MEMPHIS ADDED TO TENNESSEE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE NEXT SEASON
Tennessee and Memphis have agreed to renew their basketball rivalry starting next season. The Volunteers and Tigers will play December 15 at Memphis’ FedEx Forum in the first meeting between the programs since the 2012-2013 season. They’ll meet again at Knoxville’s Thompson-Boling Arena in the 2019-2020 season and at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena in 2020-2021. Exact dates haven’t been set. A release announcing the matchups said the Nashville game would take place sometime in December 2020. Tennessee coach Rick Barnes and new Memphis coach Penny Hardaway had said Monday the Tennessee-Memphis series would resume sometime during the upcoming season. Tennessee leads the series 14-11, though Memphis has won the last three matchups. The teams met annually from 2006-2013.