Tennessee versus Kansas basketball score prediction

No. 16 Tennessee (7-0) will play its third game in the Players Era Championship. The Vols will face Kansas (5-2) on Wednesday.

Tipoff between the Vols and Jayhawks is slated for 7 p.m. EST at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The contest will be televised by TNT with Brian Anderson (play-by-play), Grant Hill (analyst) and Lauren Jbara (reporter) on the call.

Ahead of Wednesday's game, Tennessee has a 62.7 percent chance to defeat the Jayhawks, according to ESPN's Matchup Predictor. Nolan Analytics projects the Vols to defeat Kansas, 74-68.

Tennessee has recorded wins against Rutgers and Houston in the Players Era Championship.

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2025-26 Tennessee men's basketball schedule

*All times Eastern

Oct. 26 – DUKE (exhibition - L, 83-76)

Nov. 3 – MERCER (W, 76-61)

Nov. 8 – NORTHERN KENTUCKY (W, 95-56)

Nov. 12 – NORTH FLORIDA (W, 99-66)

Nov. 17 – RICE (W, 91-66)

Nov. 20 – TENNESSEE STATE (W, 89-60)

Nov. 24 – vs. Rutgers (W, 85-60 - Las Vegas, Nevada)

Nov. 25 – vs. Houston (W, 76-72 - Las Vegas, Nevada)

Nov. 26 – vs. Kansas (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Dec. 2 – at Syracuse (7 p.m. on ESPN2)

Dec. 6 – vs. Illinois (8 p.m. on ESPN)

Dec. 16 – LOUISVILLE (7 p.m. on ESPN)

Dec. 21 – GARDNER-WEBB (3 p.m. on SECN+)

Dec. 30 – SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (8 p.m. on SECN)

Jan. 3 – at Arkansas (3 p.m. on ESPN2)

Jan. 6 – TEXAS (9 p.m. on ESPN/2)

Jan. 10 – at Florida (Noon on ESPN/2)

Jan. 13 – TEXAS A&M (7 p.m. on SECN)

Jan. 17 – KENTUCKY (12 p.m. on ESPN)

Jan. 24 – at Alabama (8:30 p.m. on ESPN/2)

Jan. 27 – at Georgia (7 p.m. on SECN)

Jan. 31 – AUBURN (8:30 p.m. on ESPN)

Feb. 3 – OLE MISS (9 p.m. on ESPN2)

Feb. 7 – at Kentucky (8:30 p.m. on ESPN)

Feb. 11 – at Mississippi State (9 p.m. on ESPN2/U)

Feb. 14 – LSU (6 p.m. on SECN)

Feb. 18 – OKLAHOMA (7 p.m. on ESPN/2/U)

Feb. 21 – at Vanderbilt (2/2:30 p.m. on ESPN/2)

Feb. 24 – at Missouri (9 p.m. on SECN)

Feb. 28 – ALABAMA (6/6:30 p.m. on ESPN/2)

March 3 – at South Carolina (6 p.m. on SECN)

March 7 – VANDERBILT (2 p.m. on ESPN/2/U)

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