Georgia Amoore and the Kentucky Wildcats improved to 14-1 (3-0 SEC) with a 71-55 defeat of Florida on Thursday evening, UK’s fifth straight victory over the Gators in Gainesville.
Mark Pope’s Kentucky basketball team made a move in the Top 25 rankings, and another highly touted opponent awaits the Wildcats this week.
No. 15 Kentucky visits the Florida Gators after Georgia Amoore scored 24 points in the Wildcats' 96-78 win against the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Will this incredibly tough SEC men’s basketball schedule pay dividends when it comes time for what really matters?
Bueckers scored points No. and 2,001 on a jumper with 8:05 remaining in the first half. Bueckers reached the mark in her 102nd game, breaking the program record of 108 games by Maya Moore.
JuJu Watkins scored 22 points as No. 4 Southern California held off a late-game surge from host Indiana to win 73-66 on Sunday afternoon in Bloomington, Ind.
Six-loss Arizona sits at No. 8 in the latest BPI rankings, as ESPN is taking into account the Wildcats’ strength of record and expected point margin moving forward as 12 of the 16 teams in the Big 12 Conference are considered Quad 1 competition.
In particular, Alabama attacked a trio of Kentucky guards — Koby Brea, Jaxson Robinson and Travis Perry — and had a great deal of success doing so. Wildcats head coach Mark Pope noticed it, but there wasn't much he or his team could do about it.
On Saturday, the conference then saw three different Top 25 ranked-vs.-ranked matchups take place all across the SEC, headlined by a Top 10 showdown in Lexington. Each of those games also lived up to the hype as well, especially that aforementioned contest inside Rupp Arena on Saturday.
Grant Nelson scored a season-best 25 points and collected 11 rebounds to help No. 4 Alabama notch a 102-97 victory over No. 8 Kentucky in a high-octane Southeastern Conference contest in Lexington, Ky.
Grant Nelson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 4 Alabama beat No. 8 Kentucky 102-97 on Saturday in a matchup of two of the top