All-Stars: Kentucky vs. Tennessee

Brett Dawson, Louisville-Courier Journal on the KY vs TEN All-Star game:

Kentucky has won four of the past five meetings, and the Kentucky all-stars have a three-game winning streak in games played in Lexington.

"We want to keep going with the tradition of winning," Hines said. "Tennessee used to get the best of us, and now we want to keep getting the best of them, kind of get back at them."

It might be Kentucky's last chance.

The all-star game is in the final year of its current contract, though The Tennesseean of Nashville reported yesterday that a three-year deal, with games being played in Western Kentucky, has been discussed.

That could prevent tonight's game -- the 24th in the series -- from being the last one.

The game already may have lost some of its cachet in Tennessee. The Volunteer State has been short on volunteers for the game in recent years.