What time does Purdue basketball play vs Tennessee in Elite 8? Start time, TV schedule
Purdue basketball is one win away from reaching its first Final Four since 1980.
Standing in the way is No. 2 seed Tennessee (27-8). The Volunteers took care of Creighton, 82-75, late Friday night to set up a rematch of the 2019 Sweet 16, which is remembered as the Carsen Edwards and Ryan Cline Game. That 99-94 overtime Purdue win sent the Boilermakers to their last Elite Eight appearance.
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Purdue is looking every bit a No. 1 seed, blowing out Grambling State and Utah State in the first two rounds before toying with Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 on Friday in Detroit.
Purdue vs. Tennessee in Elite 8 start time
The Boilermakers take on the Volunteers at 2:20 p.m. on Sunday, at Detroit's Little Caesars Arena.
What channel is Purdue basketball on vs Tennessee?
The Elite Eight game will be on CBS at 2:20 p.m., Sunday.
Andrew Catalan (play-by-play), Steve Lappas (analysis) and Evan Washburn (sideline) will have the call.
Radio: Purdue Sports Network (96.5 FM in Lafayette, 1260 AM in Indianapolis), with Rob Blackman (play-by-play) and Bobby Riddell (analysis).
Streaming: SiriusXM Channel 202, Varsity Network, ESPN+, Fubo, Paramount+, Sling
When was last time Purdue played Tennessee?
In a top-10 matchup in the Maui Invitational on Nov. 21, 2023, the Boilermakers beat the Vols, 71-67. Fletcher Loyer scored 27 points and Zach Edey had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Tennessee led by as many as nine points midway through the first half.
Dalton Knecht, the eventual SEC Player of the Year, led Tennessee with 15 points, while Purdue held Tennessee to 26% (8-of-30) from behind the arc.
“We knew it was going to be a physical basketball game,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said after the game. “Both teams aren't going to shy away from that, playing hard. Not many things are easy to come by.”
Zach Edey is dominating March Madness
The reigning national player of the year, and a shoe-in to repeat as college basketball's best player has been particularly dominant in this year's NCAA tournament.
He's averaging 26.6 points and 16.3 rebounds in the Boilermakers' three NCAA wins.
With his 30-point, 21-rebound performance vs. Grambling State in the first round he became the first player to reach 30-and-20 in an NCAA tournament game since Maryland’s Joe Smith in 1995. Only one other player has reached those numbers in the past 50 years: IU’s Kent Benson in 1975.
Who will Tennessee use to guard Zach Edey?
The Volunteers aren't a particularly tall group and start four guards. It'll be up to 6-11 Jonas Aidoo (12.0 ppg, 7.6 rpg) and 6-8 Tobe Awaka (5.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg) to try and slow Edey down.
Good luck.
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