The #1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats(24-1, 10-0) travels to Nashville to play the Vanderbilt Commodores(17-7, 6-3) on ESPN tonight at 9pm.
The announcers for tonight’s game are Dan Shulman and Dick Vitale. Sideline reporter is Erin Andrews.
Kentucky is favored by 5 points.
The game can be seen on ESPN3.com and also a live stream and chat on Nation of Blue.com.
Here is the background for tonight’s game.
Vanderbilt has a 7-14 all-time record against teams ranked #1 in the Associated Press poll, and has a 6-6 mark against number one in Nashville.
UK has defeated its last four SEC opponents by 20 or more points for the irst time since the 1992-93 season.
Vanderbilt has won its last four at home against number one – Tennessee, 72-69, 2/26/08; Florida, 83-70, 2/17/07; Kentucky, 101-86, 1/13/93; North Carolina, 78-76, 12/5/87.
The Commodores have faced Kentucky 14 times when the Wildcats were number one, and have a 4-10 record against UK in those games. VU is 3-4 in games played at Memorial, 1-0 in neutral site games, and 0-6 in games played in Lexington.
UK is 69-1 under John Calipari when holding an opponent to 67 points or fewer.
In SEC play, the Commodores rank first in three different categories – 3-point field-goal percentage (.421), threes made (9.1), and assists (13.6).
The Wildcats have held their last five opponents to an average of 49.6 ppg.
[U][I][B]PROJECTED STARTERS*[/B][/I][/U]
[U][B]Kentucky Wildcats[/B][/U]
P # Name Pts. Rebs. Assts
F 3 [B]Terrence Jones[/B] 12.1 6.4 1.9^
• Has six or more rebounds in seven straight gms.
F 14 [B]Michael Kidd-Gilchrist [/B]12.6 7.8 2.2
• Recorded ifth double-double vs Florida (13p, 13r)
G 20 [B]Doron Lamb[/B] 13.6 3.3 1.7
• Has hit multiple 3s in eight of last 10 games
F 23 [B]Anthony Davis[/B] 14.0 10.0 4.8^
• Broke SEC freshman blocks record
G 25 [B]Marquis Teague [/B]9.7 2.5 4.6
• First career double-double vs. UF (12p, 10a)
[U][B]Vanderbilt Commodores[/B][/U]
P # Name Pts. Rebs. Assts
G 1 [B]Brad Tinsley[/B] 9.1 2.6 4.5
• Shooting 82.2 pct. from the free throw line
C 3 [B]Festus Ezeli[/B] 10.0 5.9 2.0^
• Shooting 53.3 pct. from the ield
F 5 [B]Lance Goulbourne[/B] 9.3 7.0 1.1
• Team leader in rebounding
G 23 [B]John Jenkins[/B] 19.7 3.0 1.1
• Leads SEC in scoring and 3-pointers made
F 44 [B]Jeffery Taylor[/B] 17.8 5.8 1.8
• Shooting 53.7 pct. from the iel
*-Based on previous game’s starters; ^-blocks; ~-steal
