Live Updates: No. 7 Tennessee at Ole Miss
Tennessee basketball is back on the road Wednesday, starting Southeastern Conference play at Ole Miss in a 5 p.m. Eastern Time tipoff at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. The game is scheduled for a 5 p.m. Eastern Time start on SEC Network.
Follow along on The General’s Quarters for live in-game updates
Ole Miss (8-4) is No. 73 in the KenPom.com ratings, ranked No. 108 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 52 in adjusted defensive efficiency. The Rebels started the season 6-0 but are 2-4 over their last six, with losses to Oklahoma, Memphis, UCF and North Alabama, which upset Ole Miss 66-65 in Oxford on Tuesday.
Tennessee (10-2) is still No. 1 in KenPom’s adjusted defensive efficiency, giving up 80.1 points per 100 possessions, and is No. 49 in offensive efficiency, scoring 109.4 points per 100 possession. KenPom gives the Vols a 79 percent chance to win at Ole Miss, with a projected score of 67-58.
Tennessee at Ole Miss: How to watch, stream, listen
Tipoff Time: 5 p.m. ET, Wednesday
Location: The Pavilion at Ole Miss
Streaming: SEC Network (Play-by-play Courtney Lyle; Analyst — Mark Wise). ESPN App or WatchESPN.com
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast (Bob Kesling – play-by-play – Bert Bertelkamp, analyst) can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee. The game can be heard on Satellite Radio on SiriusXM Channel 138 or Channel 961 on the SiriusXM App.
The game can also be streamed online through ESPN+, the streaming platform from ESPN that requires a paid subscription. ESPN+ is separate from cable or satellite subscriptions. More info can be found here.
‘No change’ in status of Josiah-Jordan James (knee soreness)
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said on Tuesday that there has been no change in the status of senior wing Josiah-Jordan James ahead of the Ole Miss game.
“No change,” Barnes said. “He’s doing a little bit more with Chad (Newman) and Garrett (Medenwald), but with us, he’ll warm up with us a little bit, but he hasn’t gotten in on five-on-five stuff yet.”
Last week against Austin Peay. James sat out for a third straight game and his seventh of the season due to knee soreness. He missed four in a row earlier this season, then returned Tennessee’s 94-40 win over Alcorn State. Last week against Eastern Kentukcy he played 17 minutes off the bench after playing 14 against Alcorn.
SEC Home Opener: Vols vs. Mississippi State, January 3
The Vols will host Mississippi State on January 3 in the SEC home opener at Thompson-Boling Arena. The game will start at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
The January SEC schedule for Tennessee also includes home games against Vanderbilt (January 10), Kentucky (January 14) and Georgia (January 25). The Vols play at South Carolina (January 7), at Mississippi State (January 17) at LSU (January 21).
Texas, the final non-conference game on schedule, will be played January 28 at Thompson-Boling Arena in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.
