Oscar Tshiebwe

The No. 4 Kentucky men's basketball team suffered a 76-63 upset loss to No. 16 Tennessee on Tuesday. The Wildcats fell to 21-5 and 10-3 in the SEC after their six-game win streak came to an end.

The Volunteers earned their fifth straight victory to improve to 19-6 and 10-3 against conference opponents. They haven't lost to Kentucky twice in the same season since 2012.

Tennessee was led by junior guard Santiago Vescovi's 18 points. Kennedy Chandler added 17 points and six assists, while John Fulkerson and Zakai Zeigler scored 14 points apiece off the bench.

It was a combination of strong defense and efficient shooting that did the job for the Volunteers. Tennessee jumped out to a 46-32 lead at halftime and never looked back. When the Wildcats cut the lead to eight in the second half, Tennessee went on a 15-3 run to push its advantage to 20 and put the game away.

The Volunteers shot 47.1 percent from beyond the arc and played a clean game with just eight turnovers, a sharp improvement from their first meeting earlier this season. Meanwhile, Kentucky was held to 34.3 percent from the field and 31.3 percent from three-point range. The Wildcats also had a hard time taking care of the ball, posting 14 turnovers against 11 assists.

Oscar Tshiebwe led Kentucky with 13 points and 15 rebounds but shot 5-of-15 from the field. Jacob Toppin and Davion Mintz were the only other players on the team to score in double figures at 11 points apiece.

The Volunteers will go for another win against a ranked opponent when they travel to take on No. 23 Arkansas in a road matchup Saturday. The Wildcats will look to bounce back that same day at home against No. 25 Alabama.

The upsets keep coming in men's college basketball, with the No. 10 Kentucky Wildcats being the latest team to fall.

Notre Dame upset Kentucky 66-62 at Purcell Pavilion on Saturday. Oscar Tshiebwe did his best to carry the Wildcats with 25 points on 11-of-14 shooting from the field.

Blake Wesley hit the go-ahead shot for Notre Dame with 11.7 seconds remaining. Dane Goodwin put the exclamation point on the win with a dunk as time expired. 

Keion Brooks Jr. was the only other Wildcats player to reach double figures in scoring (12) points. Kellan Grady made both of the team's three-pointers in the loss. Everyone else combined to go 0-of-12 from behind the arc.

Since losing its season opener to Duke, Kentucky had rattled off seven consecutive wins entering Saturday's game. Those victories came by an average of 26 points.

Notre Dame, on the other hand, was coming off three consecutive losses. Its last game was a 73-57 defeat to Boston College on Dec. 3 in its ACC opener.

The Fighting Irish shot 46.4 percent from the field. Wesley and Goodwin led the way for the offense with 14 points each. Trey Wertz added 12 points off the bench.

This has been a dangerous season to be a ranked team in college basketball. The three teams that have been ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 (Gonzaga, Duke, Purdue) have all lost. Duke and Purdue both lost their first game after reaching the top spot.

Baylor is the only team currently ranked in the Top 10 of the AP poll without a loss. Arizona, USC, Iowa State and LSU are the remaining ranked teams that have yet to lose a game.

Arkansas was in that group before an 88-66 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday.

Kentucky will look to rebound on Dec. 18 against No. 21 Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic at T-Mobile Arena. Notre Dame will be back in action on the same day when it hosts Indiana.