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It’s hard to come up with a better list of finalists than what Koby Brea put together out of the transfer portal — an all-blue-blood group of Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina and UConn. That caliber of interest tends to flock when you’re the best 3-point shooter in college basketball, knocking down 49.8 percent of his threes on 6.1 attempts per game. With the best of the best calling, it was Mark Pope and the Wildcats ultimately pulling off the win, giving Kentucky its marksman for 2024-25. And his new head coach was over the moon once pen hit paper. “By the numbers, Koby Brea is the mos...
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If my head is spinning after a single day in Lexington on Saturday, I can’t imagine how Mark Pope, his staff and the players are feeling going into the week — certainly with practice starting Monday. Kentucky‘s Father/Son Camp got rolling on Friday before wrapping up on Saturday at the Joe Craft Center. From there, the Wildcats made their way to Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park for Club Blue‘s NEW ERA event, the first meet-and-greet with the team exclusive to subscribers. Then they all woke up Sunday and returned to the Craft Center for the Father/Daughter Camp, that starting in the mo...
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There was a love-hate relationship between Kentucky fans and the NBA under John Calipari, certainly by the end of his 15-year run in Lexington. When things were rolling, Big Blue Nation loved watching Wildcat stars ‘succeed and proceed’ to the league, turning those brilliant one-and-done memories into career-long support. Things got tricky, though, when the NBA factory kept churning forward as postseason success stalled. Was it more important to count draft picks and pro salaries or hang banners? It’s fun to do both, not so much when there’s a heavy emphasis on the former and none on the latte...
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Goose Givens, Kyle Macy and Rick Robey know a thing or two about Kentucky basketball and what it takes to win a national championship. They came together in 1978 to do just that — and they’ve got a limited edition bottle of bourbon to honor that special run, releasing the 78 Legends blend of 5-year and 50-year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Only 1978 bottles have been produced and are on sale now, each dipped in Kentucky blue wax and signed by the legendary trio. With KSR at J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery in Frankfort on Tuesday, Givens, Macy and Robey stopped by to talk about their limited ...
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Mark Pope is Big Blue Nation and Big Blue Nation is Mark Pope. Not in the sense that his voice matters more than the average fan or that he gets to speak on their behalf, obviously. What Kentucky‘s new head coach wants to make clear, though, is how you feel about the Wildcats and the day-to-day operation in Lexington is how he feels. This stuff eats him up just like it does for you — recruiting, transfers, coaching decisions, wins and losses, all of it. Everything that is important to you as a diehard fan is important to him. “I am BBN — well, that may sound wrong. When I said that, I was like...
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They’re here and they’re beautiful, your first Kentucky basketball practice highlights of the summer — and of the Mark Pope era in general. Monday marked day one of on-court instruction allowed by the NCAA, a period that includes four hours per week for eight weeks ahead of the fall semester and regular season. All 12 Wildcats were in attendance, the latest being Drexel transfer Amari Williams, who arrived on Saturday morning to round out the group. Now, it’s about putting the pieces together and seeing just how special this team can be in Pope’s debut season with the Wildcats. “I want to see ...
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Mark Pope has coached his first practice at Kentucky, the Wildcats coming together on Monday for their collective on-court debuts in blue and white. Teams are allowed four hours of instruction per week across eight weeks throughout the summer, all 12 players suiting up inside the Joe Craft Center for day one, Pope wanting to make the most out of each opportunity. His message? Learn quickly, play fast and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Practices may feel like a sprint, but the process overall is a marathon to prepare for the season. “Be creative and figure it out. Today, we’re going to go su...
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Mark Pope’s debut season as the head coach at Kentucky is (very) unofficially underway, Monday marking the Wildcats’ first practice of the summer. With the entire 12-man roster moved in — Drexel transfer Amari Williams moved in Saturday to round out the group — the NCAA allows four hours of practice per week for eight weeks through August ahead of the fall semester and into preseason action. It’s early, but we can now put the offseason behind us with the grind of staff- and roster-building in the rearview mirror. The focus turns to what this team is and can become with tangible on-court result...
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Wake Forest transfer Andrew Carr was once a sneaky pick for Kentucky’s most underrated signing of the offseason, the 6-10 sniper seen as a potential star for the Wildcats considering the perfect system fit with Mark Pope. But how can you be sneaky or underrated when it’s become a near consensus that Carr will be a top contributor in his fifth and final season of eligibility in Lexington? With the West Chester, PA native stealing most of the early spotlight among players to keep a close eye on, who does he believe deserves more love going into Pope’s first year at Kentucky? Carr singled out a t...
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Man, there is just something about Luka Doncic that grinds Kerr Kriisa‘s gears. Their paths have crossed over the years playing internationally, the Kentucky guard out of Estonia once saying “It’s pretty easy to get into his head” after guarding the five-time NBA All-Star in the 2022 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Then during his official visit to Lexington after signing with the Wildcats out of the transfer portal, he told the coaching staff he’d be wearing No. 77 in his final season of eligibility. When asked if he was a fan of Doncic, the player who made the number famous in the league with onl...
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