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Arkansas basketball availability report – Tennessee week
The first availability report for Arkansas basketball’s (11-2, 0-0 SEC) matchup against the No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers (13-0, 0-0 SEC) was released by the Southeastern Conference on Friday.
Introduced over the offseason, availability reports will be filed one day before contests, with an additional update on game day.
According to the SEC, student-athletes will be designated as “available”, “probable”, “doubtful” or “out” for their next game. For additional clarity on game day, student-athletes will be designated as “available”, “game time decision” or “out.”
Below is the first availability report of the week ahead of Arkansas’ game against Tennessee, which will tip off at noon CT at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee:
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Tennessee Titans 2025 opponents set with fourth-place AFC South schedule
The Tennessee Titans’ full list of 2025 opponents is set as the fourth-place team in the AFC South.
Tennessee will play six divisional games, plus games against teams from the AFC West and NFC West. The Titans also will also play the Browns, Saints and Patriots as fellow last-place teams from their respective divisions.
The Titans’ offseason became more interesting on Sunday when they earned the No. 1 overall pick in April’s NFL draft via the Week 18 loss to Houston and New England’s win over Buffalo.
Here’s the full list of the Titans regular-season opponents in 2025.
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- Houston Texans
- Indianapolis Colts
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Los Angeles Chargers
- Los Angeles Rams
- Seattle Seahawks
- New England Patriots
- New Orleans Saints
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- Las Vegas Raiders
- San Francisco 49ers
- Arizona Cardinals
- Cleveland Browns
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John Calipari on rebounding deficit vs. Tennessee: ‘We’ve got to do some soul searching’
The Arkansas Razorbacks ran into a buzzsaw with the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday. Almost immediately, head coach John Calipari saw his team go down and struggle to come back from their early deficit.
Following the game, John Calipari immediately pointed to rebounding as the main issue in the game. It was that dominance on the boards that cost the Razorbacks and now means the Razorbacks are going to need some soul searching moving forward.
“They kind of manhandled us,” John Calipari said. “I can’t remember the last time I had a team get beat by 30 rebounds, and so we got to do some soul searching because this league, what they play like, everybody plays like. So we miss free throws, we miss threes and we get out-rebounded by 30, aren’t you like, how did you only get beat by 25? It could have been 50. But hats off to Tennessee. They’re the number one team for a reason and they did it to us.”
In the end, Tennessee won the game 76-52. That was on the back of a 51-29 rebounding gap between the two teams. Arkansas had just nine offensive rebounds compared to 24 offensive rebounds by the Volunteers. That, when combined with Tennessee outshooting Arkansas, made for a challenge that they weren’t able to overcome.
“Well, first of all, we only had one guy go to try to offensive rebound. They had more offensive rebounds than we had rebounds,” Calipari said. “I want you to hear what I just said. How did we — all I kept saying in the second half, let’s get it to single digits. If we do something good, they get an offensive rebound. We do something good, they get an offensive rebound. We make it 13, they get two offensive rebounds, two threes. And you look around, like, ‘Guys, it has nothing to do with anything but rebounding.’”
For the season, Arkansas has had its issues rebounding. The Razorbacks are 217th in the country in rebounds per game, averaging 35.71 rebounds per game.
“If I play a smaller team, guards have got to rebound defensively. I don’t need you to offensive rebound, but defensively you got to come up with the ball. So we could play a bigger team with Adou [Thiero] at the three,” Calipari said. “But like I said, he didn’t play well today. He’s probably had one of those this year. So in 14 games, he’s had one other dud. He had it here, couldn’t make a free throw, and then he shoots an air-ball three. That’s not who he is, but give them credit. They made him play that way.”
The schedule doesn’t get easier from here for Arkansas and John Calipari. Ole Miss comes to town on Wednesday before Florida will then make their presence felt on Saturday. Both of those teams are currently ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll. So, fixing the rebounding issue is going to be vital right away.
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Tennessee college basketball is final undefeated team this season under coach Rick Barnes
Tennessee basketball is the final undefeated team in Division I men’s college basketball this season.
The No. 1 Vols moved to 14-0 with a 76-52 win against Arkansas on Saturday, while Florida and Oklahoma lost in their SEC openers.
No. 5 Florida fell 106-100 to No. 11 Kentucky at Rupp Arena for its first loss after a 13-0 start. No. 10 Oklahoma tumbled 107-79 to No. 6 Alabama at Coleman Coliseum after the Sooners also started 13-0.
Drake (12-1), which entered 2025 without a loss, was beaten by UIC 74-70 on Jan. 1.
The Vols (14-0, 1-0 SEC) play at Florida (13-1, 0-1) on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPNU).
Tennessee’s start is tied for the best in program history. The 1922-23 Vols also opened 14-0 in a 17-game season.
UT has been ranked No. 1 for four straight weeks, which is tied for the longest streak in program history. It likely will hold the top spot Monday for a record fifth week. The Vols also were ranked No. 1 for four weeks in the 2018-19 season.
UT was ranked No. 12 in the preseason coaches poll, and moved up to No. 9 after starting the season 2-0 with wins against Gardner-Webb and at Louisville. It stayed No. 9 after going 4-0.
Tennessee rolled through the Baha Mar Championship with wins against Virginia and Baylor to reach 6-0 and rise to No. 6. It hopped to No. 3 after beating UT Martin before ascending to No. 1.
Mike Wilson covers University of Tennessee athletics. Email him at michael.wilson@knoxnews.com and follow him on X @ByMikeWilson or Bluesky @bymikewilson.bsky.social. If you enjoy Mike’s coverage, consider a digital subscription that will allow you access to all of it.
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