Football is taking up a lot of oxygen in the room, but Kentucky basketball hosts North Carolina on Tuesday night, and any time those two programs

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Cats Illustrated publisher Justin Rowland shares Five Friday Thoughts with a lot of Kentucky sports items on the agenda.  Football is working on a

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Kentucky has a chance to notch its first significant win of the season in the Champions Classic against Michigan State tonight.   The Wildcats are

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The early signing period is already underway and I'm fashionably late to the party so let's cut to the chase, shall we?   – Perhaps the biggest

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Just days after suffering its first loss of the season at Louisville the Kentucky Wildcats (2-1) are back in action tonight in Rupp Arena.  Kentucky

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Kentucky and Louisville renew one of college basketball's top rivalries and this year's edition is one of the better versions we have seen in a

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If fans were left wanting after Kentucky's first game against Nicholls they were probably satisfied with what they witnessed tonight.  There was no

INSTANT ANALYSIS: Kentucky crushes Valparaiso

Kentucky (1-0) is a 32.5-point favorite against Valparaiso (1-0) in advance of tonight's game at Rupp Arena in Lexington.  With everyone expecting a

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Three storylines to watch against Valparaiso

The college basketball season is here. Both of Kentucky's exhibition games are in the books with the Wildcats winning one and losing the other.  This

Rowland: Kentucky and college basketball predictions for the 2025-26 season

Kentucky's exhibition win against No. 1 Purdue prompted a wave of enthusiasm across the Big Blue Nation. Sure, an exhibition is an exhibition. It

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INSTANT ANALYSIS: Georgetown handles shorthanded Cats in Rupp

No matter how many times you tell the Big Blue Nation to tap the brakes or remember it's an exhibition, tonight's outcome ensures that enthusiasm

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INSTANT ANALYSIS: No. 9 Kentucky handles No. 1 Purdue in Rupp exhition

Kentucky has its first exhibition game before the 2025-26 regular season tonight and it's not just any old exhibition game.  The Wildcats are playing

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Big Blue Madness marks the start of the lead up to the next college basketball season so after Saturday night's event in Lexington all eyes are on

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What media outlets are saying about Kentucky basketball ahead of the 2025-26 season

Dallas (Tex.) St. Mark's forward Dawson Battie (6'8, 190) was one of the basketball prospects in attendance for Mark Pope's second Big Blue Madness

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Kentucky offers top-10 prospect Dawson Battie

Mark Pope and Kentucky players met with media this week and a lot came out of that.  Another highly anticipated season of Kentucky basketball is

The biggest takeaways from Mark Pope this week

The Big Blue Nation isn't feeling too good about football these days so there's even more of a demand for basketball information than usual.

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INSIDER NOTES: Scoop from basketball practice

Kentucky was scheduled to host both Christian Collins and Cameron Williams for official visits this weekend but now only one of those players is

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Official Visit Preview: Christian Collins

Four-star Class of 2027 point guard Jason Gardner will take an unofficial visit to Kentucky this fall according to a new report from Sam Kayser of

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Jason Gardner will visit UK this fall

On Tuesday the Field of 68 team had a chance for an exclusively viewing of Kentucky's basketball practice.  Jeff Goodman and Rob Dauster had plenty

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Notes from Mark Pope on the Field of 68

While interest in Kentucky's upcoming 2025-26 basketball season is growing, and understandably so with the team Mark Pope has lined up, recruiting

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Basketball Recruiting Q&A

On the same day Mark Pope's staff offered 2027 point guard Nasir Anderson the Wildcats also extended a new offer to Beckham Black, another backcourt

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UK offers 2027 guard Beckham Black

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