It’s Gameday on Rocky Top, with the 2-seed Tennessee Volunteers taking on 3-seed Purdue in the Sweet 16 of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Here’s the Gameday Gameplan for Vols fans. Where and when to find the Vols game, what other games to watch, and what to listen to and read as you wait for kickoff.
When is the Vols game, and what TV channel is it on?
Here are the particulars for today’s Tennessee game against the Purdue Boilermakers:
- Tipoff: 7:29
- TV: TBS
- Official video streaming: March Madness Online
- Official audio streaming: Vol Network (maybe?)
- Live stats
The entire Sweet 16 TV schedule
Here’s the full Sweet 16 schedule:
| Date | Time | TV | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | #4 Florida State | #1 Gonzaga | 7:09 PM | CBS |
| Thursday | #3 Purdue | #2 Tennessee | 7:29 PM | TBS |
| Thursday | #3 Texas Tech | #2 Michigan | 9:39 PM | CBS |
| Thursday | #12 Oregon | #1 Virginia | 9:57 PM | TBS |
| Friday | #3 LSU | #2 Michigan State | 7:09 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #5 Auburn | #1 North Carolina | 7:29 PM | TBS |
| Friday | #4 Virginia Tech | #1 Duke | 9:39 PM | CBS |
| Friday | #3 Houston | #2 Kentucky | 9:59 PM | TBS |
With only 16 teams left, you really should watch all of the games, but assuming Tennessee wins tonight, they’ll advance to face the winner of Virginia-Oregon, so you will want to be sure to at least catch that one.
Pre-game prep
While you wait for the tip, here’s some stuff to read to get you ready. It includes our pre-game stuff from earlier this week plus stuff worth reading and watching from other sites:
Our pre-game articles this week:
- Tennessee vs Purdue: Who Rules The Rim
- Tennessee-Purdue four-factors preview: GET THE BALL
- Hoops Recruiting: While Still Dancing, Tennessee Preparing for 2019 Openings
Pre-game interviews
Other Vols stuff worth reading today
- MUST READ: In Tennessee vs. Purdue, it’s Lamonte Turner vs. Carsen Edwards, via 247Sports
- Mission against Purdue clear: Contain Carsen Edwards, via VolQuest
- Rucker: Local ties bind Tennessee, Purdue, via 247Sports
- What Tennessee, Purdue players said about Sweet 16 matchup, via 247Sports
Behind the paywalls
Both of these are Must Read as well. It’s just that you need a subscription to do it:
- As hard as the Vols worked to get here, they are determined…, via The Athletic
- From video games to the Sweet 16: How Tennessee’s Kyle…, via The Athletic
I am excited, I am nervous, I am glad that we have a team that is playing an important and meaningful game again. It’s been a while.
A win would be great and I’d probably go to Louisville on Saturday. A loss would sting, but it wouldn’t diminish the success they’ve had this year.
Regardless of the outcome, I do not regret the investment of time and energy and emotion to follow these guys the last 2 years.
Well said. Right there with ya.
Whatever happens in this game, I just want to record that I am in genuine awe that we are up right now.
That one is gonna sting for a while.