Women's basketball begins for real with a tipoff in Knoxville against the Bears.
TV/STREAM: SECN+ (Online only)
STATS: The not-totally-horrible-but-still-a-massive-downgrade UT Gametracker
Lady Vols season officially begins with a home game against the Central Arkansas Bears of the Southland Conference. Last year, the Bears finished 17-14 with a 215 RPI rating. (Wait, hold on ... checks ... no, they're not on Baylor's schedule. Huh. I guess they didn't want any Bear-on-Bear violence.) The game will serve as the official welcoming party for freshmen Te'a Cooper and Meme Jackson, and will give Tennessee their first regular season look at Mercedes Russell in over a year.