KNOXVILLE -- Three more Tennessee basketball home games were selected for telecast Tuesday, as FOX Sports South and SportSouth announced their 2012-13 college basketball telecast schedule. All 16 of the Vols’ home games are now set to be televised, and half of those contests will be shown nationally.
The most recent TV designations affected three early non-conference clashes. Tennessee’s season-opener against Kennesaw State has been set for a 7 p.m. ET tipoff on FOX Sports South. And SportSouth will televise UT’s Dec. 13 home game against Wichita State and the Dec. 18 home tilt vs. Presbyterian regionally (both at 7 p.m. ET).
Season- as well as single-game tickets for Tennessee basketball are available for purchase by visiting www.UTtix.com or calling 1-800-332-VOLS.
The FOX Sports regional networks serving the Southeast – FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Tennessee, FOX Sports Carolinas and SportSouth – collectively reach more than 12.9 million cable and satellite households in seven states across the Southeast. They are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies, Nashville Predators, New Orleans Hornets and Indiana Pacers, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference, Conference USA, Southeastern Conference and Big 12 Conference, and offer expanded collegiate coverage of the University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks produce more than 800 live local events each year. For more information, please visit FOXSportsSouth.com, FOXSportsTennessee.com and FOXSportsCarolinas.com.
2012-13
TENNESSEE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Date Day Opponent Site Television Time
Nov. 5 Mon. Victory University (exhib) Knoxville UTsports.com 7 p.m.
Nov. 9 Fri. Kennesaw State Knoxville Fox Sports South 7 p.m.
Nov. 15 Thur. 1-UNC Asheville Bayamón, Puerto Rico ESPNU 12:30 p.m.
Nov. 16 Fri. 1-Akron or Oklahoma State Bayamón, Puerto Rico ESPNU/ESPN3 10:30 a.m. or 1 p.m.
Nov. 18 Sun. 1-TBD Bayamón, Puerto Rico ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN3 TBD
Nov. 26 Mon. Oakland Knoxville Fox Sports South 7 p.m.
Nov. 30 Fri. 2-at Georgetown Washington, D.C. ESPN 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 5 Wed. at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ESPN3 7 p.m.
Dec. 13 Thur. Wichita State Knoxville SportSouth 7 p.m.
Dec. 18 Tues. Presbyterian Knoxville SportSouth 7 p.m.
Dec. 21 Fri. Western Carolina Knoxville Fox Sports South 7 p.m.
Dec. 29 Sat. Xavier Knoxville ESPNU 6 p.m.
Jan. 4 Fri. Memphis Knoxville ESPN2 8 p.m.
Jan. 9 Wed. Ole Miss* Knoxville SEC Network 8 p.m.
Jan. 12 Sat. at Alabama* Tuscaloosa, Ala. ESPN2 1 p.m.
Jan. 15 Tues. at Kentucky* Lexington, Ky. ESPN 7 p.m.
Jan. 19 Sat. Mississippi State* Knoxville SEC Network 4 p.m.
Jan. 24 Thur. at Ole Miss* Oxford, Miss. ESPN/ESPN2 7 p.m.
Jan. 26 Sat. Alabama* Knoxville ESPN/ESPN2 2 p.m.
Jan. 29 Tues. Vanderbilt* Knoxville ESPNU 7 p.m.
Feb. 2 Sat. at Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark. ESPN2 4 p.m.
Feb. 6 Wed. Georgia* Knoxville SEC Network 8 p.m.
Feb. 10 Sun. at South Carolina* Columbia, S.C. Fox Sports South 1 p.m.
Feb. 13 Wed. at Vanderbilt* Nashville, Tenn. SEC Network 8 p.m.
Feb. 16 Sat. Kentucky* Knoxville CBS 1 p.m.
Feb. 19 Tues. LSU* Knoxville ESPNU 7 p.m.
Feb. 23 Sat. at Texas A&M* College Station, Texas SEC Network 4 p.m.
Feb. 26 Tues. Florida* Knoxville ESPN 9 p.m.
March 2 Sat. at Georgia* Athens, Ga. SEC Network 1:30 p.m.
March 6 Wed. at Auburn* Auburn, Ala. CSS 9 p.m.
March 9 Sat. Missouri* Knoxville ESPN/ESPN2 4 p.m.
March 13-17 SEC Tournament Nashville, Tenn.
March 19-20 NCAA First Round (Dayton, Ohio)
March 21 & 23 NCAA Second & Third Rounds (Auburn Hills, Mich. / Lexington, Ky. / Salt Lake City, Utah / San Jose, Calif.)
March 22 & 24 NCAA Second & Third Rounds (Austin, Texas / Dayton, Ohio / Kansas City, Mo. / Philadelphia, Pa.)
March 28 & 30 NCAA Regionals (Los Angeles, Calif. / Washington, D.C.)
March 29 & 31 NCAA Regionals (Arlington, Texas / Indianapolis, Ind.)
April 6 & 8 NCAA Final Four (Atlanta, Ga.)
Key
1-Puerto Rico Tip-Off (Coliseo Ruben Rodriquez)
2-SEC/Big East Challenge (Verizon Center)
* Southeastern Conference Game
All Times Eastern & Subject to Change
as of Oct. 23, 2012
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)