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No. 2 Kentucky took down Vanderbilt 10-5 Thursday night to open its final series of the regular season. Left fielder Ryan Waldschmidt continued his rise as one of the SEC’s top players, as he went 3-3 with a home run, a double, and three RBI. Thursday night’s game marked Waldschmidt’s 10th of the season where he notched at least three or more hits in a game. With the win, the Cats notched their 21st SEC win of the season, which sets the new program record. Their previous high for SEC wins in a season came back in 2006, when the SEC co-champions finished with a 20-10 record. Kentucky has now se...
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Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy three-star power forward Jamie Vinson, a former Vanderbilt signee, has completed his visit to South Carolina. He will now visit Rutgers over the weekend before taking a two-day trip to Kentucky, per On3’s Jamie Shaw. The 6-foot-11 Vinson initially pledged to the Commodores on October 28 before decommitting on April 17. He reopened his recruitment when Vandy parted ways with head coach Jerry Stackhouse Vinson is the nation’s No. 206 overall prospect, No. 45 power forward and No. 7 recruit from Virginia in the 2024 cycle according to the On3 Industry Rankin...
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First-year head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, Mark Pope, has been doing his best to rebuild the roster since taking over the program in mid-April. One player on his roster that Kentucky fans are excited to see on the floor next season is combo guard Colin Chandler. Recently on the college hoops today podcast with John rothenstein, Pope dove into what kind of player Chandler is and what former Wildcat he reminds him of. “It’s a great question, and it’s not an easy answer… because he’s got some uniqueness to him. He’s 6‘6” with shocking explosiveness and a real burst,” said Pope. “He’s got a r...
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The baseball program at Kentucky has seen a major turnaround over the past two seasons. Much of that has come from the newfound culture that they’ve established on their team and in their dugout, which has been nothing short of a pleasure to be around for Nick Mingione. Mingione spoke about his team, including in comparison to last year’s roster, during a press conference on Wednesday. To him, there are plenty of things that are the same as well as different between the two teams. “There’s a lot of similarities. There’s a lot of differences as well,” Mingione said. However, Mingione wanted to ...
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On the cusp of its potentially second ever SEC Regular Season championship, No. 2 Kentucky closes its record-breaking regular season this weekend at home against Vanderbilt. The Cats enter the final weekend one game ahead (20-7) of No. 1 Tennessee and No. 3 Arkansas (19-8) atop the SEC. If Kentucky wins at least two of three over the Commodores, they can clinch at least a share of the conference no matter what the Vols and Hogs do this weekend. A sweep would ensure Kentucky’s first outright SEC crown in program history. For the third consecutive series however, the Cats are fighting against hi...
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Mark Pope has made no ifs, ands, or buts about the task at hand as the head coach at Kentucky. It is a focus that he has maintained from his opening press conference to now and will continue to do until he accomplishes it. Pope discussed his goal with the Wildcats during an appearance on ‘College Hoops Today’ with Jon Rothstein this week. He kept on with his aspiration to win national titles for Kentucky in order to best represent their program and fanbase during his tenure. “Like, I do believe that the most satisfying thing, the thing that’s required here and is more important than anything e...
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Former Farleigh Dickinson forward Ansley Almonor has committed to Kentucky and new head coach Mark Pope, his agent Trevor Harris of Devore Sports Group tells On3. The 6-foot-7 junior averaged 16.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game this season. Almonor becomes the Wildcats eighth transfer addition this offseason, joining Brandon Garrison from Oklahoma State, Otega Oweh from Oklahoma, Lamont Butler Jr. from San Diego State, Kerr Kriisa from West Virginia, Amari Williams from Drexel, Koby Brea from Dayton, and Andrew Carr from Wake Forest. Mark Pope is also brining three freshmen to Lexington — Tr...
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Kentucky Baseball could clinch its second ever SEC Regular Season Championship this weekend in its final regular season series against Vanderbilt. Coach Nick Mingione and the team however are trying to remain as level headed as they can be. “Yesterday when I spoke to the team, we went over exactly what this weekend entailed and what was on the line,” Mingione said at Wednesday morning’s press opportunity. “We reminded them ‘hey, when you’re climbing a mountain you don’t just stare at the mountain top, you go one step at a time.’ The reason we’re in this spot is because we’ve done an amazing jo...
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Mark Pope has wasted no time building the roster at Kentucky since accepting the head coaching job this past month. Pope has spent a ton of time of the recruiting trail and it has paid off with the Wildcats now having 10 players committed for the 2024-25 season. Surprisingly, none of the new additions have come from BYU, where Pope coached before taking over in Lexington. That has allowed him the opportunity to grab players from all over as he gets to build a team based around the style he wants to play. Speaking on the College Hoops Today podcast with Jon Rothstein, Pope pointed to experience...
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History can be made this weekend in Lexington, with Kentucky aiming for the program’s second-ever SEC championship in baseball. Currently 20-7 against conference foes, Vanderbilt will come to town and multiple scenarios are in front of the Wildcats to clinch. Arkansas and Tennessee are the contenders but taking care of business all weekend would result in an outright title. Usually, head coaches avoid discussing specifics with players, wanting to keep their heads down. Nick Mingione went in a different direction, sitting down with the team, and explaining all of the potential outcomes. “Yester...
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