The Southeastern Conference released each school's league opponents for the 2021-22 men's basketball season Wednesday.
Tennessee's 18-game SEC schedule will contain home games against Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. The Volunteers, who went 18-9 last season, have conference road trips scheduled to Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
In addition to Tennessee's three permanent home-and-home series with Kentucky, South Carolina and Vanderbilt, the Vols also will play home-and-home series against Arkansas and LSU. Both Eric Musselman's Razorbacks and Will Wade's Tigers reached last season's NCAA tournament, with Arkansas advancing to the Elite Eight before losing to eventual national champion Baylor.
Tennessee defeated visiting Arkansas 79-74 in early January, which wound up being a rare loss for the 25-7 Razorbacks. The Vols were not as fortunate when they traveled to Baton Rouge in mid-February, falling 78-65 to an LSU team that wound up 19-10 after losing an NCAA second-round contest to Michigan.
The SEC announced that times, dates and television information for the upcoming season will be revealed at a later date.
Tennessee released information on its nonconference schedule last month.
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