Tennessee basketball’s two-week gauntlet to close the regular season begins on Wednesday night as they prepare to host Auburn at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center.
The Tigers are coming off a bounce back win at Georgia while Tennessee is coming off a four-game winning streak entering the matchup.
Here’s everything to know about the SEC matchup.
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How to Watch – No. 4 Tennessee (21-6, 11-3 SEC) vs. No. 11 Auburn (21-6, 10-4 SEC)
- Start Time: 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT
- Location: Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
- TV: ESPN2. PxP: Tom Hart. CC: Jimmy Dykes
- Online Streaming: Watch ESPN
- Radio (Knoxville): The Vol Network/The Vol Network App
Betting Lines
- Tennessee -5.5 Auburn
- Over/under 151.5
- Tennessee -3 Auburn
- Over/under 149
What Tennessee HC Rick Barnes Said About Auburn
On a top-15 matchup between No. 4 Tennessee and No. 11 Auburn this late in the season
“Yeah, I think this time of year, I think everybody realizes that the year’s regular season is coming to an end. And you look at, the way conference sets up schedules, they’re really looking to get the teams, in terms of pre-season projection, playing this time of year to try to help them, if they’re where they’re supposed to be, stay there. But also, maybe enhance where they can move forward. And so you look down at our schedule right now, and certainly you’ve got to give a lot of credit to South Carolina, I think they were picked last in the league and Lamont (Paris) has done just a terrific job in putting this team right there in contention with everybody. But this time of year, if you’re not excited there is something wrong.”
On last year’s game at home against Auburn being low scoring, what he expects Wednesday
“Well, I think every time you play Auburn, I mean Bruce is such a terrific coach and does a great job and his schemes are good and teams play hard, aggressive and last year here, that was not a really pretty game for either one of us. I think it was in the forties. But, again, the respect that we have for him and his program, our guys, the older guys especially have been there. They know what to expect.”
On slowing down Johni Broome
