Winning on the road is fun. Beating the Tennessee Volunteers is fun. Combining the two and beating the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson Boling Arena is even sweeter. The Kentucky Wildcats, playing without starting point guard Lamont Butler,

Tennessee’s first home loss of the season comes courtesy of a brutal shooting night they’ll want to forget. Tennessee fans woke up Wednesday morning still trying to process just how brutal of a shooting night the Vols had in their 78-73 loss to Kentucky.

Five things you need to know from No. 12 Kentucky’s gut-check 78-73 win at No. 8 Tennessee in SEC men’s basketball: 1. Mark Pope, slayer of rivals. There is a school of thought that one of a college head coach’s primary jobs is beating the teams his/her fan base dislike the most.