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Kentucky Basketball traveled to Baton Rouge looking to carry over some much-needed momentum after a blowout win against Mississippi State on Saturday night. Unfortunately, the idea of the Cats turning any type of figurative corner quickly disappeared. If you sat down on Wednesday night, excited to watch some quality SEC hoops, you most certainly didn’t […]
Good morning, BBN! We finally have some positive momentum heading into a Kentucky Basketball game. The Cats looked like they may have found a working system in the second half of the Mississippi State Game. Really, they snapped into it being down 16-6 to start that game. One of the main reasons: Malachi Moreno. He […]
Kentucky Basketball fans are suffering from injury PTSD right now. The Cats can’t seem to catch a break for the last 3 or 4 years. One guy goes down and then another. Before the Mississippi State game, news broke that Jayden Quaintance was out with knee swelling, a terrifying phrase for a player recovering from […]
The end is finally here for Jaland Lowe’s season. During his Monday radio show, Kentucky Basketball head coach Mark Pope announced that Lowe will have surgery on his injured shoulder and miss the remainder of the 2025-26 college basketball season. The recovery timeframe is expected to be six months, putting him in line for a […]
Kentucky Basketball head coach Mark Pope provided a cautious update on Jaland Lowe’s shoulder after the junior point guard reinjured it during Saturday’s win over Mississippi State. “He was in some pain yesterday, and so we’re kind of doing consults, and I was hoping that he was going to wake up yesterday morning and just […]
Otega Oweh is starting to look exactly like what he was billed as: The Preseason SEC Player of the Year for Kentucky Basketball. Over his last six games, Oweh has scored 20 or more points four times, becoming Kentucky’s most reliable offensive weapon. During that stretch, he posted 20 points in a win over St. […]
Kansas has surged to the front of the race for the No. 1 overall recruit in the Class of 2026. On Friday, 247 Sports logged a Crystal Ball prediction of 5/10 in favor of Kansas for elite small forward Tyran Stokes, signaling a notable momentum shift. Stokes has maintained a top three of Kentucky, Oregon, […]
BOOM! While Kentucky fans were enjoying the final moments of a blowout victory on the hardwood, it was the football program that stole the show by landing a monster commitment late on Saturday night. Texas Longhorns transfer freshman linebacker Elijah “Bo” Barnes has committed UK, per Hayes Fawcett of On3. The Texas native is ranked 89th among […]
With a win in Oxford, Mizzou men’s basketball could’ve gone 3-0 in conference play for the first time in 25 years. Instead, shooting struggles plagued the Tigers on Saturday night. After knocking off Florida and Kentucky to start 2026, the MU fell to Ole Miss 76-69 in Oxford. The second half saw neither team have […]
Everyone knows the pressure of coaching basketball at the University of Kentucky. The Big Blue Nation has high expectations for the team year in and year out, and with such a passionate fan base, that means the pressure is on to perform. Coach Mark Pope knows what this program means to the fans due to […]
As Kentucky continues to navigate turbulent waters in its two biggest revenue sports, a difficult and increasingly common discussion has emerged among fans: If you could fire either athletic director Mitch Barnhart or men’s basketball coach Mark Pope, who would you choose? It’s less about calling for immediate change and more about assessing where responsibility […]
On Wednesday night, the Big 12 delivered the women’s college basketball drama. Thursday, it was the SEC’s turn. The second week of SEC action arrived with both expected and unexpected results that are certain to keep things interesting. Here are the four big takeaways from Thursday night’s results. Texas, South Carolina take care of business […]
When Mark Pope signed his contract at Kentucky in April 2024, it came with both optimism and significant financial commitment. Pope agreed to a five-year, $27.5 million deal, starting at $5 million in Year 1 with $250,000 annual raises through the 2028–29 season, when he would earn $6 million. The contract also included performance-based incentives, […]
Mark Pope compared this Kentucky Basketball team to a Ferrari back in October. Fast-forward to January, and that Ferrari is sitting on blocks in the garage after suffering a Quad III loss (now Quad II) to Missouri in their home opener, where they had an eight-point lead with under five minutes to go. Expensive and […]
Well, last night was pretty brutal. Kentucky took an 8-point lead with about 4:30 left in the game, and looked like they might pull out the win in the SEC home opener against Missouri. Although they hadn’t played well, it looked like Kentucky might escape with a win, and a win is a win at […]
Well, let’s chalk up another brutal loss for Mark Pope and this Kentucky Basketball team as they dropped another game to the Missouri Tigers to start SEC play 0-2. Also losing their SEC home opener for the first time since 2013, things around the UK basketball program are not good. The offense is awful to […]
I don’t know anymore, man. This Kentucky Basketball team has shown flashes, but they’re just not there when it comes to contenders. Heck, are they even an NCAA Tournament team after their 73-68 meltdown against a Missouri Tigers program that had NEVER won at Rupp Arena? Leading 66-58 with 4:34 to play, that’s a game, […]
Final: Mizzou 73 – Kentucky 68 First Half Second Half Game Info When | 6:00 p.m. CT Where | Rupp Arena; Lexington, Ky. TV | ESPN2 Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops Kenpom prediction | Kentucky -9 ESPN win probability | 20.2% chance Pregame Updates
Mizzou women’s basketball is off to an 0-2 start to conference play, losing its two games by a combined 40 points. However, this is quite understandable given that it came against No. 2 Texas and No. 6 Kentucky, who are a combined 30-1 so far this season. It’s no surprise that the SEC is once […]
Mark Pope is out of excuses. He can say whatever sentimental or philosophical thing he wants whenever Kentucky loses. I get it, he cares so much about this team and this program. That’s great. But now, the onus is on him to get this team’s identity figured out. Wednesday night, Kentucky will take on the […]
When | 6:00 p.m. CT Where | Rupp Arena; Lexington, Ky. TV | ESPN2 Radio | Tiger Radio Network Twitter | @MizzouHoops Kenpom prediction | Kentucky -9 ESPN win probability | 20.2% chance The Starters Mizzou G: Anthony Robinson II (JR, 11.5 PPG) G: Jayden Stone (GR, 12.7 PPG) F: Jacob Crews (GR, 13.9 PPG) F: Mark Mitchell (SR, 16.9 PPG) C: Shawn Phillips, Jr. (SR, 7.7 […]
Kentucky women’s basketball earned a 74-52 win over Missouri on Sunday at Historic Memorial Coliseum, but the victory was overshadowed by an injury to forward Teonni Key. Key suffered a dislocated elbow midway through the third quarter while diving for a loose ball. The senior landed awkwardly on top of a Missouri defender and came […]
Good morning, BBN! Finally, Kentucky Basketball is back, and in a big way. The Cats take on the Alabama Crimson Tide today at 12:00 PM ET. You can watch the game on ESPN. The last time we saw this team play was 11 days ago, when they took down Bellarmine in a closer game than […]
The first day of 2026 gave us a pair of upsets in women’s college basketball. First, unranked Illinois beat previously undefeated No. 7 Maryland, 73-70. Then, No. 11 Kentucky handed No. 5 LSU their first loss of the season, beating them 80-78. Illinois beats Maryland—once again Last year, Illinois beat Maryland in a 66-65 nail-biter […]
Finally, conference play arrives for the best conference in women’s college basketball: the SEC. All eight of the conference ranked teams—No. 2 Texas, No. 3 South Carolina, No. 5 LSU, No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 11 Kentucky, No. 12 Vanderbilt, No. 15 Ole Miss and No. 23 Tennessee—are in action, with two, the Tigers and Wildcats, […]