With a major infusion of talent this offseason via both freshmen and the transfer portal, the SEC looks posed for a huge year. How good can it be? And who will win the regular season among an imposing group of contenders?
Read more#4 Kentucky 2021-22 Preview
Following an extremely disappointing campaign in Lexington, John Calipari loaded up the roster this offseason. Four high-level transfers and two 5-star recruits give the Cats a tantalizing ceiling, but will all of these pieces come together?
Read moreSEC Tournament Preview 2021
Who needs Kentucky when you have Alabama and the Nate GOATs?
Read moreSEC 2020-21 Preview
The SEC is as wide open as ever with 8 teams in the mix for a conference championship and a deep run in March.
Read more#6 Kentucky 2020-21 Preview
Kentucky loses nearly everyone from its 2019-20 SEC championship squad, but that never seems to matter for head coach John Calipari. The Cats bring in an elite recruiting class to pair with a high-major transfer and look to defend their SEC title and push for another Final Four.
Read moreSEC Tournament Preview 2020
Kentucky won the regular season by three games and is the favorite in Nashville, but a glut of desperate bubble teams could turn the SEC Tournament upside down…
Read moreCBS Sports Classic Takeaways
For the second year in a row, the Weave infiltrated the CBS Sports Classic, and Jim is here with some takeaways on each squad that participated - yes, even UCLA…
Read moreLet's Overreact!
Week one of college basketball gave us plenty of surprising results. Let’s overreact!
Read more#4 Kentucky 2019-20 Preview
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Kentucky has a stable of NBA-level athletes and a couple freshman stars, keeping them firmly in the national title conversation. Do Coach Cal and the Wildcats have enough offensive punch to climb the proverbial mountain?
Read more2018-19 Elite 8 Preview: Auburn vs. Kentucky
An all-SEC regional final awaits in the Midwest, where Kentucky’s interior strength will battle Auburn’s perimeter flamethrowing. Which one will advance to Minneapolis?
Read more2018-19 Sweet 16 Preview: Midwest Region
After spoiling Kansas’ plans to play in its ‘home away from home’ at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Auburn now set its sights on dispatching yet another powerhouse from the blue blood infested Midwest Region. While the Tigers hope to keep their 3-point party rolling, the Coogs aim to de-throne the potentially PJ Washington-less Wildcats.
Read moreMidwest Region Preview: 2019 NCAA Tournament
Two blue bloods, North Carolina and Kentucky, sit opposite each other in the Midwest bracket as the region’s top-2 seeds. To prevail, they’ll have to outlast two Big-12 powers (Kansas and Iowa State), two ‘mid-major’ wrecking balls (Wofford and Utah State), along with a handful of other dangerous challengers.
Read moreSEC Tournament Preview 2019
Kentucky and Tennessee have 1-seed aspirations, but it was LSU that captured the regular season conference crown. Can the Bayou Bengals win the conference tourney sans Will Wade? Or will a team like Auburn send them packing early?
Read moreWeekend Wrap-up
150 games are too many to keep track of…
The NFL playoffs were on….
These are not acceptable excuses for losing sight of what really matters - come along with the Weave as we reflect on the wild weekend that was in college hoops.
Read moreA Day at the CBS Sports Classic
Jim had the incredible opportunity to cover the CBS Sports Classic this past Saturday - a double-header between UCLA/Ohio St. and Kentucky/North Carolina. What was it like being in the “official” media? And of course, he had some thoughts on both games…
Read more#4 Kentucky 2018-19 Preview
Surprise! Kentucky is stacked again, this time with a healthy combination of freshmen and vets. Can Calipari reclaim dominance over an ever-improving SEC?
Read more2017-18 Sweet 16 Preview: South Region
Kentucky's impossibly-difficult path the Final Four (according to John Calipari, at least) has opened up completely, as the first region ever to have all 1-4 seeds fail to make the Sweet 16 appears ripe for Big Blue's picking. Kansas State, Loyola-Chicago, and Nevada hope to undermine that goal, though...
Read moreSEC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
With so many surprises in the SEC regular season (Auburn and Tennessee rock! Vandy stanks even without Kevin Stallings!), the SEC Tournament could also be filled with some shockers. St. Louis will host a far deeper league than in recent years, but who will make a run to the title?
Read moreSEC Preview 2017-18
After years of being the ugly stepchild of power conference hoops, the SEC brings in a glut of new talent this season and looks to be back on par with the ACC/Big Ten/etc. But how many NCAA bids will that lead to? And can anyone unseat the Kentucky Kid Crew?
Read more#8 Kentucky Preview 2017-18
The Bluegrass Cats will have an insanely young group featuring 8 freshmen and 2 sophomores, but the roster's limitless athleticism means John Calipari has Kentucky right back in the country's elite.
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