Guard Jordan Gainey drove and got a contested layup to bounce around and fall as the clock hit all zeroes, and Tennessee won 66-64 over Illinois on Saturday night in Champaign, Illinois.

Tennessee basketball has its final major nonconference game Saturday. The No. 1 Vols (9-0) face Illinois (7-2) on Saturday (5:30 p.m. ET, FOX) at State Farm Arena in Champaign, Illinois ...

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Tennessee remains No. 1 after a quiet holiday week in the AP Top 25. The Volunteers received 41 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel in The Associated Press men’s college basketball ...

Jacobi 6-12 0-0 14, Kalle 1-3 2-2 4, Fruster 8-15 0-0 18, Shelton 1-6 0-1 2, Stapleton 4-9 6-10 14, Sawyer 1-5 4-4 6, Curtis 3-8 0-1 6, Connor 0-2 0-0 0, Bolis 0-1 0-0 0, Prost 0-0 1-2 1, McMorris 0-0 ...

Egbuniwe 5-11 0-0 13, R.Johnson 3-3 0-0 7, Nicholls 3-6 4-6 10, J.Johnson 4-10 2-2 13, Layton 1-7 7-7 10, Glasgow 2-13 1-4 5, Slatten 2-7 1-3 7, Ajiboye 2-2 0-2 4, Strong 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-61 15-24 ...

BOTTOM LINE: Jaylon Johnson and Tennessee Tech take on Kooper Jacobi and Eastern Illinois in OVC action. The Panthers are 5-2 in home games. Eastern Illinois allows 73.5 points to opponents and has ...