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The Kentucky women’s basketball team was selected as a No. 5 seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament and will travel to Morgantown, West Virginia, for the opening rounds. The 5-seeded Wildcats will play 12-seeded James Madison on Saturday, March 21, at 2:30 PM ET on ESPNU. It just so happens that Kenny Brooks is the all-time winningest coach in James Madison women’s basketball history and […]
Meet me in St. Louis! The Kentucky Wildcats are the No. 7 seed in St. Louis, part of the Midwest Region in the NCAA Tournament. They will take on the No. 10 seed Santa Clara Broncos on Friday. If Kentucky wins Friday, they will likely face No. 2 seed Iowa State (unless No. 15 seed […]
It turns out Santa Clara was the only choice for Kentucky Basketball to play in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64. Based on how the Selection Committee seeds teams, the Broncos were the only No. 10 seed Kentucky could play in the opening round this Friday. In essence, the Wildcats drew Santa Clara by default, […]
The 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket is now finalized after the Selection Sunday show revealed this year’s field of 68. The Duke Blue Devils are the No. 1 overall seed, while the Arizona Wildcats, Michigan Wolverines, and Florida Gators also earned 1-seeds. The Kentucky Wildcats will be a 7-seed in the Midwest Region alongside 1-seed Michigan, […]
The Kentucky Wildcats have learned their NCAA Tournament fate. On Selection Sunday, it was announced that Kentucky would be a No. 7 seed in the Midwest Region, where Michigan is the No. 1 seed. The Wildcats’ first game will come on Friday vs. the No. 10 seed Santa Clara Broncos in St Louis, Missouri. Santa […]
Happy Selection Sunday, everyone! Today, Kentucky Basketball will learn its fate for the men and women’s NCAA Tournaments. We have a pretty good idea of where Kentucky will be seeded in each tournament, but their opponents and where they’ll be playing remain up in the air. On the men’s side, it is generally believed Mark […]
Kentucky Basketball has wrapped up its postseason run in the SEC Tournament and now turns its attention to Selection Sunday. The Wildcats finished the season with a 21-13 record after falling to Florida in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. With conference tournament play nearing its conclusion across the country, Kentucky must now wait to […]
Greetings, BBN! The Kentucky Wildcats are now handing in a complete resume for Selection Sunday, and unlike a lot of other programs around the country, theirs has everything it needs to comfortably make the field and land them squarely in the middle of the bracket. At one point in the nonconference, they were 5-4, and […]
March Madness officially begins on Selection Sunday, when the NCAA tournament committee reveals the full 68-team bracket for the 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament. The show will air Sunday, March 15, at 6 PM ET on CBS, unveiling every matchup, seed, and region for the tournament field. Fans can watch the bracket reveal live on CBS […]
Kentucky men’s basketball has won 32 SEC Tournament titles. People called it the “Kentucky Invitational.” Now you have punks like Dan Dakich taking pot shots at the program for being “irrelevant,“ and Todd Golden proving he is the most annoying winner in college basketball at the expense of the Cats. It’s not been a good […]
Kentucky will not host in this year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. ESPN announced the top 16 seeds Saturday, and Kentucky was not included in that group. The top 16 included 5 teams from the SEC: LSU, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Vanderbilt. Louisville was also included among the top 16. The top 16 reveal does […]
Good morning, BBN! The Cats had a solid showing in the SEC Tournament, winning two games for the first time since 2018. That stat does come with a bit of a caveat, however, as it was the first time they’ve played on Wednesday of the tournament, but I digress. With that being said, they simply […]
The Kentucky Wildcats will not make it to the weekend in the SEC Tournament as they lose to the Florida Gators by a final score of 71-63. The Cats were destroyed on the glass by the Gators as freshman big man Malachi Moreno was not able to play late in the second-half. Moreno, the Wildcats’ […]
The Kentucky Wildcats are headed back to Lexington after back-to-back wins in the SEC Tournament. The Wildcats go down in the quarterfinals to the Florida Gators by a final score of 71-63, marking their third loss of the season to Todd Golden’s Gators. The Wildcats had a terribly tough time keeping the Gators’ frontcourt off […]
Kentucky Basketball fought hard, but Florida just had slightly more muscle. In a game where neither team got into an offensive rhythm, Florida used another 13-0 run in the first half to get far enough ahead to outlast the Cats 71-63 in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals. Florida was relentless on the glass, out-rebounding the Cats […]
No. 1 Florida continued its dominance over No. 9 Kentucky Basketball, defeating the Wildcats in the Quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament on Friday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena. Kentucky, hoping to avoid a third straight loss to Florida and head coach Todd Golden, came up short in a matchup that highlighted how hard it is to […]
The Kentucky Wildcats fended off another comeback attempt on Thursday, as they knocked off the Missouri Tigers in the second round of the SEC Tournament. With some momentum finally on the Cats’ side, they now head into another date with the Florida Gators. Despite the first two matchups being decided by single digits, Todd Golden’s […]
Throughout the season, Kentucky Basketball was primed for a higher seed in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. However, after stumbling down the stretch of the regular season, they wound up having to play on Wednesday with real pressure on their team to win a couple of games to at least make it to the Friday slate. […]
In Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” one of the most notable lines is “Playing anything to roll the dice just one more time.” That’s the opportunity Kentucky Basketball has on Friday afternoon in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals. They have a third shot at the Florida Gators, this year’s SEC regular-season outright champions and reigning National Champions. […]
Kentucky Basketball has survived and advanced again, this time holding off a tenacious and vampire-like Missouri Tigers team 78-72 Thursday afternoon in the Second Round of the SEC Tournament. Now, they will get a third shot at the SEC’s top seed, the Florida Gators, on Friday afternoon in the Quarterfinals. Game time is at 1:00 […]
It was not comfortable, and it certainly was not easy, but this time of year, the only thing that matters is surviving and advancing. That is exactly what Mark Pope’s Kentucky Wildcats did Thursday in Nashville, defeating the Missouri Tigers 78-72 in Round 2 of the SEC Tournament. For much of the afternoon, Kentucky appeared […]
Kentucky Football stayed in-state for its latest recruiting win. Three-star linebacker Ty Ashley, out of Owensboro, announced his commitment to the Wildcats on Thursday while visiting Lexington for a spring visit. The news was first reported by recruiting insider Hayes Fawcett. Ashley chose Kentucky over several notable programs, including Notre Dame, Penn State, Indiana, Wisconsin, […]
For decades, the SEC Tournament was often the Kentucky Wildcats’ playground. But entering this week in Nashville, the Wildcats had not won multiple games in the same SEC Tournament since 2018, a surprising drought for a program that has historically dominated the event. That year, John Calipari’s Wildcats won the tournament championship, defeating Tennessee in […]
Kentucky Basketball survived and advanced again, beating Missouri 78-72 Thursday afternoon in the Second Round of the SEC Tournament and advancing to the Quarterfinals against Florida on Friday afternoon. It took a team effort to outlast the Tigers on Thursday afternoon. Here are the Stars of the Game from Kentucky’s thrilling win over Missouri. Stars […]
Did you expect Kentucky Basketball to coast against the Missouri Tigers? Up 16 with 14:33 remaining, Missouri somehow battled all the way back to take the lead with just over two minutes remaining. Thankfully, Kentucky’s defense clamped down, and its offense did just enough down the stretch to hold on for a 78-72 win. Everybody […]