Kentucky Wildcats News: James Madison Gameday for UK Basketball

Kentucky Basketball returns to Rupp Arena for the second night this week as the No. 23 Wildcats host James Madison.

After a shaky start, Kentucky quickly handled business against Manhattan in Tuesday night’s season opener (85-57) that featured a near-perfect game from Milan Momcilovic.

He scored 24 points on 8/12 shooting from the field and 6/9 from behind the three-point line, immediately showcasing just how gifted he is on the offensive end of the court.

Tonight, Momcilovic will look to continue his All-SEC campaign against a James Madison team that only has one player above 6’9.

It’s also the team’s second game of the season, which means this is the outing that leads into next week’s State Farm Champions Classic where the Wildcats will face Kansas in Atlanta.

Head coach Mark Pope and his team will tip off tonight at 7 PM ET with game coverage on the SEC Network.

DraftKings has the Wildcats as 25.5-point favorites and ESPN’s Basketball Power Index gives them a 97.1% chance to win.

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Final touches on tomorrow’s game plan.

Headlines

KSR Rapidly Reacts to Kentucky WBB’s 79-28 win over NKU – KSR

50 point beatdown last night.

LIV Golf to shutter the league after failing to get support – ESPN

Thankful to not hear about this ever again.

Malachi Moreno viewed as potential lottery pick in 2027 NBA Draft – KSR

Lots of basketball left to be played this season.

No. 9 LSU women crush Texas Southern in historic 131-22 victory – ESPN

Pretty astonishing margin.

Jay Bilas believes Kentucky is top-20 team in college basketball – KSR

Ready to see them in big-time action next week.

Texas RB Hollywood Smothers done for season with torn MCL – ESPN

Another tough break for the Longhorns.

Savvy Swords has been an offensive rebounding machine – KSR

Gotta love the effort.

Rashee Rice files for bankruptcy, claims he owes over $3.45M in debts – ESPN

Such a wild situation.