No. 6 seed Tennessee (24-11) advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 will be contested Thursday and Friday. The Vols will face No. 2 seed Iowa State (29-7) on Friday.
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Tipoff between Tennessee and the Cyclones is scheduled for 10:10 p.m. EDT at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. TBS/truTV will televise the matchup.
Ahead of Friday’s basketball game, Iowa State has a 60.6 percent chance to defeat the Vols, according to ESPN’s Matchup Predictor. Nolan Analytics projects the Cyclones to defeat Tennessee, 73-70.
Tennessee defeated No. 3 seed Virginia (30-6), 79-72, on Sunday in the NCAA Tournament second round. The Vols were also victorious in a first-round matchup against No. 11 seed Miami University (32-2), 78-56.
Both NCAA Tournament games were contested at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Rick Barnes is in his 11th season as Tennessee’s head coach and has advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in 2019, 2023-26.
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