KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (SUBMITTED) -- The Tennessee basketball team’s Nov. 17 game against Arkansas State or Missouri State as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off South Regional at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville will start at 7 p.m. ET, regardless of the Vols’ result against the Belmont the previous day.

Tennessee opens the NIT Season Tip-Off against Belmont Nov. 16 at 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU). At 7 p.m. ET that same day, Arkansas State and Missouri State square off to open South Regional play. The winners of each game meet on Nov. 17, as do the losers.

Regardless of the Tennessee-Belmont outcome on the opening day of play, the Vols will play in the 7 p.m. ET game on Nov. 17. The second game on Nov. 17 will tip at 9:30 p.m.

Courtesy: Tennessee sports information