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Kentucky Football has landed another wide receiver through the transfer portal, adding Southern Utah standout Shane Carr after a recent visit to Lexington. Carr, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound receiver from Bakersfield, California, entered the transfer portal with two years of eligibility remaining. Despite not being ranked as a high school recruit and still holding no rating […]
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As expected, the Kentucky Wildcats did not crack the latest AP Top 25 Poll. However, they did receive 20 votes while also knocking Tennessee out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since March of 2021. The Coaches Top 25 Poll has Kentucky receiving just five votes. As for Kenny Brooks’ squad, they […]
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For the second straight game, it was a Collin Chandler pass that led to the game-winning basket for Kentucky Basketball. Saturday in Knoxville, Chandler found Otega Oweh for a game-winning lay-up with 34 seconds to play to give Kentucky a 78-77 lead. Three days prior, he threw a nearly full-court pass to Malachi Moreno for […]
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On Monday night, Mark Pope broke the news that Kentucky point guard Jaland Lowe would be done for the season, as he’s opted to have surgery on his shoulder. That the news might not come as a shock to many, but it does impact this team substantially this season. Despite that fact, it was fairly […]
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Coming into the season, this Kentucky Wildcats team had talent. This is a roster that came into the season with expectations of being more athletic and versatile than last year’s team. The one concern was this team’s ability to shoot the ball. Saturday in Knoxville, this team showed that it can shoot. Kentucky made 11/24 […]
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Will Stein continues to impress the college football world since taking over the helm as Kentucky Football’s head coach a few weeks ago. It’s not only signing talented players that’s catching eyes; Stein is also perfecting his recruiting pitch to lure other coaches away from their current programs to work alongside him in Lexington. On […]
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The Kentucky Wildcats went on the road yesterday and picked up another win in Knoxville, despite most people thinking they were going to get run off the court in the first half. The Cats fell behind 41-24, trailing by 17 with about 3 minutes remaining in the first half. The Cats cut it to 11 […]
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Tensions flared briefly during Kentucky Basketball’s road matchup at Tennessee, but head coach Mark Pope made sure it never crossed the line. After the game, cameras caught Kentucky guard Otega Oweh exchanging words with Tennessee forward Jaylen. What started as trash talk quickly escalated when Carey gave Oweh a shove. Brandon Garrison immediately stepped in […]
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The Kentucky Wildcats are trying to get familiar with the No. 1 prospect in the class of 2027. CJ Rosser, a 6-9 power forward from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, will make his first unofficial visit to Lexington on Wednesday, February 4th, per On3’s Joe Tipton. The 5-star forward is ranked No. 1 overall by 247 […]
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Have we seen the last of Jayden Quaintance in a Kentucky Basketball jersey? When Quaintance was recently revealed to have swelling in his surgically repaired knee — leading to him missing the last three games — it didn’t sound like something that could knock him out for ‘too’ long. However, Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman […]
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Mark Pope and the Kentucky Basketball team pulled off a comeback victory over Tennessee on Saturday, winning 80-78 in Knoxville. The Wildcats found themselves in a hole early, falling behind by as many as 17 in the first half. However, a collective effort at both ends of the court led to the comeback victory. One […]
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After not leading until 34 seconds remained, Kentucky Basketball closed the game by making three straight shots and holding the Tennessee Volunteers to no baskets in the final 5:38 remaining. It was a gritty effort in an 80-78 road win for the Wildcats. This is the kind of win Kentucky needed. Forget they trailed by […]
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The Kentucky Wildcats (12-6) came back down 17 points on the road at Thompson-Boiling Arena to knock off the No.24 Tennessee Volunteers (12-6) by a final score of 80-78. The Wildcats came out on top, but after the buzzer, things got a little heated. The Volunteers couldn’t capitalize on the purposely missed free throw with […]
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The Kentucky Wildcats returned to the court this afternoon as they faced off against the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville. In another exciting comeback, the Cats knock off the Vols 80-78. The first 20 minutes have been unkind to this Kentucky team, and that was the case once again this afternoon. The Vols schooled the Cats […]
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The Kentucky Wildcats will travel to Knoxville to take on the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday. Game time is set for 12:00 PM ET on ESPN. Kentucky is a 6.5-point underdog. The Cats are now 11-6 on the season after a buzzer-beating win over the LSU Tigers earlier this week. Mark Pope’s squad has won two […]
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Good morning, BBN! The Kentucky Wildcats take on their biggest SEC rivals today, the Tennessee Volunteers. The game tips off at 12:00 PM ET at Thompson-Boling Arena, and you can watch it on ESPN. It’s been a few days since, but I still can’t believe what we witnessed on Wednesday night. It couldn’t have been […]
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Earlier this week, there was a sentiment that we were going to learn a lot about this Kentucky Basketball team. With Jaland Lowe now out for the season, the Wildcats showed their resilience Wednesday night at LSU in coming back from 18 points down in the second half to win on a buzzer-beater by Malachi […]
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The BBN is still celebrating an awesome comeback victory over LSU on Wednesday night, but now we are less than 24 hours away from the first Kentucky Basketball vs. Tennessee matchup of the basketball season. Knoxville has been kind to UK the last several seasons, as they have won five of their last six games […]
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Greetings, BBN! The midweek action finally toppled Vanderbilt, bringing the total number of undefeated teams nationally down to just three. Every team in the league has a conference loss now as well, with everybody being 3-1, 2-2, or 1-3 (except LSU, thanks to a Bluegrass miracle. More on that below). On Tuesday, Texas A&M lost […]
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Kentucky Football has been making waves in the transfer portal since Will Stein became the head coach in early December. Now, they’re looking to potentially add a big-time prospect to the quarterback room. Oregon signee Bryson Beaver, who Stein helped land for the Ducks, announced this week that he is entering the transfer portal after spending […]
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Kentucky Football has added another proven pass-catching option to its roster, landing transfer wide receiver Nic Anderson from LSU, a player who first made his name at Oklahoma before a brief and injury-marred stop in Baton Rouge. Matt Zenitz broke the news on Friday of Anderson’s commitment. The former Tiger will have one season of […]
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Major news dropped on Thursday when a federal indictment was unsealed on Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The document revealed a college basketball point-shaving scheme that involved over 39 college basketball players on 17 teams. The scheme led to dozens of games over the course of the last two seasons being fixed with […]
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I don’t know about you, but this quote from Will Stein fires me up. It’s so true, too. The beginning of the offseason program is underway with athletes back on campus for the start of the second semester. Stein held the team’s first meeting this Winter on Monday, and part of it was posted on […]
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The Kentucky Wildcats now have to pivot as news broke on Monday night that Jaland Lowe would miss the remainder of the season. Adding to the mystique of UK Basketball and injuries, Mark Pope and his staff are hoping that the injury bug goes away as they try to get Jayden Quaintance back on the […]
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Kentucky Basketball looked like it might be sinking early in SEC play, but two wildly different wins have completely changed the tone around Mark Pope’s second season in Lexington. After opening conference play 0-2 with losses at Alabama and at home to Missouri, the Wildcats have ripped off back-to-back victories to climb to 2-2 in […]
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