DISASTER: Tennessee Basketball Blows Lead AGAIN as Kentucky SPOILS Nate Ament Career Game

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🗓️ 8 February 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers collapse again as Kentucky Wildcats rally from a 14-point halftime deficit to sweep the season series at Rupp Arena. Can Rick Barnes and the Vols find answers after blowing double-digit leads in both rivalry showdowns? Nate Ament’s career-high 29 points and Ja’Kobi Gillespie’s hot first half put Tennessee in control early, but an ice-cold second half and missed opportunities doomed the Vols. Eric Cain breaks down Tennessee’s offensive struggles, Kentucky’s clutch play from Collin Chandler and Denzel Aberdeen, and the key stats that sealed the Vols’ fate. The discussion spotlights Tennessee’s frontcourt woes, the fallout of back-to-back losses to Mark Pope’s Wildcats, and what changes are needed before facing Mississippi State. With Tennessee’s SEC standing on the line, will standout scorers like Ament and Gillespie bounce back? Get the full analysis and reaction after another frustrating Tennessee-Kentucky classic.

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0:00.0	Did it really just happen again?
0:02.3	Yeah.
0:03.2	Tennessee blew another double-digit lead in a loss to Kentucky.
0:12.4	You are locked on balls.
0:14.6	Your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers.
0:17.8	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:23.0	Hey, good Sunday, everybody. Welcome in to it. Locked-on Valls here, actually recording late,
0:27.3	late on a Saturday night, publishing on a Sunday morning, Tennessee Falls to Kentucky,
0:32.3	and Rupp Arena by final score 74 to 71. Today's a little bonus content show. It's presented
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0:45.3	Tennessee blows a 14 point lead in a loss to Kentucky at Rupp Arena. A couple weeks ago, Tennessee's last loss,
0:52.1	Tennessee blew a 17 point lead at home to the same Kentucky
0:56.1	Wildcats. Tennessee now falls to four or one in four, yeah, one and four against Mark
1:02.6	Pope Kentucky teams. What the crap is going on? We're going to go over this game. What happened
1:08.8	a tail of two halves? All that and more here over the next 15 minutes or so here on a Sunday. Appreciate you guys for being here making
1:14.8	and lockdown balls, a part of your morning routine, your first listen, your first watch,
1:17.8	easy every single day, a part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcasting
1:21.4	network available.
1:22.1	I am your host, Eric Kane.
1:23.4	Again, thank you so much for being here.
1:25.9	Man, it couldn't have got off to a better start, right?
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