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The University of Kentucky officially has its new athletic director, as they’ve hired J Batt. He will start his campaign as AD in the next month, as Mitch Barnhart will be retiring on June 30. A couple of coaches, including men’s basketball head coach, Mark Pope, and head football Coach, Will Stein, took to social […]
One of the best traditions of the summer returned on Thursday as Kentucky Basketball once again made players available to the media during offseason workouts. The first group to speak included rising sophomore center Malachi Moreno, veteran big man Reece Potter, and incoming freshman guard Mason Williams. While each player provided insight into the team’s […]
This year’s Kentucky Basketball roster arrived on campus earlier this month. While summer practice has started as the Cats are getting acclimated to the program, they are also getting acclimated to the community. As a basketball player at Kentucky, you are more than just an athlete; you are someone many young people around the state […]
At a place like Kentucky, basketball tends to come first. A blue-blood program in Lexington, UK, with the most wins and the second most championships all-time, is a program that has always been treated with a ton of respect. With the recent hiring of the school’s new athletic director at the University of Kentucky, many […]
Billy Donovan’s future could eventually take him back to college basketball, with Kentucky emerging as a potential destination if the longtime coach returns to the NCAA ranks. Evan Sidery reported Tuesday that many NBA executives believe Donovan could take the 2026-27 season away from coaching before pursuing a return to a blue blood program. After […] The post Billy Donovan has interest in Kentucky job in 2027 appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
Robert Wright III gave BYU basketball quite the scare when his early NIL negotiations fell through and his name entered the threshold of the transfer portal. The only returning starter on this year's team in a sport where continuity is worth its weight in
TCU junior infielder Kyuss Gargett has reportedly entered the transfer portal after only one season with the Horned Frogs. Gargett, who transferred in from Kentucky, played in 30 games and made 25 starts during his lone season at TCU. Gargett slashed .217/.393/.337 with 18 hits, three home runs and 14 RBIs in 83 at-bats. Jamie […]
Mark Pope has been on a tear this past month, landing his first top-10 high school recruit (Ryan Hampton) and a consensus top-three transfer portal player in Milan Momcilovic. That momentum is carrying over into the summer basketball circuit, and Kentucky Basketball just offered a really familiar name: Erick Dampier Jr. That’s probably going to […]
As Mitch Barnhart prepares to retire at the end of June following a 24-year run as Kentucky’s athletic director, Big Blue Nation has now found his replacement. J Batt, who was the vice president and director of athletics at Michigan State, has now been hired as the next UK AD, while he will also hold […]
As Mark Pope prepares for his third season as Kentucky’s head coach, he is having an interesting approach to team building. He is having all 14 scholarship players live together in the Wildcat Coal Lodge throughout the summer. Practice and summer workouts are set to begin on Monday, June 15, and will last for an […]
Mark Pope and Kentucky are closely monitoring elite prospects at the NBPA Top 100 Camp, including several five-star recruits from the 2027 and 2028 recruiting classes.
Kentucky Basketball head coach Mark Pope says the program is in no rush to fill its final assistant coaching vacancy, noting that upcoming NCAA decisions could play a major role in how the staff is ultimately structured. “We’re taking our time with this last assistant coaching position,” Pope tells UK Sports Network. “We’re trying to […]
Kentucky Basketball assistant coach Mo Williams recently posted a video on Instagram of the Wildcats’ locker room, showing the name and number above each player’s locker. One returning player, Braydon Hawthorne, decided to change his number, and we have one number that will be worn for the first time in 72 years! Other than those, […]
When news broke that Milan Momcilovic would be joining Kentucky Basketball, everyone was feeling much better about where the roster was headed. But now that he is here, the question becomes where he plays and how Kentucky utilizes the roster they have in the best way? There are quite a few interesting dynamics that could […]
Greetings, BBN! It’s been a wild offseason for Kentucky Basketball, though it was thankfully a productive one after landing highly-touted transfer Milan Momcilovic. Kentucky picked up several other promising transfers and landed former NBA standout Mo Williams as an assistant coach, a move that is already bearing fruit. It was rocky at times, but overall, […]
With the Kentucky Basketball roster essentially finalized following Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic’s withdrawal from the NBA Draft and commitment to the Wildcats, attention now shifts to where forward Jayden Quaintance and guard Otega Oweh will be selected in the NBA Draft. Kentucky’s roster currently includes Zoom Diallo, Alex Wilkins, Milan Momcilovic, Ousmane N’Diaye, Malachi […]
Tennessee, Kentucky and Texas headline a loaded group of SEC programs that dominated the transfer portal and could reshape the national championship race in 2026-27.
For Mark Pope, recruiting at Kentucky Basketball has increasingly become less about traditional pitching and more about connections with long-term pipelines, and that approach continues to pay off. After landing incoming freshman Mason Williams, who is a former 4-star guard in the 2026 class, Pope quickly elevated the relationship further by bringing in Williams’ father, […]
Summer practice is about to get underway as Mark Pope and his staff look to make some noise in his third season in Lexington. With a nearly full new roster, these upcoming workouts will be important for gauging this Kentucky Basketball team heading into the fall. Luckily, they will get to do so with their […]
In the 1988-89 season, Duke and Kentucky were headed in very different directions. Kentucky was embroiled in scandal after an envelope with $1,000 to Chris Mills’ father came open en route. The carrier, Emery Worldwide, investigated, and when it went public, Kentucky was in big trouble. This was compounded when it was discovered that Eric […]
The momentum from Ryan Hampton’s commitment on Sunday morning didn’t slow down for Mark Pope! Later that day, 4-star 2027 point guard Jaxson Davis announced on Instagram that he had received an offer from Kentucky. The 6-foot-1 guard out of Warren Township in Gurnee, Illinois, is ranked No. 42 overall in the 2027 recruiting cycle […]
It turns out, more than one Malachi is staying home in Kentucky. Just a few weeks ago, Malachi Moreno decided to stay in Lexington for his sophomore season on the hardwood. Now, another Malachi is staying home to play college football. Malachi Brown, a 6-foot-3, 265-pound defensive lineman from Corbin and a 4-star recruit, is […]
A huge recruiting weekend is on tap in Lexington this weekend as Will Stein will look to lock down multiple high-priority visitors. None might be bigger than a home-state 4-star recruit from right down the road. Malachi Brown is the No. 4-ranked player in the state of Kentucky in the 2027 class. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder are about to get a lot more expensive, and the decision on Cason Wallace was just further complicated by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
The University of Kentucky is still on the search for a new athletic director as Mitch Barnhart is in his final month at the helm. The search has been pretty quiet, but UK is expected to announce a hire by the end of the month. The last update we received was on May 21st, when […]