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Sunday Headlines: Kentucky Basketball learns NCAA Tournament fate

Happy Selection Sunday, everyone! Today, Kentucky Basketball will learn its fate for the men and women’s NCAA Tournaments. We have a pretty good idea of where Kentucky will be seeded in each tournament, but their opponents and where they’ll be playing remain up in the air. On the men’s side, it is generally believed Mark […]

Kentucky’s SEC Tournament run continues in the wrong direction

Kentucky men’s basketball has won 32 SEC Tournament titles. People called it the “Kentucky Invitational.” Now you have punks like Dan Dakich taking pot shots at the program for being “irrelevant,“ and Todd Golden proving he is the most annoying winner in college basketball at the expense of the Cats. It’s not been a good […]

UK WBB will not host in NCAA Tournament

Kentucky will not host in this year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. ESPN announced the top 16 seeds Saturday, and Kentucky was not included in that group. The top 16 included 5 teams from the SEC: LSU, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Vanderbilt. Louisville was also included among the top 16. The top 16 reveal does […]

Study Hall: Kentucky 78, Missouri 72

When Missouri briefly took the lead on a Mark Mitchell fadeaway jumper with just over 2 minutes to play in the game, it marked the full comeback from a dejecting 16 point deficit. They overcame a non-goaltend call on an obvious goaltend, they overcame a ‘neutral site’ crowd full of Big Blue Nation, they overcame […]

Box score, MVP, and Twitter reactions to Kentucky running out of gas vs. Florida

Kentucky Basketball fought hard, but Florida just had slightly more muscle. In a game where neither team got into an offensive rhythm, Florida used another 13-0 run in the first half to get far enough ahead to outlast the Cats 71-63 in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals. Florida was relentless on the glass, out-rebounding the Cats […]

Friday Headlines: Florida Gameday in the SEC Tournament

Throughout the season, Kentucky Basketball was primed for a higher seed in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. However, after stumbling down the stretch of the regular season, they wound up having to play on Wednesday with real pressure on their team to win a couple of games to at least make it to the Friday slate. […]

Kentucky vs. Florida viewing info, what to watch for, odds, and predictions

Kentucky Basketball has survived and advanced again, this time holding off a tenacious and vampire-like Missouri Tigers team 78-72 Thursday afternoon in the Second Round of the SEC Tournament. Now, they will get a third shot at the SEC’s top seed, the Florida Gators, on Friday afternoon in the Quarterfinals. Game time is at 1:00 […]

Stars of the Game: Standout players from Kentucky’s thrilling win over Missouri

Kentucky Basketball survived and advanced again, beating Missouri 78-72 Thursday afternoon in the Second Round of the SEC Tournament and advancing to the Quarterfinals against Florida on Friday afternoon. It took a team effort to outlast the Tigers on Thursday afternoon. Here are the Stars of the Game from Kentucky’s thrilling win over Missouri. Stars […]

Highlights, MVP, and Twitter reactions to Kentucky outlasting Missouri

Did you expect Kentucky Basketball to coast against the Missouri Tigers? Up 16 with 14:33 remaining, Missouri somehow battled all the way back to take the lead with just over two minutes remaining. Thankfully, Kentucky’s defense clamped down, and its offense did just enough down the stretch to hold on for a 78-72 win. Everybody […]

Kentucky Basketball survives Missouri: 4 things to know and postgame cheers

Kentucky Basketball got the revenge they were looking for on Thursday, defeating the Missouri Tigers 78–72 in the second round of the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena. Kentucky entered the matchup playing its second consecutive day after defeating LSU in the opening round, while Missouri was playing its first game of the tournament. […]

Commute: Mizzou’s 2nd Round SEC Tournament Matchup is Set vs Kentucky

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about postseason Mizzou Basketball Missouri’s matchup in the 2nd Round of the SEC Tournament has been set. As expected, it’s 8-seed Mizzou vs 9-seed Kentucky with an 11:30 a.m. CST tip-off on the SEC Network (though, UK didn’t make it easy in an 87-82 win over LSU). […]

Players to watch, keys to the game for Kentucky vs. Missouri

Kentucky Basketball survived and advanced on Wednesday afternoon, outlasting LSU 87-82 in the First Round of the SEC Tournament. In a game that featured 15 lead changes, Kentucky used a 15-6 run to mark the difference in the first game of the SEC Tournament. Now, we’re onto the Second Round, where the Cats will face […]

Stars of the Game: Standout players from Kentucky’s survival against LSU

In March, it’s just about surviving and advancing. That’s exactly what Kentucky Basketball did Wednesday afternoon in the First Round of the SEC Tournament, outlasting LSU 87-82 to advance to the Second Round Thursday afternoon against Missouri. Several players stood out for the Cats on Wednesday. Let’s highlight them in our Stars of the Game. […]

Highlights, MVP, and Twitter reactions to Kentucky’s narrow win over LSU

It was never going to be easy. Kentucky Basketball didn’t get the lead to double digits until late in the second half Wednesday afternoon against LSU in the first round of the SEC Tournament. Heck, it took a signature performance from Brandon Garrison of all players for the Cats to create some separation. Garrison’s 17 […]

2026 SEC Tournament Preview and Odds

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, as March Madness is here…and it is spectacular. Today, the SEC joins the Champ Week action, as the 2026 SEC Tournament tips-off in Nashville at 11:00 AM CST with 9th-seeded Kentucky playing 16th-seeded LSU. CB covered the overall schedule for the week the other day, and I’ll […]

Why Kentucky Basketball did not practice at Bridgestone Arena before SEC Tournament

As if this strange season needed another strange development, Kentucky Basketball opted not to practice at Bridgestone Arena Tuesday. For the teams that play Wednesday in the SEC Tournament, seeds 9-16, they are given the option to practice at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday. Seven of these eight teams did. The only one that didn’t? Kentucky. […]

Bracketology 2026: Now The Fun Really Begins

Daily updates begin today, even though this is going to be a quick one (for migraine-related reasons). The biggest changes since Friday … NOTES: (1) East (Washington, D.C., Fri./Sun.) Greenville (Thurs./Sat.) (1) Duke (ACC)(16) UMBC (AE) (8) Kentucky▲(9) TCU San Diego (Fri./Sun.) ▼(5) Texas Tech★(12) NORTHERN IOWA (MVC) ▲(4) Vanderbilt★(13) Hofstra (CAA) St. Louis (Fri./Sun.) […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/9/26

Kansas Jayhawks News The KC Star takes us through what we learned from KU beating down KSU Melvin Council added some drip to his look for senior day on Saturday 247 brings you a look at the path Kansas will face in the Big 12 Tournament Links! Dick Vitale feels like Kentucky did a poor […]

Kentucky set to hold Zoom meeting with NBA G League guard Dink Pate

Kentucky Basketball’s coaching staff continues to explore new recruiting avenues, and one potential addition to the roster in the future is G League guard Dink Pate. According to Jacob Polacheck of KSR, Pate is expected to have a Zoom meeting with the Kentucky staff within the next week. The meeting comes after head coach Mark […]

UK Basketball posts new “player development” job

It looks like the Kentucky Basketball team is adding another support staff position. The University of Kentucky has a job posting for a position titled “Associate Director, Player Development.” Here’s more from UK about what the job entails. The Player Development position plays a central role in shaping the Kentucky Men’s basketball program through the […]

Friday Headlines: Kentucky vs. South Carolina Gameday

Kenny Brooks and the Kentucky Women’s Basketball Team had a tough regular season in Southeastern Conference play, finishing the year with a 23-9 overall record and going just 8-8 in the SEC. That .500 record led to a finish in the middle of the pack when it came to SEC regular season standings, with Kentucky […]