The key talking points after Mark Pope and the Wildcats’ defeat against Rick Barnes and the Volunteers in the Sweet 16.

Mark Pope’s first season as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats came to an end with a loss to rival Tennessee in the NCAA ...

This was also Kentucky’s first game in a football stadium since the program’s loss to Wisconsin in the ... advance past the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since ...

Zakai Zeigler and the Volunteers outhustle and outplay the Wildcats at both ends of the court, beating them for the first ...

The No. 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats (24-11) and the No. 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers (29-7) will meet on Friday in the NCAA ...

Ivisic will be joining the Illinois Fighting Illini, who suffered a second-round loss to Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament ...

Texas' Kevin Durant (2007) and LSU's Cameron Thomas (2021) own the highest points per game among freshmen who played multiple ...

Never mind the 78-65 loss to Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional semifinals ... beating the Vols twice in the regular season, Kentucky could not pull off the three-peat feat.

The Wildcats shot a blistering 12-of-24 from three-point range in both of those earlier meetings, coming away with a 78-73 ...

Butler, walking behind Pope, saw his crestfallen coach put his face in his hands. The senior guard then put his arm around Pope and embraced the first-year coach as the two continued to grieve the end ...

An Illinois team that was inconsistent for stretches this season stumbled out of the gate against Kentucky ... of the NCAA Tournament and never quite found its groove in an 84-75 loss.