Time: Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 6 p.m. CT

Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas

TV/Streaming: TNT

Betting Line: Tennessee -3.5

Vitals: Kansas (5–2) closes out its three-day stretch in Las Vegas by facing No. 17 Tennessee (7–0) in the third-place game at the Players Era Festival. The Jayhawks are coming off a 71–60 win over Syracuse behind double-doubles from Tre White and Flory Bidunga. Tennessee is coming off a huge 76-73 win over No. 3 Houston. Both schools went 2-0 in the group play stage and will now play for third place in the tournament. Kansas continues to be without star freshman guard Darryn Peterson due to a hamstring strain.

Up Next: Kansas returns to Allen Fieldhouse to host UConn on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. CST on ESPN2.

Projected Starting Fives:

Kansas:

Flory Bidunga

Bryson Tiller

Melvin Council Jr.

Tre White

Jamari McDowell

Tennessee:

Ja’Kobi Gillespie

Nate Ament

Cade Phillips

Felix Okpara

Amaree Abram