Midwest Region No. 2 seed Tennessee (29-7) will play a rivalry game Friday in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. The Vols will face No. 3 seed Kentucky (24-11) at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Friday’s contest will mark the third meeting between the Vols and Wildcats during the 2024-25 basketball season, and the first game in the series all time in the NCAA Tournament.
Kentucky defeated Tennessee, 78-73, on Jan. 28 at Food City Center, and the second contest was a, 75-64, win for the Wildcats at Rupp Arena on Feb. 11.
The Tennessee-Kentucky men’s basketball series dates to Feb. 16, 1910. Kentucky leads the series against the Vols, 163-78. Tennessee and Kentucky have played 42 times in the series during March.
The Vols are 12-30 against Kentucky in games contested during March, and have won in six different cities.
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Tennessee’s basketball wins all time in March against Kentucky
| Date (location) | Score |
| March 12, 2022 (Tampa, Florida) | Tennessee 69, Kentucky 62 |
| March 3, 2020 (Lexington, Kentucky) | Tennessee 81, Kentucky 73 |
| March 16, 2019 (Nashville, Tennessee) | Tennessee 82, Kentucky 78 |
| March 2, 2019 (Knoxville, Tennessee) | Tennessee 71, Kentucky 52 |
| March 2, 2008 (Knoxville, Tennessee) | Tennessee 63, Kentucky 60 |
| March 2, 1979 (Birmingham, Alabama) | Tennessee 75, Kentucky 69 (OT) |
| March 5, 1977 (Knoxville, Tennessee) | Tennessee 81, Kentucky 79 |
| March 5, 1966 (Knoxville, Tennessee) | Tennessee 69, Kentucky 62 |
| March 2, 1963 (Knoxville, Tennessee) | Tennessee 63, Kentucky 55 |
| March 1, 1941 (Louisville, Kentucky) | Tennessee 36, Kentucky 33 |
| March 3, 1917 (Knoxville, Tennessee) | Tennessee 30, Kentucky 10 |
| March 2, 1917 (Knoxville, Tennessee) | Tennessee 27, Kentucky 26 |
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