Tennessee basketball’s 2018-19 schedule has been released in full, and as usual, it comes with a loaded non-conference schedule.

The Vols will face Georgia Tech, Louisville, either Kansas or Marquette, Gonzaga, Memphis, Wake Forest and West Virginia outside of the conference schedule.



The SEC on Friday morning also released its full slate of games, including Cuonzo Martin’s return to Tennessee, the Vols hosting Kentucky in March and playing at Auburn on the final day of the regular season.



Tennessee will open the season with an exhibition against Tusculum on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at Thompson-Boling Arena, with a 7 p.m. Eastern Time start. The Vols host Lenoir-Rhyne, the alma mater of Rick Barnes, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, followed by a home date with Louisiana on Friday, Nov. 9.



After hosting Georgia Tech on Tuesday, Nov. 13, Tennessee will face Louisville on Nov. 21 in the NIT Season Tip-Off at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The game will tip-off at 5 p.m. Eastern Time and will be televised by ESPN2. Kansas and Marquette are on the other side of the bracket, with winners and losers from the two games playing on Friday, Nov. 23.



Tennessee will host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Sunday, Dec. 2, before playing Gonzaga in the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix on Sunday, Dec. 9. Memphis hosts the Vols on Saturday, Dec. 15, the first of a three-year contract between the two schools renewing their basketball rivalry.



Tennessee will host Samford on Dec. 19, Wake Forest on Dec. 22 and Tennessee Tech, the final non-conference game before SEC play begins, on Dec. 29. The Vols will step out of conference play on Jan. 26 to host West Virginia in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.



As for the SEC schedule, the highlights are a March 2 home date with Kentucky, Martin and his Missouri team playing in Knoxville on Feb. 5 and the regular-season finale at Auburn on March 9.



Tennessee opens league play at home on Saturday, Jan. 5 against Georgia and new Bulldogs head coach Tom Crean. The Vols travel to Missouri to face Martin and his Tigers on Tuesday, Jan. 8 for their first road game in league play. Florida visits Knoxville for a game on Saturday, Feb. 9.



Tennessee will play at Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. 16, looking for a second straight win at Rupp Arena. The Wildcats visit the Vols for a late-season showdown on Saturday, March 2. Auburn and Tennessee, the two teams that split the SEC’s regular-season championship last season, will meet on the final day of the regular season, facing off on Saturday, March 9 at Auburn Arena.



Other notable games on the SEC schedule: Tennessee at Florida, Saturday, Jan. 12; Tennessee at Vanderbilt, Wednesday, Jan. 23; Vanderbilt at Tennessee, Tuesday, Feb. 19.



Here's the full slate for the Vols this season: