< Previous10 @KentuckyMBBYou can enjoy FREE * grocery delivery, 2X Fuel Points and more for as low as $59/year. *$35 order minimum. Restrictions apply. Subject to availability. Delivery time not guaranteed. Official Grocery Partner of UK AthleticsWEEKNIGHTS 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY 9:00 a.m.14 @KentuckyMBB From Press Row S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! Kentucky is the Southeastern Confer- ence's gold standard. Since the SEC’s inception in 1932-33, the Wildcats are the most dominant team in the league, recording a 1,035-300 mark (77.5%) in regular-season conference play. Only Alabama has won more than 800 reg- ular-season SEC games and no other team owns a better winning percentage. • UK has averaged 11.6 wins and only 3.3 losses per season in 89 seasons in the SEC • Kentucky has won 49 SEC regular-sea- son titles and 31 SEC Tournament champi- onships • Kentucky is 11-3 in the opening game of the SEC season under John Calipari and 13-1 in the first home league opener. UK is 69-20 all-time in SEC openers • The Wildcats have won 16 of the last 29 SEC Tournaments (the 2020 one was not played because of the COVID-19 pandemic) • UK has captured at least a share of six of the last 13 SEC regular-season champion- ships under John Calipari • Kentucky has played in the champion- ship game of the SEC Tournament in eight of Calipari’s 11 tourneys, winning six times (2020 tournament not played because of COVID) • UK won its 1,000th game in SEC reg- ular-season action vs. Alabama on Jan. 11, 2020. Kansas has won 1,000 conference games when combining its records in the Big 6, Big 7, Big 8 and Big 12, but no other team in the country had won 1,000 or more regular-season league games in one confer- ence alone • Six teams made the 2022 NCAA Tour- nament field with Arkansas reaching the Elite Eight • The SEC has had 27 NCAA Tournament selections over the last four tournaments, the third most. Only the Big 10 (30) and At- lantic Coast Conference (28) have had more • The SEC went 5-6 in NCAA Tourna- ment games in 2022. SEC teams are 78-49 (61.4%) in the NCAA tourney since 2012 • The league has advanced at least one team to the Elite Eight in 10 of the last 12 tournaments and nine different SEC teams have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the last five NCAA Tournaments • The SEC has held its own in the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge. The SEC leads 31-28 over the last six seasons in the yearly Jan- uary showdown and won outright in 2021 and '22 • Five SEC teams are ranked in the Jan. 9 Associated Press Top 25, with Mississippi State and LSU receiving votes Calipari Leading the Way in SEC Play John Calipari leads the way among all current SEC head coaches in 2022-23 in career wins, league victories and titles. He is also ascending the all-time charts in league history: • Calipari owns 375 victories as UK's head coach, ranking as the fourth-most wins by a coach leading an SEC program in the conference's history. Adolph Rupp (875), Billy Donovan (467) and Dale Brown (448) are the only others who have more • Calipari ranks seventh all-time in SEC regular-season wins with 174. Rupp (397) has the most. Calipari needs just five more to pass Harry Rabenhorst (178) for sixth place • Calipari is 24-5 in the SEC Tourna- ment. His 24 victories are tied with Tubby Smith for the third-most in tournament his- tory. Only Donovan (27) and Wimp Ander- son (25) have more • Calipari has won six SEC Tournament titles. Only Alabama (7) has more in pro- gram history than Calipari has won in total Injury Bug a Story with the Cats A season after playing just 17 games at full strength, the Wildcats are once again dealing with a multitude of injuries. Kentucky has played just eight complete games at full strength this season. CJ Fredrick: Exited the Missouri game with a right-hand injury after playing four minutes. Missed the Louisville, LSU and Al- abama games Jacob Toppin: Exited the Alabama game with a right-shoulder injury and did not re- turn. Missed the South Carolina game Oscar Tshiebwe: Had a minor knee pro- cedure and missed the duration of the pre- season as well as the team's games against Howard and Duquesne Cason Wallace: Exited the South Caroli- na game with a lower-back injury and did not return after playing eight minutes Lance Ware: Missed the North Florida game due to an illness and the LSU game with a left-shoulder injury Sahvir Wheeler: Missed both exhibition games and the team's opener vs. Howard with a right-leg injuryMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTInside The Numbers 18 @KentuckyMBB KENTUCKY (10-6, 1-3) AT TENNESSEE (14-2, 4-0) Series Breakdown Overall - UK, 158-77 at Knoxville - UK, 57-53 Calipari vs. UT - 19-15 Barnes vs. UK - 11-9 Current UK streak - L2 John Calipari Rick Barnes Overall Record: 820-247* Overall Record: 768-397 Record at UK: 375-107 Record at UT: 164-83 Overall Seasons: 31st Overall Seasons: 36th at Kentucky: 14th at Tennessee: 8th * on court record UK Statistic UT 76.3 Points Per Game 75.5 39.1 Rebounds PG 41.1 16.6 Assists PG 18.1 4.6 Blocks PG 4.2 7.0 Steals PG 10.2 11.5 Turnovers PG 13.8 .462 FG Pct. .444 .379 3-Pt. FG Pct. .346 .656 FT. Pct. .727 1.4 Assist-to-TO Ratio 1.3 THE MATCHUPTALE OF THE TAPE • Bring John Calipari to within four wins of passing Harry Rabenhorst (178) for the sixth-most SEC regular-season wins in league history • Push Calipari's record to 20-15 against the Volunteers • Snap a three-game skid away from Rupp Arena • Be the first in Knoxville since 2021 A UK WIN WOULD... 49 SEC regular-season titles in program history 31 SEC Tournament championships 9 SEC-best double-doubles by Oscar Tshiebwe .379 SEC-leading 3-point percentage by the Cats BY THE NUMBERSNext >