Where to watch and how to follow Kentucky’s men’s NCAA Tournament game vs. Tennessee

Where to watch and how to follow Friday’s men’s basketball NCAA Tournament game in the Sweet 16 between Mark Pope and the No. 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats (24-11, 10-8 SEC regular season) and Rick Barnes and the No. 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers (29-7, 12-6 SEC regular season):

Game time is 7:39 p.m. EDT at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Television

Network: TBS/truTV

Announcers: Play-by-play, Andrew Catalon; analysis, Steve Lappas; and sideline, Evan Washburn

Where to find TBS and truTV:

TBS

Spectrum cable: Channel 18

DISH Network: Channel 139

DirecTV: Channel 247

U-verse: Channel 112 (high definition Channel 1112)

truTV

Spectrum cable: Channel 48

DISH Network: Channel 242

DirecTV: Channel 246

U-verse: Channel 164 (high definition Channel 1164)

Radio

Over the air: WLAP-AM 630, WBUL-FM 98.1

Statewide list of UK radio network affiliates: Click here

UK Sports Network broadcast team: Play-by-play, Tom Leach; analysis, Jack Givens

Satellite radio: XM Channel 202, Sirius Channel 209, Internet Channel 964

Internet

Live updates: Join the conversation during the game at Kentucky.com.

Live video: After signing in with your TV provider, you can live stream the game online at NCAA March Madness Live.

Twitter: @johnclayiv; @markcstory; @cdrummond97; @kentuckysports; @heraldleader

Bluesky: @BenRobertsHL; @kentuckysports

Facebook: Photos and links on Kentucky.com and KentuckySports.com pages

The Kentucky roster: Click here

The Tennessee roster: Click here

How Kentucky and Tennessee match up: Click here

Read about this season’s first Kentucky-Tennessee game: Click here

Read about this season’s second Kentucky-Tennessee game: Click here

Kentucky vs. Tennessee series history: Click here

Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament history: Click here

Tennessee’s NCAA Tournament history: Click here

The odds: Click here

For comprehensive postgame coverage: Kentucky.com

This story was originally published March 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM.

Mark Story

Lexington Herald-Leader

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Mark Story has worked in the Lexington Herald-Leader sports department since Aug. 27, 1990, and has been a Herald-Leader sports columnist since 2001. I have covered every Kentucky-Louisville football game since 1994, every UK-U of L basketball game but three since 1996-97 and every Kentucky Derby since 1994. Support my work with a digital subscription