Saturday's Tennessee Basketball Briefing (2/16/13)

By Jason Yellin on February 16, 2013 8:06 AM

The Vols have won seven of their last 10 games vs. defending national champions. On Saturday, they will look for another victory as Kentucky comes to Thompson-Boling Arena. Get all your gameday info in Vol Hoops Central: Kentucky. Also check out Vol Hoops Report: Feb. 15

Here are the latest stories from the media:

- All For Tennessee: Kentucky Wildcats @ Tennessee Volunteers Game Preview

- Chattanooga Times Free Press: Vols first team to test Noel-less Wildcats

- GoVols247: Three Things: Vols-Cats pregame

- GoVols247: New-look Cats coming to Knoxville

- Inside Tennessee: 'Double-double machine'

- Knoxville News Sentinel: Vols-Cats: It takes two for the rivalry tango

- Knoxville News Sentinel: No Noel alters dynamic of Tennessee-Kentucky game

- Nooga.com: Preview: Tennessee vs. Kentucky

- Nooga.com: Noel's injury a hit for Kentucky's defense

- Tennessee Journalist: Wildcats limp into Thompson-Boling, take on hot Vols

- Volquest: Vols welcome Wildcats to Knoxville

From the Kentucky perspective:

- Advocate Messenger: UK Basketball: Tennessee's Jarnell Stokes will be tough test

- Associated Press: Kentucky begins life without Nerlens Noel

- CoachCal.com: In life after Nerlens, Cats say it's about embracing the challenge

- Lexington Herald Leader: Doomsayers leave Cats insulted, wanting to prove them wrong

- Lexington Herald Leader: UK-Tennessee notes: Hood knows Noel's pain but avoids reminding

- Louisville Courier-Journal: Kentucky Wildcats face Tennessee in first game without Nerlens Noel

- Louisville Courier-Journal: How UK will fill Noel's oversized shoes

- UKAthletics: Wildcats Continue Road Swing at Tennessee

Also in the news from the basketball world, former Vols star Bernard King was named a finalist for the Basketball Hall of Fame.

- New York Daily News: Former NY Knick great Bernard King is revealed as one of 12 Hall Finalists

- New York Magazine: Bernard King Is a Hall of Fame Finalist

- New York Post: Knicks great Guerin gets into Hall; King named finalist

- The Tennessean: Ex-Vol King joins finalists for Hall

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