Tennessee basketball had a couple of newsworthy items surface on Thursday afternoon. The program announced a 10-day tour of Italy during the summer, where they’ll play three exhibition games.
The Volunteers will play two games against the Lithuanian U21 National Team in Florence on August 4th and 5th. Tennessee will then face Italian club team A.S. Stella Azzurra in Rome on Aug. 7. These three games will serve as our first look a three key transfers — Chris Ledlum, Dalton Knecht and Jordan Gainey.
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The team will also take a boat tour of Lake Como, a tour of the Florence Cathedral, and make stops at the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, the Colosseum and Vatican City, per the release.