2010-11 Schedule Basketball Schedule

#77
#77
When can we get a basketball schedule. Here we are in the middle of August and still no release on basketball schedule. I think this is ridiculous. They have you renew your tickets evne before there is a schedule, and with games during holiday season it would be nice if they would release it so fans can make plans in advance around the schedule. Come on Bruce Pearl and Mike Hamilton, gives us the schedule, or at least the part that you do know.

Thanks,

Frustrated. :crazy:
 
#81
#81
I wonder if we'll finally get to play Tennessee State. If I understand correctly, it's the only school in Tennessee that Bruce hasn't beat.
 
#83
#83
SmokeyHowls said:
When can we get a basketball schedule. Here we are in the middle of August and still no release on basketball schedule. I think this is ridiculous. They have you renew your tickets evne before there is a schedule, and with games during holiday season it would be nice if they would release it so fans can make plans in advance around the schedule. Come on Bruce Pearl and Mike Hamilton, gives us the schedule, or at least the part that you do know.

Thanks,

Frustrated. :crazy:
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will be released within the next week. oh yeah, cbp says nit opener with belmont will not be season opener. :salute:
 
#85
#85
Sweet. My boss told me about that the other day. Hope I can make it to that game on the 29th, never been to TBA
 
#86
#86
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sdowell said:
will be released within the next week. oh yeah, cbp says nit opener with belmont will not be season opener. :salute:
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Where do you get your information at? (Sorry my computer is not letting me insert the link)

UT to start with Belmont at home in NIT Season Tip-Off
Arkansas State to play Missouri State as part of doubleheader
By Mike Griffith
govolsxtra.com
Posted August 16, 2010 at 3:53 p.m., updated August 16, 2010 at 8:31 p.m.
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DiggFacebookLinkedInTweet thisPrintAAA.The road to Madison Square Garden for the NIT Season Tip-Off begins at home for the Tennessee men's basketball team against Belmont.

The second-seeded Vols learned Monday they will open the tournament against the Bruins on Nov. 16 (TV: ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.) as part of a doubleheader in Thompson-Boling Arena.

Arkansas State (17-14 last season) and Missouri State (24-12) play in the other game in Knoxville, which is one of four regional sites.

The winners and losers from Knoxville's first-round games meet in Thompson-Boling Arena on Nov. 17.

Top-seeded Villanova, No. 3 seed Wake Forest and No. 4 seed UCLA will serve as the other regional sites for the 16-team tournament.

The regional champions meet in New York City on Nov. 24 in the semifinals, with the championship and consolation games taking place on Nov. 26.

The other 12 teams will play third- and fourth-round games (Nov. 22-23) on the home campus sites of the three highest remaining seeds.

None of the teams will play each other twice, and the third and fourth rounds will be assigned to the most geographically compatible site possible.

The Knoxville regional winner takes on the winner of the Wake Forest regional — which includes No. 5-seed Virginia Commonwealth, Hampton and Winthrop — in the semifinals.

'It's a field my team will be excited about,'' Pearl said. 'The prize in going to New York is what it's all about.''

First things first, Pearl isn't overlooking Belmont, which finished 19-12 last season.

'Belmont has been a perennial NCAA team, and with Rick Byrd they're one of the best-coached teams in the nation year-in and year-out,'' Pearl said.

'When you play the teams in your own state, as much as we're on TV, they have a feel for who we are and probably have a pretty good idea how to play us.''

Byrd, a Knoxville native and former student-assistant coach under former UT coach Ray Mears, gave the Vols all they wanted in the teams' last meeting in 2008 before falling 79-77 in Knoxville.

Pearl said the NIT second round game, against Missouri State or Arkansas State could prove just as daunting.

'Missouri State won 24 games last season and had an RPI of 75, and then you have John Brady (former LSU coach) at Arkansas State, and they made progress in the Sun Belt Conference last season with 17 wins,'' Pearl said.

'We're going to have to beat two very good teams just to get to New York.''

UT has yet to release its season schedule, but Pearl said Belmont will not be the season opener.

Villanova's bracket includes Marist, George Washington and Boston University while UCLA's has Pepperdine, Nevada and Pacific.

'This year's field can certainly hold its own against any of the previous 25 we've had,'' said C.M. Newton, chair of the NIT selection committee.

'Half of the field is coming off 20-plus win seasons and several fell just below that mark. We look forward to a competitive tournament.'

Tentative Schedule:

In addition to the preseason NIT, the Vols play at Pittsburgh (Dec. 11) at Charlotte (Dec. 17), and at Connecticut (date not yet finalized).

UT also plays host to Southern California (Dec. 21) and Memphis (Jan. 5). The SEC is expected to release the conference teams' full 2010-11 schedule within the next week.
 
#90
#90
Oh I get it....Yeah it's weird because this "Season Tip-Off" is scheduled in the middle of November and every school's schedule is well under way by then. I guess it's better than the old "Preseason" status, but "Season Tip-Off" does suggest the season opener.
 
#91
#91
Chris4Vols22 said:
Oh I get it....Yeah it's weird because this "Season Tip-Off" is scheduled in the middle of November and every school's schedule is well under way by then. I guess it's better than the old "Preseason" status, but "Season Tip-Off" does suggest the season opener.
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Oh ok, well that makes sense then. I didn't even catch that. Thanks:salute:
 
#96
#96
It is a candidate, but there may be an earlier game. There are usually exhibition games in late October.
 
#97
#97
Rumor is that January 15th Gameday will be in Knoxville for a Doubleheader with Tennessee vs. Vandy. The men and women playing on ESPN after Gameday.
 
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