Good morning, folks! It’s gameday, and the Kentucky men’s basketball team has a major opportunity to pick up a much-needed, resume-building victory this afternoon down in Knoxville. The Wildcats (10-6; 1-3 SEC) head into Thompson-Boling Arena to take on the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers (14-2; 4-0 SEC) on the same day that UT plans to retire the jersey of Bluegrass native Chris Lofton.
Tennessee is firing on all cylinders right now, beating the South Carolina team that Kentucky just lost to by 43 points in Columbia last week. A loss for the ‘Cats would move them to 1-4 in Southeastern Conference play for the first time since the 1966-67 season.