LEXINGTON — Kentucky basketball held its longest practice of the season Monday.

"It was brutal," UK coach Mark Pope said during his weekly coaches show Monday night. "We were just knocking on the door of three hours — that's not including film (study) and all the prep.

"If you ask the players, they might say they've preferred some of the other practices we've had. But I think we're making progress." Stream Kentucky vs. Tennessee Tech

Pope's club has its latest opportunity to showcase that improvement tonight, hosting Tennessee Tech at Rupp Arena .

The Golden Eagles are 3-3 this season, with victories against Berea College (a Division III school), Virginia University of Lynchburg (a historically Black Christian college that plays in the National Christian College Athle

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