Tennessee has entered the Texas A&M portion of its basketball schedule.
The No. 6 Volunteers will play the Aggies twice in their next five games, with the first of those meetings taking place Saturday in College Station (8 p.m. Eastern on ESPN). Tennessee defeated Texas A&M 65-50 in the championship game of the 2022 Southeastern Conference tournament in Tampa, Florida, but the Aggies held serve at home last February 68-63, which was their only meeting of the season.
Tennessee will host Texas A&M on Feb. 24.
“This time of year, all wins are huge,” Vols assistant coach Justin Gainey said Friday in a news conference, “but these are must wins for the home team, because you’ve got to take care of your home court. Texas A&M is a good team wanting to get to the NCAA tournament, and if you want to get there, you’ve got to take care of your home court.
“That’s the same way we feel. We have a sense of urgency when we’re at home, and we come in expecting everybody’s best punch this time of year.”