#1 Tennessee at Texas: Game info, lineups, notes

Rick Barnes entered the visitors’ locker room at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville on Tuesday evening.

Stands in front of him Tennessee Team that had just suffered its first loss of the season Florida In a way that the no.

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What Tennessee (14-1, 1-1 SEC) learned from an incredibly rare 30-point road loss and how it will respond remains to be seen, but that will quickly become apparent in its second straight road win Texas (11-4, 0-2), 10 months after the two teams met in the NCAA Tournament.

It’s an opportunity for the Vols to bounce back and return to the style of play that got them off to a 14-0 start. For the Longhorns, it’s a chance to get their first SEC win after a rocky, losing debut in the conference Texas A&M And Auburn.

Here’s everything you need to know about the match.

WHO: No. 1 Tennessee (14-1, 1-1 SEC) at Texas (11-4, 0-2)

When: Saturday, January 11th | 6pm ET

Where: Moody Center | Austin, Texas

TV: ESPN (Tom Hart, play-by-play; Dane Bradshaw, analyst)

Radio: Vol Network (Bob Kesling, play-by-play; Steve Hamer, analyst)

Series: 10th all-time meeting (Tennessee leads 5-4)

Line: Tennessee, -6.5

KenPom: Tennessee 69, Texas 64

POINTS PER GAME

Texas 82.7

Tennessee 77.3

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

Texas 50.3%

Tennessee 46.4%

THREE POINT PERCENTAGE

Texas 40.2%

Tennessee 34.0%

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HELPS

Tennessee 16.1

Texas June 14th

REBOUNDS

Tennessee 39.6

Texas 36.5

BLOCKS

Tennessee 5.2

Texas 4.7

– Tennessee and Texas meet for the 10th time in Austin on Saturday. The Vols hold a 5-4 all-time series lead and are 4-2 in their last six games, including a 62-58 win at Charlotte in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 23, 2024.

– Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes coached at Texas for 17 seasons before coming to Tennessee in 2015. Saturday will see another reunion between him and several Longhorns coaches, including the head coach Rodney Terrywho worked under Barnes in Texas between 2002 and 2011.

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– Tennessee is .500 through two games in SEC play after routing Arkansas in the league opener and lost at Florida. Recent history is on the side of the Vols heading into the Texas game. They have won at least two of their first three conference games in five of the last six years.

– Texas is making its SEC debut this season. The Longhorns, who finished 21-13 overall and 9-9 in the Big 12 last season, were projected to finish seventh in the league in the preseason media poll. Highly touted freshman guard Tre Johnson leads the team with 18.4 points per game, good for fourth among SEC scorers.