Mark Pope’s Wildcats fell behind by 22 points in the first half, and their five-game winning streak ended with a lopsided defeat.

Vanderbilt basketball took down Kentucky--the country's most expensive roster--on Tuesday night and it won in a way that didn't have all that much to do with NIL or the current landscape of college basketball.

Vanderbilt basketball will be without a key piece as it takes on Kentucky for a matchup at Memorial Gymnasium on Jan. 27. Duke Miles is out for the contest due to an undisclosed issue, according to the SEC's game day injury report.

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats lost an SEC college basketball game to Vanderbilt. Kentucky basketball faces John Calipari's Arkansas team next.

Vanderbilt Basketball knocked off Kentucky on Saturday as it approached things with a chip on its shoulder. Here's how it became motivated to blow out the Wildcats 80-55.

Tyler Tanner and Tyler Nickel each scored 19 points, and No. 18 Vanderbilt earned its largest victory over Kentucky since 2008 with an 80-55 win on Tuesday night.

Over the last 50 seasons of Wildcats basketball, since 1976-1977, these are the most losses by 15+ in a single season:

John Calipari still thinks Mark Pope is the right man for the Kentucky basketball job despite his struggles.