Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope has a new problem on his hands after the win vs. Duke. How UK basketball plays vs. Lipscomb will tell us a lot.

The Wildcats were averaging 101.5 points a game going into the Champions Classic. With 53 assists on 77 made field goals in wins over Wright State and Bucknell, Kentucky entered Duke game with more dimes than any team in men’s NCAA college hoops.

Shot chart from Kentucky basketball’s gritty Champions Classic win over sixth-ranked Duke Duke had Kentucky on the ropes. The Cats refused to break. ‘They just kept coming at us.’ Kentucky delivers with its defense in the final seconds. Cats upset No. 6 Duke in Atlanta.

It was 10 years ago this week when I was credentialed to cover the Champions Classic at the United Center for the first time. There was, to steal a phrase, palpable buzz in the building. Duke vs. Kansas was a matchup of the top recruits in the country: Jabari Parker vs.

The Kentucky Wildcats and Mark Pope just got their first signature win of the season as they took down #6 Duke in Atlanta. The Wildcats proved that they could beat anyone in college basketball in this game as they took down college basketball's most talented team.

There may be a better way to begin your time as the men’s basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, but I can’t think of one. Kentucky beat Duke 77-72 on Tuesday night. Kentucky beat Duke. That’s right,

Kentucky basketball surprised many on Tuesday night by beating the Duke Blue Devils 77 - 72. The Wildcats overcame a nine point halftime deficit, and made all the plays in the final minute of the game to earn the victory.

The mere 20-year-old McCain, who came off the board No. 16 overall at the 2024 NBA Draft following his sensational one-and-done campaign in Durham, played a team-high 38 minutes i