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Auburn is the No. 1 team in the country and today, we learned the hard way that it’s with good reason. The Tigers dominated the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats 94-78, leading for 39:21 of the 40 minutes to get their first victory in Rupp since 1988.

Kentucky’s second-leading scorer, Jaxson Robinson, will undergo surgery on his shooting wrist. That will end his college basketball career.

IfMark Pope truly wants to land his first big fish as the head coach at Kentucky, he’s got the chance with 2025 five-star wing Nate Ament. Ament, rated as the No. 3 overall recruit in the senior class,

Kentucky guard Jaxson Robinson’s season has officially come to an early end, as head coach Mark Pope confirmed that Robinson will undergo surgery on his wrist. The fifth-year forward, who has been battling the injury since early February,

After a bad loss to No. 1 Auburn Tigers, Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope issued an honest message about the program that defeated them at home.

Kentucky’s thrilling win over Oklahoma was so good that even Brandon Garrison‘s young son had to get in on the postgame press conference. Following the Wildcats’ 83-82 victory over the Sooners on Wednesday night in Norman,

After a four-year battle with cancer, ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale is back covering a UK basketball game. Here’s what Vitale said about Mark Pope and the Wildcats.