Entering Saturday, Tennessee leads the all-time series 4-1 vs. Illinois basketball. Last season, Tennessee beat Illinois 66-64 in Champaign, Illinois. Tennessee basketball is a 1.5-point favorite vs. Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball, according to DraftKings Sportsbook at 9:25 a.m. ET/8:25 a.m. CT on Saturday.

On Friday, the Vols announced that three of their men's basketball contests during the 2025-26 SEC slate will feature an arena theme.

The Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Louisville Cardinals at home on Tuesday night. Head coach Rick Barnes would meet with the press after the 83-62 victory fo

In a shock move, Syracuse University's men's basketball team defeated the Tennessee Volunteers 62 to 60, the sixth win of the basketball season for the Orange.

Tennessee basketball pops balloons after each turnover in practice. After the 10th, players run — motivation to improve their habits.

The stronger team down the stretch was not Tennessee, which shot 36.9% and had only one player – former Belmont guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie (15 points) score in double figures, and it took Gillespie 20 shot attempts (he made six) to do it. UT’s star freshman forward Nate Ament shot 4-of-14 and scored only nine points.

The latest edition of the Associated Press Top 25 men’s basketball poll saw the Tennessee Volunteers fall several spots after a pair of losses in the last week. Tennessee fell seven spots to No. 20 in the Week 6 edition of the rankings.