The No. 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers will try to make another Sweet 16 appearance when they face the No. 7 seed UCLA Bruins in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Saturday night. Tennessee finished fourth in the SEC during the regular season and is coming off a 77-62 win over No. 15 seed Wofford in the first round. UCLA advanced to the second round with a 72-47 blowout win over No. 10 seed Utah State on Thursday.  

Tipoff from Rupp Arena in Lexington will be approximately 9:40 p.m. ET. The Volunteers are 5.5-point favorites in the latest Tennessee vs. UCLA odds, via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points is 131.5. 

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