […]
SEC Commissioner Open To Conversations About Expanding NCAA Basketball Tournament
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is open to a conversation about expanding the NCAA Basketball Tournament, he told Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde Thursday. While Sankey is “not ready to make headlines” about expanding the NCAA Tournament, the idea clearly intrigues him and made it worth it for him to discuss. Sankey — who has been the […]
SEC Universities Vote Unanimously To Invite Texas, Oklahoma Into Conference
The Southeastern Conference’s Presidents and Chancellors unanimously voted to extend formal invitations to Texas and Oklahoma to join the conference Thursday, the SEC released in a statement. “Today’s unanimous vote is both a testament to the SEC’s longstanding spirit of unity and mutual cooperation, as well as a recognition of the outstanding legacies of academic […]
Tennessee Basketball’s SEC Opponents Released
The Southeastern Conference released Tennessee basketball’s 18 conference opponents for the 2021-22 season Wednesday. In Rick Barnes’ seventh season, Tennessee will face Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and Texas A&M at home. On the road, the Vols will face Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, LSU, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Georgia and […]
Where Tennessee Basketball Stands In Early Bracketology
Tennessee basketball is a four-seed in ESPN’s Joe Lunardi’s post NBA Draft declaration bracketology. Lunardi’s bracket has Tennessee facing Liberty in the first round with No. 5 Michigan State and No. 12 UAB across from the Vols in the East Region. Rick Barnes’ Vols are coming off an 18-9 season that saw Tennessee earn a […]
This Week in UT Sports History – Aug. 10th-16th
Each week, we take a look back at both the good and bad that happened in Tennessee athletics in our weekly column, This Week in UT Sports History.
