Tennessee to complete postponed home-and-home series with B1G program
By Keith Farner
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The Tennessee basketball team will complete a home-and-home series against Wisconsin next season after the original plans were disrupted by the pandemic, the program announced on Thursday.
Rick Barnes’ basketball team is set to face the Badgers at The Kohl Center on Friday, Nov. 10. The Vols hosted the Badgers in Knoxville on Dec. 28, 2019, but the return game, set for November 2020, was called off. This year’s clash concludes the two-game contract.
Tennessee trails the all-time series with Wisconsin, 3-2, which dates to 1981, and the Badgers have won each of the last 3 meetings.
Last season, the Badgers finished 20-15 (9-11 Big Ten) and advanced to the semifinals of the NIT. Earlier this month, veteran forward Tyler Wahl (11.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg) announced that he was returning for a fifth year of eligibility. With his return, UW looks to keep its 2022-23 starting core intact next season.
The Vols recently learned that Santiago Vescovi is running it back for one final year in Knoxville. Meanwhile, Chris Ledlum, a star transfer out of Harvard, committed to the Vols, as did former USC Upstate guard Jordan Gainey. The Vols finished 25-11 last season, and fell to Florida Atlantic in the Sweet 16 of this year’s NCAA Tournament.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
