The Tennessee basketball program announced it would be retiring the jersey of Maysville’s own Chris Lofton this season — and you’ll never guess what game they chose for the ceremony.
That’s right, none other than the Kentucky Wildcats this Saturday, January 14 in Knoxville. Certainly no coincidence that the former Volunteer standout was infamously passed on by Kentucky under Tubby Smith out of high school, leading him to the program’s bitter SEC rival.
There, he proceeded to earn AP All-America honors during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons and was named the 2007 SEC Player of the Year.