Eight games remain in the 2025-26 basketball regular-season for Tennessee (16-7, 6-4 SEC). The Vols are unranked for a fifth straight week in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

Tennessee has four home and four away contests remaining in the regular season: at Mississippi State, LSU, Oklahoma, at Vanderbilt, at Missouri, Alabama, at South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

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The SEC Tournament will be held March 11-15 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament is scheduled for March 15, while the First Four will take place March 17-18 and the first round will be contested March 19-20. The Final Four is scheduled for April 4-6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

On Tuesday, USA TODAY Sports released updated bracketology.

Tennessee is projected as a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament and would face No. 12 seed South Florida at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. The winner would advance to play either No. 4 seed North Carolina or No. 13 seed Troy in the second round.

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