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The Tennessee Volunteers will once again look to forward Tyler Smith to inspire his teammates to avoid rare consecutive home losses when they face the Kentucky Wildcats tonight. (AP Images)

Despite spending two days on crutches after suffering a bruised left knee, Smith played and finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds in Tennessee's 86-77 league-opening victory at Georgia on Saturday.

Tennessee will try for its 17th consecutive SEC home victory. The last loss came 80-78 to Kentucky on March 1, 2006. That game followed a loss to Arkansas, marking the last time the Vols dropped consecutive home games.

Even though the Wildcats are 0-3 versus ranked opponents this season, these teams have split the last two season series, with the home team winning every contest. Kentucky had won four in a row at Thompson-Boling prior to 2006-07.

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