Vols add home game against Pac-12 opponent

Vols add home game against Pac-12 opponent to 2020 schedule.

After five cancellations, No. 13 Tennessee will open the 2020-21 men’s basketball season Dec. 8.

The Vols have added Colorado (2-0) to its schedule. Tipoff between Tennessee and Colorado is slated for 6 p.m. EST at Thompson-Boling Arena.

The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.

Tennessee is 2-0 all-time against the Buffaloes with wins in Knoxville (1980) and Boulder (1981).

Vols’ head coach Rick Barnes is 13-4 against Colorado in his career.

Tennessee is 19-11 all-time against current member institutions of the Pac-12. UT’s most recent game against a Pac-12 opponent resulted in a 75-62 win against Washington during last season’s James Naismith Classic in Toronto.

Colorado head coach Tad Boyle served as Tennessee’s director of basketball operations under Jerry Green during the 1997-98 season. Green was Tennessee’s head coach from 1997-2001.

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