How to Watch Kentucky vs. Tennessee Basketball: Live Stream & TV Channel Info – February 3

By Lineups Staff | Feb 02, 2024, 8:10pm

The No. 10 Kentucky Wildcats (15-5, 5-3 SEC) host the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers (15-5, 5-2 SEC) in a matchup of SEC rivals at Rupp Arena, beginning at 8:30 PM ET on Saturday, February 3, 2024.

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Wildcats vs. Volunteers Game Info

Date: Saturday, February 3, 2024
Time: 8:30 PM ET
TV: ESPN
Live Stream: Stream NCAA men’s basketball on Paramount Plus and Hulu + Live TV
Where: Lexington, Kentucky
Venue: Rupp Arena

Wildcats Insights

Kentucky is giving up 77.2 points per game this season (312th-ranked in college basketball), but it has really played well offensively, putting up 88.7 points per contest (third-best).
The Wildcats are 62nd in college basketball with 38.6 boards per game so far this year. Meanwhile, they rank 309th with 37.7 rebounds allowed per contest.
Kentucky has been one of the top teams in college basketball in terms of assists, as it is delivering 18 per game (10th-best in college basketball).
With 9.6 turnovers per game, the Wildcats are 34th in the nation. They force 12.4 turnovers per contest, which ranks 111th in college basketball.
Kentucky is thriving when it comes to three-point shooting, as it ranks 17th-best in college basketball in threes (9.9 per game) and sixth-best in shooting percentage from three-point land (40.1%).
With 8.7 threes conceded per game, the Wildcats are 322nd in college basketball. They are ceding a 32.2% shooting percentage from three-point land, which ranks 113th in college basketball.
This season, Kentucky has taken 62.6% two-pointers, accounting for 69.3% of the team’s buckets. It has shot 37.4% threes (30.7% of the team’s baskets).

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Volunteers Insights

Offensively Tennessee is the 69th-ranked squad in the nation (78.5 points per game). On defense it is 43rd (65.9 points conceded per game).
On the boards, the Volunteers are 39th in the nation in rebounds (39.5 per game). They are 166th in rebounds allowed (34.6 per game).
Tennessee is 24th-best in the nation in assists (16.8 per game) in 2023-24.
At 10.4 turnovers committed per game and 12.6 turnovers forced, the Volunteers are 89th and 98th in the country, respectively.
Beyond the arc, Tennessee is 86th in the country in 3-pointers made per game (8.5). It is 192nd in 3-point percentage at 33.7%.
In 2023-24, the Volunteers are 126th in the nation in 3-pointers conceded (6.9 per game) and 31st in defensive 3-point percentage (30.1%).
Tennessee attempts 41% percent of its shots from behind the 3-point line, and 59% percent from inside it. In terms of makes, 31% of Tennessee’s buckets are 3-pointers, and 69% are 2-pointers.

Wildcats Leaders

The Wildcats scoring leader is Antonio Reeves, who averages 19.5 per contest to go with 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists.
Tre Mitchell is Kentucky’s leading rebounder, pulling down 7.8 per game, while Reed Sheppard is its best passer, distributing 4.2 assists in each contest.
Reeves leads the Wildcats in three-point shooting, knocking down an average of 2.7 shots per game from beyond the arc.
Sheppard and Mitchell lead Kentucky on the defensive end, with Sheppard leading the team in steals averaging 2.4 per game and Mitchell in blocks averaging 1.3 per contest.

Volunteers Leaders

Dalton Knecht sits at the top of the Volunteers scoring leaderboard with 20.1 points per game. He also grabs 4.6 rebounds and averages 1.7 assists per game.
Tennessee’s leader in rebounds is Jonas Aidoo with 7.4 per game, and its leader in assists is Zakai Zeigler with five per game.
Knecht makes 2.1 three-pointers per game, the most on the Volunteers.
Tennessee’s leader in steals is Zeigler with 1.7 per game, and its leader in blocks is Aidoo with 1.8 per game.