Tennessee (22-11, 11-7 SEC) basketball earned a six seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Vols will open tournament play on Friday at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tennessee will face No. 11 seed Miami University or No. 11 seed SMU in the first round. The winner will advance to play No. 3 seed Virginia or No. 14 seed Wright State in the second round.
Miami and SMU will face each other on Wednesday in a play-in game at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio.
Tipoff between Tennessee and the winner of Miami-SMU is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. EDT on Friday (CBS).
The men’s basketball bracket was announced Sunday for the NCAA Tournament, including 31 automatic bids and 37 at-large schools. The NCAA Tournament First Four will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, while the first round will be contested Thursday and Friday.
The Final Four is scheduled for April 4-6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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