The Lady Vols now know when they’ll head to Nashville for the return trip to Belmont.
Tennessee will play the Bruins on Nov. 17, 2026, with the road game set as the second meeting in a home-and-home series the programs agreed to last year. Tip time and TV details have not been announced.
The first matchup went Tennessee’s way. The Lady Vols held off Belmont 68-58 at home on Nov. 13, 2025.
“It is always significant to host programs of national prominence at the Curb Event Center,” Belmont head coach Bart Brooks said. “I give the University of Tennessee and their coaching staff tremendous credit for their willingness to return our series to Belmont. This promises to be a special night and a great game for both fan bases to get excited about.”
The 2026 meeting will be the 13th all-time between the teams and the fifth time they’ve played in Nashville. The series is dead even at 6-6, though Belmont has been perfect at home in the matchup, going 4-0.
Tennessee’s out-of-conference slate for 2026-27 is starting to take shape, too. The Lady Vols are also scheduled to visit Virginia Tech on Dec. 3 for the ACC-SEC Challenge in Blacksburg, where the Hokies own an 8-4 edge in the series. The most recent meeting came in the Sweet 16 on March 25, 2023, when Virginia Tech won 73-64.
For now, Belmont is the latest confirmed stop on a schedule that still has room to fill in.
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