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Your yearly reminder that Kentucky owns Louisville in basketball

Adam Luckettby: Adam Luckett5 hours agoadamluckettksr
Kentucky Louisville basketball fight at Rupp Arena, via ESPN screengrab
Kentucky Louisville basketball fight at Rupp Arena, via ESPN screenshot

Kentucky and Louisville will meet on the hardwood for the 58th time on Tuesday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Many claim that this is the best rivalry in college basketball. However, this yearly in-state battle has been dominated by one side.

The Wildcats own a .702 winning percentage against the Cards.

DateLocationResultSeries
2/15/1913LexingtonKentucky 34, Louisville 10UK 1-0
2/7/1914LexingtonKentucky 22, Louisville 17UK 2-0
3/3/1914LouisvilleKentucky 26, Louisville 13UK 3-0
1/23/1915LexingtonKentucky 18, Louisville 14UK 4-0
2/27/1915LouisvilleLouisville 26, Kentucky 15UK 4-1
2/12/1916LexingtonKentucky 32, Louisville 24UK 5-1
1/17/1922LouisvilleKentucky 38, Louisville 14UK 6-1
1/21/1922LexingtonKentucky 29, Louisville 22UK 7-1
3/27/1948New York City (USA Olympic Trial Game | Madison Square Garden)Kentucky 91, Louisville 57UK 8-1
3/20/1951Raleigh (Sweet 16)Kentucky 79, Louisville 68UK 9-1
3/13/1959Evanston (Sweet 16)Louisville 76, Kentucky 61UK 9-2
3/26/1983Knoxville (Elite Eight)Louisville 80, Kentucky 68 (OT)UK 9-3
11/26/1983LexingtonKentucky 65, Louisville 44UK 10-3
12/15/1984Lexington (Sweet 16)Kentucky 72, Louisville 67UK 11-3
12/15/1984LouisvilleLouisville 71, Kentucky 64UK 11-4
12/28/1985LexingtonKentucky 69, Louisville 64UK 12-4
12/27/1986LouisvilleKentucky 85, Louisville 51UK 13-4
12/12/1987LexingtonKentucky 76, Louisville 75UK 14-4
12/31/1988LouisvilleLouisville 97, Kentucky 75UK 14-5
12/30/1989LexingtonLouisville 86, Kentucky 79UK 14-6
12/29/1990LouisvilleKentucky 93, Louisville 85UK 15-6
12/28/1991LexingtonKentucky 103, Louisville 89UK 16-6
12/12/1992LouisvilleKentucky 88, Louisville 68UK 17-6
11/27/1993LexingtonKentucky 78, Louisville 70UK 18-6
1/1/1995LouisvilleLouisville 88, Kentucky 86UK 18-7
12/23/1995LexingtonKentucky 89, Louisville 66UK 19-7
12/31/1996LouisvilleKentucky 74, Louisville 54UK 20-7
12/27/1997LexingtonLouisville 79, Kentucky 76UK 20-8
12/26/1998LouisvilleLouisville 83, Kentucky 74UK 20-9
12/18/1999LexingtonKentucky 76, Louisville 46UK 21-9
1/2/2001LouisvilleKentucky 64, Louisville 62UK 22-9
12/29/2001LexingtonKentucky 82, Louisville 62UK 23-9
12/28/2002LouisvilleLouisville 81, Kentucky 63UK 23-10
12/27/2003LexingtonLouisville 65, Kentucky 56UK 23-11
12/18/2004LouisvilleKentucky 60, Louisville 58UK 24-11
12/17/2005LexingtonKentucky 73, Louisville 61UK 25-11
12/16/2006LouisvilleKentucky 61, Louisville 49UK 26-11
1/5/2008LexingtonLouisville 89, Kentucky 75UK 26-12
1/4/2009LouisvilleLouisville 74, Kentucky 71UK 26-13
1/2/2010LexingtonKentucky 71, Louisville 62UK 27-13
12/31/2010LouisvilleKentucky 78, Louisville 63UK 28-13
12/31/2011LexingtonKentucky 69, Louisville 62UK 29-13
3/31/2012New Orleans (Final Four)Kentucky 69, Louisville 61UK 30-13
12/29/2012LouisvilleLouisville 80, Kentucky 77UK 30-14
12/28/2013LexingtonKentucky 73, Louisville 66UK 31-14
3/28/2014Indianapolis (Sweet 16)Kentucky 74, Louisville 69UK 32-14
12/27/2014LouisvilleKentucky 58, Louisville 50UK 33-14
12/26/2015LexingtonKentucky 75, Louisville 73UK 34-14
12/21/2016LouisvilleLouisville 73, Kentucky 70UK 34-15
12/29/2017LexingtonKentucky 90, Louisville 61UK 35-15
12/29/2018LouisvilleKentucky 71, Louisville 58UK 36-16
12/28/2019LexingtonKentucky 78, Louisville 70 (OT)UK 37-16
12/26/2020LouisvilleLouisville 62, Kentucky 59UK 37-17
12/31/2022LexingtonKentucky 86, Louisville 63UK 38-17
12/21/2023LouisvilleKentucky 95, Louisville 76UK 39-17
12/14/2024LexingtonKentucky 93, Louisville 85UK 40-17

Kentucky won the first four meetings in this series and has not let off the gas pedal since. Over the last 17 contests, UK is 14-3. The Cards have not won consecutive games in this series since Billy Gillispie was on the sideline for UK. UofL’s last four wins against the Big Blue have occurred at home. However, the Cats are 5-2 against the Cards at the KFC Yum! Center and have won three games in a row in that building. There were seven ranked vs. ranked meetings in this series from 2010-19. UK went 6-1 in those games, but these two have not met as ranked foes since the 2019-20 season.

No. 12 Louisville will host No. 9 Kentucky on Tuesday night. Mark Pope and his squad will look to continue the Big Blue’s dominance in this series. Pat Kelsey and his squad will attempt to get this series flipped after three consecutive losses to the Cats.

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