Three players out for Tennessee-Kentucky basketball game

Tennessee (12-5, 2-2 SEC) and Kentucky (11-6, 2-2 SEC) will renew their Southeastern Conference rivalry on Saturday at Food City Center.

Tipoff between the Vols and Wildcats is slated for noon EST and will be televised by ESPN. Dan Shulman (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas (analyst) will be on the call.

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Kentucky leads the all-time basketball series against the Vols, 163-79, dating to Feb. 16, 1910.

Beginning with the 2024-25 athletics calendar, the SEC made it mandatory for schools to provide public reports on availability of student-athletes to participate in each conference game in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball.

A Tennessee-Kentucky availability report is listed below for Saturday’s basketball game in SEC play.

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Tennessee-Kentucky basketball game injury report

Tennessee junior forward Cade Phillips is out. He will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 basketball season due to a recurring shoulder injury.

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“We will sincerely miss having Cade on the court and he is certainly disappointed that he won’t be able to play the rest of the regular season, but it’s essential he gets healthy,” Barnes said on Dec. 8, 2025. “Cade did all he could to play through this injury as long as possible.”

Junior guard Jaland Lowe and sophomore forward Jayden Quaintance are also listed as out for Kentucky.

More: 2025-26 Tennessee men’s basketball schedule, TV, tipoff times

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