Kentucky put the clamps on Lipscomb from three-point range in its 97-68 win on Tuesday night. Lipscomb started the game 0-for-13 from three, not

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Kentucky's Emphasis on Three-Point Defense on Display vs. Lipscomb

Coach Mark Pope's approval rating within Big Blue Nation might never be this high until the day he cuts down the nets as a national champion at

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Scouting Report: Lipscomb Bisons

Kentucky's win over Duke in the Champions Classic caught the attention of the entire college basketball world, but it wasn't something everyone saw

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Kentucky Players on Reaction to Duke Win: 'Everybody Was Doubting Us'

Analytics don't tell the whole story, especially this early in the season. However, they can be a good benchmark of how a team is performing at any

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Analytics Show Kentucky is Among the Best in D-1 Experience, Point Differential

When Mark Pope was hired at Kentucky, it was understood that he would bring a balanced approach with analytics. It was an important part of his

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Mark Pope Discusses Balance Between Analyzing Data and Trusting Your Gut

Many college basketball analysts had high hopes for Kentucky heading into the 2024-25 season, but it's hard to find many who thought they were a

Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio

Jeff Goodman Says Duke Win 'Gave Big Blue Nation Hope and Validation That Mark Pope was the Right Choice'

Kentucky seized the attention of fans nationwide on Tuesday night with an upset win over No. 6 Duke. The entire college basketball world was put on

Andy Katz Sees the Case for Kentucky as a Top-5 Team After Duke Win

CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein was one of six AP voters who had Kentucky ranked outside the Top 25 heading into this week.

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Jon Rothstein Expects Kentucky to Jump 'Well into the Top 10' After Champions Classic Win over Duke

Let me take you back one year. It's the 2023 Champions Classic. A Kentucky team with multiple McDonald's All-Americans blew a second-half lead,

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Did History Just Repeat Itself in Kentucky's Champions Classic win over Duke?

It is time to play big boy basketball. We've experience one heck of a honeymoon phase with Coach Mark Pope. He quickly turned skepticism into

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Scouting Report: Duke Blue Devils

Duke is Kentucky's first big test of the Mark Pope era as the Wildcats head to Atlanta for the Champions Classic. In Jon Scheyer's third season as

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Duke Reporter Stephen Wiseman previews Champions Classic Matchup vs. Kentucky

Otega Oweh doesn't have much experience against Duke. Tuesday night's Champions Classic matchup will be the first time in Oweh's three-year college

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Otega Oweh Set to Face One of His Former Coaches in Champions Classic Matchup vs. Duke

Kerr Kriisa was excellent in Kentucky's 100-72 win over Bucknell on Saturday, dazzling with a bevy of no-look passes. However, it was his pace that

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Mark Pope Says Kerr Kriisa is Trying to Be 'The Best Pace Guy in the Country'

You couldn't have scripted a better beginning to the Coach Mark Pope era. The Kentucky Wildcats posted a 41-point victory, the same number that Coach

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Scouting Report: Bucknell Bison

Morgan & Morgan is back for a fourth year of working with Kentucky Basketball. This year's advertising features three Kentucky basketball

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Behind-The-Scenes of Morgan & Morgan's Kentucky Basketball Shoot and Details of the Firm's Future Plans

Alabama enters the 2024-25 season with some of the highest expectations in program history. Fresh off a Final Four run, the Crimson Tide are the No.

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SEC Season Preview: Alabama Has National Title Aspirations

Koby Brea entered the 2024-25 season as arguably the nation's best three-point shooter. While he didn't exactly look the part in Kentucky's first two

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Kentucky Replaced the Nation’s Best Three-Point Shooter with the Nation’s Best Three-Point Shooter

Mark Pope's first season at Kentucky begins on Monday at 7 p.m. ET with a game against Wright State. There's a lot of excitement about this team, but

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5 Bold Predictions for Mark Pope's First Season at Kentucky

A new era of Kentucky Basketball begins on Monday night at 7:00 p.m. ET at Rupp Arena. Coach Mark Pope, a captain on the 1996 National Championship

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Scouting Report: Wright State Raiders

Florida basketball finished sixth in the SEC last season and is looking to improve on that this year. With a good group of their core returning from

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SEC Season Preview: Florida Returns 'A Really Good Nucleus' in 2024-25

Georgia has made a steady climb under Mike White in his first two seasons as head coach. Year three could be his best one yet.   KSR+ is continuing

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SEC Season Preview: 'Georgia Has a Really Good Mixture of Everything This Year'

Tennessee basketball is coming off a great 2023-24 campaign in which the Vols won the SEC regular season title and advanced to the Elite Eight.

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SEC Season Preview: Tennessee Brings in a New-Look Roster After Dalton Knecht Departs

Every year in college basketball there are teams that don't live up to expectations. On the other hand, there are always a few teams that come out of

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Advanced Stats Indicate These Two College Basketball Teams are Sleepers

Kentucky might not have a player on the preseason All-American team. They don't even have a player who made first or second-team All-SEC heading into

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Kentucky Has the Deepest Roster in the Nation

Koby Brea is the nation's top three-point shooter heading into the 2024-25 season. At least, that's what the metrics say.   Brea is the No. 1

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Kentucky's Koby Brea is College Basketball's Top Three-Point Shooter, Here's Why

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