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It’s been a difficult two seasons for John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats, who couldn’t make it out of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament for the second straight year after losing to No. 3 Kansas State on Sunday. It’s been four years since Kentucky Basketball has played in a Sweet 16, and Calipari […]

Kentucky basketball superstar Oscar Tshiebwe is potentially the most dominant player in college basketball. The 2022 National Player of the Year and two-time All-American, Tshiebwe is a historically great rebounder, the rare player who can fundamentally transform a game through his hard work cleaning the glass. In Kentucky’s 75-69 loss to Kansas State in the […]

The Kentucky Wildcats’ NCAA tournament run came to a close on Sunday, as the Kansas State Wildcats clinched a 75-69 win in the second round to advance to the Sweet 16. Kentucky had its fair share of struggles on the offensive end against Kansas State, from shooting 41.3 percent from the field to committing 16 […]

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be the second since March Madness’s expansion in 1985 to be without Kentucky, Duke, or North Carolina in the Sweet 16 after the Wildcats lost to Kansas State on Sunday, ESPN Stats and Info wrote in a Sunday tweet. The feat also happened in 2021. Kansas State earned a 75-69 victory […]

The Kentucky Wildcats basketball program suffered a loss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to the Kansas State Wildcats basketball program, and Kentucky fans continue to voice their frustration for head coach John Calipari after the loss. Media members have talked about the performance of the Kentucky basketball program in recent years as […]

No matter who it is, March Madness touches everyone in some way, shape or form, and this is particularly true for Minnesota Timberwolves forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns. Towns played at Kentucky for the 2014-15 season, being a focal part of a team that went to the Final Four that year. Since then, the ties to the […]

The Kentucky Wildcats take on the Kansas State Wildcats. Our March Madness odds series has our Kentucky Kansas State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kentucky Kansas State. The college basketball season gets a lot more intense as the NCAA Tournament continues. In the East Region, there is a growing sense that the […]

The No. 11 seed Providence Friars (21-11) face the No. 6 seed Kentucky Wildcats (21-11) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Action tips off Friday at 7:10 p.m. ET.  Below we continue our March Madness odds series with a Providence-Kentucky prediction, pick, and how to watch. Providence sputtered down the stretch as they’ve […]

Kentucky basketball guard Sahvir Wheeler said he practiced this week and is ready to play, the Athletic Kentucky basketball reporter Kyle Tucker wrote in a Thursday tweet. “Says as a HS senior he tore his meniscus, came back in time for playoffs, won the state title,” continued Tucker. A former four-star recruit from Houston Christian high school […]

Selection Sunday has passed, and we know what the bracket looks like for the 2023 NCAA Tournament. That means it is time to look at all the matchups and find where you think the upsets will be in March Madness. There were some interesting matchups, with storylines all over the place for March Madness. There […]

The brackets for the NCAA Tournament were released this weekend and every year there are some very intriguing storylines in the first round of March Madness. This year, one of those potential matchups is between No. 6 Kentucky and No. 11 Providence in the East Region. Kentucky head coach John Calipari will square off against […]

The SEC quarterfinals are here and Vanderbilt and Kentucky will meet with just eight teams to go! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Vanderbilt-Kentucky prediction and pick. The Commodores have had a solid season overall finishing (19-13) in the regular season. In the 2nd round of the SEC Tournament, they […]

The Vanderbilt Commodores stay red hot, as they scored a ticket to the quarterfinals round of the SEC tournament by taking down the LSU Tigers in the second round Thursday, 77-68. With that win, the Commodores will be meeting the Kentucky Wildcats for the third time this season. Vanderbilt lost the first matchup back in […]

A league that possesses more than a few teams that can be dangerous in the month of March, these same schools will put it all on the hardwood against their conference foes as the SEC Conference Tournament has finally arrived! Join us for our college basketball odds series where our SEC Tournament 2023 winner, prediction, and […]

The Vanderbilt Commodores take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Our college basketball odds series has our Vanderbilt Kentucky prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Vanderbilt Kentucky. The Kentucky Wildcats have had a wild and crazy season, but it is going in the right direction at the right time of year. Recall the 2014 season […]

As an incensed Taliyah Wyche — a sophomore forward for the University of Florida — threw the ball towards an unseen player from the University of Kentucky during the SEC women’s tournament, a voice can be heard yelling Fight me! Wyche, obliging, sprinted towards junior Kentucky forward Ajae Petty before being knocked off route by […]

The Kentucky Wildcats will travel to take on the Florida Gators in a Wednesday night SEC college basketball matchup at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. With that said, check out our college basketball odds series which has our Kentucky-Florida prediction and pick. Kentucky has turned in a solid yet unspectacular season, going 18-9, including a 9-5 […]

The Kentucky Wildcats take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Our college basketball odds series has our Kentucky Mississippi State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kentucky Mississippi State. The SEC basketball season has been a journey filled with all sorts of unexpected twists. One is that Mississippi State and Kentucky are on very […]

Five-star prospect Naasir Cunningham has been highly impressive this season with Overtime Elite. Cunningham’s efforts have now earned him an offer from head coach Jon Calipari and Kentucky. Cunningham confirmed Kentucky’s offer on his personal Twitter account. The Overtime Elite star forward has also received offers from schools such as Duke, Kansas, Arkansas, UCLA and […]

The second half of ESPN’s College Basketball double-header will take place in the challenging South Eastern Conference. The Arkansas Razorbacks (16-7) will take on the Kentucky Wildcats (16-7). Both teams are neck and neck in the conference standings, so this will be a huge game for both clubs. Check out our college basketball odds series for […]

Former Kentucky point guard and NBA champion Rajon Rondo is working to join the coaching staff of head basketball coach John Calipari, according to a Friday report from On3 writer Jack Pilgrim. Rajon Rondo averaged 9.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game in 68 games played in two seasons under then-Kentucky basketball head […]

It has been a wild season so far for John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats. Kentucky basketball already has seven losses through its first 22 games overall and sports a 6-3 record in SEC play. While the Wildcats have gained traction of late, winning five of their last six games, there are still plenty of […]

The Kentucky Wildcats take on the Ole Miss Rebels. Our college basketball odds series has our Kentucky Ole Miss prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Kentucky Ole Miss. The Kentucky Wildcats have had a few familiar problems in recent seasons, problems which have remained true even though the differences in outcomes have been […]

Blue-blood programs clash as the SEC/Big 12 Challenge continues Saturday night. Watch as the No. 9 Kansas Jayhawks (16-4) take on the rival Kentucky Wildcats (14-6) in a battle for bragging rights. Coverage will be live on ESPN. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Kansas-Kentucky prediction and pick. The Kansas Jayhawks are looking […]

SEC basketball is in full swing as the Kentucky Wildcats (13-6) try to continue their winning streak against the Vanderbilt Commodores (10-9). Could Vanderbilt manage to pull off an upset? Check out our college basketball odds series for our Kentucky-Vanderbilt prediction and pick. The Kentucky Wildcats have had an uncharacteristic season by John Calipari’s standards. As […]

The Georgia Bulldogs take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Our college basketball odds series has our Georgia Kentucky prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Georgia Kentucky. The Kentucky Wildcats have had a roller-coaster season, but on Saturday against Tennessee, the roller-coaster ride felt more like an exciting thrill than a stomach-churning journey of fear […]

The 2022-23 college basketball season hasn’t been very kind to John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats. Kentucky basketball has lost six times through its first 17 games. They are also 2-3 after their first five games in SEC play. The underwhelming season of Kentucky basketball has John Calipari frustrated and that appears to have triggered […]

The Kentucky Wildcats absorbed yet another painful blow to their season, as they suffered a 71-68 loss at Rupp Arena at the hands of the South Carolina Gamecocks Tuesday night. It was the second loss in a row for Kentucky basketball, which lost to the Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, 78-52, last Saturday. Kentucky basketball […]

For Kentucky commit Rob Dillingham, he made the right choice when he joined Overtime Elite after a chaotic time in Ye’s Donda Academy. Dillingham was among several players who left Donda Academy last year amid the issues caused by Kanye West’s anti-semitic comments. Various high-profile high school basketball tournaments such as the Hoophall Classic and […]

An objectively disappointing season for Kentucky basketball reached a new low on Saturday, when the Wildcats were blown out 78-52 by Alabama. The loss pushes John Calipari’s team to 10-5 overall, including 1-2 in SEC play. The Wildcats’ remaining schedule isn’t getting any easier, either. Six of their final 16 regular-season games come against ranked […]

The Kentucky Wildcats take on the Missouri Tigers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Kentucky Missouri prediction and pick. The Kentucky Wildcats are in real trouble. If you follow college basketball fairly closely and keep up with the sport every year, you have probably seen the shocking statistic at some point over […]

The UCLA Bruins take on the Kentucky Wildcats in New York. Check out our college basketball odds series for our UCLA Kentucky prediction and pick. The Kentucky Wildcats have one very obvious problem to solve as they move ahead with their season: Who will hit big perimeter shots for coach John Calipari’s team? Kentucky was […]

The Kentucky Wildcats took care of business Tuesday night at home, defeating the Bellarmine Knights in Lexington, 60-41. After the game, Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari spent some time talking about the idea that the NCAA should waive the waiting time for Bellarmine’s eligibility for the NCAA Tournament. Via Jeff Drummond of Cats Illustrated: […]

The North Florida Ospreys take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Check out our college basketball odds series for our North Florida Kentucky prediction and pick. The Kentucky Wildcats have a big and obvious problem: Who other than Jacob Toppin will help Oscar Tshiebwe this season? Toppin is a fairly reliable member of the Wildcats’ rotation, but […]

The Kentucky Wildcats suffered their second loss of the season Sunday, as John Calipari and his boys absorbed an 88-72 defeat in Spokane at the hands of the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Not a lot went in favor of Kentucky basketball in that game, especially on offense.  The Wildcats shot just 39.1 percent from the field. They […]

The Kentucky Wildcats take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Kentucky Gonzaga prediction and pick. The college basketball season is off to a fascinating start. By all appearances, both Kentucky and Gonzaga are going to have trouble matching their NCAA Tournament seeds from last season, Kentucky being a […]

The SC State Bulldogs take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Check out our college basketball odds series for our SC State Kentucky prediction and pick. The SC State Bulldogs played a competitive game against South Carolina a week and a half ago, but we all know they’re unlikely to mount an especially robust challenge to the […]

Although the Kentucky Wildcats lost to the Michigan State Spartans Tuesday night in double-overtime (86-77), Kentucky basketball must still be happy to see that big man Oscar Tshiebwe is back playing again for the team after missing the first two games of the season. Tshiebwe did not look rusty at all against the Spartans, as […]

The titanic matchup between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Michigan State Spartans in the opening game of the Champions Classic Tuesday night was, well, an instant classic. Kentucky basketball had the lead for the most part of the contest, but floundered in the clutch, while the Spartans seemingly made every play when it mattered the […]