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Rick Barnes’ second Tennessee team will face a variety of difficult non-conference foes and the usual SEC grind, as the 2016-17 basketball schedule was released today. Non-conference dates with North Carolina, Gonzaga, and Georgia Tech are the highlights, plus the annually-loaded Maui Invitational field. The Vols draw Kansas State in Knoxville as part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
The SEC rotation gives Tennessee Kentucky, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt home-and-home every year. This season the Vols will also play the state of Mississippi twice in the rotation.
The full schedule:
| Day | Date | Opponent | Time | TV |
| Fri | Nov 11 | Chattanooga | TBA | TBA |
| Tue | Nov 15 | Appalachian State | TBA | TBA |
| Mon | Nov 21 | Wisconsin (Maui) | 2:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| Tue | Nov 22 | Georgetown/Oregon (Maui) | TBA | TBA |
| Wed | Nov 23 | UCONN/UNC/Okla. St./Chaminade (Maui) | TBA | TBA |
| Sat | Dec 3 | Georgia Tech | TBA | TBA |
| Tue | Dec 6 | Presbyterian | TBA | TBA |
| Sun | Dec 11 | at North Carolina | 5:00 PM | ESPN |
| Tue | Dec 13 | Tennessee Tech | TBA | TBA |
| Thu | Dec 15 | Lipscomb | TBA | TBA |
| Sun | Dec 18 | Gonzaga (Nashville) | 4:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| Thu | Dec 22 | at ETSU | TBA | TBA |
| Thu | Dec 29 | at Texas A&M | 9:00 PM | SEC Network |
| Tue | Jan 3 | Arkansas | 6:30 PM | SEC Network |
| Sat | Jan 7 | at Florida | 5:15 PM | ESPN2 |
| Wed | Jan 11 | South Carolina | 6:30 PM | SEC Network |
| Sat | Jan 14 | at Vanderbilt | 8:30 PM | SEC Network |
| Tue | Jan 17 | at Ole Miss | 9:00 PM | SEC Network |
| Sat | Jan 21 | Mississippi State | 6:00 PM | SEC Network |
| Tue | Jan 24 | Kentucky | 9:00 PM | ESPN |
| Sat | Jan 28 | Kansas State (SEC/Big 12 Challenge) | 2:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| Tue | Jan 31 | at Auburn | 9:00 PM | SEC Network |
| Sat | Feb 4 | at Mississippi State | 3:30 PM | SEC Network |
| Wed | Feb 8 | Ole Miss | 6:30 PM | SEC Network |
| Sat | Feb 11 | Georgia | 4:00 PM | ESPNU |
| Tue | Feb 14 | at Kentucky | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
| Sat | Feb 18 | Missouri | 1:00 PM | SEC Network |
| Wed | Feb 22 | Vanderbilt | 6:30 PM | SEC Network |
| Sat | Feb 25 | at South Carolina | 1:00 PM | SEC Network |
| Wed | Mar 1 | at LSU | 7:00 PM | SEC Network |
| Sat | Mar 4 | Alabama | 1:00 PM | SEC Network |