Live Updates: Tennessee vs. Florida Atlantic in the Sweet 16
NEW YORK — Tennessee basketball is back in the Sweet 16 for the ninth time in program history and is looking to beat Florida Atlantic to reach the Elite Eight for only the second time. The Vols (25-10) and FAU (33-3) are scheduled for a 9 p.m. Eastern Time start Thursday on TBS in the East Regional semifinal game at Madison Square Garden.
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The winner between Tennessee and Florida Atlantic will face the winner of Thursday’s early game between No. 3 Kansas State and No. 7 Michigan State — that game tips off at 6:30 p.m. ET on TBS — on Saturday in the Elite Eight.
Tennessee vs. Florida Atlantic: How to watch, stream, listen
Tipoff Time: 9 p.m. ET, Thursday
Location: Madison Square Garden
TV: TBS
Streaming: March Madness Live App
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.
A closer look at Florida Atlantic
Tennessee and FAU have met just once before, a 81-62 win for the Vols in December 2015. Tennessee is 1-7 in the eight previous Sweet Sixteen games, with the only win being over Ohio State in 2010. The Vols fell to Michigan State in the Elite Eight.
Tennessee is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019, when the second-seeded Vols lost to No. 3 Purdue in overtime in Louisville.
FAU is in the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. The Owls became a Division I program in 1993-94 and went to the NCAA Tournament in 2002, losing to No. 2-seed Alabama in the opening round.
FAU, under fifth-year head coach Dusty May, is No. 22 overall in the KenPom.com ratings and are ranked No. 29 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 34 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
May, a 46-year-old for student manager for Bob Knight at Indiana, coached under Georgia head coach Mike White at Louisiana Tech and Florida after stops at UAB, Murray State and Eastern Michigan in a coaching career that dates back to 2005.
He’s 98-58 in his fourth season at FAU, winning 17 games in each of his first two seasons, just 13 games during the COVID season in 2020-21 and 19 games last season, finishing tied for second in Conference USA.
May’s offense at Florida is balanced, ranked 22nd by KenPom in adjusted field-goal efficiency, 33rd in 3-point percentage (37.0) and 37th in 2-point percentage (54.0). In terms of point distribution, the Owls score 37.3 percent of their points from the 3-point line, 26th nationally, and 46.7 percent of their points inside the arc, 299th nationally.
