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Tennessee (18-8) will play in the 2021 NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed in the Midwest region.
The Vols will play Friday in the first-round against 12th-seeded Oregon State.
Tipoff between Tennessee and the Beavers is slated for 4:30 p.m. EDT from Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The contest will be televised by TNT. Spero Dedes, Brendan Haywood and Lauren Shehadi are on the call.
Ahead of the first-round contest, Vols Wire predicts the score between Tennessee and Oregon State.
Dan Harralson — Tennessee 71, Oregon State 63
Ken Lay — Tennessee 70, Oregon State 64
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