#7 Tennessee beats down #4 Kentucky 71-52 on their home floor in a game to forget for the visitors.
The Cats didn’t exactly get to ease their way into the month of March by playing a top 10 team on the road. Kentucky traveled to Knoxville for a difficult game that carried a lot of consequence in terms of seeding for the SEC and NCAA tournaments.
Reid Travis was ruled out a few hours before the game, without his presence in the paint, it was obvious that the Cats would need to step up and play tough down low while also battling against the rowdy Thompson-Boling Arena crowd.