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Texas vs. Tennessee: How to watch Madison Booker and the Longhorns face Lady Vols in Sweet 16

We get an awesome Sweet 16 draw in shades of orange on Saturday, with top-seeded Texas taking on the venerable women’s hoops institution of Tennessee. This is a standout rivalry with its first-ever postseason stakes. Madison Booker and her Longhorns tip off as favorites to reach the Elite Eight.
How to watch No. 1 Texas vs. No. 5 Tennessee
- What: Birmingham 3 Regional, Sweet 16
- Venue: Legacy Arena at The BJCC — Birmingham, Ala.
- Time: 3:30 p.m. ET, Saturday
- TV: ABC
- Streaming: Fubo (try for free)
- Watching in-person? Get tickets on StubHub.
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These two programs scheduled annual non-conference meetings dating back to 1982, when the Vols were led by Pat Summitt and Jody Conradt was new to Austin. Saturday will be their first-ever meeting in March, giving an already-hyped matchup extra juice.
Texas is formidable — 33-3 after dominating the first weekend of the Madness, with first-team All-American Madison Booker getting buckets off supreme gracefulness. She’s quick on her feet, soft on her release and automatic from midrange, coming into Birmingham with consecutive 20-point tourney games.
Vic Schaefer’s squad loves to get down low, with Booker and shot-swatting senior Taylor Jones among the nation’s best in the frontcourt. Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda broke out off the bench in the Illini win, dropping 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting. The team won without making a single 3. What year is this?!
Tennessee is the clear underdog, but it’s already shown that it can hang here. Both sides rebooted the rivalry in January with Texas’ transfer to the SEC, and the Lady Vols lost by just four points inside a hostile Moody Center. They made more than half of their treys in that loss, and kept pace with massive Booker and Jones performances. Ruby Whitehorn was feeling it with 21 points; Zee Spearman added 14 in 18 minutes. Tennessee tactician Kim Caldwell missed that Jan. 23 game after giving birth to her first child.
The Vols started slow against Ohio State in the Round of 32, but closed out on the strength of fiery Talaysia Cooper.
This matchup can also be streamed on ESPN+ and Disney+.
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What To Know About Pitching Matchup For Tennessee vs. Cincinnati In Knoxville Regional | Rocky Top Insider


Tennessee baseball earned its 10th straight home regional win Friday night, knocking off Miami (Ohio) 9-2 in a drama free win at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The Vols’ win sets the stage for a matchup against three-seed Cincinnati, who defeated Wake Forest 11-6 in Friday’s opener.
Right-handed pitcher Marcus Phillips is getting the ball for Tennessee after serving as a weekend starter his entire junior season. Phillips has posted a 3-4 record, 3.74 ERA and 1.27 WHIP entering the first NCAA Tournament start of his career.
The issue for Phillips has been managing the run game. SEC teams exploited Phillips’ slow delivery in the regular season with Kentucky stealing eight bases against him, Ole Miss stealing seven and two others stealing four.
Vitello wanted Phillips to be more persistent throwing over to first base while also varying his timing with runners on base. The junior has been much better with it his last two outings with neither Arkansas nor Alabama swiping a bag against him in a total of 8.1 innings pitched.
But that challenge gets much greater against Cincinnati. Arkansas and Alabama are two of the least aggressive teams on the base paths in the SEC. The Bearcats entered the weekend ranked 14th nationally in stolen bases this season.
Tennessee’s bullpen sits in a great spot behind Phillips. The Vols needed only seldom used relievers Austin Breedlove and Andrew Behnke against Miami (Ohio) and has top arms AJ Russell, Nate Snead and Brandon Arvidson fully ready to roll.
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Ace Liam Doyle helped preserve the Vols’ bullpen by tossing 6.2 innings against Miami (Ohio) Friday night. The Redhawks made him work early with the SEC Pitcher of the Year throwing 66 pitches to record his first nine outs and 38 pitches to record the next 11 outs.
“It was huge,” Vitello said. “It is about tonight, or at least was, but you do have a tournament, again, you’re in the middle of. For him to do that, not only—I’m sure he feels good about and it helped capitalize on the runs we were scoring in the middle of the game—but put us in a good position with our bullpen.”
Like Tennessee, Cincinnati has an easy decision to role with its second most used starter this season in the critical regional matchup.
“Yeah, Kellen O’Connor for sure tomorrow,” Cincinnati head coach Jordan Bischel said. ”You can put that one in stone, outside of a bus accident or something.”
O’Connor has started 11 games for the Bearcats this season, posting a 3-2 record, 4.61 ERA and 1.22 WHIP in 66.1 innings pitched. A 5-foot-10 lefty, O’Connor has done a little bit of everything for Cincinnati this season.
The Cal State Bakersfield transfer came out of the bullpen three times last week in the Big 12 Tournament allowing a total of two runs in four innings pitched. His best outing of the year came in a complete game against Texas Tech back in April.
Right-handed reliever Michael Conte (2.14 ERA in 21 innings pitched) threw 34 pitches on Friday while right-handed pitcher Adam Buczkowski (5.68 ERA in 31.2 innings) threw 12 pitches.
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Tennessee's Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 7 – WBBJ TV

JACKSON, Tenn. — Get ready to reel one in: Tennessee’s annual Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 7.
According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, on June 7, all state residents and visitors of any age may fish without a license in Tennessee’s public waters.
TWRA’s website states that additionally, youth ages 15 or younger may fish for free the entire week, beginning on June 7 and continuing through the following Friday, June 13.
TWRA says this free fishing opportunity has been ongoing in the state since 1991.
FROM TWRA:
Bobby Wilson Free Fishing Day and Free Fishing Week applies to Tennessee’s public waters, TWRA owned and operated lakes, and state park facilities. Some privately owned pay lakes continue to charge during this special day and week. Anglers will need to consult with those operators if there are any questions about a facility.
The day is named in honor of Bobby Wilson, who retired in 2022 after more than 40 years of service to the TWRA.
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