Tennessee basketball beat Syracuse 96-70 in the SEC/ACC Challenge in Dec. 2024. The Vols play at Syracuse in the 2025-26 season.

The 2025 men’s basketball ACC/SEC Challenge will be contested Dec. 2-3. Tennessee will face Syracuse for a second consecutive season. The Orange will host Tennessee on Dec. 2 at JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York. A game time and ESPN network designation will be announced at a later date.

For the second straight season, SU men's basketball will take on Tennessee in the ACC/SEC Challenge, CBS’s Jon Rothstein reported Wednesday.