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Tennessee's Jan. 10 home game against NCAA men's basketball preseason favorite Kansas is nearly sold out.
The Jayhawks have been ranked No. 1 in many preseason polls.
"I think there's about 100 tickets left for Kansas, and they'll probably sell out within minutes,'' UT coach Bruce Pearl said Tuesday. "The Kentucky game is already sold out.''
The Vols averaged 20,483 per home game last season which ranked fourth in the nation behind Kentucky, North Carolina and Syracuse.
It represented the second-highest home attendance average in UT basketball history, trailing only the 1987-88 season when the Vols averaged 20,823 the first year Thompson-Boling Arena opened.
Individual game tickets for the men's and women's basketball teams go on sale at 8:30 this morning. Fans can call 865-656-1200 to purchase tickets with a credit card or go to UTtix.com. Season tickets are also still available.
TV Info: ESPN2 has announced the tip time for the game at Memphis on Dec. 31 will be at 4 p.m. Eastern.
SportSouth is negotiating to televise the Vols' season-opener against Austin-Peay (Nov.13) and UT's game with East Tennessee State University (Dec. 2). If the television contract goes through as expected, all of the regular-season games would be televised.
"The only games not on TV would be our exhibition games,'' Pearl said, referring to UT's Oct. 30 game against North Alabama and Nov. 4 game with Lincoln Memorial University. "Those tickets are only $5 each.''
Orange Slices: Tennessee will host its annual media day today, with regular-season practice set to begin Friday afternoon. ... The Vols have been limited to two hours of practice per week since starting individual workouts in August. ... UT point guard Melvin Goins has been sidelined the past week after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery. Goins is expected to be back in time for the season opener. ... The Vols are ranked No. 8 by ESPN's Andy Katz in his preseason Top 25 poll.
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