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Kentucky Completes Third Sweep of Vols in Calipari Era

For just the third time in the John Calipari Era, the Kentucky Wildcats swept the Tennessee Volunteers in the regular season.

This criterion is only satisfied by winning multiple matchups against the Vols in a single season, therefore the single wins in 2014 and 2015 do not count as a sweep. Prior to that two-year stretch, Tennessee and Kentucky played twice annually dating back to 1944. Following Saturday afternoon’s victory, Coach Cal is 18-12 against the Vols during his time in Lexington. Let’s take a look back at those three sweeps.

2010-11

After splitting the season series and dominating Tennessee in the 2010 SEC Tournament, Calipari and Co.