Highland School (Va.) five-star Nate Ament was in Knoxville on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-9, 185-pound forward, a longtime Duke basketball offer holder who now ranks No. 4 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, watched the visiting No. 12-ranked Kentucky Wildcats defeat the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers, 78-73.

Duke plans to build its first small modular reactor at Belews Creek in about 10 years. A federal grant could help with that project.

Following just one season as a member of the Duke football program, Star Thomas officially entered the transfer portal in late December, citing "personal reasons" swaying a difficult decision to bolt. A few weeks later, the 6-foot, 210-pound running back from Louisiana is now heading to the SEC.

A loss at Tennessee would not have hurt Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament resume. The Vols are No. 4 in the NET Rankings and were a 10.5-point favorite at tipoff; the Cats, who were without two starters for 95% of the game,

Star Thomas is a veteran running back and an all-purpose producer with more than 2,500 yards from scrimmage and 22 TDs in his career.

Tuesday night was a big night for Kentucky basketball and its fans. The Wildcats traveled to Knoxville as an underdog and pulled off another improbable win against a ranked team this season, beating Tennessee 78-73,

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Five things you need to know from No. 12 Kentucky’s gut-check 78-73 win at No. 8 Tennessee in SEC men’s basketball: 1. Mark Pope, slayer of rivals. There is a school of thought that one of a college head coach’s primary jobs is beating the teams his/her fan base dislike the most.

Pope took over after John Calipari left for Arkansas in a stunning turn of events. However, Pope wasted no time winning over the fanbase, especially since he is a former Kencutky basketball player. Moreover, moves such as this one only helped Pope's case more, and fans were excited to see the fan interaction with the Wildcats coach.

With a 17-3 record, Tennessee ranks No. 8 nationally behind Auburn, Duke, Iowa State, Alabama, Florida, Houston, and Michigan State. Kentucky is on their trail at No. 12 with only Marquette, Purdue, and Kansas in between. When: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET

For Kentucky, a loss would mean the Wildcats would slip down to a No. 4 seed, per Lunardi — provided that Texas A&M doesn’t fall to Oklahoma at home. After a strong start to the season, Kentucky has now lost 3 of its last 5 games including 2 in a row.

Thomas ran for 871 yards and seven touchdowns this season with the Blue Devils. He played two seasons at New Mexico State before transferring to Duke.