Kentucky
Hardest 3-Game Stretch in Modern Kentucky Basketball History?
As will be the case throughout this SEC season, you are not going to have any real stretch of easy games for the next two months. Yes, an LSU or South Carolina (or Arkansas) might give you a slight breather, but Kentucky is facing the hardest gauntlet of conference games in its history — and potentially college basketball history.
But after digging through the record books, I was somewhat surprised that the game against Alabama will mark just the seventh time in the last 25 seasons in which Kentucky has faced three consecutive ranked opponents. And Kentucky has actually played five in a row as Georgia is now ranked, although the Bulldogs were not when they played Mark Pope’s team on Jan. 7.
So my question is this: simply based on ranking alone, is this the toughest three-game stretch in modern UK history?
THE 7 INSTANCES
2024-25 (COMBINED RANKING: 25)
at #14 Mississippi St: WIN
#11 Texas A&M: WIN
#4 Alabama: ?????
2020-21 (COMBINED RANKING: 38)
at #9 Alabama: LOSS
at #18 Missouri: LOSS
#11 Tennessee: LOSS
2000-01 (BEST COMBINED RANKING: 43)
#25 Notre Dame: WIN
#4 Tennessee: WIN
at #21 Ole Miss: LOSS
at #18 Alabama: LOSS
2018-19 (COMBINED RANKING: 49)
at #18 Auburn: WIN
#22 Mississippi St: WIN
#9 Kansas: WIN
2003-04 (COMBINED RANKING: 49)
#9 North Carolina: WIN
#20 Vanderbilt: WIN
at #20 Mississippi St: WIN
2002-03 (COMBINED RANKING: 49)
#10 Notre Dame: WIN
#24 Auburn: WIN
at #15 Alabama: WIN
2005-06 (COMBINED RANKING: 52)
at #24 LSU: LOSS
at #11 Tennessee: WIN
#17 Florida: LOSS
I don’t think there is any way around it. This is, at least based on ranking, the hardest three-game regular-season stretch we have faced in the last quarter century. And the fact Kentucky could potentially sweep those games shows this team has elite potential. It seems as if this team faces the hardest challenges the best. Which is good, because basically every game is hard.
Beechwood senior wide receiver Tyler Fryman has committed to University of Kentucky football and baseball according to Hayes Fawcett of Rivals.
Fryman made the change to the Wildcats on June 26, just three days after announcing he was decommitting from Louisville Cardinals baseball. Fryman had been committed to Louisville since 2023.
The four-star recruit took an official visit to Kentucky on June 19. A week later, he’s flipped his school and added a new sport.
For Beechwood last season, Fryman caught 62 passes for 1,320 yards and 23 touchdowns. He was also the 9th Region Player of the Year in baseball and an indoor track state champion.
Fryman also had football offers from Cincinnati, Notre Dame and Ole Miss among others.
GRAYSON, Ky. (WSAZ) – New information has been released in the search for a missing woman at Grayson Lake.
According to game wardens with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Marly Kinney, 19, of Ashland, was last seen at Grayson Lake on Wednesday afternoon.
They say search efforts are focused on the water at this time and include Kentucky State Police aerial support, drones, boats, and K9 assistance.
Crews suspend search for missing teen for the night
The search is now into its third day, with officials saying on and off rain has hindered their search and that a group of 50 volunteers are walking the banks of the lake to help in the search.
Search and rescue boats have been seen at the lake as well.
Officials say there are still many questions, including if Kinney is still alive and where exactly she went missing.
They also say they’ve been using a variety of equipment, including sonar and thermal detectors, as well as helicopters and underwater drones.
WSAZ received a statement from Kinney’s family Friday afternoon:
“We are very appreciative of the absolute surplus of support from law enforcement, search and rescue, 1st responders, and all of the community and its volunteers that are here with us and for us searching for Marly. We do not even know how to express our absolute gratitude to you all. We continue to have faith she will be found and brought back to us. We know we have the very best people doing all they can to bring her home.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
We are still working to get more information.
Previous coverage can be found here.
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