John Calipari on Sahvir Wheeler's status vs. Tennessee: "We'll see."

Will Sahvir Wheeler take the floor against Tennessee on Saturday? That will be determined by his availability in practice the remainder of the week.

After missing the past two games with a neck injury, Kentucky’s starting point guard is back to working out, but has not yet returned to the practice floor. If he’s able to do so on Thursday or Friday, there’s a chance he plays when the Volunteers head to town.

Either way, he’s getting better.

“Well, he had a good workout at the shootaround,” John Calipari said during his call-in radio show Monday evening. “He was working out today. I looked out the window, (he was) just doing his own thing. He seems to be getting better. We’ll see. He’s got two days to practice and (we’ll) see what he does and where he goes.”

TyTy Washington has thrived in his absence at the starting point guard spot, combining for 32 points, 21 assists, nine rebounds and just five turnovers in two games. He’s now shown he can produce in both on- and off-ball roles, something that will undoubtedly help the team the remainder of the season.

Make no mistake about it, though, Kentucky wants its main point guard back in the lineup.

“We have played well,” Calipari said. “It’s nice to know without him we can play well, but his disruptiveness on both sides of the ball is crazy. And just like I’ve done with Tyrese (Maxey) or Jamal (Murray), you can still put TyTy in the position he’s been in as the off guard. But the other kid flies it up the court throws it ahead and we play faster.”

Kentucky will have a test no matter who brings the ball up the floor on Saturday.

“We have a couple of days to figure out some stuff,” Calipari said Monday. “Tennessee’s really good.”

Wheeler is currently averaging 9.6 points on 44.1 percent shooting to go with 7.3 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 29.1 minutes per contest. He started Kentucky’s first 14 games of the season prior to injury.

PG1 could be back Saturday.