The unbeaten Arizona Wildcats take their perfect record to one of the biggest college basketball stages in the country, both literally and figuratively, when they face the Tennessee Volunteers on Wednesday night.
Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., has a capacity of 21,678, which is the fourth-largest in Division I and third-largest for an on-campus arena. This year the 19th-ranked Vols (8-2) are averaging more than 16,000 fans, which ranks seventh in Division I, and in the last two non-COVID seasons they drew around 19,000 per game to rank fourth nationally.
No. 6 Arizona (11-0) is 2-0 on the road this season, winning by 25 at Oregon State and rallying from 13 down in the first half to beat Illinois.