Big Blue Nation was reminded of the binary nature of spots on Saturday afternoon. Back on January 4th, Kentucky outlasted Florida 106-100 to begin Southeastern Conference game. Stops were hard to come by for both teams in that game.

The SEC schedule is now a third of the way complete after Saturday’s action across the conference. Kentucky is two back in the loss column of the No. 1 team but there might not be any catching Bruce Pearl’s bunch,

After a strong season-opening performance last weekend in Oklahoma City, the No. 8 University of Kentucky gymnastics team is ready for a memorable home opener as it soft opens the newly renovated, $82-million Historic Memorial Coliseum while playing host to No.

During the Big 12’s nine-year reign, the league placed five teams in the Final Four. Oklahoma lost in the 2016 national semifinals. Kansas lost in the 2018 national semifinals. Texas Tech was the national runner-up to Virginia in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Baylor won the 2021 national championship. Kansas won the 2022 national championship.

Kentucky is cooking, having dealt Florida its first loss of the season two weeks ago before pulling off hard-nosed wins against ranked conference opponents in Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The Wildcats’ loss at Georgia on Jan. 7 was a bummer, but the response was electric — 16-of-32 shooting on treys and 95 total points in a frenzied Starkville.

Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats wasn't a fan of what he saw from his team in the loss against Ole Miss on Monday.

Kentucky beat Duke. Duke beat Auburn," Pearl said Thursday. "I've always lived by that theory. Obviously, South Carolina is not off to a great start in the league, but they've played at (Mississippi State) and Alabama at home. Alabama and (Mississippi ...

Illinois was the week's biggest riser, jumping nine spots from No. 22 to No. 13 after sweeping a West Coast swing.