The 2025-26 season hasn't gone according to plan for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats, that's for sure. On Friday night, Kentucky was booed off the court after a 94-59 loss to Gonzaga. It was such a disappointing performance that Wildcats legend DeMarcus Cousins ripped the team on social media.

It wasn't Wilson who killed them in the end. It was lesser-heralded UNC freshman Derek Dixon, who made two go-ahead buckets in the final minute while logging a career-high 24 minutes in his first true road game.

Before Kentucky’s boys high school basketball season tipped off, the Herald-Leader offered its annual preseason list of the state’s top 25 teams and players based on our survey of coaches.

It seems like the top four seeds will be Indiana, Georgia, Texas Tech, and Ohio State. Oregon, with Will Stein as OC, will probably come in as the 5-seed and host its opening round playoff game. The selection show gets underway at noon today.

Gonzaga didn't just beat Kentucky in front of a pro-Wildcat crowd. It dominated from start to finish in one of the most impressive and shocking results of the season. Kentucky shot 5 of 31 from the floor (3 of 20 from the 3-point line) during the first half and didn't make its first field goal until nearly nine minutes into the game.

Players: 1. Sayler Lowe, Calloway County; 2. Jaidan Koch, Calloway County; 3. Lay Mayes, Mayfield; 4. Ava Hughes, McCracken County; 5. Kenzlee Terry, Marshall County; 6. Macee Hogancamp, Carlisle County; 7. Reagan Hill, McCracken County; 8. Addi Wall, Marshall County; 9. Myiesha Smith, Paducah Tilghman; 10. Ginger Martin, Graves County (Voters: 7)

The 2025-2026 Kentucky Wildcats season has been a wild ride. Mark Pope now faces the challenge of getting the team back on track before SEC play begins, or things could unravel quickly.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs cruised to a dominant 94-59 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats on Friday in Nashville to move to 8-1 on the season. The win was a much-need