NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Belmont University women’s basketball program and ninth-year head coach Bart Brooks announced a home-and-home series with the University of Tennessee on Friday afternoon. The Bruins will visit Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Thursday, Nov. 13 this fall before hosting the eight-time national champion Lady Volunteers at the Curb Event Center in 2026.

Tennessee has won the second-most national championships of any NCAA women’s basketball program.

The date of Belmont’s home game with the Lady Vols during the non-conference portion of the 2026-27 season will be announced next summer.

The two teams last met in the 2022 NCAA Tournament in Knoxville where the 12th-seeded Bruins came within a ball bounce of reaching the Sweet 1

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