Tennessee (16-7, 6-4 SEC) will play at Mississippi State (11-12, 3-7 SEC) on Wednesday in Southeastern Conference basketball play.
Tipoff between the Vols and Bulldogs is slated for 9 p.m. EST at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi. ESPN2 will televise the matchup with Roy Philpott (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst) on the call.
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Tennessee leads the all-time basketball series, 91-46, against the Bulldogs. Rick Barnes is 12-4 versus Mississippi State as the Vols’ head coach.
Beginning with the 2024-25 athletics calendar, the SEC made it mandatory for schools to provide public reports on availability of student-athletes to participate in each conference game in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball.
A Tennessee-Mississippi State initial availability report is listed below for Wednesday’s basketball game in SEC play.
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Tennessee-Mississippi State basketball game injury report
Tennessee junior forward Cade Phillips is out. He will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 basketball season due to a recurring shoulder injury.
“We will sincerely miss having Cade on the court and he is certainly disappointed that he won’t be able to play the rest of the regular season, but it’s essential he gets healthy,” Barnes said on Dec. 8, 2025. “Cade did all he could to play through this injury as long as possible.”
Freshman guard Clarence Massamba is also listed as out for the Vols against Mississippi State.
All Mississippi State players are listed as available.
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