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John Wall weighs in on Mark Pope, Kentucky’s future

Former John Wall, who helped start the John Calipari era with a trip to the Elite Eight in the 2009–10 season, shared his thoughts this week on the current state of the Kentucky basketball program and second-year head coach Mark Pope during an appearance on Yahoo Sports Daily. Kentucky enters the final stretch of the […]

From A Sea Of Blue | about 21 hours ago | 0 reads

Tyran Stokes is planning to visit Kentucky Basketball again

The recruitment of Tyran Stokes, the No. 1 overall player in the class of 2026, has been nothing short of an emotional ride for every fanbase involved. The five-star small forward, originally from Kentucky, played most of his prep career at Notre Dame Academy before transferring to Rainier Beach High School for the remainder of […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 1 day ago | 0 reads

Malachi Moreno named SEC Freshman of the Week

Kentucky Basketball freshman center Malachi Moreno has been named SEC Freshman of the Week, marking the first weekly honor of his young career. In last week’s wins at South Carolina and at home vs. Vanderbilt, Moreno averaged 9.5 points (66.7% shooting) and 8.5 rebounds per game. Against South Carolina, Moreno had eight points and a […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 1 day ago | 0 reads

Kentucky Basketball achieves something not seen since 1990

When you do something for the first time in 36 years, it’s special. When you do something like that at the University of Kentucky, where history is etched everywhere, it’s even more so. That’s exactly what the Kentucky Basketball team did Saturday afternoon in the win over Vanderbilt. When Kentucky knocked off Vanderbilt 91-77, it […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 2 days ago | 0 reads

Otega Oweh continues to reach milestones as Kentucky Basketball transfer

Kentucky Basketball star senior guard Otega Oweh keeps rewriting the record book, and Saturday’s performance added another major milestone to his growing legacy. Oweh has now scored 20 or more points in an SEC game for the 20th time in his career. According to Matt Jones of KSR, it’s the most 20-point SEC games by […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 3 days ago | 0 reads

Kentucky Women’s Basketball earns 9 seed in SEC Tournament

Following the conclusion of regular-season play in women’s basketball, the 2026 SEC Tournament bracket has been set. The Kentucky women’s basketball team finished 21-9 overall and 8-8 in league play, enough to earn them the No. 9 seed in the SEC Tournament. They will play 16th-seeded Arkansas (12-19, 1-15 SEC) in the first round (Game […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 3 days ago | 0 reads

Malachi Moreno answered the bell from the opening tip in Vandy rout

There is a moment in every season where a player steps forward and makes a claim about who they are and where they are going. For Malachi Moreno and Kentucky Basketball, that happened Saturday against Vanderbilt. Just a few weeks ago, Vanderbilt said they looked at the film and knew they could physically outmuscle Kentucky. […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 3 days ago | 0 reads

Friday Headlines: To GM or not to GM for Kentucky Basketball

The amount of change that college basketball has endured over the last few seasons has been astronomical. In fact, that can be applied to college sports in general. Who would have thought 5-10 years ago that college athletics programs would be able to pay student athletes up to millions of dollars, and the universities would […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 5 days ago | 0 reads

Kentucky set to host top 2028 PG Kam Mercer for Vanderbilt game

Kentucky Basketball will welcome back Kam Mercer for a second visit later this month, according to Jacob Polacheck with KSR+. Mercer is the No. 2 shooting guard and a top-20 overall player in the class of 2028, according to 247Sports. The 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Princeton High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, is expected to attend […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 5 days ago | 0 reads

Mark Pope gives brief update on Kentucky Basketball GM search

When I first heard of a college team hiring a general manager, I was like “What?! A general manager in college?! I thought that was only for professional sports.” But as it turns out, college sports have a feel of a minor league for professional sports with the advent of NIL and the transfer portal. […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 6 days ago | 0 reads

Mark Pope continues to misuse Andrija Jelavic

One thing about this Kentucky Basketball season so far? You really just never know what to expect. Here lately, it has been the Denzel Aberdeen, Collin Chandler, and Otega Oweh show. But beyond that, it seems to be a different player stepping up almost every single night. And that includes the completely bizarre case of […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 6 days ago | 0 reads

Highlights, MVP, and Twitter reactions to Kentucky winning at South Carolina

When you needed him most, he delivered. Captain Clutch, Collin Chandler, drilled a 3-pointer with less than two minutes remaining to give Kentucky Basketball a 64-57 lead that helped them eventually take down the South Carolina Gamecocks, 72-63. Chandler only had five points before that shot. Kentucky closed the game on a 13-6 run for […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 7 days ago | 0 reads

Denzel Aberdeen plays through sickness against Auburn

Kentucky Basketball fans already knew that the team would be without Jaland Lowe, Kam Williams, and Jayden Quaintance. But on Friday night, there was a new concern, as guard Denzel Aberdeen appeared on the SEC Injury Report as probable. The reason? Illness. Aberdeen decided to suit up for Kentucky on Saturday night, and he delivered […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 9 days ago | 1 read

Mark Pope recaps gut punch at Auburn

Kentucky Basketball was walking tall not long ago, winners of seven of eight, and now walks out with a third straight loss that feels like it ripped the air out of the season. Auburn had the building absolutely rocking, but the Cats did not flinch early. Kentucky controlled the first half, closed strong, and went […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 9 days ago | 2 reads

Saturday Headlines: Auburn Gameday

Good morning, BBN! The Cats are back in action today as they take on the Auburn Tigers at Neville Arena in Auburn. It tips off at 8:30 PM EST. and you can watch it on ESPN. It’s been a pretty rough week for all things Kentucky Basketball. The loss to Florida was acceptable, but losing […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 11 days ago | 0 reads

Players to watch and keys to the game for Kentucky at Auburn

For all of the things that have gone wrong this season and in Mark Pope’s first two seasons as the Kentucky Basketball head coach, there is one thing that hasn’t happened, and that’s losing three in a row. Every time this team, or last year’s team, has lost consecutive games, they have always responded. That […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 11 days ago | 1 read

It’s gut-check time for Kentucky Basketball

Tuesday night’s loss to Georgia is as frustrating as it gets. It’s not a good loss at all. Every ounce of goodwill that Kentucky built up by sweeping Tennessee, beating Arkansas, and taking Florida 12 rounds is temporarily gone. The same pitchforks aimed at Mark Pope earlier this season are now back in full force, […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 11 days ago | 0 reads

Will Stein aims to own the Commonwealth when it comes to recruiting

The University of Kentucky’s rivalry with the Louisville Cardinals always delivers the goods when it comes to producing dramatic storylines. Generations of fans on both sides of the aisle have their own unique examples of how they were passionately raised to handle the divide between the Commonwealth’s heated foes. The bad blood has never been […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 12 days ago | 0 reads

Positive injury update on Kam Williams as postseason draws near

It remains to be seen when Kam Williams could possibly return to action following surgery on his broken foot, but not all hope is lost for the Kentucky Basketball guard. On Thursday, head coach Mark Pope provided an update on Williams, who has not been ruled out for the season and still has a chance […]

From A Sea Of Blue | 13 days ago | 1 read