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Snapshot of the SEC teams that made the 2026 NCAA Tournament
Greetings, BBN! The bracket for the NCAA Tournament is set! After a full season of buzzer-beaters, barn-burners, slugfests, blowouts, and 117-115 double overtime games, ten of the SEC’s brands made the field of 68 and will be playing for a chance to win the 2026 national title. The highest seed went to the regular season […]
Mark Pope doesn’t expect Jayden Quaintance for NCAA Tournament opening weekend
The Kentucky Wildcats are gearing up for their NCAA Tournament run as they’ll be headed to St. Louis to face No. 10 seed Santa Clara. The Wildcats have been struggling a bit with the depth on their roster towards the end of the season, and it looks like that will continue. Wildcats big man Jayden Quaintance, who […]
Yaxel Lendeborg says Kentucky offered him $7 to $9 million before he picked Michigan
If nothing else, the new landscape of college basketball is producing a push for more transparency within the sport. As it remains a challenge to discern what’s real and what’s fabricated, at least we’re given the opportunity to hear more about what supposedly goes on behind the scenes. On Monday, an interesting story broke concerning […]
Christian Collins announces finalists and sets decision date for Tuesday
As the Kentucky Wildcats enter NCAA Tournament play, they still have no high school recruits committed for next season. For a while, the hope was that 5-star forward Christian Collins would become their first 2026 commitment, and…well, he’s ready to make a decision. The consensus top-10 prospect will announce his college commitment on Tuesday, March […]
Monday Headlines: Kentucky Basketball NCAA Tournament Predictions Roundup
As expected, very few NCAA Tournament predictions have Kentucky men’s basketball going down early, while several projections do have the women making a run. On the men’s side, ESPN has the Wildcats edging Santa Clara before going down to Iowa State in the Round of 32. ESPN has the women’s team taking down James Madison […]
What Kentucky Basketball’s path to the Final Four could look like
Now that the bracket is officially set, Kentucky Basketball knows what its potential path through the NCAA Tournament could look like. Is it an easy road? Not even close. Is it a realistic expectation after a disappointing regular season? Probably not. But this is March, and strange things tend to happen this time of year. […]
Where Kentucky finished in NCAA Tournament seed rankings
Not long after the NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed Sunday, the selection committee released its full seed list ranking all 68 teams in the field. The list gives a little more context for where Kentucky Basketball landed. The Wildcats were slotted No. 25 overall, which made them the highest-ranked No. 7 seed in the tournament. […]
Kentucky Basketball makes history with its NCAA Tournament seeding
The Kentucky Wildcats received their seeding and location on Sunday evening during the Selection Sunday bracket reveal. They’ll head to St. Louis as the No. 7 seed to face off against No. 10 seed Santa Clara in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. For the first time in school history, the Wildcats are a No. 7 […]
ESPN Predicts every NCAA Tournament game: Where do they have Kentucky?
Look, the Kentucky Wildcats’ draw is far from easy. Santa Clara, in addition to making their first NCAA Tournament game since 1996, is no pushover. They have a really good team that does a lot of things well. If Kentucky outlasts the Broncos in the First Round, Iowa State is likely waiting in the Second […]
Kentucky Women’s Basketball earns No. 5 seed, will face James Madison
The Kentucky women’s basketball team was selected as a No. 5 seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament and will travel to Morgantown, West Virginia, for the opening rounds. The 5-seeded Wildcats will play 12-seeded James Madison on Saturday, March 21, at 2:30 PM ET on ESPNU. It just so happens that Kenny Brooks is the all-time winningest coach in James Madison women’s basketball history and […]
Twitter reactions to Kentucky’s seeding in the NCAA Tournament
Meet me in St. Louis! The Kentucky Wildcats are the No. 7 seed in St. Louis, part of the Midwest Region in the NCAA Tournament. They will take on the No. 10 seed Santa Clara Broncos on Friday. If Kentucky wins Friday, they will likely face No. 2 seed Iowa State (unless No. 15 seed […]
Why Santa Clara was the only choice for Kentucky’s first NCAA Tournament opponent
It turns out Santa Clara was the only choice for Kentucky Basketball to play in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64. Based on how the Selection Committee seeds teams, the Broncos were the only No. 10 seed Kentucky could play in the opening round this Friday. In essence, the Wildcats drew Santa Clara by default, […]
2026 NCAA Tournament Bracket
The 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket is now finalized after the Selection Sunday show revealed this year’s field of 68. The Duke Blue Devils are the No. 1 overall seed, while the Arizona Wildcats, Michigan Wolverines, and Florida Gators also earned 1-seeds. The Kentucky Wildcats will be a 7-seed in the Midwest Region alongside 1-seed Michigan, […]
Kentucky Basketball earns No. 7 seed in Midwest Region, will face Santa Clara
The Kentucky Wildcats have learned their NCAA Tournament fate. On Selection Sunday, it was announced that Kentucky would be a No. 7 seed in the Midwest Region, where Michigan is the No. 1 seed. The Wildcats’ first game will come on Friday vs. the No. 10 seed Santa Clara Broncos in St Louis, Missouri. Santa […]
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 […]
Where Kentucky Basketball stands in final NCAA Tournament bracketology predictions
Kentucky Basketball has wrapped up its postseason run in the SEC Tournament and now turns its attention to Selection Sunday. The Wildcats finished the season with a 21-13 record after falling to Florida in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. With conference tournament play nearing its conclusion across the country, Kentucky must now wait to […]
Kentucky Basketball Resume Review: Where the Cats stand heading into Selection Sunday
Greetings, BBN! The Kentucky Wildcats are now handing in a complete resume for Selection Sunday, and unlike a lot of other programs around the country, theirs has everything it needs to comfortably make the field and land them squarely in the middle of the bracket. At one point in the nonconference, they were 5-4, and […]
March Madness 2026: How to watch Selection Sunday show for NCAA bracket reveal
March Madness officially begins on Selection Sunday, when the NCAA tournament committee reveals the full 68-team bracket for the 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament. The show will air Sunday, March 15, at 6 PM ET on CBS, unveiling every matchup, seed, and region for the tournament field. Fans can watch the bracket reveal live on CBS […]
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 […]
Saturday Headlines: Onto the NCAA Tournament
Good morning, BBN! The Cats had a solid showing in the SEC Tournament, winning two games for the first time since 2018. That stat does come with a bit of a caveat, however, as it was the first time they’ve played on Wednesday of the tournament, but I digress. With that being said, they simply […]
Malachi Moreno has minor injury but should be fine for NCAA Tournament
The Kentucky Wildcats will not make it to the weekend in the SEC Tournament as they lose to the Florida Gators by a final score of 71-63. The Cats were destroyed on the glass by the Gators as freshman big man Malachi Moreno was not able to play late in the second-half. Moreno, the Wildcats’ […]
Kentucky got crushed mercilessly on the glass against Florida
The Kentucky Wildcats are headed back to Lexington after back-to-back wins in the SEC Tournament. The Wildcats go down in the quarterfinals to the Florida Gators by a final score of 71-63, marking their third loss of the season to Todd Golden’s Gators. The Wildcats had a terribly tough time keeping the Gators’ frontcourt off […]
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 […]
Kentucky Basketball falls to Florida in SEC Tournament: 4 things to know and postgame banter
No. 1 Florida continued its dominance over No. 9 Kentucky Basketball, defeating the Wildcats in the Quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament on Friday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena. Kentucky, hoping to avoid a third straight loss to Florida and head coach Todd Golden, came up short in a matchup that highlighted how hard it is to […]
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