December 12, 2020
It was a tale of two halves Saturday at Rupp Arena. Unfortunately, Kentucky struggled too much early on to overcome an enormous halftime deficit. The Wildcats were one shot away from a miraculous win, but Olivier Sarr’s open attempt from the corner missed, ultimately falling 64-63 to Notre Dame. It’s Kentucky’s fourth straight loss and…
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Turn back the clock before the Kentucky Wildcats tip-off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The namesake of Rupp Arena provides the commentary ahead of this important matchup. To no one’s surprise, this is not the first time Kentucky has desperately needed to defeat Notre Dame to prove people wrong. “Of course we’re not expected…
The sultry sounds that accompany March Madness will introduce the Kentucky Wildcats today at Rupp Arena. If UK does not defeat Notre Dame on CBS to end a three-game losing streak, many fans across the BBN will wonder if there will be an NCAA Tournament bid in this team’s future. After blowing out Morehead State…
December 11, 2020
Saturday’s game between Notre Dame and Kentucky is the first meeting between the programs since they collided in the Midwest Regional Finals of the 2015 NCAA Tournament. But for Notre Dame and Olivier Sarr, it’s the first meeting since Sarr cooked the Irish for 30 points and 17 rebounds back in February of this calendar…
December 10, 2020
Notre Dame’s men’s basketball team will land at Bluegrass Airport sometime Friday before an afternoon walkthrough in Rupp Arena, but first Mike Brey had some questions to answer Thursday night. Holding a press conference from his office in South Bend, Brey gave a preview of how his team will look against the Wildcats, and what…
September 30, 2020
On Monday, Notre Dame reported 18 new cases of coronavirus on its football team, resulting in 25 players in isolation and another 14 in quarantine. According to head coach Brian Kelly, the outbreak has been traced to a team dinner just before the game vs. South Florida on Sept. 19, which is prompting the Irish…
June 23, 2020
Who’s up for a trip to New York City? According to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, John Calipari and Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey have discussed a neutral site game at Madison Square Garden. Mike Brey tells me that he and John Calipari have discussed Madison Square Garden as the venue for the neutral…
May 28, 2020
This morning, UK announced a three-year series with Notre Dame, with games in Lexington in 2020, a neutral site in 2021, and South Bend in 2022. Believe it or not, the two teams have met 62 times on the hardwood, with Kentucky dominating the series 43-19. The Cats have played the Fighting Irish three times…