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The South Carolina men’s basketball team pulled off a massive upset win against Kentucky on Tuesday night. John Calipari was not happy after the Wildcats loss, and the Gamecocks fans stormed the court in easily the biggest win of the season. However, South Carolina has now been fined $100,000 by the SEC for storming the […]

The Kentucky basketball team lost just its fourth game of the season on Tuesday night. This loss came on the road against South Carolina, a team that is now 16-3 and could sneak into the NCAA Tournament. However, John Calipari was clearly frustrated with his team’s performance after the 79-62 win. The Kentucky basketball coach […]

An SEC throwdown is expected to attract all eyes of the college basketball world when the sixth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats collide with the South Carolina Gamecocks! Let’s check out our college basketball odds series where our Kentucky-South Carolina prediction and pick will be revealed. Heading into this matchup with a 14-3 overall record including a 4-1 […]

Zvonimir Ivisic has finally made his debut for John Calipari and Kentucky basketball. The 7’2″ Croatian center who played professionally overseas for a few years, initially had issues with his enrollment into the university when Kentucky looked to add him in August. After that issue was resolved, he needed to be cleared to play. Now, nearly […]

Since John Calipari has been head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, they have become a major destination for top high school basketball prospects with goals of playing in the NBA. The Wildcats current roster features a few players who are NBA prospects and considered top picks in the upcoming NBA Draft. There is […]

Georgia looks to stay hot in SEC play as they face Kentucky. It is time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Georgia-Kentucky prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Georgia enters the game sitting at 13-4 on the year, while also 3-1 in SEC play. After beating Missouri and Arkansas in SEC play, they faced […]

Ranked 8th in the nation, John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats take on Chris Jans’ tough Mississippi State Bulldogs in this SEC matchup. Below we will continue our college basketball odds series with a Mississippi State-Kentucky prediction and pick. Flashback to this past Saturday. Alabama’s Mark Sears breaks the tie to give the Tide a […]

The Kentucky basketball team and the Duke basketball team are two of college basketball’s ‘blue bloods’. They are almost always a contender for the national championship, and they are two of the best college basketball programs of all time. A big reason for their success throughout the past couple of decades is due to head […]

It is an SEC battle as Missouri visits sixth-ranked Kentucky. It is time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Missouri-Kentucky prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Missouri enters the game at 8-6 on the year, but 0-1 in SEC play. They have struggled as of late against some higher-quality competition. They have lost four […]

Ranked 6th overall in the nation, John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats will take on Todd Golden’s Florida Gators. Below we will continue our college basketball odds series with a Kentucky-Florida prediction and pick. The young Wildcats will travel to Gainesville winners of four straight with a marquee victory over North Carolina on a neutral floor. After […]

On Thursday night, Kentucky Basketball dismantled the Louisville Cardinals 95-76. It was another strong performance from the No. 9 ranked team in the country. However, the loss sparked calls for Kenny Payne’s job at Louisville, but John Calipari defended the Cardinals coach. During the postgame presser, Calipari spoke about some of the close losses the […]

John Calipari and the Kentucky basketball program just continue to add top-end talent year after year. The 2024 class looks loaded once again, and five-star recruit Billy Richmond announced his decision to play for the Wildcats over Memphis, Alabama, and LSU, as Richmond announced during an interview with Shams Charania. “The decision I made is […]

The Kentucky basketball team is off to a hot start this year and they once again look like one of the top teams in the country on Saturday. The Wildcats proved their skill on Saturday with a big time win over #9 North Carolina basketball. Kentucky got a good fight out of the Tar Heels, […]

Hubert Davis and the North Carolina Tar Heels will take on John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats. Below we will continue our college basketball odds series with a North Carolina-Kentucky prediction and pick. After a disappointing season, North Carolina is back in the top ten where they belong. Longtime Tar Heels RJ Davis and Armando Bacot lead […]

UNC Wilmington upset the No. 12-ranked Kentucky Wildcats 80-73 in Rupp Arena on Saturday, a stunning loss for a Kentucky basketball team that had routed No. 8 Miami with a 22-point blowout earlier in the week. That win was the Wildcats’ second-largest win over an AP top-10 team since John Calipari took over in 2009. The […]

The Kentucky basketball team is once again expected to be a national title contender, and they came into the season ranked #16 in the country. The Wildcats looked like they might pull off a big upset in their third game of the season when they played #1 Kansas, but the Jayhawks staged a late comeback […]

The Kentucky Wildcats claimed their first win against a ranked opponent this season Tuesday night, and they did it in scary fashion, defeating No. 8 Miami Hurricanes in the ACC/SEC Challenge to the tune of a 95-73 victory in Lexington. The last time Kentucky basketball won by at least that many points against a top-10 […]

A Top 25 matchup that will surely entertain will be on the docket this evening as the #8 Miami Hurricanes tip-off with the #12 Kentucky Wildcats. Check out our college basketball odds series where our Miami-Kentucky prediction and pick will be made. Entering play with a flawless 5-0 record, the Hurricanes were able to snag an […]

Kentucky basketball has cruised through lesser competition in the early part of the college basketball season, but they fell in the one game against a high-quality team when they faced Kansas. It forced the Wildcats to fall to 16th in the polls, but now they will have a chance to prove that they can beat […]

It’s a get-right spot for the Kentucky Wildcats as they host Stonehill. It is time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Stonehill-Kentucky prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Stonehill is in their second year of Division I competition, ranking as one of the worst teams in the country. They have one win this season, […]

The Kentucky Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season Tuesday night, as Kentucky basketball simply got outclassed by Hunter Dickinson and the Kansas Jayhawks in a Champions Classic game at United Center, 89-84. Kentucky head coach John Calipari was left to rue the late-game stumbles of his squad but still expressed his admiration for […]

The Kansas basketball team came into the season ranked #1 in the country, and they have lived up to the hype so far. The Jayhawks are always one of the top teams in college basketball, and it’s looking like that isn’t going to change this season. Kansas had their first big test of the season […]

The Kansas Jayhawks take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Kansas Kentucky prediction and pick. Find how to watch Kansas Kentucky. This is the nightcap of the Champions Classic in Chicago. The game is listed on your TV guide as a 9:30 p.m. Eastern time start, but as […]

University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari is getting another slam dunk on the recruiting trail. Kentucky landed another five star recruit Tuesday after power forward Jayden Quaintance verbally committed to the Wildcats, per ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. CAL’S LATEST BLUE CHIP PROSPECT Quaintance is giving the Wildcats the fourth ESPN 100 prospect in their […]

The college basketball season has arrived, and what better way to kick off the action than a battle between the two best teams in college basketball history? In only their third game of the season, fans will get to watch Kansas take on Kentucky. Kansas is the number one team in the nation right now, […]

Bill Self and John Calipari helm two of the most storied men’s college basketball institutions, Kansas and Kentucky. In fact, the two programs are at the top of the wins rankings all-time for men’s basketball programs. Kentucky recently overtook Kansas after the Jayhawks had to vacate 15 wins. But the two titans will do battle […]

The Kentucky basketball program has gotten the right start to its college basketball campaign. John Calipari’s squad had initial struggles in terms of efficiency but shot themselves all the way to a demolition job of the New Mexico State basketball squad. Rob Dillingham led the scoring charge with Justin Edwards and Dajuan Wagner following suit. […]

After leading by only eight points at halftime, Kentucky basketball took control in the final 20 minutes, rolling New Mexico State 86-46 at Rupp Arena in its 2023-24 opener. After the game, New Mexico State coach Jason Hooten was glowing in his praise of Kentucky, according to Jack Pilgrim of KSR: Said Hooten, “He gets those […]

Under head coach John Calipari, Kentucky basketball has been able to land numerous big-name recruits. Calipari has just landed another big fish, giving Kentucky basketball a building block for 2024. Boogie Fland announced his commitment to Kentucky on Friday, via Justin Rowland of Rivals. Fland chose the Wildcats over fellow finalists Alabama and Indiana. WATCH: […]

Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari gave his honest thoughts on the huge talking point in collegiate sports, which is Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals. Calipari delivered strong stances about NIL and his concerns with it and he has a ton, as before answering he asked “How much time do I have? according to […]

Kentucky basketball is one of the premier college basketball programs in the entire country, and Wildcats fans are hungry for the team to return to the mountaintop of the NCAA hoops world. The most recent national title for the school came in 2012 under current head coach John Calipari. Calipari became the coach of Kentucky […]

St. John’s basketball fans are eager for the 2023 basketball season to begin as this will be the first season for new head coach Rick Pitino. Pitino had an extremely successful career with Kentucky basketball and Louisville basketball before a scandal at Louisville derailed his career. Pitino then spent a few years coaching in other […]

John Calipari has helped solidify the Kentucky basketball program’s blue-blood status. The team is now tied with the Blue Devils for the third-most NCAA March Madness Final Four appearances. They have still retained their all-time best Division 1 winning percentage but they still have a long way to catch the North Carolina’s basketball and UCLA’s […]

Kentucky basketball is known for being one of the top programs in the history of the sport, and Wildcats fans are itching for another national championship. John Calipari is about to enter his 15th season, and every season is a big one for Kentucky. Last year, the Wildcats finished the season 21-10 and ended up […]

The Kentucky Wildcats basketball program is battling for 5-star center Jayden Quaintance, who recently took some unofficial visits as he tries to decide on his future college destination. When asked about his visit to Lexington, Quaintance spoked candidly about meeting coach John Calipari and seeing the sights around campus. “It was definitely cool. I got […]

Kentucky basketball has had some down years recently as other programs have skyrocketed to elite status across college basketball. However, the Wildcats have made a major move to put themselves back into the limelight, as Kentucky basketball will be the first ever school to be sponsored by the Nike Kobe Bryant brand, reports Legion Hoops. […]

In an early 2024 NBA Mock Draft, The Athletic draft analyst Sam Vecenie made an intriguing pick for the No. 1 pick, selecting not 18-year-old G League Ignite forward Ron Holland or UCLA freshman center Aday Mara, but Kentucky freshman wing Justin Edwards. Edwards, a five-star high school recruit out of Imhotep Institute in Philadelphia, […]

Add an elite prospect from Europe to the loaded class of Kansas basketball recruits for 2023, as Croatian center Zvonimir Ivisic revealed his decision to take his talents to Lexington, via Instagram Stories. “I got the offer for scholarship by Coach Calipari to attend the University of Kentucky,” Ivisic shared. “I’m excited to tell that […]

Kentucky basketball’s schedule for the 2023-24 college basketball season is still far from complete. However, one team that’s already been ascertained to be a Rupp Arena visitor in the coming campaign is UNC Wilmington, which will be part of the Wildcats’ non-conference schedule. Via college hoops bracketologist Rocco Miller: “Kentucky will host UNC Wilmington as […]