The Kentucky Wildcats are getting ready to take on an Oakland Golden Grizzly team that won the Horizon League, but the metrics don't love them. Oakland is 126th in NET and 1-5 in Quad 1 games. They are 137th in the KenPom rankings, with an offensive efficiency of 134th and a defensive efficiency of 165th.  The Golden Grizzlies do have two really good players in Trey Townsend and Jack Gohlke. Townsend was the Horizon League Player of the Year and is coming off a game in the conference tournament championship game where he scored 38 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. He is a 6'6 forward, so ho ..read more

It's the best time of the year in the Bluegrass State as Big Blue Nation is getting excited about the Big Dance.  The Wildcats will get things started with a game against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, who won the Horizon League.  Oakland has a few players, like the sharpshooter Jack Gohlke and do-it-all forward Trey Townsend, who can cause the Wildcats issues. The key to stopping these guys is watching a lot of film and Coach Calipari putting together a great game plan. Gohlke literally only likes to shoot threes. He won't take the ball to the rim, so Kentucky needs to contest knowin ..read more

In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Kentucky Wildcats will take on the Horizon League Champion Oakland Golden Grizzlies.  The Golden Grizzlies have played a handful of Power-Six schools this season and have competed in every one of these games, so Oakland is coming into this game looking to win.  While the Wildcats should be able to take care of this team, there are a couple of Golden Grizzlies that the Wildcats need to know before this game tips on Thursday evening.  The player who brings the most concern is Horizon League Player of the Year Trey Townsend who average ..read more

In the NCAA Tournament, you need your best players to step up and play good basketball.  This means Antonio Reeves needs to play well for Kentucky to make a deep run in this year's tournament. In the SEC Tournament, Antonio Reeves was in foul trouble and didn't ever really get into a rhythm, which threw off John Calipari's rotations. Reeves was 4-7 in this game for 13 points, but he only played 18 minutes. On the season, Reeves is playing 31.4 minutes a game, so not having your best player on the floor hurts.  In the Big Dance, Reeves needs to make sure he isn't picking up any silly ..read more

Kentucky was put in the South Region by the NCAA Tournament Committee, where they will play the first two rounds in Pittsburgh, then move on to Dallas if they make it out of the first weekend.  The Wildcats are a hot pick to make a Final Four among college basketball analyst thanks to their ability to score the basketball, but Vegas isn't buying it.  FanDuel Sportsbook put out their odds for teams to make the Final Four from each region, and Kentucky was fourth in the South. The Wildcat's odds were +700, which is behind Duke at +650, Marquette at +550, and Houston at +135. The Wildca ..read more

The South Region has some talented teams like Houston, Marquette, Duke, Wisconsin, and, of course, the Kentucky Wildcats.  Great teams mean this region is also full of great players, which is the case in the South Region.  Popular Twitter/X page College Basketball Report put out their top ten players in the South Region, and three Kentucky Wildcats were listed. This was the most in the region, with Marquette being the only other team in the region with multiple players, as they had two. Creighton and UConn were the only other teams with three players listed as top ten players in thei ..read more

In the NCAA Tournament, stars are born, and the Kentucky Wildcats have a bunch of players who could become March Madness legends.  We all know the names that quickly come to mind for which players on Kentucky's current roster could be these stars like Antonio Reeves, Reed Sheppard, or Rob Dillingham. Other players like DJ Wagner and Justin Edwards, who have both been playing good basketball of late, come to mind. But perhaps there is one player who could step up that we aren't expecting. Coach Calipari believes there is.  On this radio show last night, Coach Calipari predicted freshm ..read more

It's officially bracket time, as the NCAA Tournament is right around the corner, and Selection Sunday is a few days behind us.  Everybody loves March Madness because it is one of the best sporting events in the world and even some former United States Presidents like to partake in the action of filling out a bracket.  Barack Obama is known as a basketball lover as he enjoys watching and even playing. The former President just filled out his bracket, and he has Kentucky in the National Championship game against UConn. While President Obama does have Kentucky losing to the Huskies, thi ..read more

The Kentucky Wildcats went one and done in the SEC Tournament and will now turn their focus to the NCAA Tournament, where they will start by facing Oakland.  This was the conversation on the most recent version of the Wildcats Today Podcast, where Andrew Stefaniak, Carson Nash, and Michael Collins break down what occurred in Nashville and talk a little bit about the Wildcats matchup with Oakland.  The Wildcats will need to find a way to keep Oakland away from the three-point line, as they have a few players who are really good shooters. The three like the way the bracket shaped out f ..read more

The Kentucky Wildcats are getting ready to play in the NCAA Tournament and their first game will come against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. The Golden Grizzlies went 23-11 on the season and 15-5 in Horizon League play.  They went on to win the Horizon League Championship to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Grizzlies did play some quality opponents this season losing to Ohio State 79-73 to open their season and then they lost to the Big 10 Tournament Champion Illinois Fighting Illini 64-53 in the following game.  Oakland has the Horizon League Player of the Year i ..read more