
2023-02-02

KenPom, Bart Torvik Predictions for Kentucky's next three games
With just over a month left in the regular season, Kentucky truly controls its destiny. The Cats are on the NCAA Tournament bubble in most projections, but six of their remaining nine games are in Quad 1. Win at least half of those, don't suffer any...

Film Room: Aba Selm
The top goal for Kentucky football this offseason was to find a transfer quarterback and fix the offensive line. The Wildcats went to the transfer portal to check both boxes but recruiting wins must be stacked in the offensive line room to build for...

Florida defeats No. 2 Tennessee before Kentucky matchup
Just looking at their record, it’d be easy to overlook the Florida Gators. Sitting at 13-9 with losses to Florida Atlantic, Xavier, West Virginia, UConn, Oklahoma and Kansas State in the non-conference, then Auburn and Texas A&M (2) in the SEC —...

LIVE: 11 Personnel Breaks Down National Signing Day Additions
In the span of 24 hours Kentucky got better in the trenches. Kendrick Gilbert flipped from Purdue on National Signing Day to join Kentucky's Top 30 recruiting class. The Wildcats also got a head start on 2024 by adding a second offensive lineman...

Kentucky WBB gets ready for rematch with No. 1 South Carolina
Kentucky women's basketball hung with the best team in the nation for three quarters the last time they played them. This time around, UK hopes to fight for just 10 minutes more. On Thursday night, the 'Cats (10-11; 2-7 SEC) will reunite with the...

Za'Darius Smith to Compete in Pro Bowl Skills Competition
The first edition of the new-look NFL Pro Bowl will feature flavor from a former Kentucky Wildcat. After his first season in Minnesota, the Vikings' Za'Darius Smith was selected to the 2023 Pro Bowl Games. Tonight he'll get to show off skills he...

Aba Selm, 3-Star OL, Commits to Kentucky
The Kentucky football program has landed another offensive lineman commitment in the 2024 recruiting class. Three-Star interior offensive lineman Aba Selm announced his commitment to the Wildcats Thursday morning on Kentucky Sports Radio. ...

SEC Tournament 2-Seed Well Within Reach For Kentucky
Despite how difficult this season has been for Kentucky, the team still has a lot of potential in front of them. The season is nowhere near a waste. While most people have focused on NCAA Tournament bracketology, I think the Cats' No. 1 goal...

KSR Show Thread, 2/2: KSR is on air now!
Over on your radio, today's edition of Kentucky Sports Radio is live with a discussion about UK Athletics and more. Matt Jones, Ryan Lemond, and Drew Franklin are at KSBar and Grille in Lexington with Shannon The Dude keeping it all plugged in...

KSR Today: Preparing for Florida; WBB travels to No. 1 South Carolina
Good morning, folks! We're now two more sleeps away from Kentucky men's basketball hosting the Florida Gators on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. EST in Rupp Arena. Thursdays can be a bit slow around these parts, but Kyra Elzy's women's basketball squad...

Kendrick Gilbert, 4-Star Defensive Lineman, Flips from Purdue to Kentucky
It's a Merry Flipmas for Kentucky on National Signing Day. Mark Stoops' Wildcats will secure a signature from Kendrick Gilbert, a four-star defensive lineman previously committed to Purdue. Kendrick Gilbert revealed on National Signing Day that he...

What John Calipari said during his radio show on Wednesday night
On Wednesday evening, the voice of the Wildcats, Tom Leach, was joined by John Calipari for the Kentucky men's basketball head coach's weekly radio show appearance. Coming off a 75-66 win over Ole Miss the night before, the team didn't arrive back...

Active Kentucky Transfers: Where Are They Now?
In John Calipari’s time as head coach at the University of Kentucky (2009-present), 19 different players have transferred to a different school to finish their playing careers. Three of those transfers (Sacha Killeya-Jones, Dillon Pulliam, and Tai...

Injury Irony: Marques Cox took unusual path to Kentucky
Marques Cox might not be at Kentucky if his 2022 season did not end at Kentucky. In a strange twist of fate, the talented left tackle has returned to the place that nearly derailed his career. It's difficult for the 6-foot-5, 305-pound offensive...

Bryce Hopkins was "under a microscope" at Kentucky, regrets decision
"They are not machines, they are not robots," John Calipari said of his team following Kentucky's loss to Kansas on Saturday. It's become a go-to Cal-ism over the years, one used quite frequently as of late. He throws it out there just about every...

3-star OL William "Woo" Spencer chooses Louisville over Kentucky
Kentucky football goes 1-for-2 on National Signing Day. On Wednesday, the same day that four-star defensive lineman Kendrick Gilbert flipped from Purdue to the Wildcats, another highly-ranked lineman, William "Woo" Spencer, elected to go against...

Dane Key donates autograph signing proceeds to breast cancer research
With the Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) era in full swing, student-athletes can finally earn money from autograph signings, merchandise sales, and endorsements. What players do with that money is entirely up to them, but this morning, we got a pretty...

Watch the Tape: Ole Miss Rebels
Tuesday evening started with bad news for the Kentucky Wildcats. Matt Jones broke the news that starting point guard Cason Wallace would miss the game. Jack Pilgrim later confirmed the story adding it was a "leg issue" and the television broadcast...

An updated look at Kentucky's resume and what's ahead
As of January 10, Kentucky's NCAA Tournament resume was non-existent, with the Wildcats clearly on the outside looking in regarding the field of 68. UK was coming off an inexcusable home loss to South Carolina -- a Quad 4, a dagger in the eyes of...

Former Kentucky target Tahaad Pettiford commits to Auburn
2024 four-star guard Tahaad Pettiford has announced his commitment, and as expected, the Kentucky Wildcats were not the choice. The 6-foot, 160-pound junior out of Jersey City (N.J.) Hudson Catholic will, however, join an SEC rival during the...

BBNBA: Anthony Davis Leads Lakers to OT Win over Julius Randle's Knicks
He's backkkkkk... In case anyone forgot, Anthony Davis is one of the best basketball players in the entire world. On Tuesday night, Davis made his first start for the Los Angeles Lakers since Dec. 16 in an overtime victory over the New York Knicks....

Kentucky needed Sahvir Wheeler to beat Ole Miss -- and he knew it
Tuesday night in Oxford felt eerily similar to what Kentucky men's basketball experienced around this same time last season. A future first-round NBA Draft pick was sidelined with a minor injury, Sahvir Wheeler had his own physical ailments to fight...

Another Former Kentucky Wildcat Transfers to Georgia Southern
Statesboro is turning into Lexington South. For the third time this offseason, Georgia Southern is taking in a former Kentucky Wildcat from the transfer portal. Wide receiver Rahsaan Lewis announced he will be taking his talented to Georgia...

John Calipari goes to bat for Kermit Davis amid Ole Miss' struggles
Kentucky's 75-66 win over Ole Miss last night dropped the Rebels to 9-13 on the season and 1-8 in SEC play. It was Ole Miss' tenth loss in the last eleven games, and even though the Rebels were tied with the Cats at halftime despite being without...

Kentucky has promising defensive line room in 2023
In the recent run of winning seasons for the Kentucky football program, quality play in the trenches has had a lot to do with the rise of the Big Blue under head coach Mark Stoops. The offensive line has specifically stood out producing multiple...