Kentucky vs. James Madison - November 06, 2026

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Teams

Dukes logo, Dukes 0-2, 1ST 39, 2ND 41, TOT 80

Wildcats logo, Wildcats 2-0, 1ST 39, 2ND 50, TOT 89

What's Buzzing

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Pope on what Kam Williams could mean for the Kansas game... He was on a 12-minute limit tonight. Got 9 from him. He makes some really hard things look easy. This game is hard. It's hard to be out 7 months with a completely new team and really help us like he did tonight. He's

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Pope on Justin McBride... Got to a point late in the summer/early in the fall where I was having discussions with the staff sitting around the table and asked like 15 guys to all text "REBOUND" to Justin at the same time. We've been preaching that for three months, and he came up

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Zoom Diallo’s best game as a Wildcat was needed for Kentucky to hold off James Madison, and it came with an important 0 in the box score https://t.co/N63vZ5585u #BBN

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Kentucky Wildcats HC Mark Pope: Zoom Diallo loves this team. He's doing things every single day to lift up every guy in this locker room. We are a special fan base when we are elite, and I'm so glad about how they showed up for Zoom a couple of days ago and again tonight. I don't

JMU Men's Basketball

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Fought until the very end #GoDukes

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Takeaways from Kentucky basketball's 89-80 win against JMUThe Kentucky Wildcats were back in action on Friday night after cruising to an 85-57 win in the season-opener on Tuesday against Manhattan, a game where the off

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Kentucky vs. James Madison game discussion and pregame readingThe Wildcats return to action to take on James Madison from the Sun Belt ranks.

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Mark Pope explained how he coaches his players to deal with social media criticismOne topic that has been discussed a lot lately in Lexington is how the fan base is talking to some of the basketball players. After the three exhibition games,

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Milan Momcilovic Tied Kentucky’s Three-Point Debut Record in Game One – What’s Next?In Milan Momcilovic’s Kentucky first game as a Wildcat, he solidified himself as the best shooter in the country, after a long offseason of talking, by tying the program record of most threes made in a debut. The original record was held by Antonio Reeves, who made six threes during his debut against Howard on […]

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Where does Kentucky go in recruiting after landing two top 15 commits?On Wednesday, Mark Pope picked up the highest-ranked commit he has ever gotten when 7-foot-5 top 15 big man Cherif Millogo picked the Wildcats fresh off of visi

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Kam Williams takes a major step toward returning to game action for Kentucky BasketballSounds like Williams is close to making his season debut.

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Mark Pope explains his approach to recruiting the 2027 classLast cycle, the 2026 recruiting class did not go well for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats, but the staff is looking to turn things around this cycle. The fi

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How to watch #23 Kentucky's matchup with James Madison Coach Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats got the season started on Tuesday night with a win over Manhattan. The Wildcats had a good showing in the win, but now

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How much Cherif Millogo’s NIL deal with Kentucky Basketball is reportedly worthMIllogo is getting a good deal from a team-building standpoint.

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Jay Bilas ranks the 65 best college basketball teams, likes Kentucky Wildcats’ potential“If Kentucky stays healthy, Pope should expect to deliver a terrific season in 2027.”