January 4, 2020
1. Familiar face Flash back to April of 2017, and Kentucky is working on finishing a huge recruiting haul that already has seven commits. However, the Cats are in desperate need of a shooter to round out the class. Kentucky reaches out and offers scholarships to two four-star shooters, Jemarl Baker and Mark Smith. Kentucky…
5 — Missouri’s opponents are making only 26 percent of their three-pointers, the fifth-best three-point defense in college basketball. On the other side the Cats are knocking down just 29.3 percent of their long-range attempts, ranked No. 305 in the nation. 7 — Straight games Kentucky has won at Rupp Arena. 8 — John Calipari…
January 3, 2020
After starting the year 9-3 and pulling off victories over No. 1 Michigan State and No. 3 Louisville during the non-conference schedule, it’s (somehow) time for Kentucky to begin SEC play. On Saturday, the Missouri Tigers (8-4) will head to Rupp Arena to take on the No. 17 Wildcats, a game the UK coaching staff…
October 28, 2019
In what has become a lovely tradition following wins, UK has shared the ‘Booth Cam’ footage from the Missouri game. Watch below as Tom Leach and Jeff Piecoro call the win over the Tigers and their colleagues in the back celebrate with fist pumps and bumps. #BBN here's the view from inside the booth with…
October 27, 2019
MARK STOOPS: Okay. Really good victory for our team and for our program. Really proud of the guys. I told you I told them. The last three, four weeks feel like they’ve really been jelling, working exceptionally hard, sure playing for each other; very unselfish. A big thing is about playing hard and having great…
October 24, 2019
How are Missouri fans feeling about Saturday’s game vs. Kentucky? To find out, I spent part of the afternoon on their message boards — because that’s where all the sane, reasonable people hang out, right? They’re not too pleased with Barry Odom right now Saturday’s loss to Vanderbilt was so painful some Mizzou fans are calling…
In the words of the great Ollie Williams, it’s gonna rain on Saturday. Mark Stoops’ thoughts on playing in soggy conditions for the second straight week? It is what it is. “It is good that we played in it so we have a full game under our belt, that’s for sure,” Stoops said of Kentucky’s…
October 20, 2019
The Kentucky Wildcats are a double-digit underdog for this week’s game against Missouri, according to Vegas. The opening line came out today in favor of the Tigers by 11 points. The Wildcats are in desperate need of a win against the Mizzou Tigers, and after a loss to Vanderbilt last night, Missouri is in need…
August 15, 2019
Missouri is never going to forgive Ahmad Wagner. Almost a year after Kentucky overcame a two-touchdown deficit with five minutes to play, the Tigers are still making excuses for their loss. According to Missouri, they didn’t lose because they could not get a first down in the second half. It wasn’t because of the punt…
July 15, 2019
Of the ten Kentucky football wins in the 2018-19 season, the most improbable happened in Columbia, Missouri. A quick recap of what had to happen for UK to overcome a two-touchdown second half deficit: UK’s defense surrendered zero second half first downs. Lynn Bowden subbed himself into the game to score a punt return touchdown. Terry…