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Kentucky, Tennessee tussle in Knoxville – all you need to know

Kentucky travels down to Knoxville to face Tennessee on Tuesday, February 17. The game will be carried by ESPN and tip is set for 7 p.m.

travels down to Knoxville to face on Tuesday, February 17. The game will be carried by ESPN and tip is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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Kentucky at Tennessee
Tuesday, Feb. 17 – 7:00 p.m. ET
Knoxville, Tenn.
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After emerging as one of the 's biggest surprises at the start of conference play, Tennessee has received a reality check.

The Volunteers could be in for another Tuesday night when they host No. 1 Kentucky, which is a win away from the best start in school history.

Tennessee (14-10, 6-6) has lost five of its last seven, dropping the Volunteers from second place to seventh in the conference. The Vols have been particularly vulnerable at home, where they're 2-4 in SEC competition.

They will try to stop both trends against the Wildcats (25-0, 12-0).

”I think it's arguably the best team to ever be assembled,” Tennessee coach Donnie Tyndall said. ”One team I think is comparable is the team with (Stacey) Augmon and (Larry) Johnson and that group at UNLV, but this team here is right there in the talk for being the most talented team ever assembled.”

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 27, 1951, UK wins its third NCAA title, defeating Kansas State, 68-58, in the finals in Minneapolis.

 

On March 27, 1978, Jack “Goose” Givens scores 41 points as UK wins its fifth NCAA Championship, 94-88, over Duke in St. Louis.  Givens scored the last 16 points of the first half for Kentucky, bringing his first-half total up to 23 points. Givens poured in another 18 points in the second half.  Givens' helped lead the Wildcats to their first title in over 20 years.  More than 10,000 fans greet the team at Blue Grass Airport and 15,000 more celebrate at Memorial Coliseum

 

On March 27, 1993, Kentucky beat Florida State to advance to the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans. The victory completed a string of four games in which the Wildcats blitzed their Southeast Region opponents by an average of 31.0 points - the largest margin of victory by a team through four games en route to the Final Four.

 

On March 27, 2009, Billy Gillispie is fired as the Kentucky head basketball coach.

 

On March 27, 2011, freshman Brandon Knight scored 22 points and fourth-seeded Kentucky advanced to the Final Four for the first time since the 1998 title with a 76-69 win over second-seeded North Carolina in the East Regional final of the NCAA Tournament.  The last minute of the game became the DeAndre Liggins show, as he blocked a shot on defense, hit a game-winning three-pointer on offense, then blocked another shot on defense to seal the victory. He finished with 12 points..

 

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