The 2024–25 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team will represent the University of Tennessee during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by tenth-year head coach Rick Barnes and will play their home games at Thompson–Boling Arena located in Knoxville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
| 2024–25 Tennessee Volunteers basketball | |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 12 |
| Record | 0–0 (0–0 SEC) |
| Head coach |
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| Associate head coach | Justin Gainey |
| Assistant coaches |
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| Home arena | Thompson–Boling Arena |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Alabama | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Arkansas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Auburn | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Florida | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Ole Miss | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Tennessee | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Texas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Texas A&M | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 SEC tournament winner As of October 15, 2024 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
editThe Volunteers finished the 2023–24 season 27–9, 14–4 in SEC play to finish win the SEC. As the No. 1 seed in the SEC tournament, they were upset by Mississippi State in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Mid-West Region, where they defeated Saint Peter's in the First Round, Texas in the Second Round, and Creighton in the Sweet Sixteen. There, they were defeated by the No. 1 seed Purdue.[1][2]
Offseason
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Roster
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Schedule and results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| October 27, 2024* 3:00 p.m., SECN+ |
No. 12 | No. 17 Indiana | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | ||||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 6, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ |
No. 12 | Gardner-Webb | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | ||||||||
| November 9, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 12 | at Louisville | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | ||||||||
| November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ |
Montana | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| November 17, 2024* 3:00 p.m., SECN+ |
Austin Peay | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| November 21, 2024* 9:30 p.m., CBSSN |
vs. Virginia Bahamas Championship semifinal |
Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas | |||||||||
| November 22, 2024* TBD, CBSSN |
vs. Baylor/St. John's Bahamas Championship |
Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas | |||||||||
| November 27, 2024* 4:00 p.m., SECN+ |
UT Martin | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| December 3, 2024* 7:00/7:30 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
Syracuse ACC–SEC Challenge |
Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| December 10, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN |
vs. Miami (FL) | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||||
| December 14, 2024* 5:30 p.m., FOX |
at Illinois | State Farm Center Champaign, IL | |||||||||
| December 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ |
Western Carolina | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| December 23, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SECN |
Middle Tennessee | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| December 31, 2024* 3:00 p.m., SECN+ |
Norfolk State | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| SEC regular season | |||||||||||
| January 4, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN |
Arkansas | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| January 7, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU |
at Florida | Exactech Arena Gainesville, FL | |||||||||
| January 11, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
at Texas | Moody Center Austin, TX | |||||||||
| January 15, 2025 8:00 p.m., SECN |
Georgia | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| January 18, 2025 3:30 p.m., SECN |
at Vanderbilt Rivalry |
Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN | |||||||||
| January 21, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU |
Mississippi State | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| January 25, 2025 8:30 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
at Auburn | Neville Arena Auburn, AL | |||||||||
| January 28, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN |
Kentucky Rivalry |
Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| February 1, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
Florida | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., SECN |
Missouri | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| February 8, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
at Oklahoma | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK | |||||||||
| February 11, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN |
at Kentucky Rivalry |
Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | |||||||||
| February 15, 2025 1:00 p.m., SECN |
Vanderbilt Rivalry |
Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| February 22, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 |
at Texas A&M | Reed Arena College Station, TX | |||||||||
| February 25, 2025 9:00 p.m., SECN |
at LSU | Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA | |||||||||
| March 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ABC/ESPN |
Alabama | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| March 5, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU |
at Ole Miss | The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss Oxford, MS | |||||||||
| March 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., SECN |
South Carolina | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | |||||||||
| SEC Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 12–16, 2025 TBD, ESPN/SECN |
vs. TBD | Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | |||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "2023-24 Tennessee Volunteers Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Vols Earn No. 2 Seed in 2024 NCAA Tournament". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2024.