Should be sky high for the team:
A true road win vs a top 10 team and a perennial power.
Down 16 at the half.
Starting point guard, and in my opinion the team’s most important player, out with an injury.
Back up point guard goes out.
Your 3 slides to point.

But most importantly, the players should have great confidence in their coach.

I have two tickets available. These are very good seats - Sec 19 Row R Seats 1-2 for $350 per ticket.

Unfortunately there have been enough of those in this one game fir a graduate study.


Hope this is a memory that sticks and drives the guys.

No nights off in that Kentucky uniform fellas. Every game is a war

If you don't bring it all...well...this and worse is what can happen.

GO Zags...Beat the Hurleys

I know many didn’t enjoy Jimmy in the past but I liked him and his quirky sayings. He has always been complimentary of UK but I swear his tone has changed this year. Was he a Cal fan or a UK fan because he clearly has a different tone of UK to me this year.

The next 3 teams have 2 losses and the last one has 3. I can't recall this many teams doing this well to start the season. Still about 3 or 4 head scratching losses, but not nearly as many as the conference used to lose.

Definitely going to be a huge battle this season. Losses to each other won't hurt near as much with how highly we are all ranked. I could see a number of 7+ loss teams get high tournament seeds and a few 10+ still getting bids. I'm guessing the conference champ will still have around 6 or 7 losses.

40-17, really? Embarrassing.

I don't necessarily believe UK's coaches are getting close yet to getting the first commitment in their 2026 class. But they have already given out a bunch of 2026 scholarship offers (see below), and we are getting into the early part of a time frame when the first 2026 commitment could happen. In any case, there are a lot of legitimate 2026 prospects for us to discuss on a new thread.

Here is a list of 2026 prospects known based on public information to have received UK offers. This is surely not a complete list. It is way too early to know where any of these players will end up. Just starting the conversation here.

Zakir Abdul-Salaam, LB, Powder Springs, GA
Tre Aiken, OL, Clinton, SC
Carsyn Baker, RB, Fairburn, GA
Adam Balogoum-Ali, LB, N Palm Beach, FL
Brandon Bennett, WR, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Kamari Blair, DL, Clarksville, TN
Javar Bowden, ATH, Panama City, FL
Jabari Brady, ATH, Hollywood, FL
Jaydin Broadnax, DB, Boca Raton, FL
Cam Brooks, LB, Thomasville, GA
Ace Brown, ATH, Akron, OH
Bryshawn Brown, QB, Cincinnati, OH
Davion Brown, WR, Richmond, VA
Daniel Burns, OL, Montgomery, AL
Naeem Burroughs, ATH, Jacksonville, FL
Simeon Caldwell, DB, Jacksonville, FL
Chancellor Campbell, OL, St Petersburg, FL
Khalief Canty, OL, Detroit, MI
Devin Carter, WR, Ellenwood, GA
Jordan Carter, LB, Douglasville, GA
Kasiyah Charleton, OL, Brunswick, GA
Jakobe Clapper, LB, Cincinnati, OH
Andre Clarke, DB, Richmond, VA
Amari Clemons, RB, Marianna, FL
Vodney Cleveland, DL, Prattville, AL
William Conroy, OL, Cleveland, OH
Payton Cook, WR, Akron, OH
Jordan Crutchfield, DB, Ft Pierce, FL
J'Zavien Currence, LB, Rock Hill, SC
Markel Dabney, ATH, Richmond, VA
Marquez Daniel, ATH, Tuskegee, AL
Kentrell Davis, WR, Birmingham, AL
Titan Davis, LB, St Louis, MO
Scottland Dover, OL, Gaffney, SC
Jorden Edmonds, DB, Marietta, GA
Jireh Edwards, DB, Baltimore, MD
Zion Elee, LB, Poppa, MD
Justice Fitzpatrick, ATH, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Duyon Forkpa, LB, Hoschton, GA
Deuce Geralds, DL, Suwanee, GA
Kamdon Gillespie, DL, Mooresville, NC
Darius Gray, OL, Richmond, VA
Desmond Green, OL, St Stephen, SC
Aaron Gregory, WR, Douglasville, GA
Xavier Griffin, ATH, Gainesville, GA
Zach Groves, LB, Cross Plains, TN
Adam Guthrie, OL, Washington CH, OH
Kaiden Hall, DB, Milton, FL
Sam Hamilton, TE, Cincinnati, OH
Eli Hamrick, QB, Ashville, NC
Marlon Harbin, ATH, Louisville, KY
Kaden Harris, DB, Brownsville, TN
Keenan Harris, DB, St Louis, MO
Kendre Harrison, TE, Reidsville, NC
George Haseotas, OL, Naples, FL
Calerbe Hermane, ATH, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Allen Hill, WR, Youngstown, OH
Elbert Hill, DB, Akron, OH
Devyon Hill-Lomax, WR, Edwardsville, IL
Savion Hiter, RB, Mineral, VA
Elijah Hutchinson, OL, Roanoke, VA
Michael Ionata, OL, Clearwater, FL
Brody Jennings, DB, Jacksonville, FL
Anthony Jones, LB, Mobile, AL
Ja'Michael Jones, RB, Pike Road, AL
Cincere Johnson, LB, Cleveland, OH
Sean Johnson DB, Severn, MD
Chauncey Kennon, DB, Sarasota, FL
Heze Kent, TE, Brunswick, GA
Tyreek King, ATH, Knoxville, TN
Breck Kolojay, OL, Bradenton, FL
Robert Lathon, RB, Columbus, OH
Amari Latimer, ATH, Tyrone, GA
Zion Legree, ATH, Pensacola, FL
Ronald Lunz, ATH, Ratcliff, KY
Justin Lyles, DB, Cincinnati, OH
Javian Mallory, RB, Baton Rouge, LA
Samari Matthews, ATH, Cornelius, NC
Dylan McCoy, RB, Buford, GA
Iverson McCoy, ATH, Tupelo, MS
JaReylan McCoy, DL, Tupelo, MS
Nassir McCoy, DB, Buford, GA
Cooper McCutchan, TE, Cincinnati, OH
Jesiyah Miguel, DB, FT Lauderdale, FL
Storm Miller, LB, Strongsville, OH
Landen Miree, ATH, Cincinnati, OH
Malik Morris, LB, Lakeland, FL
James Morrow, LB, Buford, GA
Ryan Mosley, WR, Carrollton, GA
Chris Newell, ATH, Cleveland, OH
Daniel Norman, LB, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Cam O'Hara, QB, Union, KY
Javian Osborne, RB, Forney, TX
Gabriel Osenda, OL, Chattanooga, TN
Zantreacs Otey, DB, Murfreesboro, TN
Jamar Owens, DB, Jonesboro, GA
Andre Parker, ATH, Cincinnati, OH
Milan Parris, WR, Stow, OH
Gregory Patrick, OL, Portage, MI
David Pellman, OL, Louisville, KY
Bryce Perry-Wright, ATH, Buford, GA
Eli Pietrowski, ATH, Corbin, KY
Kaiden Prothro, LB, Bowdon, GA
Dawson Quarterman, WR, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Cortez Redding, DB, Jonesboro, GA
Maxwell Riley, OL, Avon Lake, OH
Bryce Robinson, LB, Marietta, GA
Donel Robinson, OL, Lexington, MS
Jarius Rodgers, LB, Orange Park, FL
Hakim Satterwhite, DB, Washington, DC
Keeyshawn Schneider, WR, Chattanooga, TN
JB Shabazz, OL, Winston Salem, NC
CJ Sibley, DB, Buford, GA
Derrick Singletary, LB, Middletown, OH
Victor Singleton, DB, Toledo, OH
Chaston Smith, DB, Knoxville, TN
Javonte Smith, WR, Jackson, TN
Micah Smith, OL, Vero Beach, FL
KD Smith, ATH, Charlotte, NC
Carson Sneed, ATH, Nashville, TN
Dylan Steen, OL, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Jarvis Strickland, OL, Paducah, KY
Jardon Stringer, ATH, Lagrange, GA
Aaryn Tate, ATH, McLeansville, NC
Malachi Taylor ATH, Pickerington, OH
Cam Thomas, ATH, W Chester, OH
Camron Thompson, OL, Savannah, GA
Xavier Tiller, ATH, Fairburn, GA
Craig Tutt, DB, Murfreesboro, TN
Jordan Vann, ATH, Middletown, OH
Marcello Vitti, ATH, Dearborn, MI
Jeff Ward, WR, Cleveland, OH
Joel Wyatt, WR, Bell Buckle, TN
Jontavius Wyman, ATH, Jonesboro, GA

Joe Fortenberry is credited as the first basketball player ever to dunk, in 1936, while playing in the Amateur Athletic Union: Wikipedia: Slam Dunk.

Wikipedia said:

Joe Fortenberry, playing for the McPherson Globe Refiners, dunked the ball in 1936 in Madison Square Garden. The feat was immortalized by Arthur Daley, Pulitzer Prize winning sports writer for The New York Times in an article in March 1936. He wrote that Joe Fortenberry and his teammate, Willard Schmidt, instead of shooting up for a layup, leaped up and "pitch[ed] the ball downward into the hoop, much like a cafeteria customer dunking a roll in coffee".

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And Basketball and College Basketball Hall-of-Famer Bob Kurland is credited with the first dunk in college basketball, in 1944: NCAA: The story behind the first known dunk in college basketball history.

Andy Wittry said:

In 1944, college basketball saw its first-ever dunk, when Oklahoma A&M's Bob "Foothills" Kurland dunked by accident. Yes, you read that correctly.

Kurland, one of the first 7-foot centers, is credited with the first dunk in college basketball history when his Oklahoma A&M Aggies, which has since been renamed to Oklahoma State, played Temple.

"The ball happened to be under the basket. I got it up and stuffed it in. That started it, I guess,” the late Kurland told the Orlando Sentinel in 2012. "It was an unintentional accident. It wasn't planned, just a spontaneous play in Philadelphia.

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So...who was the first Kentucky player ever to dunk? I know Rupp had mixed feelings about dunking and didn't allow it for a while -- Jon Scott: Adolph Rupp: Fact and Fiction.

Jon Scott said:

Kentucky would make some rallies as the game progressed but the strong inside play of David Lattin and the consistent ball-handling and solid free-throw shooting of the Western guards ensured the victory.

"We had no idea what we were getting into," [Pat] Riley said. "In those days, players didn't dunk. I hadn't seen anyone dunk. Guys barely jumped high enough to stick a dollar bill under their shoes. But these guys came out, and after they had dunked on me about three times, I knew they had a lot more to accomplish than we did." - by Jere Longman, Philadelphia Inquirer, "Forget the Glitter, Riley is a Coach of Substance," June 8, 1987.

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Jon Scott said:

I haven't really discussed this in detail on this page but the topic of Rupp's view on dunking is complicated. It is true that he was in favor of the ban on dunking at the time it was announced in 1967, although it's not clear that he lobbied for the rule change and he was not a member of the rules committee at the time the rule was passed. One thing people today don't seem to recognize is that at the time with exposed hooks for the basketball net, dunking was a potentially dangerous maneuver and the threat of seriously hurting your hand or even losing a finger was real. In addition, if the goal was damaged it often led to game postponements as most places didn't have backup goals readily available.

While Rupp generally was against the dunk through much of his career. Lou Tsioropoulos noted that Rupp allowed the players to dunk in practice but not in games. Despite this, his players did indeed dunk from time to time in the 1950's and 1960's at least, including a memorable break-away dunk by Bill Spivey in a game vs. Kansas and rival big man Clyde Lovellette. Marion Cluggish, 6-8 center who played for Rupp in the late 30's to early 40's, was known to dunk in pregame warmups at Rupp's request in order to intimidate opponents. In an interview after his retirement, Rupp was quoted as saying about the dunk: "I really think it should be a part of basketball," said Rupp. "I was violently opposed to it, but after thinking about it for two or three years, I think it has a spot in basketball." (Eugene (OR) Register-Guard, May 1, 1976)

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On Spivey and that Kansas game:

Wikipedia said:

Kentucky played a much-anticipated game versus Kansas on December 16, 1950, with Spivey matched up against Jayhawks center Clyde Lovellette. The Wildcats won by 29 points as Spivey outplayed Lovellette, in what he later called the best performance of his college career. After one steal, he drove to the Kansas basket and did a slam dunk; this was rare for Kentucky basketball at the time, as Rupp instructed players not to dunk during games.

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Sounds like it might've been Bill Spivey. Does anyone here know for sure?

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Love him or not, he is a HUGE part of college basketball and I'm glad to hear this news.