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Just days after the season ended, the Kentucky Basketball offseason has already been hit with some unexpected news. With Mark Pope entering a make-or-break third season, the Wildcats are now expected to lose assistant coach Jason Hart, a key recruiter, to SMU. The move comes as a surprise to many who believed Hart, a West […]
Kentucky Basketball is continuing to evaluate high school talent as the staff hits the recruiting trail. Now, Kentucky is looking to add a player from the class of 2026 with point guard Mason Williams set to visit campus on Wednesday, according to Jacob Polacheck of KSR. Williams, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound point guard from Tennessee Collegiate […]
Kentucky Basketball’s offseason shakeup continued Tuesday night with news that assistant Jason Hart was leaving the program to join the SMU Mustangs coaching staff. KSR’s Jacob Polacheck broke the news first. Hart, who came to Kentucky as part of Mark Pope’s first coaching staff in Lexington, was working on a two-year contract that will expire […]
Keegan Brown is officially joining the Kentucky Basketball program. According to KSR’s Jack Pilgrim, Brown will be Kentucky’s associate director of player development. On3’s Joe Tipton previously reported that Brown was expected to join the program in a front-office role. Brown previously served on Mark Pope’s staff for five seasons at BYU as the director […]
The Kentucky Wildcats didn’t just win a basketball game on Monday night. They stepped right into the center of a national movement that continues to grow. While the box score will forever show a 74-73 Kentucky victory over West Virginia to send the Wildcats to their first Sweet 16 in a decade, the postgame press […]
Good morning, BBN! Now that the offseason has officially begun, all eyes will now turn to roster stay or go decisions as well as potential transfer options for the Kentucky roster next season. However, it sounds like we would also be smart to watch some assistant coach movement as well. KSR’s Jack Pilgrim reported on […]
Outside of the NCAA Tournament, a major talking point around the BBN has been about the search for a new Athletic Director in Lexington. With plenty of names being brought up, unfortunately, it is not new candidates that are making the headlines. With Mitch Barnhart announcing his retirement as UK AD, it also comes with […]
Kentucky Basketball sophomore guard Collin Chandler may be disappointed after the Wildcats’ Round of 32 exit, but he’s already focused on the future. During postgame interviews, Chandler emphasized his motivation to return to March Madness and make a deeper run come this time next year. “I’m hungry to come back. To be back in March […]
West Virginia is a team that Kentucky was designed to beat, but that doesn’t always happen. The Mountaineers are small, ferocious, and force turnovers at an elite rate. Kentucky needed to counter that with the size West Virginia just doesn’t have. Early on, they did just that. 1st half showcases the size difference West Virginia’s […]
For the sixth straight year, Kentucky Basketball has failed to reach the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament after getting blasted by Iowa State in the Round of 32. Mark Pope has been responsible for two of those seasons, while John Calipari was responsible for the previous four. And while Calipari is now having success […]
Remember when Yaxel Lendeborg claimed Kentucky offered him $7-to-9 million in the last transfer portal cycle? And that he turned it down for way less to play for Michigan? It turns out that everyone with any sense who thought ‘that’s probably not true’ was correct. During his Monday radio show, Mark Pope denied the claim […]
Kentucky Basketball is known for its March Madness success, but since the start of the new decade, it has been a challenging period for the program. Kentucky has now missed the Elite Eight in six straight appearances from 2021 to 2026, which is the longest drought in program history since the tournament began in 1951. […]
Kentucky basketball saw their season come to an end on Sunday when they were quickly blown out by the Iowa State Cyclones, 82-63. Despite leading for a decent portion of the first half and only trailing by one point going into the second period, it took hardly any time at all for the Cyclones to […]
Kentucky Basketball is in a rough six-year stretch by their standards. The Cats have only been to the Sweet 16 in one of the last six NCAA Tournaments, and they missed the NCAA Tournament altogether in 2021. In addition, the Cats haven’t been to the Elite Eight since 2019 or the Final Four since 2015. […]
No. 7 Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament run came to an end Sunday in St. Louis with an 82-63 loss to No. 2 Iowa State. The Wildcats jumped out to a 20-11 lead early, but Iowa State responded with a strong run and never looked back, ultimately dominating the second half. Kentucky only had two players reach […]
Head coach Mark Pope, who also played for the Kentucky Wildcats under Rick Pitino from 1994-1996, understands what it means to have ‘Kentucky’ on the front of his jersey, and he wants to find players who can represent his alma mater with authority. After the Wildcats loss in the Round of 32 to Iowa State, […]
The sting of the men’s tournament exit is still fresh. A turnover-fueled, 19-point loss to Iowa State is a tough pill for the Big Blue Nation to swallow. But in March, the page turns quickly. Now, the ladies have everyone’s undivided attention, and they should. They have been tremendous this year. Kenny Brooks and company […]
The Kentucky Wildcats’ season has come to an end as they were throttled by Iowa State by a final score of 82-63. A terrible second half resulted in a historic loss for Mark Pope’s squad. The Wildcats suffered their worst NCAA Tournament loss since 1971 (107-83 vs. Western Kentucky) and their second-worst in program history. […]
For much of the first half, it looked like the Kentucky Wildcats had control of this game. They were making shots and playing tenaciously on defense. Then, Iowa State closed the first half on an 8-0 run in 89 seconds to turn a 30-23 deficit into a 31-30 lead. Kentucky never recovered. Iowa State blitzed […]
No. 7 Kentucky saw its season come to an end Sunday in St. Louis, falling to No. 2 Iowa State, 82-63 in the Round of 32 with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line. Kentucky came out firing, building an early 20-11 lead and controlling the pace of the game. However, Iowa State […]
Gameday is here, as the Kentucky Wildcats will face off with the Iowa State Cyclones in St. Louis with a date in the Sweet 16 on the line. Game time is set for 2:45 PM ET on CBS. The Cats are 5.5-point underdogs. After a roller coaster of a game for UK in the Round […]
The Kentucky Wildcats are back in action today, taking on the Iowa State Cyclones in the Round of 32. The 7-seed Wildcats take on the 2-seed Cyclones with a berth in the Sweet 16 in Chicago on the line. Going into today’s game, all eyes are on Iowa State’s All-American forward Joshua Jefferson, who left […]
Sports can bring out a specific, indescribable array of emotions in a way that not much else in life can. On Friday afternoon in St. Louis, thanks to Otega Oweh’s game-tying prayer from beyond half-court, Kentucky fans were treated to a moment that they’ll likely never forget. It was one wild ride battling Santa Clara […]
While Big Blue Nation is still rightfully celebrating Otega Oweh’s miraculous shot and Brandon Garrison’s sterling defensive effort, the reality of modern college basketball is that recruiting never sleeps. The NCAA Transfer Portal window is knocking on the door. After refshuffling, the window matches football’s singular window. It opens on April 7, 2026, the day […]
March has a way of changing the trajectory of teams and programs. It happened to Gonzaga when, in 1999, Casey Calvary tipped in a shot with seconds remaining in the Bulldogs’ upset win over Florida in the Sweet 16. Gus Johnson, calling the game for CBS, famously punctuated that play by saying, “GONZAGA! The Slipper. […]