No. 5 Tennessee (9-3) will host Norfolk State (9-6) on Tuesday at Food City Center.
Rankings reflect the latest USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll.
Tipoff between the Vols and Spartans is slated for 7 p.m. EST. SEC Network will televise the non-conference matchup. Dave Neal (play-by-play) and Jon Sundvold (analyst) will be on the call.
Norfolk State is the last of three teams on Tennessee’s 2023-24 regular-schedule the Vols have never faced before (Georgia Southern and Tarleton State).
With a win against Norfolk State, Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes would own victories over 200 different current DI teams as a head coach.