Tennessee basketball unveils new alternate uniforms for 2026-27 season
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Tennessee basketball has given its fans plenty to cheer about in recent years, despite falling just short of the Final Four for the past 3 seasons.
Rick Barnes has led the Volunteers to 3 straight Elite Eight appearances, and Tennessee is loaded and ready for another run at that elusive first Final Four in program history when the 2026-27 season gets going on Tuesday night. The Vols are ranked 8th in the AP poll going into the season and will host Wofford in that first matchup, with a 6 p.m. ET tipoff on SEC Network.
That will give Tennessee fans their first taste of this season’s restocked Volunteers team, but there is another so-called taste that those Tennessee fans will be getting exactly 2 weeks later, when the Vols host No. 6 Michigan State in a power-packed matchup on Nov. 17 that will tip at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
So, what’s so special about Nov. 17, other than on paper its sets up as a fantastic early season showdown between elite programs who are ranked in the top 10 in the preseason AP poll? Well, it comes back to that “taste thing,” because on that night Tennessee will debut its new Adidas cream uniforms.
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That’s right, Tennessee fans. The Vols will be wearing cream jerseys against the Spartans that might make you want to order some ice cream, as the Tennessee basketball social media account pointed to with Friday afternoon’s big announcement, dropping this video that comes with a sweet tooth:
Tennessee has been painfully close to making the Final Four a lot in recent years, as its fans have dealt with that heartbreak of falling just short a ton lately. This season will be another chance for the Volunteers to finally break through and make their first Final Four in program history, and here is what the current Kalshi market odds look like:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
