(utsports.com) – The University of Tennessee announced Wednesday morning an agreement with Purdue University for a two-year, home-and-home series in men’s basketball.

The Volunteers will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., next season for the first game of the series, which is set for Dec. 12, 2026, at Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers will make a return visit to Knoxville the following season for a Dec. 11, 2027, contest at Food City Center.

Tennessee and Purdue, approximately 425 miles apart, have squared off seven times in a series that dates to 1980. The Volunteers are 2-5 in those affairs, including 1-0 at home, 0-1 on the road and 1-4 at neutral sites.

The first two meetings took place at campus sites, with Tennessee winning a 78-69 home tilt on Dec. 6, 1980, and then dropping an 82-68

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