Tennessee basketball to face North Carolina State in neutral-site game in San Antonio
Tennessee basketball will face North Carolina State in a neutral-site game in December, UT announced Wednesday.
The Vols and Wolfpack are scheduled to play on Dec. 16 in San Antonio, Texas, as part of the Hall of Fame Series. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale in mid-July, while game times and TV designations have yet to be announced.
NC State forward D.J. Burns redshirted at Tennessee during the 2018-19 season. He transferred to Winthrop then transferred to NC State. Vols associate head coach Justin Gainey played at NC State from 1996-2000.
The Vols are 4-7 against NC State all-time. Tennessee won the most recent matchup 67-58 in the third-place game at the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis. UT has a 3-1 edge against NC State in neutral-site games.
Tennessee has three games scheduled against power-conference opponents not including a three-game stint in the Maui Invitational from Nov. 20-22. UT also does not know who it will face in the ACC/SEC Challenge in its first season.
The Vols will play the Badgers in Madison, Wisconsin, on Nov. 10, one of two nonconference game with a Big Ten opponent. Tennessee is hosting Illinois at Thompson-Boling Arena on Dec. 9 in the first game of a two-game set against the Fighting Illini.
Tennessee is slated to play a closed scrimmage at Michigan State prior to the season. The Vols and Spartans played a closed scrimmage in Knoxville prior to the 2022-23 season. The return trip to East Lansing, Michigan, was part of the agreement.
The Vols are going on a 10-day international trip to Italy in early August that will include three games.
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