Kentucky Basketball has been clutch the last couple of weeks, putting together a three-game winning streak with a home blowout of Mississippi State, followed by narrow road victories over LSU and No.24 Tennessee.
Slow starts this season have caused members of Big Blue Nation to age a few years, but second-half adjustments and timely shot-making have been a solution to those early struggles.
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Despite losing point guard Jaland Lowe to season-ending shoulder surgery, the Wildcats have surprisingly found ways to move the basketball around during their three-game winning streak.
If Kentucky can continue to take care of business against unranked Texas & Ole Miss in back-to-back home games, they could very well find themselves knocking on the door of reappearing in the Top-25 rankings.
As far as other rankings go, DRatings has moved Kentucky up from No. 29 to No. 26 and Haslametrics has bumped them from No. 25 to No. 23 while EvanMiya stood pat with the Wildcats at No. 26.
Kentucky will face Texas on Wednesday at 7 PM ET with coverage on SEC Network and Ole Miss on Saturday at Noon ET with coverage on ESPN.
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For the women’s team, they suffered a tough loss at Mississippi State on Sunday. Head coach Kenny Brooks and his team fell 71-59 as Teonni Key remained sidelined while recovering from a dislocated elbow.
While the Wildcats did rally past Florida earlier in the week, a loss to the unranked Bulldogs will surely drop them a spot or two in the Top-25.
Next up for Brooks and his team is a trip to Tennessee on Thursday (6:30 PM ET) before hosting Georgia on Sunday (Noon ET), with both games scheduled to be televised on SEC Network.
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Injured DeLeye Was All-In All Season for Cats – Vaught’s Views
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Tough as nails.
Big Ten, SEC still deadlocked on CFP format – ESPN
Expansion seems inevitable.
Johnson Was Ready To Shine When His Time Came – Vaught’s Views
Need to see more minutes for him.
Morant returns for Grizzlies, says he wants to stay in Memphis – ESPN
Will the former Racers star be traded?
Louisville Adds Another Former Wildcat from the Transfer Portal – KSR
Ouch.
Steelers open to a Rodgers return as players praise QB – ESPN
One more year for Aaron?
Kentucky is the Top 3-Point Shooting Team in SEC Play – KSR
Love to see it.
Ryan Staub says he’s joining Tennessee – ESPN
Could end up as the starter this fall.
