KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – For the second consecutive year, the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team will face Syracuse in the ACC/SEC Challenge, as announced Thursday afternoon by ESPN.

The Volunteers will travel to Syracuse, N.Y., to face the Orange at JMA Wireless Dome, with action set for Dec. 2. The game time and ESPN network designation will be announced in the future.

Tennessee owns a 5-3 all-time ledger versus Syracuse and has won each of the last four contests. This is the third year in a row the two teams will square off in non-conference action, with each outing at a different location.

Most recently, the Volunteers collected a 96-70 home win on Dec. 3, 2024, in last year’s Challenge behind a game-best 26 points from fifth-year guard Chaz Lanier. The prior season, Tennessee posted a 73-56 victory on Nov. 20, 2023, in the Allstate Maui Invitational opener in Honolulu, with fifth-year guard Dalton Knecht scoring 17 points to lead all scorers.

The first two triumphs in Tennessee’s four-game series winning streak came over two decades ago. The Volunteers notched a 66-62 home victory on Jan. 19, 2002, and eared an 83-70 road decision on Dec. 22, 2000, in the lone top-25 matchup—both were in the top 12—in series history.

Tennessee sports a 1-1 record on the road against Syracuse. It dropped a 98-65 result on Nov. 28, 1993, in its first visit there.

The Volunteers are 1-1 in the SEC/ACC Challenge, which started during the 2023-24 season. They fell at North Carolina, 100-92, on Nov. 29, 2023, in a top-20 showdown.

Tennessee is 126-101 all-time against the current ACC membership. It owns an 8-1 such record over the last four years (2021-25), including registering a perfect 4-0 figure in 2024-25. Head coach Rick Barnes is 85-77 versus the current ACC schools, including 6-10 against Syracuse.
The SEC went 14-2 in the 2024 Challenge after splitting the inaugural 2023 edition. Overall, the SEC is 21-9 in the event.

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2025 ACC/SEC CHALLENGE MATCHUPS
Florida at Duke (Dec. 2)
Georgia at Florida State (Dec. 2)
North Carolina at Kentucky (Dec. 2)
Miami at Ole Miss (Dec. 2)
Missouri at Notre Dame (Dec. 2)
Oklahoma at Wake Forest (Dec. 2)
Virginia Tech at South Carolina (Dec. 2)
Tennessee at Syracuse (Dec. 2)
Texas A&M at Pittsburgh (Dec. 2)
Clemson at Alabama (Dec. 3)
Louisville at Arkansas (Dec. 3)
NC State at Auburn (Dec. 3)
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech (Dec. 3)
LSU at Boston College (Dec. 3)
Virginia at Texas (Dec. 3)
SMU at Vanderbilt (Dec. 3)