Online Home of the Big Blue Nation: Kentucky Wildcats Sports for the Discerning Fan
Good morning, BBN! Another Kentucky football gameday is here, and unfortunately, apathy is the feeling most of BBN is having. Today will be interesting. Both Auburn and Kentucky have had rough seasons to this point. Mark Stoops and Hugh Freeze were actually ranked 1st and 2nd, respectively, on the hot seat earlier this week. Will […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats are still looking for their first commitment of the 2026 class as we enter the regular season next week. With plenty of big names still left on the table for the staff, we now know that the Cats have made the final cut for one of their top frontcourt […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
The Kentucky Wildcats are getting prepared to face off with the Auburn Tigers tomorrow night as they look to get their first SEC win of the season. It has been a busy week for monitoring injuries, as the Cats have 12 players listed as out for tomorrow night’s game. One good thing for the Cats […]
4 months ago | 5 reads
The Kentucky Wildcats, predictably, are huge underdogs Saturday in their matchup at Auburn. FanDuel Sportsbook has the Wildcats as an 11.5-point underdog, with an over/under at 44.5. The Wildcats also have a moneyline of +360. Auburn’s moneyline is -460. Kentucky is 2-5 this season overall and 0-5 in the SEC. The Wildcats are also 2-5 […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Oklahoma City Thunder superstar and reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s home was burglarized on Thursday night when the Thunder were hosting the Washington Wizards, per KOCO News. According to the report, the suspects fled before police arrived. Thankfully, the former Kentucky Wildcats star was not home during the break-in on Thursday evening, as no one […]
4 months ago | 9 reads
Kentucky’s 84-70 exhibition loss to Georgetown was a jarring reality check, but the most concerning part wasn’t just the final score. It was the admission from head coach Mark Pope afterward that his team was completely unprepared for a defensive scheme he knew was coming. ‘I just did a poor job’ After the game, Pope […]
4 months ago | 11 reads
Kentucky basketball played its final of two exhibition games last night when it played host to the Georgetown Hoyas at Rupp Arena. Down a couple of their starting guards, head coach Mark Pope and his Wildcats fell to Georgetown (84-70) in what was a defensive collapse and a mess on the offensive end of the […]
4 months ago | 8 reads
The Kentucky Wildcats had a solid season in Mark Pope’s inaugural season. Expectations weren’t incredibly high as most had tempered them, but it’s still Kentucky, right? The same can’t be said about this season, as Pope is entering year 2. Fans believe this is a Final Four caliber team, and, according to many reports, it […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Just one week after Kentucky basketball looked like world-beaters in a physical, dominant win over No. 1 Purdue, the hype train came to a screeching halt. Friday night’s 84-70 exhibition loss to the Georgetown Hoyas wasn’t just a loss; it was a blaring, five-alarm warning sign about this roster’s most significant potential weakness. It reminded […]
4 months ago | 7 reads
It was a pretty tough night at Rupp Arena as the Kentucky Wildcats got absolutely smacked by the Georgetown Hoyas, 84-70. Defensively, the Cats got gashed by an experienced Hoya squad that seemingly couldn’t miss for the first 35 minutes of the game. Add that in with some awful offense, and that led to the […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Playing without three potential starters, the Kentucky Wildcats struggled mightily against the Georgetown Hoyas Thursday night, falling 84-70 in the second of two exhibition games before the regular season starts next Tuesday. Kentucky could not get shots to fall throughout the 40 minutes, shooting just 20-60 from the field and 7-30 from 3-point range. The […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Kentucky basketball looked out of sync from start to finish in their final exhibition matchup against Georgetown, falling 84-70 on a night where the Wildcats were short-handed in the backcourt. The Wildcats were without both of their primary guards, as starting PG Jaland Lowe sat out with a shoulder injury he suffered on Oct. 17. […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
The Kentucky Wildcats are gearing up for their matchup with the Auburn Tigers on Saturday night, as the Cats look to pick up their first SEC win. They will do so incredibly shorthanded at the moment. After the initial injury report last night, the Cats will be without 10 scholarship players, including DJ Waller and […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
The Kentucky Wildcats are getting geared up for the regular season tip-off next week, but first, they will host the Georgetown Hoyas in Rupp Arena for their final exhibition game of the preseason. After an impressive showing against Purdue last week, Mark Pope and his team will look to knock off Ed Cooley’s squad tonight. […]
4 months ago | 1 read
As the 2025-26 college basketball season kicks into gear, Kentucky basketball is still waiting for its first commitment in the high school class of 2026. Granted, Kentucky has focused heavily on the transfer portal since Mark Pope arrived, while his current team is full of guys who could return for next season, including Jaland Lowe, […]
4 months ago | 5 reads
The Kentucky Wildcats are back in action tonight as they host the Georgetown Hoyas at Rupp Arena for a 7:00 PM ET tipoff on SEC Network+. In their final exhibition game before the season gets rolling next week, Mark Pope and his staff will be looking for another solid effort from their squad. After knocking […]
4 months ago | 1 read
October is in the books. Texas A&M is still unbeaten and the team to beat, Alabama survived their closest conference shave yet, and three teams at the bottom are still looking for their first league win. The SEC championship spots are still up for grabs, though A&M and the Tide can also just win out […]
4 months ago | 10 reads
The Kentucky Wildcats were unable to end their SEC losing skid in last week’s blowout loss to Tennessee. Now, the Wildcats get one of their most winnable games left on the schedule on Saturday when they travel to The Plains to face the Auburn Tigers. Ironically, this will be a battle of two head coaches […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
It’s game day, BBN! The Kentucky Wildcats are in action tonight for their second exhibition game before starting the regular season next week, as they take on the Georgetown Hoyas. Kentucky will welcome the Hoyas, who were selected sixth in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Poll, to Rupp Arena tonight. Both teams were victorious in […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
Kentucky basketball may not be playing the No. 1 team in the country Thursday night, but the Georgetown Hoyas are still a significant opponent for the Wildcats. Again, Thursday night may be “just an exhibition game” for the Wildcats, but to them, it still counts. Georgetown played at Rupp Arena in the legendary 1985 NCAA […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Mark Pope celebrates the fact that Kentucky had the most active players on NBA rosters to start the season, with 27 of them throughout the 30 NBA teams when the season tipped off on October 21st. One of those former Wildcats, Tyrese Maxey, is off to a prolific four-game start that has him in the […]
4 months ago | 9 reads
Football might not be on many fans’ minds this week, but a major SEC road game is taking place for the Kentucky Wildcats this Saturday as they head to The Plains to face the Auburn Tigers. In what seems like a game in which both coaches are on the hot seat, a win for the […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Former Kentucky Basketball guard and current College Park Skyhawks player Lamont Butler announced Wednesday that he will miss the entire 2025-26 basketball season after suffering a torn meniscus and ACL. Butler, who joined the Atlanta Hawks’ G-League affiliate Skyhawks in July, shared the news on social media, expressing disappointment but gratitude as he begins the […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
The 2025-26 college basketball season is almost here, and it hopes to be a special one for the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball program. Excitement for this team was already through the roof, but it managed to grow even further with Kentucky’s 78-65 win over preseason No. 1 Purdue. A driving force in that impressive win […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
When Kentucky Sports Radio founder Matt Jones says anything about Kentucky basketball or football, it’s worth listening to. So when he predicted this week that there is an “85- to 90-percent chance” the Wildcats will have a new coach next season, that is worth noting. Here’s the segment where Jones made this claim. Andy Staples […]
4 months ago | 3 reads