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The Kentucky Wildcats opened the exhibition season with a big-time Friday night matchup with the No. 1 Purdue Boilermakers. They did so without the services of point guard Jaland Lowe (shoulder) and Jayden Quaintance (ACL recovery). Boy, did Kentucky sure impress. In a game they led almost wire-to-wire, the Cats took down top-ranked Purdue 78-65. […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 3 months ago | 1 read
CINCINNATI — That, my friends, was pretty darn fun. Kentucky took the court in front of a raucous Rupp Arena crowd —mind you, this was just an October Exhibition game —and took the No. 1 team, the Purdue Boilermakers, behind the woodshed. Expectations have been sky-high for this Kentucky team all Summer and entering the […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 3 months ago | 1 read
Missouri and Kansas State took the court for an exhibition basketball game Friday night, late. The tip off wasn’t until 9:00pm so you’ll forgive me if this is brief. Mizzou won the game 100-91. Here is the game sheet from StatBroadcast: I said before the game for people to not read too much into any […]
From Rock M Nation | 3 months ago | 0 reads
LeBron James knows a thing or two about product placement and celebrity endorsements. On Friday night, he gave the Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball program a solid by wearing his son Bryce’s Arizona jersey to the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. LeBron, who is sitting on the bench to begin the season due […]
From Arizona Desert Swarm | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Keba Keita blocked a shot in the final seconds and BYU beat North Carolina 78-76 Friday night in Salt Lake City. Both teams weren’t totally dialed in on offense — which isn’t unexpected for October — but both teams brought the intensity and treated this like a real game, which will pay dividends for when […]
From Vanquish The Foe | 3 months ago | 4 reads
I am so sure that consternation reigns/ rains. Though I like all Cardinal fans certainly was hoping for a better performance by the new look Louisville Cardinals, my u-trou are not in a wad after an exhibition against tough Kansas. More important than the anticipation by the pumped Friday night crowd was the anticipation and […]
From Card Chronicle | 3 months ago | 6 reads
The most anticipated Louisville men’s basketball season in some time got off on a sour note Friday night, with the Cardinals falling to visiting Kansas, 90-82, in exhibition play. The Jayhawks scored the game’s first nine points, and outside of a few minutes in the middle of the first half, the visitors pretty much controlled […]
From Card Chronicle | 3 months ago | 1 read
Who says it’s just an exhibition game!? Friday night could not have been more perfect for Big Blue Nation, as the ninth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats manhandled top-ranked Purdue 78-65. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more satisfying exhibition win at any level of sports than this was, and for good reason. Exhibitions are typically for getting […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 3 months ago | 1 read
The Wildcats finally put on a show last time they took the field, but then they got a week off. Will that week result in rust, or in more improvement? We’ll see, but it had better be the latter if The Streak is to continue. The Game The Kansas State Wildcats (3-4, 2-2 Big 12) visit […]
From Bring On The Cats | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Matt Painter didn’t hold any punches after Purdue’s loss in exhibition to Kentucky at Rupp Arena on Friday night. “A lot of time in basketball you don’t know, early in the season, your real problems,” Matt Painter said. “We have real problems. On a night where Purdue shot just 3 of 17 from three while […]
From Hammer and Rails | 3 months ago | 0 reads
Lexington native Reece Potter missed Friday night’s Exhibition game vs. Purdue with an illness, according to a Kentucky spokesperson. Thankfully, Kentucky was still able to make easy work of Purdue, winning 78-65. It’s an unfortunate setback, as this was a game Kentucky had 10 players log double-digit minutes, so it stands to reason he would […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 3 months ago | 2 reads
The Oregon men begin preparations for a highly anticipated season tonight, and as usual there are injury concerns. The Big Ten will have to wait, tonight the Ducks welcome their former Pac-12 partners the Utah Utes in an exhibition match. Where: Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR When: 7PM PDT Watch: B1G+ Listen: Oregon Sports Network […]
From Addicted To Quack | 3 months ago | 0 reads
If you weren’t paying attention, you just might have missed that basketball starts tonight. Well…it doesn’t really start tonight, as this is just an exhibition game, but it’s our first chance to see the new-look merc Wildcats in action. And we’re going to need all the help we can get, because for the fourth time […]
From Bring On The Cats | 3 months ago | 0 reads
Basketball season is finally here, folks, and tonight the Kentucky Wildcats tipped it off in a big way as they hosted the Purdue Boilermakers in their first exhibition game of the season. Now let the over-reactions begin as the Cats picked up the win tonight, 78-63. In a meaningless exhibition game on a Friday night, […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 3 months ago | 0 reads
With the first exhibition game of the season happening on Friday, nobody knew what to expect for No. 9 Kentucky basketball as they faced off against No. 1 Purdue inside of Rupp Arena. Some fans were expecting Kentucky to lose because they were not healthy and down their starting PG Jaland Lowe with a shoulder […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Yay basketball! I beg you, it’s an exhibition game, do not read too much into any results. Kansas State brings their shade of lavender back to Mizzou Arena for the first time since a 10 point loss to the Wildcats in 2012. If you forgot, Mizzou was pretty awesome that season but Frank Martin’s K-State […]
From Rock M Nation | 3 months ago | 0 reads
Purdue came into Rupp Arena as the #1 team in the country set to play a hungry, big Kentucky team with something to prove. Kentucky proved worthy of its top-ten placing in the polls and brought it to the visiting title favorite Boilermakers, winning 78-65.. It’s a familar place for Matt Painter and his Purdue […]
From Hammer and Rails | 3 months ago | 1 read
Basketball season is officially here. Well, not officially. But, it’s here. The Wisconsin Badgers are taking on the Oklahoma Sooners on Friday in an exhibition game at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. on Big Ten Plus. Wisconsin enters the season with a brand new team, bringing in five transfers […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter | 3 months ago | 1 read
Hey everyone, here are the results of the two survey questions we posted earlier this week. This will become a weekly feature, so if you have any questions you would like to have put out to TOC Nation, feel free to leave them in the comments here.
From The Only Colors | 3 months ago | 2 reads
We asked, and you’ve answered. Arizona is riding a 2-game skid during its bye week, albeit both one-score losses with the first coming in double overtime to an unbeaten opponent and the second on a walkoff field goal. That has sapped the momentum of a 4-1 start, the program’s best since 2019, and put into […]
From Arizona Desert Swarm | 3 months ago | 0 reads
After BYU made his top 3 earlier this week, big man Abdullah Ahmed told Joe Tipton that he has cut his list to Houston and BYU. Abdullah told me that he will take an official visit to BYU November 7-9. BYU hosts Holy Cross November 8. Tipton reports that Ahmed will begin his visit to […]
From Vanquish The Foe | 3 months ago | 1 read
The Kentucky Wildcats have a couple of visitors on the list for Friday evening’s matchup against the Purdue Boilermakers. The newest guest set to be in Lexington on Friday is class of 2027 shooting guard Chase Lumpkin, the Georgia native told KSR. Lumpkin, a 6-4, 180-pound SG, has offers from a host of schools, including […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 3 months ago | 0 reads
The time has come! We get our first televised (sort of) look at Virginia basketball playing a basketball game (of sorts) under Ryan Odom on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. ET. The ‘Hoos will scrimmage the Villanova Wildcats at John Paul Jones Arena with the game being streamed on ACC Network Extra. To watch, sign […]
From Streaking The Lawn | 3 months ago | 0 reads
No. 9 ranked TCU Soccer picked up a third straight win with a 1-0 victory on the road over Arizona this past Thursday. The Horned Frogs played an excellent defensive game and Emma Yolinsky provided the only goal from either team. TCU moved into sole possession of first place in the Big 12 with two […]
From Frogs O' War | 3 months ago | 0 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Lakers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Predicting how well an NBA team will do for a season is always tough. Trades and injuries can […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 3 reads