The 2023-2024 Tennessee basketball team hit the court at Food City Center in Knoxville on Wednesday afternoon for a practice session as the season draws near.
No. 9 Tennessee will head north this weekend for an exhibition game against Tom Izzo’s No. 4 Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing. The Vols will then return home for an exhibition game against Lenoir-Rhyne in Knoxville on Halloween night.
“I think we’re looking to see how many guys we can get with a sustained effort,” head coach Rick Barnes said on Wednesday about the Michigan State contest. “Obviously, you would expect your older guys to be able to go out and play through cardio fatigue more. I think the young guys will be a little bit anxious. I think we’re all ready to play outside competition, but hoping to see that we can do some of the things that do a lot of things that we practice. But we’ll play hard because we know Michigan State’s gonna play hard.”
Tennessee will officially begin the season on Monday, November 6 against Tennessee Tech at 6:30 p.m. ET on SEC Network.
The Vols went through a quick film session on Wednesday before hitting the court for practice. Check out the highlights below.
