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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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Comments » 17
MTSUVOL writes:
First! I have always wanted to type that.
FLAVOLS writes:
Wow, Congrats, now you can end it all.
VOLKING writes:
Congrats to Coach Pearl for bringing respect and national attention to our basketball program. Now, get us past the Sweet Sixteen so we don't have to listen to the whiners and nay-sayers on here.....mostly trolls. Good luck and Go Vols!
Chris4Vols22 writes:
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VOLKING writes:
The one good thing about the Memphis interloper known as Morristownvol is....he brings the real Vol fans out in defense of OUR University and its coaches. Keep up the good work Mtown!
chrisw2967 writes:
Is that you Buzz ? MJ make you move out of his basement ?
halloffamebowler writes:
You are right,we do recognize poor coaching when we see it.That is why we are glad to have Pearl.He is the real deal,unlike what we had before him.We also recognize stupidity when we see it.That's where you come in.
johnnyboy writes:
Duh, of course it hadn't sold out. Tickets just went on sale about 30 min. ago. Do you have a brain?
Chris4Vols22 writes:
They went on sale at 8:30 AM yesterday (Tuesday).
johnnyboy writes:
Nope, went on sale today at 8:30. Go to uttix.com and see for yourself.
Chris4Vols22 writes:
Strong words for someone who hasn't seen either team play.
Chris4Vols22 writes:
Ok I'm a student, so I personally don't buy tickets, but I've heard all year that tickets go on sale on Oct. 13 and that's what happened lol....I don't know what else to say haha
johnnyboy writes:
Here, I'll cut and paste for you. Straight from TN website-
Available Individual Game tickets will go on sale to public beginning Wednesday, October 14. Kentucky game is ONLY available in Season Ticket Packages.
independentthinker01 writes:
Comment to Bruce Pearl. Please do not try to make the "Big Orange", the "Big Black - Small Orange" like Coach Kiffin has tried. We love our Orange and White. Black uniforms with a small orange "T" is just disrespectful to Tennessee fans. Performing the Vol Walk in Black warm-ups is just so wrong. Go Big Orange.
Chris4Vols22 writes:
I disagree. The black jerseys are awesome and it would be a great promotion and bring in a spark if they were to only wear them for a couple games per season.
Besides, you don't have anything to worry about because I asked Bruce himself and he doesn't like the black jerseys. And I have to point out the irony within your comment: Such a closed mind for an "independentthinker".
mocsandvolsfan writes:
I don't know...I sorta like the black and orange...much better than blue and orange!! I wouldn't want it all the time. but something to signify rivalry maybe.
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