| 1 | Wed Nov 25 | at Indiana | L59-89 | 0-1 | .000 | +25½ | 0-1 | - | | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall · Bloomington, IN |
| 2 | Mon Nov 30 | vs Chattanooga | L54-62 | 0-2 | .000 | +7 | 0-2 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 3 | Wed Dec 2 | at Xavier | L48-79 | 0-3 | .000 | +23 | 0-3 | - | | Cintas Center · Cincinnati, OH |
| 4 | Thu Dec 3 | at N Kentucky | L65-74 | 0-4 | .000 | +13 | 1-3 | - | | Truist Arena · Highland Heights, KY |
| 5 | Sun Dec 6 | at W Carolina | L75-76 (OT) | 0-5 | .000 | +11½ | 2-3 | - | | Ramsey Regional Activity Center · Cullowhee, NC |
| 6 | Sun Dec 13 | vs J'Ville St | L67-73 | 0-6 | .000 | +3½ | 2-4 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 7 | Wed Dec 16 | at J'Ville St | L50-74 | 0-7 | .000 | +7 | 2-5 | - | | Pete Mathews Coliseum · Jacksonville, AL |
| 8 | Fri Dec 18 | at 10Tennessee | L49-103 | 0-8 | .000 | +30 | 2-6 | - | | Thompson-Boling Arena · Knoxville, TN |
| 9 | Tue Dec 22 | at Western KY | L68-88 | 0-9 | .000 | +20½ | 3-6 | - | | E. A. Diddle Arena · Bowling Green, KY |
| 10 | Wed Dec 30 | vs SE Missouri St | W72-63 | 1-9 | .100 | -1 | 4-6 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 11 | Sat Jan 2 | at E Illinois | L81-87 | 1-10 | .091 | +7 | 5-6 | - | | Lantz Arena · Charleston, IL |
| 12 | Thu Jan 7 | at Morehead St | L54-57 | 1-11 | .083 | +4 | 6-6 | - | | Ellis T. Johnson Arena · Morehead, KY |
| 13 | Sat Jan 9 | at E Kentucky | L80-90 | 1-12 | .077 | +10½ | 7-6 | - | | McBrayer Arena · Richmond, KY |
| 14 | Thu Jan 14 | vs Belmont | L67-88 | 1-13 | .071 | +13 | 7-7 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 15 | Sat Jan 16 | vs Tennessee St | W74-71 | 2-13 | .133 | +1½ | 8-7 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 16 | Thu Jan 21 | at Austin Peay | L69-72 | 2-14 | .125 | +12 | 9-7 | - | | Winfield Dunn Center · Clarksville, TN |
| 17 | Sat Jan 23 | at Murray St | L63-72 | 2-15 | .118 | +14 | 10-7 | - | | CFSB Center · Murray, KY |
| 18 | Thu Jan 28 | vs E Kentucky | PPD | 5-22 | .185 | - | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 19 | Sat Jan 30 | vs Morehead St | L55-74 | 2-16 | .111 | +6 | 10-8 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 20 | Thu Feb 4 | at SE Missouri St | L64-68 | 2-17 | .105 | +4½ | 11-8 | - | | Show Me Center · Cape Girardeau, MO |
| 21 | Sat Feb 6 | at UT Martin | L64-66 | 2-18 | .100 | -3½ | 11-9 | - | | Kathleen and Tom Elam Center · Martin, TN |
| 22 | Thu Feb 11 | vs SIUE | L63-81 | 2-19 | .095 | -3½ | 11-10 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 23 | Sat Feb 13 | vs E Illinois | W80-67 | 3-19 | .136 | - | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 24 | Mon Feb 15 | vs E Kentucky | L72-83 | 3-20 | .130 | +7½ | 11-11 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 25 | Thu Feb 18 | at Tennessee St | L86-91 | 3-21 | .125 | +2½ | 11-12 | - | | Gentry Center · Nashville, TN |
| 26 | Sat Feb 20 | at Belmont | L66-90 | 3-22 | .120 | +21 | 11-13 | - | | Curb Event Center Arena · Nashville, TN |
| 27 | Thu Feb 25 | vs Austin Peay | W81-76 | 4-22 | .154 | +8½ | 12-13 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |
| 28 | Sat Feb 27 | vs Murray St | W71-61 | 5-22 | .185 | +10½ | 13-13 | - | | Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN |