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Visit UKathletics.com/ UKSportsNetwork for radio and TV affiliates in your area.12 @UKFootball12 @KentuckyMBB PRESENTED BY 14 @KentuckyMBB Around the SEC Around the Country 2019-20 SEC Standings Team SEC Overall Home Road Kentucky 14-3 24-6 16-2 7-2 Auburn 11-6 24-6 16-1 4-5 LSU 11-6 20-10 14-2 4-6 Florida 11-6 19-11 11-3 4-7 Mississippi State 10-7 19-11 13-2 4-7 South Carolina 10-7 18-12 12-4 6-5 Tennessee 9-8 17-13 11-5 4-7 Texas A&M 9-8 15-14 10-6 5-4 Alabama 8-9 16-14 10-5 4-7 Arkansas 7-10 19-11 14-4 4-7 Ole Miss 6-11 15-15 12-5 1-9 Missouri 6-11 14-16 11-4 2-10 Georgia 5-12 15-15 12-5 3-8 Vanderbilt 2-15 10-20 9-10 1-9 Scoring Player-Team ...................................................................PPG Mason Jones, ARK .........................................................21.8 Breein Tyree, MISS .........................................................20.0 Anthony Edwards, UGA.................................................19.6 Kira Lewis Jr., ALA .........................................................18.5 Saben Lee, VANDY ........................................................18.2 Rebounding Player-Team ...................................................................RPG Reggie Perry, MSU ...........................................................9.9 Austin Wiley, AUB ...........................................................9.3 Nick Richards, UK ...........................................................7.8 Kerry Blackshear Jr., UF ...................................................7.5 Rayshaun Hammonds, UGA ............................................7.3 Assists Player-Team ...................................................................APG Ashton Hagans, UK .........................................................6.4 Andrew Nembhard, UF ...................................................5.5 Kira Lewis Jr., ALA ...........................................................5.3 J'Von McCormick, AUB ...................................................4.5 Sahvir Wheeler, UGA ......................................................4.4 Steals Player-Team ................................................................... SPG Dru Smith, MIZZOU .......................................................2.1 Ashton Hagans, UK .........................................................1.9 Kira Lewis Jr., ALA ...........................................................1.8 Skylar Mays, LSU .............................................................1.8 Devontae Shuler, MISS ....................................................1.7 Blocks Player-Team ...................................................................BPG Yves Pons, UT .................................................................2.4 Nick Richards, UK ...........................................................2.2 Josh Nebo, TAMU ............................................................1.9 Abdul Ado, MSU .............................................................1.8 Austin Wiley, AUB ...........................................................1.7 2019-20 Associated Press Rankings (Week 18) Team Record Points 1 Kansas (64) 26-3 1600 2 Gonzaga 29-2 1514 3 Dayton 27-2 1453 4 Baylor 25-3 1395 5 San Diego State 28-1 1375 6 Kentucky 24-5 1253 7 Florida State 24-5 1164 8 Seton Hall 21-7 1145 9 Maryland 23-6 1041 10 Louisville 24-6 948 11 Creighton 22-7 843 12 Duke 23-6 809 13 Oregon 22-7 802 14 Villanova 22-7 779 15 BYU 24-7 756 16 Michigan State 20-9 726 17 Auburn 24-5 575 18 Iowa 20-9 492 19 Ohio State 20-9 489 20 Penn State 21-8 367 21 Houston 22-7 265 22 Virginia 21-7 219 23 Illinois 20-9 208 24 Wisconsin 19-10 179 25 Michigan 18-11 94Wildcats Surrender Double-Digit Lead, Fall to Tennessee On the brink of being blown out, Tennes- see stuck with the plan against No. 6 Ken- tucky by creating opportunities and then making them count. The Volunteers emerged with a huge vic- tory that snapped the Wildcats' hot streak along with 10 perfect years of holding a double-digit halftime lead. John Fulkerson scored a career-high 27 points, and Yves Pons made several key jumpers down the stretch as Tennessee ral- lied from a 17-point deficit to upset Ken- tucky 81-73 on Tuesday night. The Wildcats (24-6, 14-3 Southeastern Conference) had been 129-0 the past 10 years when leading by double digits at half- time, according to ESPN Stats & Info. Con- sidering how Tennessee (17-13, 9-8) me- thodically converted that deficit into a lead over the final 20 minutes, it didn't care. "We just kept fighting," Fulkerson said. "I kept trying to look at the score at the top of the (scoreboard) and couldn't find it, which I guess was a good thing. But it was such a team effort, everybody played well. Guys from the bench came in and contributed. This was no surprise to me. I knew we were capable of this, I knew that if everybody comes to play we can get the job done." The Vols also had the clock in their favor. The Wildcats appeared in control leading 51-34 early in the second half before the Volunteers outscored them 29-9 over 10:09 to lead 63-60. Kentucky tied it at 63, but Pons answered with a 3-pointer and Fulkerson added two free throws to stay ahead. Pons then added consecutive jumpers to make it 72-66 with 1:48 left. Nick Richards' two free throws cut the lead to four, but Jo- siah-Jordan James put back his missed jumper to make it a six-point game again with 1:05 left. He finished with 16 points, all after halftime. James then made three free throws, and Santiago Vescovi and Jordan Bowden (11 points) each added two more in the final minute to seal Tennessee's second consec- utive victory and just its sixth at Rupp Are- na. Two of those wins have come in the last three seasons. The Champs Are Here Kentucky won the 2020 Southeastern Conference regular-season championship with the win over Auburn and doing so with two games to spare. Not only did the win ensure league hardware is headed to Lex- ington and secures the No. 1 seed for the Wildcats in the SEC Tournament, it added to Kentucky's impressive dominance of the league and John Calipari's continued suc- cess in conference play. • It was the Wildcats' 49th regular-season SEC title. That's 38 more than the next-clos- est school (LSU with 11) and nearly as many as the rest of the league has combined (53). It's worth noting UK would have 50 titles had the 1988 championship not been vacat- ed by the league due to violations • It's UK's first league title since 2017 • The SEC regular-season championship is the Wildcats' sixth in 11 seasons under Calipari • It's Calipari's 16th all-time regular-sea- son conference crown, including his time at Memphis and UMass. Including his 15 league tournament titles, Calipari has 31 combined conference championships in his career. That trails only Mark Few of Gonza- ga (34 titles with the West Coast Conference regular-season title in 2020) among all ac- tive coaches. All-time, Calipari trails only the great Adolph Rupp (41) and Few. Kentucky Concludes Regular Season Against Familiar Foe in Florida For the second time in two weeks, Ken- tucky will take on Florida. The Wildcats earned a 65-59 win over the Gators on Feb. 22 with Immanuel Quickley scoring a then- career-high 26 points. UK is 103-40 all-time against the Gators, including 36-26 when the game is played in Gainseville, Florida. The series is tied at 5-5 in Gainesville in the 10 meetings between the two squads with John Calipari at the helm of the Cats. Kentucky is 8-2 under Calipari in its reg- ular-season finale, with both losses coming at the hands of the Gators. UK is 81-35 all- time in regular-season finales. This marks the 19th time in program history that UK will conclude its season against Florida and the 18th time in the last 21seasons the two times will finish the season against each other. Kentucky also has faced Tennessee 19 times in its final game and Vanderbilt on 16 occasions in the history of the program. From Press Row 16 @KentuckyMBB 109420_BHLX_CARDIAC_8_625x11_125cBLD.indd 3109420_BHLX_CARDIAC_8_625x11_125cBLD.indd 31/22/20 10:50 AM1/22/20 10:50 AM2019-20 Basketball Schedule 18 @KentuckyMBB n Won, 69-58n Won, 76-74 (OT) Florida Gainesville, Fla. 1 p.m. Saturday March 7 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12/SEC Challenge Saturday January 25 UAB Lexington, Ky. Friday November 29 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. Saturday February 8 Georgetown (Ky.) Lexington, Ky. Exhibition Sunday October 27 TM Ohio State Las Vegas CBS Sports Classic Saturday December 21 n Won, 80-53n Lost, 65-71n Won, 77-64 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. Tuesday February 11 Louisville Lexington, Ky. Saturday December 28 Kentucky State Lexington, Ky. Exhibition Friday November 1 n Won, 83-51n Won, 78-70 (OT)n Won, 78-64 Ole Miss Lexington, Ky. Saturday February 15 Missouri Lexington, Ky. Saturday January 4 Michigan State New York Champions Classic Tuesday November 5 n Won, 69-62n Won, 71-59n Won, 67-62 LSU Baton Rouge, La. Tuesday February 18 Georgia Athens, Ga. Tuesday January 7 Eastern Kentucky Lexington, Ky. Friday November 8 n Won, 91-49n Won, 78-69n Won, 79-76 Florida Lexington, Ky. Saturday February 22 Alabama Lexington, Ky. Saturday January 11 Evansville Lexington, Ky. Tuesday November 12 n Lost, 64-67 n Won, 76-67 n Won, 65-59 Texas A&M College Station, Texas Tuesday February 25 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. Wednesday January 15 Utah Valley Lexington, Ky. Monday November 18 n Won, 82-74n Lost, 78-81n Won, 69-60 Auburn Lexington, Ky. Saturday February 29 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. Saturday January 18 Mt. St. Mary's (Md.) Lexington, Ky. Friday November 22 n Won, 82-62n Won, 73-66n Won, 73-66 Tennessee Lexington, Ky. Tuesday March 3 Georgia Lexington, Ky. Tuesday January 21 Lamar Lexington, Ky. Sunday November 24 n Won, 81-56n Won, 89-79n Lost, 73-81 SEC Tournament Nashville, Tenn. TBA Wed.-Sun. March 11-15 Vanderbilt Lexington, Ky. Wednesday January 29 Fairleigh Dickinson Lexington, Ky. Saturday December 7 n Won, 83-52n Won, 71-62 NCAA Tournament Final Four® Atlanta | TBA March- April 17-6 Auburn Auburn, Ala. Saturday February 1 Georgia Tech Lexington, Ky. Saturday December 14 n Won, 67-53n Lost, 66-75 Mississippi State Lexington, Ky. Tuesday February 4 Utah Las Vegas Wednesday December 18 Home Away/Neutral n Lost, 66-69n Won, 80-72Next >