KSR Today: Cats prepare for Arkansas, Kentucky Proud Park hosts a weekend series and more

Good morning, friends. Drew here, up early before making the hourlong drive to Lock Ridge Park in Lancaster, Kentucky, the site of today’s live Kentucky Sports Radio broadcast from 10 a.m. to noon. You should stop by to hear the show and meet Ryan Lemond if you’re in the area. We’ll be previewing Saturday’s game in Rupp Arena, plus weighing in on all of the latest news around Big Blue Nation, from the Cats’ tournament seeding to that awesome new podcast that dropped yesterday.

Here on KSR’s website, I’ll share some of that news with you before I get on the road to lovely Garrard County. We’ll start with what is ahead later today as Kentucky prepares to host Arkansas in Rupp Arena in the second-to-last home contest on the schedule. The spread on that game will drop later today—first, a conversation with two of the star freshmen.

DJ Wagner and Zvonimir Ivisic preview Arkansas

On campus, DJ Wagner and Zvonimir Ivisic will hold a press conference later today to preview their Saturday game against Arkansas. Kentucky’s starting point guard and fan-favorite Croatian will take questions about the Razorbacks and more on the eve of their next game. KSR will be part of those conversations, so check back here for the video and their comments about the game.

Eric Musselman’s comments on the game

Yesterday, Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman took questions in Fayetteville before his team’s flight to Lexington. Before the current trip, Arkansas won its last two in Rupp Arena. However, Musselman said on Thursday, “What those two teams did in the past went in with confidence, went in with toughness. They went in there with grit, they went in there with belief, so hopefully this year’s team can carry some of those characteristics into the game.

“If you don’t have those characteristics, it’s going to be hard to win in Rupp, but certainly going into those games, that was how those 40 minutes unfolded when we were able to have success there.”

Hear all of Musselman’s pre-Kentucky comments via HawgBeat.com.

Kentucky Baseball begins a three-game home series today

In Lexington, Kentucky Baseball begins a three-game series against Lipscomb today at Kentucky Proud Park. The Wildcats are 7-1 on the young season and undefeated at home with a 2-0 record at KPP heading into today’s game. In Game 1 in this weekend’s series, Nick Mingione will send out the righty, Travis Smith, to start on the mound for the Cats. You can follow along on SEC Network+ beginning at 1 p.m. this afternoon.

Daniel Hager will have a thorough preview for you on KSR soon.

Kentucky Women’s Basketball lost another one

Things keep getting worse for Kentucky Women’s Basketball. Last night, the Wildcats played their regular season finale in Rupp Arena, hosting Ole Miss in downtown Lexington. It did not go well. The Rebels took the lead right away and never looked back, winning 75-45 without ever trailing. The night included a 17-0 run in the third quarter to put the game far out of reach before the fourth. For Kentucky, Saniah Tyler and Amiya Jenkins had team-highs, each with 10 points. Kentucky dropped to 4-11 in the SEC with the loss.

Read more about the game in KSR’s recap.

John Wall’s new podcast with DeMarcus Cousins

On Thursday, John Wall dropped the first episode of his new podcast, Point Game, with special guest DeMarcus Cousins as his first interview and. it. is. awesome. Two of the three Amigos from Calipari’s first Kentucky team spend an hour telling old stories from their days in Lexington that they’ve never told before, things like the night Wall stole Cousins’ dance at Big Blue Madness and the time Wall told Cousins he was committing to Duke instead of Kentucky. Two of our all-time favorite Wildcats really took us back in time with this one:

More from the NFL Combine

KSR’s Nick Roush and Adam Luckett are in Indianapolis for Day 2 of the NFL Combine. Rumor has it they were two of the first four people in the building earlier this morning. Today, they will continue to follow the former Wildcats around the NFL Draft showcase. You can follow along on the NFL Network at 3 p.m. with the defensive backs and tight ends going through measurements and on-field workouts. Former Wildcat Andru Phillips will be with the DBs. At the same time, Ray Davis, Tayvion Robinson, Devin Leary, Jeremy Flax, and Trevin Wallace will try to impress the scouts in other stages of the combine. KSR will have coverage of all of them from Indy. 

The Journey with Reed Sheppard

Today, UK’s video team will release the cinematic recap of Kentucky’s win at Mississippi State. In a teaser clip, we see Reed Sheppard narrates the new episode of The Journey.

#ComingSoon pic.twitter.com/t73Ej4qyZ4

— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) February 29, 2024

Go Cats. Happy March.