Ben Roberts
Sports Writer at Lexington Herald-Leader
University of Kentucky men's basketball beat writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader. ✉️ [email protected]
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Ben Roberts
The topic of conversation during Trent Noah’s first offseason meeting with local reporters this week turned to Travis Perry, his fellow Kentuckian and former UK basketball teammate. Noah, who is entering his sophomore year with the Wildcats, said the loss of Perry — a fellow freshman last season who decided to transfer to Ole Miss — “definitely stung,” referring to the ex-Cat as a close friend and noting that the two were roommates as UK freshmen.
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Ben Roberts
The topic of conversation during Trent Noah’s first offseason meeting with local reporters this week turned to Travis Perry, his fellow Kentuckian and former UK basketball teammate. Noah, who is entering his sophomore year with the Wildcats, said the loss of Perry — a fellow freshman last season who decided to transfer to Ole Miss — “definitely stung,” referring to the ex-Cat as a close friend and noting that the two were roommates as UK freshmen.
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Ben Roberts
Another major piece to Kentucky’s 2025-26 men’s basketball schedule has been revealed. On Wednesday, the SEC announced the matchups for the Wildcats’ 18-game league slate, which will include nine games in Rupp Arena and nine on the road in Mark Pope’s second season in charge of the UK program.
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1 week ago |
kentucky.com | Ben Roberts
On their final night together, coach Mark Pope’s first Kentucky basketball team broke a school record that had been around for 32 years. In fact, it was a mark that was set the season before Pope joined the program as a Wildcats player. With Lamont Butler’s 3-pointer toward the end of UK’s loss to Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament, the 2024-25 Cats topped out at 341 made 3s for the season, one more than Rick Pitino’s 1992-93 Wildcats connected on during their Final Four run.
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2 weeks ago |
kentucky.com | Ben Roberts
Over the weekend, while participating in one of the UK basketball summer camps, Otega Oweh took a little break from the court to interview the Wildcats’ head coach. With the camera rolling, the Kentucky star asked Mark Pope to recount his reaction to the news that Oweh was pulling out of the NBA draft and returning to Lexington for one more season.
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