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As the 2025-26 college basketball season kicks into gear, Kentucky basketball is still waiting for its first commitment in the high school class of 2026. Granted, Kentucky has focused heavily on the transfer portal since Mark Pope arrived, while his current team is full of guys who could return for next season, including Jaland Lowe, […]
From A Sea Of Blue | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
If you want to understand the subtle but significant shift happening within Kentucky basketball under Mark Pope, don’t just watch the ball. Watch the bench. Watch the huddles. Watch the reactions after a missed shot or a bad call. A meticulous focus on body language, spearheaded by assistant coach Alvin Brooks III, is quietly reshaping […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 2 months ago | 3 reads
Lexington native Reece Potter missed Friday night’s Exhibition game vs. Purdue with an illness, according to a Kentucky spokesperson. Thankfully, Kentucky was still able to make easy work of Purdue, winning 78-65. It’s an unfortunate setback, as this was a game Kentucky had 10 players log double-digit minutes, so it stands to reason he would […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 2 months ago | 2 reads
It’s hard to believe we are finally here. It’s back, well sort of. Sure it’s an exhibition game and it doesn’t count, and the game is on a weird network where most of you might not be able to watch but hey it’s still basketball right!?!? Purdue comes into this one as the preseason #1 […]
From Hammer and Rails | 2 months ago | 3 reads
As Purdue heads to Lexington today to play Kentucky in an exhibition, we are just one Daniel Jacobsen away from its season opener against Evansville on November 4th. Twelve days and Purdue will try to live up to its #1 billing, and that starts with the most reworked part of its rotation from last year’s […]
From Hammer and Rails | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Where will Josh Irving be going? That’s the question this morning, as the 4-star big man from Pasadena, California, is set to announce his commitment at noon today. Irving, who is ranked as the 63rd overall prospect in the class, is down to Kentucky, Louisville, and Texas A&M. Irving visited Louisville and Texas A&M last […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 2 months ago | 1 read
Kentucky has the opportunity this season to have one of the most versatile and deepest rosters in college basketball. With an All-American talent in Otega Oweh, combined with a great transfer portal class and recruiting class, Kentucky may have one of the most talented rosters in the country. ESPN’s Jay Bilas recently unveiled his three […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Josh Irving, a top-100 recruit in the 2026 class, is set to announce his commitment on Thursday, October 23rd. He will announce his college decision live on the CBS Sports College Basketball channel at 12:00 PM ET. The Pasadena, California native is down to three schools in his recruitment. Kentucky, Louisville, and Texas A&M. However, […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Texas five star recruit Bryson Howard, who is down to Duke, Kentucky and UNC, will announce Tuesday afternoon at 4:30. A gifted 6-6 two-way player, Howard would fit right in with Jon Scheyer’s system. He has also said that his priority is to find a program that treats people like family. Sounds like a good […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 2 months ago | 1 read
With Kentucky’s first exhibition game against Purdue just four days away, one of the country’s top 2026 recruits is set to announce his decision on where he will play college basketball next year. Bryson Howard (Frisco, Texas), a top-15 recruit by both 247 Sports (No. 12) and Rivals (No. 11), is set to announce his […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 2 months ago | 2 reads
Indiana men’s basketball recruiting target Anthony Thompson, a 5-star forward out of Western Reserve Academy in Lebanon, Ohio, will announce his college decision tomorrow, per On3/Rivals’ Joe Tipton: Thompson’s finalists are listed as Indiana, Kentucky, Texas, Ohio State, Michigan, and North Carolina. Rivals ranks him as the 6th highest-rated prospect in the class and 2nd […]
From The Crimson Quarry | 2 months ago | 4 reads
This marks the 25th straight season that Gonzaga has been ranked in the preseason Associated Press Poll. The Zags join Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina as the only programs to appear in each of the last 16 preseason AP Polls. No. 21 Gonzaga (387 votes) has matchups with No. 23 Creighton (158 votes), No. […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | 2 months ago | 5 reads
Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports No Mi Casita this time This morning it was reported that Baylor’s co-associate head coach Alvin Brooks III would be leaving to become the associate head coach on Mark Pope’s staff at Kentucky. This news comes after Kentucky tried and failed to hire Scott Drew for their head coaching vacancy and after other members of Drew’s staff left including the other co-associate head coach, John Jakus, who is now the head coach at Florida Atlantic. Vacancies lef...
From Our Daily Bears | over 1 year ago | 3 reads