I will turn 57 in less than a month. I have been a Kentucky fan my whole life and the first team I can remember well is the 75 runner-up. This is the most I have enjoyed watching the Wildcats. It seems like the players are enjoying each other other and it seems like they are appreciative to have the opportunity to play for Kentucky. They are playing for the name on the front and for Big Blue Nation. No coach since Joe Hall understands what Kentucky is about until Mark Pope became the coach. They are fun to watch and they hustle like guys wearing the Kentucky jersey should.

For all other SEC/ACC Games if you want to discuss.

So far SEC doing well

EweTee up on Syracuse (Orange on Orange Crime)
Georgia looking decent against ND.
Cal and Arky in a fight with the U.

one of the best things to reinvigorate the intrastate rivalry. Since 2013, UK has lost only two games in the series. Whether anyone else is willing to admit it or not, a re-energized and competitive annual showdown is what makes a great rivalry. One-sided affairs don’t.

If this was posted already delete. But his life story is mind blowing. I am blown away to learn his hard be grew up. How there’s no documentary on this guy is baffling. Here’s the podcast he was on talking about his life an some good uk stuff
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And he'll finally be happy..

Texas and Oklahoma in the SEC. Why can't they just LEAVE THINGS ALONE? Ugh

Asked about UK/Calipari stuff:

Fox is a Wildcat

Song for the ad, not a serious song.

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Wearing a red hoodie 🙄
I understand supporting your former coach but why can’t you just wear neutral colors?

This 3-5 year decline has set this program back at least 5, maybe 10 years...why give the key to the car to someone that doesnt know how to drive?

how we feeling guys?

I live about 2 hours from Clemson and will be there tuesday night. Some good seats for cheap still available. Anyone else going?

First game back since Jan of 2024. Almost a year out with an ACL injury.

Wishing him well against Coach Pope’s old team BYU. Game is one FS1

We have not worn the blue yet this year. Man I love the blues. That is all.

Assuming UK takes Cam Miller, any commentary on why they’re taking 3 slots in the same class (Miller, Bowman, Quisenberry)? Simons is really tiny as well and could be a slot guy. What are we missing? Should assume ABS is joining Maclin in the portal?

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DEC. 2, 2024

Kentucky Women’s Basketball Signs 6-3, Five-Star Wing Kaelyn Carroll
She is ranked 15th in the Class of 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky women's basketball program inked a 6-3, five-star wing to its incoming class, head coach Kenny Brooks announced Monday. Kaelyn Carroll will join the program as a freshman in 2025-26.

“I am beyond excited with the addition of KK, Kaelyn Carroll, to our program,” Brooks said. “She exemplifies everything on and off the court that we value. Her shooting ability along with her size and basketball IQ will give her the opportunity to contribute immediately.”

Kaelyn Carroll
6-3 | Wing | Marion, Mass. | Tabor Academy
In the Class of 2025, Kaelyn Carroll, a 6-3 wing from Marion, Massachusetts, is ranked as the 15th best player in the nation, according to espnW / HoopGurlz. The five-star wing plays for Tabor Academy, an independent preparatory school in the state of Massachusetts, under head coach Will Becker. She also plays for the Bay State Jaguars’ 17U Under Armour Association (UAA) team under Laurie Bollin.

As a junior with the Tabor Academy Seawolves, she helped her team to a 22-6 record and a trip to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council’s Semifinals last season. She was named to the All-Independent School League First Team after averaging 13.7 points per game, 7.1 rebounds per game and 2.0 assists per game in 2023-24.

In 15 games with the Bay State Jaguars the following summer, she shot 42.5 (65-of-153) percent from the field and 35.8 (29-of-81) percent from the arc for 13.1 points per game, adding 101 rebounds, 23 assists, 20 blocks and 18 steals in 2024.

She recently attended the 2024 Wootten 150 Camp in October, while she also received invites to the 2024 USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team trials and the 2024 Under Armour Next Elite showcase.

Shane Laflin, who covers girls basketball for ESPN, wrote this about Carroll on Nov. 13:

“Carroll's footwork, handle and ability to get to the rim are a unique combination. She hunts threes and gets them off from relocation or even creating space off the dribble. She can receive the screen or be the screener in the pick and roll game. She has become physical in her takes to the rim and finds ways to finish over defenders or get to the free throw line effectively. She is also a savvy defender and solid passer because she reads the floor well.”

You know we reported that Grant Grayton would be officially visiting Kentucky over the weekend. He had informed the Minnesota coaches of his decision to visit and we ran with that once he did that. He wanted to be respectful and let them know before it got out.

Hearing that there's a great chance UK flips him tomorrow along with Cam Miller.

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Had some time to kill today. So, here's some stats to ponder.

We've scored 100 points in four games so far this season.
In the past 50 seasons, UK has scored 100 points in a game 113 times.
The most 100-point games in these 50 seasons is nine, which, of course, happened in '96.
We scored 100 points eight times in '75 and '90.
We scored 100 points six times in '78, '92, '93 and '24.
We scored 100 points five times in '77, '94 and '17.
That means that only 10 times in the past 50 seasons has a team scored 100 points more times than we have so far this season.

We need to score 100 points five more times to tie the '96 squad. If we reach 100 just two more times, there will only be three teams to have done it more -- '75, '90 and '96.

Lastly: Scoring 100 points several times in a season has usually been indicative of a successful season. The exceptions: 1990 was a strategy to remain competitive in Pitino's first season. And then there was...last year.

At this point we should clarify some things about the portal. The guys going in now are players on teams where there has been a coaching change or graduate transfers. In some other cases there have been announcements that certain players plan to enter the transfer portal but that makes it a little tricky when it comes to reporting on who is of interest much less contacted.

There are many players of interest already but we will have to get to them at the proper time.

Although UK has offered Northwest Missouri State tight end transfer Zach Atkins to my knowledge things haven't moved forward too much. Right now it seems like other schools are more front and center. UK doesn't have a dire tight end situation next year but he has multiple years of eligibility and many believe he can thrive in a system where he is better used.

At first it seemed like that might have been a "best available" offer but it seems like UK is at least open to adding from the portal at the position.

Another tight end of interest is Chase Nenad from Yale. He has early offers from Robert Morris and Maine and is already in the portal.

Completely dropped out of the Top 25 in the span of a week ... brutal. THEYGON.

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