# Tennessee vs. Duke Exhibition Game Details

> Tennessee Volunteers face Duke Blue Devils in exhibition game on Oct 20, 2026.
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- Published: 2026-10-20T17:17:51+00:00
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## Tennessee vs. Duke Exhibition Game
Tennessee Volunteers and Duke Blue Devils play final exhibition game before November season starts.
## Game Details
Game on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT in Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina.
## Viewing Options
Watch on ACC Network, stream via ESPN App, live updates on Vols on SI.
## Rick Barnes Sets the Mood
Coach Rick Barnes says team needs to learn from exhibition games and fix defensive issues.

> I think everything’s good. I mean, we know that we’ve got a lot to learn just by being out and playing against somebody else, and there were some things in the first half that were good. We should have scored more points than we did in the first half. The second half, it really got down to when we hit some adversity, we just stopped altogether playing defense and rebounding, just think we’re gonna shoot the ball and think that’s gonna be good enough. We knew that would rear its head at some point in time; we knew that.
## Team Status
Tyler Lundblade won't play again but is making progress; Jalen Washington's status unknown.

> But their attitudes have been good. I know they wanna be a good basketball team. But we haven’t been able to put the whole team together yet. Obviously, with Tyler (Lundblade), I don’t think he’ll play again tomorrow, but he’s making progress. And Jalen (Washington’s) status, we don’t know. But with that, we’re still trying to figure out a lot of things with this group. But we will figure it out
## Coach's View
Barnes says team is learning new system and needs coaching to improve fundamentals.

> That’s why I love these exhibition games, because you get a chance to let those things happen. And then, obviously, we’ve got a good group of guys. They wanna learn, but they don’t know what they don’t know right now. There’s some elementary things that we feel like that they should, but that’s not their fault, because we’re learning a whole new system and some of that we’ve got to do better jobs as coaches to teach them some of these things.
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## Key takeaway

Tennessee basketball team plays Duke in exhibition game on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.