
2023-01-30

Kentucky staying positive after loss to Kansas: "We can beat teams like that"
Kentucky had several chances to take down the Kansas Jayhawks over the weekend, but came up just short once the clock hit all zeros. UK fell 77-68 to the reigning national champions in front of a jazzed-up Rupp Arena crowd. The Wildcats were within...

Do Right, Do Your Best, Win: My Coach, Jerry Claiborne
Jerry Claiborne was the head football coach at the University of Kentucky from 1982 to 1989. His record in Lexington was 41-46-3. Claiborne’s head coaching stops prior to taking over at his alma mater were at Virginia Tech and Maryland. He finished...

Southern Hoops: A History of SEC Basketball details Adolph Rupp's polarizing legacy at Kentucky
You can't tell the story of the Southeastern Conference without Kentucky basketball. And you can't tell the story about Kentucky basketball without Adolph Rupp, who arrived in Lexington in 1930 to take over as the program's head coach. It's where...

New England Patriots sign Lynn Bowden Jr. to a future contract
The New England Patriots came, saw about it, and want some more. Robert Craft's team signed their practice squad extraordinaire, Lynn Bowden Jr., to a future contract on Monday, locking him up for the 2023 season. What is a future contract, you...

Job done: Kentucky men's tennis advances to ITA Nationals after perfect weekend
The undefeated season continues to roll for No. 5 Kentucky men's tennis after a productive weekend saw the Wildcats claim the top spot heading into the 2023 ITA National Indoor Championships. UK dismantled Liberty 4-0 on Friday and then beat Notre...

WATCH: How John Calipari has evolved on the 3-point shot
A couple of weeks ago I did a video defending John Calipari and even went as far as to say, "I will die on the hill that this is a good basketball team capable of winning lots of games." A 26-point beating by Bama and a loss to South Carolina at...

Kentucky vs. Ole Miss Opening Line, How To Watch
Coming off a tough loss to Kansas, Kentucky will be favored on the road at Ole Miss. The Cats opened as a 5.5-point favorite vs. the Rebels on Draft Kings. In the past hour, that's already moved to Kentucky -6.5. The total is set at 135.5 points....

Sources Say goes LIVE to break down Kentucky's loss to Kansas
KSR’s Jack Pilgrim is joined by Shawn Smith of Go Big Blue Country for episode 234 of the Sources Say Podcast, another LIVE edition of the show breaking down the latest in Kentucky basketball — namely the team’s loss to Kansas. What went wrong...

What we learned during first transfer portal window
College football gets downright wonky during December. While teams are preparing for postseason games and the coaching carousel is operating at full speed, important roster building must be done. Coaching staffs have added a six-week transfer portal...

Kentucky Football Season Ticket Prices Will NOT Increase in 2023
UK Athletics wants you to continue to pack Kroger Field this fall. In 2023 Kentucky football season ticket prices will remain unchanged. Monday afternoon UK Athletics rolled out plans for upcoming Kentucky football season ticket sales. Once again...

North Hardin 3-star WR Shaun Boykins Jr. high on Kentucky's family vibes
Shaun Boykins Jr. earned his scholarship from Kentucky over the summer, but this past weekend was his first true look at what the program has to offer. The class of 2024 three-star wide receiver was in Lexington for UK football's annual Junior...

This Week in Kentucky Basketball: Back to the SEC Grind
In the final year of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, the Big 12 came away with a five-games-to-three victory. Tennessee took care of business against Texas, but otherwise, the SEC struggled in their marquee matchups. Auburn lost to West Virginia, Alabama...

Kentucky Wildcats Blown Away by Support at The 15 Club Fan Fest
The buzz surrounding Rupp Arena Saturday afternoon was not limited to the Kentucky basketball team. Right across the hall from where students lined up for tickets to watch the Wildcats and the Kansas Jayhawks, thousands from around the BBN gathered...

BBNBA: PJ Washington outduels Tyler Herro in Hornets win
The Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat are trending in opposite directions. The Heat have won seven of their last 10 games and keep inching their way up the Eastern Conference standings. The Hornets, on the other hand, are 15-36 on the year and the...

No love for Kentucky in the USA Today Coaches Poll
Today's update to the USA Today Sports Coaches College Basketball Poll isn't any kinder to Kentucky Basketball than the Associated Press was in its Monday update to the rankings. Kentucky did not make the cut in the Top 25 rankings, as expected, and...

Watch the Tape: Kansas Jayhawks
Saturday was an all-time atmosphere in Lexington and Rupp Arena. There was a buzz in the air that only comes around for the biggest matchups. The No. 9 ranked, defending national champion, Kansas Jayhawks got that treatment for their trip to the...

Cason Wallace wins second SEC Freshman of the Week award
A Kentucky Wildcat has a new piece of hardware for his dorm room today. Cason Wallace was named SEC Freshman of the Week for his performances vs. Vanderbilt and Kansas. Wallace averaged 12.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.5 steals in the...

No votes for Kentucky in this week's AP Top 25 poll
It's a new week for the AP College Basketball Top 25 Poll, yet another poll without Kentucky Basketball in it. Today, the AP updated its Top 25 and your University of Kentucky Wildcats did not make the cut for a fifth consecutive week. Even worse,...

KSR's Kentucky High School Basketball Top 25 Rankings - Jan 30
We've got some movement in this week's updated Top 25. As part of KSR's Week 9 Kentucky high school basketball rankings, Evangel Christian went from unranked all the way to No. 14 after a 65-62 win over Covington Holy Cross in the All “A” Classic...

Kentucky's NCAA Tournament resume with 10 regular season games left
Believe it or not, there are only ten games left in the regular season. On Saturday, Kentucky had a huge opportunity to improve its NCAA Tournament resume with a win over Kansas. Unfortunately, that did not happen. Can the Cats make up ground? Yes,...

Local Punter Flips Commitment from Kentucky to Louisville
A local punter had second thoughts about his college decision just days before National Signing Day. Louisville Trinity product Carter Schwartz announced Sunday evening he will play for another Trinity product at the University of Louisville....

KSR Show Thread, 1/30: Kentucky-Kansas talk and more from the weekend
On this new Monday edition of KSR's morning radio show, Matt Jones and Ryan Lemond have their thoughts about Kentucky's loss to Kansas, plus takeaways from a wild pregame show at the 15 Club's Fan Fest attached to Rupp Arena. They're on the air with...

4-star Travis Perry talks official visits; Kentucky
Travis Perry is the No. 87 player in the 2024 On3 Consensus. The 6-foot-2 point guard is coming off a much-anticipated matchup against 2023 Kentucky signee Reed Sheppard where Perry went for 45 points, going 10-16 from three, in the win. "I try and...

KSR Today: Ole Miss prep, football recruiting headline the start of a new week
We begin this new workweek out of a busy sports weekend where on Saturday we saw Rupp Arena at its best only for Kentucky Basketball to suffer a defeat to Kansas, while Kentucky Football entertained several of its favorite targets on the recruiting...

Inefficient shotmaking is holding Kentucky back in big games
Kentucky has played 14 games this season against power conference competition plus Gonzaga. After the home loss to Kansas on Saturday night, the Wildcats have fallen to 7-7 with an ugly 2-4 mark in non-conference play. This is the No. 1 reason why...