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Tennessee Basketball's home games vs. Kentucky, Alabama are sold out

IMG_3593by: Grant Ramey5 hours agoGrantRamey
Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images | Tennessee forward Nate Ament (10) with the ball while guarded by Duke guard/forward Nikolas Khamenia (14) during a college basketball exhibition game on October 26, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn.
Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images | Tennessee forward Nate Ament (10) with the ball while guarded by Duke guard/forward Nikolas Khamenia (14) during a college basketball exhibition game on October 26, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn.

Tennessee Basketball’s home games against Kentucky and Alabama at Food City Center are officially sold out, the Vols announced on Thursday. Limited tickets are available for the home date with Auburn.

Tennessee hosts Kentucky on Saturday, January 17 in a Noon Eastern Time start on ESPN. The Vols host Alabama on Saturday, February 28, with the game starting at either 6 or 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN or ESPN2. 

Auburn comes to Knoxville on Saturday, January 31 in an 8:30 p.m. ET start on ESPN.

Tennessee opens SEC play at Arkansas on January 3 and will host Texas on either January 6. The Vols go to Florida on January 10 and will play Texas A&M at home on either January 13.

The bye week falls on January 20, with no midweek game, before a trip to Alabama on January 24. The Vols play at Georgia on either January 27 and the month closes with the home game against Auburn.

In February Tennessee plays Ole Miss (February 3), at Kentucky (February 7), at Mississippi State (February 11), LSU (February 14), Oklahoma (February 18), at Vanderbilt (February 21), at Missouri (February 24) and Alabama (February 28).

In March the Vols go to South Carolina (March 3 or 4), then close the regular-season schedule at home against Vanderbilt.

Tennessee’s season tickets sold out for third straight year

Tennessee announced in August it had sold out its allotment of 14,500 season tickets for a third straight season. It’s the seventh straight full-capacity season with over 13,000 season tickets sold and the fourth straight with more than 14,000 sold.

Tennessee is coming off back-to-back Elite Eight trips — after previously having just one Elite Eight in program history — and 57 total wins over the last two seasons.

The Vols finished 30-7 last season, after a loss to Houston in the regional semifinal. They went 27-9 in 2023-24, including winning the SEC regular-season championship, before losing to Purdue in the Elite Eight. 

Up Next: No. 18 Tennessee vs. Mercer, Monday

Tennessee opens the new season Monday at home against Mercer, a 7 p.m. ET start on SEC Network+.

After a four straight home games — Mercer, Northern Kentucky (November 8), North Florida (November 12) and Rice (November 17) — Tennessee will face Rutgers, Houston and a third team to be determined in the Players Era tournament in Las Vegas November 24-27.

December starts with a road game at Syracuse in the ACC-SEC Challenge on December 2. The Illinois series will continue with a game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on December 6 and Louisville comes to Knoxville on December 16 to finish a two-year home-and-home.

The Vols host Gardner-Webb on December 21 and close the non-conference schedule at home against South Carolina State on December 30.