John Morgan Francis

5 days ago | aseaofblue.com | John Morgan Francis

Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kentucky baseball is headed home after the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats lost their regional-opening game to West Virginia (3-4) and were forced to play an elimination game against USC Upstate on Saturday, which they won (7-3) to remain alive. On Sunday, Kentucky’s backs were still against the wall as they faced Clemson but made quick work of the Tigers (16-4) to face West Virginia for the right to advance.

1 week ago | aseaofblue.com | John Morgan Francis

Photo by Jack Dempsey/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Wednesday night at 11:59 PM ET is the official deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft and still maintain college eligibility. Why is this relevant? Every member of Big Blue Nation has had their sights fixed on Otega Oweh as he has gone through the NBA Draft process the last several weeks.

1 week ago | aseaofblue.com | John Morgan Francis

Photo by Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Just one year removed from tying the Tennessee Volunteers as Southeastern Conference Regular Season Champions, Kentucky baseball took a dive for the worst this season. The 2025 Wildcats managed to pull out a winning record of 29-24 but they were just 13-17 in SEC play and ended the regular season being swept by Vanderbilt before falling to Oklahoma in their first game of the SEC Tournament.

2 weeks ago | aseaofblue.com | John Morgan Francis

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Changes are coming to the College Football Playoff and will be implemented to take place ahead of this coming season. The 12-team playoff will now have straight seeding, which is a model that will reward the selection committee’s top-4 teams with the first four seeds as well as first-round byes. According to ESPN, this decision was reached unanimously by the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director Pete Bevacqua.

2 weeks ago | aseaofblue.com | John Morgan Francis

Photo by Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images This year’s SEC Baseball Tournament begins today with four games being played at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, just 20 minutes south of Birmingham, AL. No. 9 Alabama will get things started against No. 16 Missouri at 10:30 ET with No. 13 Kentucky set to play No. 12 Oklahoma shortly after the first game is over.