
2023-05-29

2023 SEC spring meetings: Debating the eight versus nine-game model, latest thoughts on realignment, NIL, transfer portal
SANDESTIN — The powerbrokers in the SEC must be big proponents of the “no bad ideas” brainstorming theory because for the last 18 months they’ve pondered bad — to outright idiotic — future scheduling proposals in favor of more good — and...

2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament Preview: Lexington Region
For only the third time in program history, the University of Kentucky will be hosting a regional to begin postseason play in NCAA baseball. On Memorial Day, we learned of Kentucky's path to Omaha. The Wildcats are the No. 12 overall seed and will...

WATCH: Rapid Reaction to Kentucky Baseball's Tournament Draw
Moments after Kentucky Baseball learned its spot as the No. 12 overall seed in the upcoming NCAA Baseball Tournament, we brought in KSR's baseball writer, Daniel Hager, to break down the tournament draw with a Rapid Reaction. At the...

Kentucky Baseball Placed as No. 12 National Seed in NCAA Tournament
It is officially postseason time in the Bluegrass. Kentucky was revealed to be the No. 12 national seed on Monday's NCAA Tournament Selection Show, hosting No. 2 West Virginia, No. 3 Indiana, No. 4 Ball State at Kentucky Proud Park in a Regional...

Where Kentucky baseball ranks in final NCAA Tournament projections
It's about that time, Big Blue Nation. Kentucky baseball is set to host a Regional in Lexington this weekend for the first time since 2017 and just the third time in school history. The Bat Cats were announced as one of 16 nationally seeded NCAA...

Oak and Moore: From Kentucky, for Kentucky
Along the endless Kentucky backroads, surrounded by the greenest of trees and bluest of skies, lives history. A deep, rich history that needs no explanation through words, but one you can feel. For some, that pride turns into productivity. Few...

KSR Today: Game 7 + Memorial Day + Baseball's Selection Show + More...
Good morning and great to see you again, internet friends and strangers. I'm back from eight days off the grid in Colorado and Utah, where I only looked at my phone to take pictures or find my way back to civilization. Here's a look at a vacation...

Kentucky Baseball to Host a Regional for First Time Since 2017
For the first time in the history of Kentucky Proud Park (established in 2019), the Kentucky Wildcats will be hosting postseason baseball. As revealed on Twitter by NCAA Baseball on Sunday night, a Lexington Regional will in fact be happening. The...

Ticket information for the Lexington Regional has been released
Kentucky has been selected as one of the 16 nationally seeded NCAA Baseball Regional host schools, the NCAA Selection Committee announced Sunday evening. The rest of the tournament field, including the additional three teams that will begin their...

Justin Edwards named Pennsylvania Mr. Basketball
Add another accolade to the list for Kentucky signee Justin Edwards -- and it's a big one. The top-ten recruit in the class of 2023 has been named Mr. Basketball in Pennsylvania, an honor recognizing the best high school player from his home state....

Brad White confident Deone Walker can avoid sophomore slump
Kentucky football has added 13 players through the transfer portal to hit the 85-man scholarship limit this spring. Tanner Bowles (Alabama) got things rolling on December 8, followed by Marques Cox (Northern Illinois) and JQ Hardaway (Cincinnati) on...

KSReds: Cincinnati Reds Sweep Chicago Cubs
Get the brooms out! The Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field for the first time since 2013. Now 17-14 in their last 31 games, the Reds are quietly right in the thick of the National League Central race....

NBA investigates potential referee burner account
Have you ever wanted to know the true thoughts of a referee regarding the games they're officiating? Give @CuttliffBlair a look on Twitter. The NBA has opened an investigation into veteran official Eric Lewis -- more specifically, his association...

UK baseball projected to host regional at Kentucky Proud Park
Kentucky baseball coach Nick Mingione was confident entering the SEC Tournament that his Bat Cats had already done enough to earn a top-16 national seed and host a regional in Lexington. Win or lose down in Hoover, the Rating Percentage Index -- a...

Oscar Tshiebwe sings, "You've Got a Friend in Me"
Big Blue Nation is mentally anguished from worrying about the fact Kentucky only has seven scholarship players on the team as of May 28th, just three days prior to the NBA draft withdrawal deadline where the future of Chris Livingston, Antonio...

Can Cason Wallace break the Kentucky trend of falling on draft day?
With all the focus on whether or not Chris Livingston, Oscar Tshiebwe, and Antonio Reeves will remain in the NBA draft or return to college (and rightfully so), Kentucky's most prized pro prospect, Cason Wallace, has been overlooked. If history is...

ChatGPT ranks top college point guards since 2000
Asking ChatGPT to do your work for you is all the rage these days. Whether it is writing a school report, coming up with a bedtime story for your kids, or coming up with a blog post during a slow news weekend, artificial intelligence might not be...

Two Kentucky golfers earn All-American honors
For the first time in 35 years, Kentucky Golf has an All-American. But in true Big Blue form, one was not good enough, so they got two. The Women's College Golf Association (WCGA) named Junior Laney Frye, as 2nd-Team All-American, one of just 16...

Seven Kentucky women qualify for Track and Field Championships
The NCAA Women's Track and Field East Preliminaries took place on Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida and seven women from Kentucky earned the right to advance to the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships. Three of them, Anthaya Charlton,...

BBNBA: Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat lose a Game 6 heartbreaker
Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat seized a commanding 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals over the Boston Celtics but subsequently dropped two in a row to make the series 3-2. The Heat had the opportunity to finally close the door on the...

KSR Today: Kentucky baseball awaits NCAA fate, basketball awaits stay-or-go decisions
Hopefully, you are out in the sun near a body of water on this beautiful Memorial Day weekend enjoying the best poolside or lakeside snacks and grilling up something delicious. Maybe a drink or two as well to briefly forget about the fact that...

Kentucky Defense “Year One to Year Two” Jumps to Watch
The Network, or ESPN as it’s officially called, projected the Kentucky defense to be a top-five unit in the nation in 2023. That’s a bold but not outlandish prediction based on prior performance and the projected two-deep depth chart. If you’ve...

Texas A&M and Vanderbilt set to face off in SEC Baseball Tournament title
It'll be a battle of the "underdogs" in the 2023 SEC Baseball Tournament championship. Sunday's title game, set for 3:00 p.m. EST on ESPN2, will feature the 10-seeded Texas A&M Aggies and the four-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores. Texas A&M...

Kentucky MBB targets make cut at USA U16 National Training Camp
A total of 39 high school basketball prospects were invited to the Team USA U16 National Training Camp in Colorado Springs, CO, but as of Saturday afternoon, only 18 remain. Four of those 18 players hold scholarship offers from the Kentucky...

5-star SF Karter Knox down to 8 options, Kentucky makes the cut
Karter Knox, the talented younger brother of former Kentucky forward Kevin Knox, is beginning to wind down his recruitment. On Saturday afternoon, Karter told On3's Joe Tipton that he has trimmed his list of potential options down to just seven...