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Sometimes, the best updates on a player can come from the player himself. What a concept. That’s the case for Kentucky Basketball big man Jayden Quaintance, who has been sidelined with a knee injury since early January and offered an insight into his recovery situation on Thursday in St. Louis. It’s the same knee he […]
The NCAA Tournament is technically underway, but today is the day where we move full-speed ahead. With Kentucky playing tomorrow, we get today to just sit back and enjoy all the fun and if you’re like me, probably watch your bracket go up in flames. Ohio State and TCU get things underway to start the […]
I know some of you have been waiting for this moment. The NCAA Tournament is officially upon us. The First Four gave us two good games and a game-winning Tramon Mark middy. Now, a whirlwind of upsets, buzzer-beaters, and cards being shredded is upon us. As brackets are filled and dreams take flight, I am […]
Kentucky Basketball found out its fate last night, and the news was a bit of a paradox. The Cats are headed to the Midwest Region, playing just five hours from Lexington in St. Louis, which is good news. The bad news? They are playing the most dangerous 10-seed in the field in Santa Clara, a […]
It’s officially March, and the madness is just about here. With the Round of 64 tipping off Thursday, the NCAA Tournament is set to take over the sports world once again. Brackets are being finalized, upsets are being debated, and fans everywhere are trying to find that perfect path to the Final Four. Now it’s […]
It’s here, March Madness, one of the most exciting events on the sports calendar. This year, Kentucky Basketball is a 7-seed for the first time in program history and starts NCAA Tournament play in St. Louis, within driving distance for much of Big Blue Nation. Their first-round opponent, the 10-seeded Santa Clara Broncos, who are […]
It turns out 5-star small forward prospect Christian Collins isn’t going to play his college basketball career anywhere in the entire state of Kentucky, not just the University of Kentucky. Collins has announced his decision to attend USC, deciding to take his talents to Southern California over both Kentucky and Louisville. Kentucky was the favorite […]
The match is set: the Kentucky Wildcats will face off against the Santa Clara Broncos on Friday at 12:15 pm in a 7 vs 10 matchup, with the Wildcats earning their first-ever 7-seed and the Broncos taking the 10-seed. The victor will face the winner of the 2 vs 15 matchup of Iowa State and […]
Good morning, BBN! All of our attention has shifted to the Kentucky Wildcats‘ NCAA Tournament matchup with Santa Clara on Friday afternoon, but at the moment, the offseason for college basketball is currently tipping off. With players already announcing their intentions to enter the portal, that brings up another question this fanbase has: What is […]
Within the NCAA Tournament bracket, there are so many ways to look at it and so many factors that could play a role in making your picks in your brackets. For the Kentucky Wildcats, they will have one key advantage on Friday afternoon in St. Louis against Santa Clara. When the game tips off Friday […]
Greetings, BBN! March Madness is finally here, and your Kentucky Wildcats will look to tip off what hopes to be an extended postseason run when they face Santa Clara in Friday’s Round of 64 action. It was a rocky regular season in Year 2 of the Mark Pope era, one that has much of the […]
Greetings, BBN! The SEC once again filled the bracket with the most teams of any conference this year, with ten teams hearing their names called on Selection Sunday. All will be looking to make school history, which varies quite a bit between them all. Most of them have a Final Four somewhere in their NCAA […]
Kentucky Basketball has emerged as a serious contender for international standout Quinn Ellis. According to reports from Alberto Marzagalia and Matteo Andreani, the Wildcats have entered the mix for Ellis, a major talent from overseas. A 22-year-old guard from Great Britain, Ellis is currently playing for Olimpia Milano in Italy’s top league and the EuroLeague. […]
With the NCAA Tournament set to begin on Thursday, Jay Bilas has revealed his bracket predictions, including how far he believes Kentucky Basketball will advance in March Madness. Bilas, a longtime analyst for ESPN and former player under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke, predicts Kentucky will win its opening-round matchup but fall in the second round. […]
It turns out that Christian Collins will not make his decision until Wednesday at 3 PM ET. ___________________________________________________________ Good morning, BBN! The Kentucky Wildcats are getting geared up for the NCAA Tournament as they head to St. Louis to face off with Santa Clara this Friday afternoon. But first, they will also be seeing if […]
The Kentucky Wildcats are getting geared up for their Round-of-64 game on Friday as they head to St. Louis to face off with the Santa Clara Broncos. A popular upset pick for many sports fans across the country, this Kentucky team is hoping it can make an improbable run to place itself back into the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]