What channel is Kentucky vs Tennessee on today? UK basketball odds, TV schedule

Posted by author February 11, 2025 Basketball

LEXINGTON — Kentucky basketball has an opportunity tonight to accomplish a feat it’s pulled off just once in the past decade: sweep the regular-season series against bitter border rival Tennessee.

The Wildcats went on the road last month and topped the Volunteers with a short-handed squad, earning a 78-73 victory at Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 28. The Vols haven’t lost since, posting a 3-0 record in their past three outings, with wins over Florida, Missouri and Oklahoma.

The 2022-23 campaign is UK’s lone sweep of the home-and-home series with UT since the end of the 2014-15 season. The Wildcats upset a top-five Volunteers squad, 63-56, on Jan. 14, 2023, in Knoxville, Tennessee. A month later, Kentucky took a 12-point win (66-54) in Lexington.

Entering tonight, UK owns a commanding edge in the all-time series with Tennessee, up 162-78.

First-year Kentucky coach Mark Pope is 1-0 against Tennessee, while Volunteers head man Rick Barnes is .500 (11-11) against the Wildcats since his first season in 2015-16.

Tonight’s matchup at Rupp Arena will be another tussle between ranked squads: UK is No. 18 in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll and No. 15 in the AP Top 25; UT is No. 4 in the coaches rankings and No. 5 in the AP poll.

Here’s what you need to know to follow today’s game from home:

UK and Tennessee are slated to tip off at 7 p.m. today at Rupp Arena.

Betting odds: Kentucky is a 2-point home underdog (-112) on DraftKings, which set the over/under at 149 ½ points (-112). The money line odds are Kentucky +105, Tennessee -125.

The contest between the Wildcats and Volunteers will air on ESPN. Dan Shulman (play-by-play), Jay Bilas (analyst) and Molly McGrath (sideline) will have the call.

Authenticated subscribers can access ESPN via TV-connected devices or by going to WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app or ESPN+.

You also can stream ESPN on Fubo, which offers a free trial.

Tom Leach (play-by-play) and Jack Givens (analyst) will have the UK radio network call on 840 AM in Louisville and both 630 AM and 98.1 FM in Lexington.

You can also listen online via UKAthletics.com.

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