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A fully-healthy Kentucky basketballteam was exposed against Alabama. The Wildcats used the injuries excuse for early-season losses, but they can't use it now.
KenPom currently gives Kentucky an 80% chance of victory. Only two other games — Saturday vs. Mississippi State (84%) and January 24 vs. Ole Miss (81%) — give Kentucky better odds of winning, reinforcing the belief this is one of the easiest games left on the schedule.
Andrija Jelavic showed promise at times early in Kentucky basketball's season. Now, he's an afterthought. Can the Croatian change the narrative?
Kentucky will be without starter Teonni Key for at least "a couple of weeks" coach Kenny Brooks said after she suffered an elbow injury.
Kentucky is now 37th in the AP Top 25 voting after a 9-5 start to this season. Other preseason darlings have it even worse.
Kentucky men's basketball coach Mark Pope discusses the problems he sees preventing the Wildcats from consistent 3-point shooting against high-quality opponents following UK's 89-74 loss at No. 14 Alabama on Jan.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - University of Kentucky women’s basketball senior point guard Tonie Morgan has been named a U.S. Basketball Writers Association Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week and co-Southeastern Conference Player of the Week, both organizations announced Tuesday.
South Carolina stayed at No. 3 and UCLA kept its No. 4 ranking following a 34-point victory over now-No. 21 USC. Meanwhile, LSU fell from No. 5 to No. 12 after losses to Kentucky and Vanderbilt, which helped both teams enter the top 10.
On Wednesday, Kentucky hosts Missouri at Rupp Arena (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2). The Tigers are 11-3 this season, with two of their losses coming to ranked teams (Illinois and Kansas). Missouri beat defending national champion Florda 76-74 on Saturday in Columbia. Anthony Robinson had 19 points for MU in the game, while Mark Mitchell had 14.