Tennessee ranked top 15 to open 2024-25 basketball season

DETROIT, MICHIGAN – MARCH 31: Head coach Rick Barnes of the Tennessee Volunteers talks with Zakai Zeigler #5 against the Purdue Boilermakers during the first half in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Little Caesars Arena on March 31, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)

Rick Barnes enters his tenth season as Tennessee’s basketball head coach for the 2024-25 campaign. He has compiled a 202–101 (100–60 SEC) record since 2015.

Barnes guided Tennessee to its second NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance in school history last season. The Vols also won the SEC regular-season championship.

The Vols will open their 2024-25 season versus Gardner-Webb at Food City Center on Nov. 4. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. EDT and can be watched on SEC Network+.

Tennessee will first play in an exhibition game versus Indiana on Oct. 27 at Food City Center. The exhibition matchup between the Vols and Hoosiers will tip off at 3 p.m. EDT (SEC Network+).

The Tennessee-Indiana exhibition will support the John McLendon Foundation.

Ahead of the 2024-25 college basketball season beginning, the preseason USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll was released. Tennessee is ranked No. 12 entering the 2024-25 basketball campaign.

The entire preseason poll is below.

Rank

School

Last Year’s Record

Points

1

Kansas

23-11

743 (15)

2

Alabama

25-12

718 (6)

3

Connecticut

37-3

717 (6)

4

Houston

32-5

698 (4)

5

Duke

27-9

625

6

Iowa State

29-8

591

7

Gonzaga

27-8

575

8

Baylor

24-11

545

9

Arizona

27-9

510

10

North Carolina

29-8

498

11

Auburn

27-8

465

12

Tennessee

27-9

437

13

Purdue

34-5

390

14

Creighton

25-10

342

15

Texas A&M

21-15

332

16

Arkansas

16-17

272

17

Marquette

27-10

268

18

Indiana

19-14

208

19

Texas

21-13

166

20

Cincinnati

22-15

163

21

Florida

24-12

130

22

UCLA

16-17

123

23

Kentucky

23-10

95

24

Illinois

29-9

87

25

Mississippi

20-12

66

Others receiving votes

Texas Tech 60; Rutgers 57; St. John’s 42; Xavier 26; Michigan State 25; Oregon 16; BYU 16; Kansas State 11; Saint Mary’s 9; Boise State 9; Clemson 8; Ohio State 7; Dayton 7; Maryland 4; Grand Canyon 3; Wake Forest 2;…

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Author : Vols Wire

Publish date : 2024-10-23 16:45:00

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