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The Kentucky Wildcats’ 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule continues to take shape, and we just learned of one of the biggest matchups for next season. On Thursday, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports and College Hoops Today broke the news of who will make up this year’s SEC/ACC Challenge. The two-day event will feature Kentucky playing at […]
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 […]
We are a reactionary society, thanks in large part to social media and the constant need for the next thing. And partly because deep down, a lot of us live on the pessimistic side. Now, there are always your sunshine pumpers who can make anything sound positive, but in sports, they get drowned out by […]
Game 1 of the NBA Finals saw the New York Knicks come back from trailing by as many as 14 in the second half to defeat the Spurs in San Antonio by a score of 105-95. It was a big night for New York’s star guard Jalen Brunson, who scored 30 points in the victory, […]
We have all heard of our fair share of sports superstitions. In baseball, the classic don’t step on the chalk line is one that has stood the test of time. In other sports, you’ll hear of people not washing certain gear while they’re rallying or playing well. Milan Momcilovic brings us a new one that […]
Kentucky Basketball fans have plenty of reasons to be excited about the addition of Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic, and the numbers show why. According to Basketball Reference (via Kyle Tucker), Momcilovic is the only Division I player since the introduction of the 3-point line to make at least 130 3-pointers while shooting 48% or […]
Kentucky Basketball never really flirted with Flory Bidunga when he decided to leave Kansas, but Louisville shelled out quite a bit of money to land the talented big man. Part of Kentucky’s reasoning was that they were going to return Malachi Moreno, even though he flirted with the NBA. Thankfully, Moreno eventually came back, and […]
Good morning, BBN! The NBA Finals tip off tonight, and like many Finals in the past, this one has plenty of former Cats looking to get a ring. Obviously, SGA has been showing out for UK, coming off a championship last year and back-to-back MVP awards. This year, there will be at least one Cat […]
Milan Momcilovic became the most popular name in the BBN over the last week as we awaited his commitment announcement after he withdrew from the NBA Draft. With that coming late on Monday night, now the sharpshooting forward will play college basketball in Lexington next season. Since he withdrew from the draft, the connection to […]
Kentucky Basketball entered the offseason with plenty of uncertainty after losing several key players to graduation, the transfer portal, and the NBA Draft. While Mark Pope successfully retained Malachi Moreno, Kam Williams, and Brayden Hawthorne, many national analysts still viewed the Wildcats as a team on the outside looking in. That changed when Iowa State […]
The Kentucky Wildcats have had some fits with West Virginia over the past few days, as the baseball team was sent home by the Mountaineers on Monday night. Now, they have flipped a Wildcat commit. Bryian Duncan Jr., a Cario, Georgia native, committed to the Wildcats in March and has now flipped to West Virginia. The 3-star […]
Milan Momcilovic is a Kentucky Wildcat. The No. 1 player available in the transfer portal this spring committed to Kentucky on Monday, and the way it all unfolded is almost too good. Last Wednesday, Momcilovic pulled his name from the 2026 NBA Draft. He did it even with a second-round promise on the table. Kentucky […]
Good morning, BBN! We have all been on Milan Momcilovic watch over the last few days as we wait for the top uncommitted transfer to announce where he will play his college basketball next season. It finally came late Monday night when Momcilovic announced his commitment to the Kentucky Wildcats. It marks one of the […]
Kentucky Football‘s recruiting momentum under first-year head coach Will Stein continues to build, and the Wildcats appear to be trending toward another major addition in the class of 2027. 4-star offensive lineman Dominic Black of New Madison, Ohio, is expected by several recruiting insiders to choose Kentucky over a strong group of finalists that includes […]
The Kentucky Wildcats and head coach Mark Pope have finally landed their whale of the offseason, as Milan Momcilovic committed to the program late Monday night. BBN can finally rest. In recent weeks, the rumored NIL value for Momcilvic was around $7.5-$8 million, but the Wildcats didn’t have to pay nearly that much for the […]
Milan Momcilovic has finally come off the board, as the Iowa State transfer has committed to the Kentucky Wildcats on Monday after overcoming the Louisville Cardinals for his services. Momcilovic had been testing the NBA Draft waters before officially withdrawing from it at the deadline, despite some late buzz that he was close to staying […]
The Milan Momcilovic saga has finally reached its conclusion. Last Wednesday night, news broke that Momcilovic was withdrawing from the 2026 NBA Draft and returning to school, with the Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals seen as the frontrunners for the Iowa State transfer. Now, we have a decision, as Momcilovic committed to the University of […]
Just as he did against Kentucky last year in the Regionals, West Virginia’s Armani Guzman singled in the winning run Monday night, walking off the Wildcats 6-5 and ending their season. The script was flipped Monday night in Morgantown. This time, it was Kentucky trailing 5-1 with two outs in the top of the eighth. […]
Former Kentucky Wildcats standout Randall Cobb has been named to the 2027 ballot for consideration for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. Cobb is one of 80 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 99 players and 39 coaches from the divisional ranks. Cobb, a native of Alcoa, Tennessee, was […]
The Kentucky Wildcats coaching staff is awaiting word on where top transfer Milan Momcilovic is headed, but they’re also working hard to get high school recruits on campus for official visits. Top-10 high school recruit Ryan Hampton is set to take an official visit to Kentucky this week, on June 5-7, according to Rivals’ Joe […]
Milan Momcilovic is returning to college basketball and will spend at least one more season competing for a national title while improving his NBA draft stock. The former Iowa State star averaged 16.9 points per game last year while managing to shoot 48.7% from deep. After pulling his name out of the NBA draft, he […]
The Kentucky Wildcats retained one of their biggest pieces to the puzzle next season in Malachi Moreno, as Mark Pope and his staff look to right the ship after a rocky second season in Lexington. Retention is key, especially as coaches hope to continually innovate their systems in the ever-changing game of basketball. That is […]
It’s a bad taste of déjà vû for the Kentucky Wildcats. Leading 9-6 entering the top of the ninth, the Bat Cats were three outs away from advancing to the Super Regional. Then, just as what happened last year against West Virginia, disaster struck at the worst possible time. Nile Adcock, entering his fourth inning […]
Kentucky Basketball has sent a lot of players to the NBA over the last decade plus, and more than a few former Wildcats showed up and showed out Saturday night with a trip to the NBA Finals on the line. Oklahoma City was searching for a second consecutive NBA Finals appearance, led by NBA MVP […]
The Kentucky Wildcats Baseball team picked up a big win yesterday, knocking off West Virginia in Morgantown by a score of 11-9. The Cats jumped out to a big lead, but saw West Virginia come back before Kentucky scored 3 runs in the 8th inning to secure the big win. With the win, the Wildcats […]