SEC Sets 25-26 Men's basketball schedule

[Freak]

FULL 2025-26 SEC SCHEDULE
Jan. 3 – at Arkansas
JAN. 6/7 – TEXAS
Jan. 10 – at Florida
JAN. 13/14 – TEXAS A&M
JAN. 17 – KENTUCKY
Jan. 24 – at Alabama
Jan. 27/28 – at Georgia
JAN. 31 – AUBURN
FEB. 3/4 – OLE MISS
Feb. 7 – at Kentucky
Feb. 11 – at Mississippi State
FEB. 14 – LSU
FEB. 17/18 – OKLAHOMA
Feb. 21 – at Vanderbilt
Feb. 24 – at Missouri
FEB. 28 – ALABAMA
March 3/4 – at South Carolina
MARCH 7 – VANDERBILT

SEC Sets 2024-25 Men’s Basketball Slate - University of Tennessee Athletics

The Southeastern Conference announced Wednesday afternoon the league schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 men's basketball season.

utsports.com

 

[Freak]

 

[vavolfan6]

The whole month of January is brutal.

 

[Legion of Doom]

The whole month of January is brutal.

Vols will be fine. Very easy last part of schedule heading into tournament. Alabama and Auburn are down this year.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Great home schedule. We get home games against Kentucky, Auburn, and Alabama.

 

[cncchris33]

Vols will be fine. Very easy last part of schedule heading into tournament. Alabama and Auburn are down this year.

LOL...Bama and Auburn are down about like Tennessee is "down", which is to say they aren't. Those teams reload, especially in the portal era. You proclaimed Florida wasn't going to be any good, too.

 

[NighthawkVol]

LOL...Bama and Auburn are down about like Tennessee is "down", which is to say they aren't. Those teams reload, especially in the portal era. You proclaimed Florida wasn't going to be any good, too.

I think both will be good, but they won’t be as good as they were last year.

 

[Orangeslide]

first 3 road games will be tough. At Arkansas, Florida, and Bama. In Barnes we trust!

 

[cncchris33]

I think both will be good, but they won’t be as good as they were last year.

Maybe not, but when I hear the term "down," that indicates a significant drop-off to me. I don't think either will be significantly worse than they were last year. I think the SEC in general won't be as good as last year, but that's because the conference was generationally good last year.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Maybe not, but when I hear the term "down," that indicates a significant drop-off to me. I don't think either will be significantly worse than they were last year. I think the SEC in general won't be as good as last year, but that's because the conference was generationally good last year.

Agree, although it may be better at the middle and bottom this year. Just won’t have as many elite type Final 4 contenders at the top. But Georgia, aTm, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Vandy could all be a little better than they were last year.

 

[scvol98]

By early March I can hopefully pick up some cheap tickets to USCe

 

[Legion of Doom]

LOL...Bama and Auburn are down about like Tennessee is "down", which is to say they aren't. Those teams reload, especially in the portal era. You proclaimed Florida wasn't going to be any good, too.

Auburn just lost their core of their roster and Alabama did as well. Neither team has a huge incoming portal class that is at level of Florida or Kentucky. Vols are clearly a better team on paper than Auburn and Alabama.

Bart Torvik has Vols at 13 and Kentucky at 14. Florida is definitely favorite at 5 but they have a new group of guard. Personally I don’t think them losing those 3 guards was a good thing for them. Alabama was 20th and Auburn 26th.

 

[Orangeblooded615]

Really solid schedule. Away games aren't as hard. And it's front loaded. Hopefully we are in good form by the start of Sec play.

 

[cncchris33]

Auburn just lost their core of their roster and Alabama did as well. Neither team has a huge incoming portal class that is at level of Florida or Kentucky. Vols are clearly a better team on paper than Auburn and Alabama.

Bart Torvik has Vols at 13 and Kentucky at 14. Florida is definitely favorite at 5 but they have a new group of guard. Personally I don’t think them losing those 3 guards was a good thing for them. Alabama was 20th and Auburn 26th.

Fwiw, 247 ranks Auburn and Alabama's portal classes ahead of Tennessee's. ESPN ranks Auburn's class ahead of Tennessee and Alabama. And on3 ranks Tennessee's ahead of both schools. So, it's a crapshoot.

You acknowledge Bama and Auburn lost the entire core of their team...what do you think happened to Tennessee? Same with Florida's backcourt. They're all reloading large portions of their rosters. Bama returns 3 of their top-5 scorers, so they had less in terms of needs in the portal.

I'm just saying every one of those teams is going to be just fine. Will they all four be vying for a 1-seed in February? Highly doubtful. So, if your definition of down is vying for a 2, 3, or 4 seed, then yeah, they had nowhere to go but down.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Really solid schedule. Away games aren't as hard. And it's front loaded. Hopefully we are in good form by the start of Sec play.

Uh……are we looking at the same schedule??