No. 4 Tennessee Basketball in Oklahoma

After three straight home games, No. 4 Tennessee goes back on the road to start a stretch of four of the next five games away from home starting at Oklahoma On Saturday. Tipoff is scheduled for noon at ESPN at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.

Tennessee (19-4, 6-4 sec) went 2-1 over his three-game Home Stand and jumped back from a 78-73 loss to No. 12 Kentucky on January 28 with a 64-44 win over Nr. 5 Florida last Saturday and an 85-81 win over No. 15 Missouri Wednesday.

Oklahoma (16-6, 3-6) has lost six of its last nine games after starting the season with a perfect 13-0 record. The Soners are 3-2 over their last five-they lost 98-70 on No. 1 Auburn on Tuesday-after having started the SEC game with four even losses.

No. 4 Tennessee in Oklahoma

Starting time: Saturday, noon eastern time

TV: Espn

Streaming: ESPN App or Watchsespn.com

Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. Vol Network Radio Broadcast can be heard at Local affiliated companies throughout Tennessee.

Kenpom -predict: Tennessee 70, Oklahoma 67 (62% chance of winning)

The line: Tennessee -5.5

A closer look: Oklahoma Sooners

Oklahoma started the season a perfect 13-0 and then lost four directly to start the SEC game: in Alabama, Texas A&M, in Georgia and Texas.

The Soners Since then have won three of their last five, beat South Carolina and Vanderbilt at home and lost at Texas A&M last week and on Auburn Tuesday.

Oklahoma is No. 36 overall in Kenpom.com Rating, ranked No. 15 in adjusted offensive efficiency, scored 119.7 points per 100 possessions and no. 68 in adjusted defensive efficiency and gives up 100.9 points per 100 belongings.

They are soon ranked as No. 38 in The net With a 4-6 record in Quad 1 games and a combined 12-0 record in Quad 2, 3 and 4 games.

Tennessee is No. 4 overall in Kenpom Assessments, ranked No. 1 on Defense (89.6) and No. 33 on offense (117.4). VOLS is also No. 4 in The net With a 7-4 Quad 1 record and a combined 12-0 record in Quad 2, 3 and 4.

Head coach Porter mossesIn its fourth season at Oklahoma, is 68-49 with The Sooners, including a 20-12 finish last season.

He spent the previous 10 seasons at Loyola Chicago and took Ramblers on an Cinderella race for Final Four in 2018, a path that included a victory over No. 3-seed Tennessee in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Dallas. Loyola won 26 games and went back to Sweet 16 in 2021 before Moser traveled to Oklahoma.

They are soon led by forward Jalon Moore And guard Jeremiah fears. Moore, a Georgia Tech transfer, lead the teams of scoring and rebounding, with 17.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per year. Match. Fear, a true beginner and former four-star view, average 15.9 points, 4.2 assists and 3.8 rebounds per day. Match.

Oklahoma is currently being projected as a No. 9 seed in the NCAA tournament As per the latest bracketology update from ESPNs Joe Lunardi.