Mark Pope's Kentucky team made the trip to Knoxville to take on the Tennessee Volunteers in a game no one thought the shorthanded Wildcats would win. Despite this, without Lamont Butler and Andrew Carr,

There’s more at stake in Tuesday night’s Kentucky-Tennessee basketball game than simply a win against an SEC rival.

After suffering back-to-back defeats, the Kentucky Wildcats were staring down the barrel of a three-game losing streak. That hadn’t happened since the COVID-marred 2020-21 season. But as 10.5-pount underdogs to the Vols,

For Kentucky, the game before The Game was a tough one on paper — a Tuesday night road contest against Rick Barnes' Tennessee Vols, who were ranked No. 1 in the country just a few weeks ago and listed as 10.

The Kentucky Wildcats battle the Tennessee Volunteers in SEC action today. This college basketball game is available on multiple streaming services for free.

Kentucky basketball has looked like one of the best teams in college basketball at times this season, but just about nobody is immune to the absolute gauntlet that is SEC basketball this season. Mark Pope and company came into a huge matchup with No.