Tennessee’s men’s basketball game against SEC rival and 17th-ranked Kentucky on Saturday (9 p.m. ET, SEC Network) has been announced as a sellout. It is Tennessee’s second sellout in eight games this season at Thompson-Boling Arena. UT currently ranks 11th in the country with an average home attendance of 14,944.
Vol Pass holders will have access to select their seats for Saturday night’s game 48 hours prior to tipoff.
While spring classes will not have begun by Saturday, all residence halls on campus are opening Saturday at 3 p.m. so that UT students can make plans to arrive back in Knoxville in time to cheer on the Volunteers as they seek to record their third consecutive home win over the rival Wildcats. Student ticket requests for the game have already exceeded 3,400.
For the convenience of fans, free parking is provided on the Ag Campus off Neyland Drive for all men’s basketball games. The Ag Campus is served by a free shuttle service to Thompson-Boling Arena, which begins two hours prior to tipoff and runs one hour postgame. The shuttle loading and unloading area is on Joe Johnson Drive directly in front of the Pendergrass Library. Postgame, the shuttle loading area is on Phillip FulmerWay, on street level outside of Arena Dining. All shuttles are fully accessible for persons with disabilities.
The G16 garage and Staff 9 Lot will be available for paid parking.
The Vols have defeated the Wildcats in Knoxville in each of the last two seasons, with UK ranked 20th in 2016 and fourth last year.
Tennessee (9-4, 0-2 SEC) enters Saturday’s showdown ranked 23rd in the country and looking to rebound from Tuesday’s home loss to Auburn, while Kentucky (11-2, 1-0 SEC) visits LSU Wednesday night in pursuit of a third straight win before coming to Knoxville.
No program in college basketball has logged more all-time wins over Kentucky than Tennessee (69).
-UT Athletics
