UK Wildcats News: Kentucky vs Lipscomb Gameday

On November 20, 2024By Littum

The Kentucky Wildcats take on Lipscomb tonight for their first game since the team’s triumphant win over Duke Blue Devils a week ago.

The Wildcats enter the game now ranked in the top-10 at no. 9 and has a chance to build even more momentum over the next few weeks.

This game against Lipscomb is the first of four (with Jackson State, Western Kentucky and Georgia State to follow) that Kentucky will have at least a 96% chance of winning (according to ESPN’s Basketball Power Index) before they play on Clemson and on no. 3 Gonzaga.

It’s an important stretch early in the season for Mark Pope’s side to cement themselves as a top team in the country by taking care of business in the games they should dominate. Avoiding blemishes on their resume in March will be the recipe for a better position in what now looks like a relatively high chance for a premier seed in the NCAA Tournament.

But enough talk about March Madness and the postseason… Let’s take it one game at a time and enjoy every second of Pope’s first season as the head coach of Kentucky basketball.

Tonight’s game against Lipscomb is scheduled to tip off at 7:00 PM ET with coverage on EPSN+.