Live Updates: No. 5 Tennessee basketball at No. 10 Kentucky
No. 5 Tennessee goes to No. 10 Kentucky Saturday night to renew the longstanding rivalry with the Wildcats at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time and the game will be televised by ESPN.
Kentucky (15-5, 5-3 SEC) has lost two of its last three games, falling at home against Florida 94-91 in overtime on Wednesday after a loss at South Carolina, 79-62, last week. The Wildcats won 63-57 at Arkansas on Saturday.
Tennessee (15-5, 5-2) lost 63-59 to South Carolina on Tuesday at Thompson-Boling Arena, snapping a four-game win streak and a 13-game home win streak.
No. 5 Tennessee at No. 10 Kentucky: How To Watch
Start Time: Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Rupp Arena (20,500)
TV: ESPN
Streaming: WatchESPN.com
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
KenPom Prediction: Tennessee 80, Kentucky 78 (Vols 57% chance to win)
A Closer Look: The Tennessee-Kentucky Rivalry
Tennessee is 10-9 against Kentucky under Rick Barnes while the Vols have a 77-160 overall record against the Wildcats in a series that dates back to February 1910.
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Kentucky swept Tennessee in the annual home-and-home last season — winning 63-53 in Knoxville and 66-54 in Lexington — the first time John Calipari’s team swept the Vols during the Barnes era.
Tennessee beat Kentucky 84-77 at home in February 2016, the first game for Barnes in the rivalry. The Vols also beat UK at home in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Kentucky’s first win over a Barnes Tennessee team in Knoxville came in February 2020.
Barnes has led the Vols to three wins at Rupp Arena, in 2018, 2020 and 2021. The Vols beat Kentucky in SEC Tournament semifinal games in both 2019 and 2022 and lost to the Wildcats in the SEC Tournament championship game in 2018.
