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Good morning, BBN! Surprise, surprise, Kentucky Basketball is engaged in a nationally aware race involving one of the top players in the country. Sarcasm aside, it is both fortunate that the Cats find themselves in this position again. It’s fortunate because Milan Momcilovic is the top player in the college basketball transfer portal right now, […]
If you’ve paid any attention to college sports over the last few years, you know the only steady thing is unsteadiness. Between the endless carousel of the transfer portal, NIL deals masquerading as booster slush funds, and conference realignments destroying century-old traditions, the landscape has become almost unrecognizable. Some people love it, and I think […]
Update: Jack Pilgrim reports that Kentucky held another Zoom call with Milan Momcilovic on Friday, and that he is now entering decision mode this weekend. The end is near, folks. ___________________________________________________________ As Kentucky Basketball continues to wait on Milan Momcilovic, the Louisville Cardinals continue to make their own push for the Iowa State transfer, while […]
The Kentucky Wildcats narrowly made the NCAA Tournament as one of the last four teams in, drawing the ire of many around the sport who said the Cats didn’t belong. On Friday, 3-seed Kentucky managed to silence some of those doubters with a thrilling 6-5 win over 2-seed Wake Forest in the opening round of […]
Good morning, BBN! We have postseason baseball today as the 3-seed Kentucky Wildcats face off against the 2-seed Wake Forest in West Virginia for the first round of the Morgantown Regional. Finishing the season 31-21 (13-17), the Cats snuck into the NCAA Tournament field with an impressive record versus teams that made the field. Now […]
In preparation for next season, many of Kentucky’s players are training with personal basketball trainers and have posted videos of doing so. Malachi Moreno, Braydon Hawthorne, Justin McBride, and Zoom Diallo are players who have posted training videos over the past two weeks. Incoming transfer guard Jerone Morton joined that list on Thursday, but instead […]
In the new college athletics landscape, it takes more than NIL to recruit well. It also requires state-of-the-art facilities. One of Will Stein’s first orders of business after being named the head coach of the Kentucky Football program was to update the weight room in the Joe Craft Football Training Facility. In late April, the […]
Now that the deadline has passed for guys to decide whether to stay in the NBA Draft or return to college, we have some impactful moves to discuss regarding the Kentucky Wildcats and several of their opponents next season. There will be many familiar names returning to the sport and appearing on Kentucky’s 2026-27 basketball […]
The Milan Momcilovic sweepstakes are very much alive after the Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic withdrew his name from the NBA Draft on Wednesday evening. The Kentucky Wildcats are in desperation mode as they look to add arguably the top transfer this cycle to their roster for the 2026-27 season and finally land a bona […]
Last night, big news came down for the Kentucky Wildcats and other college basketball programs, as Milan Momcilovic, one of the top players in the transfer portal, announced that he withdrew from the NBA Draft and will return to college basketball. It’s big news for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats, who are looking to […]
Two Scott County High School students have filed a lawsuit alleging school officials attempted to conceal misconduct by basketball coach and teacher Sean Woods. In the lawsuit, which names Woods and several other Scott County Schools officials, the students allege school officials failed to protect them from repeated sexual abuse, harassment, and assault by Woods […]
At the midnight deadline to withdraw from the 2026 NBA Draft, Baylor transfer Tounde Yessoufou decided to withdraw and commit to St. John’s, per multiple media reports. Yessoufou was testing the draft waters while also putting his name in the transfer portal, though it came with a do-not-contact tag. On3’s Joe Tipton reported that UCLA […]
Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic has made his NBA Draft decision. On Wednesday, news broke that Momcilovic was withdrawing from the draft ahead of the May 27 midnight deadline. However, he has not yet made a college commitment. Shortly after the news broke, On3’s Joe Tipton reported that Kentucky and Louisville are viewed as the […]
As the Kentucky Football season quickly approaches, with it being 101 days until kickoff, the Wildcats officially announced the kickoff times and TV assignments for their first three games of the 2026 season. Kentucky fans will get their first look at the Will Stein era on Sept. 5 when the Wildcats host Youngstown State inside […]
Today hoped to be the day we finally heard the news that Milan Momcilovic was withdrawing from the NBA Draft and possibly even committing to the Kentucky Wildcats. Well, not everyone is convinced that the Iowa State transfer and elite 3-point shooter will ultimately pull out of the draft. Ahead of the 11:59 PM ET […]
A bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday in the United States Senate aims to bring significant reforms to college athletics. The “Protect College Sports Act” would install notable reforms such as the creation of an agent registry that would limit fees to 5 percent, only allow student-athletes one transfer, establish a 5-year eligibility rule, and bar coaches […]
This should make Big Blue Nation happy. The annual Kentucky Basketball vs. Louisville Cardinals game will be on Saturday, December 12. After being played on Veterans’ Day last year, the Bluegrass Rivalry is back in December, where it honestly belongs to stay. We don’t know the network and time of the game, but we do […]
Good morning, BBN! Today is the day we find out exactly which players will stay in the NBA Draft and which will officially declare for it. Obviously, all eyes are on Milan Momcilovic for Kentucky. If the Cats can convince him to come back for this year, that gives BBN the spark plug it needs […]
The Kentucky Basketball staff has been busy evaluating high school prospects and extending offers since the first session of the live recruiting period earlier this month. Their most recent offer was extended to rising seven-footer Cherif Millogo after watching him on the Adidas 3SSB circuit. The Wildcats originally expressed some interest in Millogo last summer, […]
It appears Kentucky Basketball won’t be getting a summer foreign tour this year. On Tuesday, head coach Mark Pope revealed that there will likely be no summer trip for the 2026-27 Wildcats. “We’re probably a lean towards not going right now,” Pope told Darrell Bird of Cats Pause. This comes after Pope recently revealed that […]
This year’s Kentucky Basketball vs. Indiana Hoosiers matchup will be moved up a month from its original schedule. According to UK, the Wildcats’ matchup against Indiana has officially been moved to Friday, November 20. The game will still be played inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will air nationally on CBS, although an official […]
Good morning, BBN! We got great news this weekend as Malachi Moreno withdrew from the NBA Draft to return to Lexington for his sophomore campaign. Now, all eyes of the BBN turn to another MM in Milan Momcilovic. While still entered into the NBA Draft, all signs seem to point towards a return to college […]
Kentucky Baseball made it! The Bat Cats were named one of the last four teams to make the NCAA Tournament on Monday, earning a trip to the Morgantown regional as the 3-seed. When asked about the Cats sneaking in, NCAA Committee chairman Michael Alford said, “What really stood out with Kentucky was 15-9 against teams […]
Kentucky Basketball remains in the mix for Iowa State transfer forward Milan Momcilovic as he continues weighing his NBA Draft decision. Momcilovic currently has three options on the table: Stay in the NBA Draft, return to college and play for Kentucky, or return to another program. Regardless of the decision, the talented forward is expected […]
Malachi Moreno took the long weekend to let BBN know he would, in fact, be coming back to Kentucky. The Kentucky Basketball big man showed well in NBA Draft workouts and got some good feedback from a couple of teams in the back end of the first round. However, it wasn’t enough to get a […]