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Kentucky vs. Miami (FL): Preview, Odds, How to Watch
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Kentucky‘s next big test is here, as the Wildcats are set to take on the No. 8 Miami (FL) Hurricanes inside Rupp Arena on Tuesday, opening tip scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. It’s part of the ACC/SEC Challenge, a two-day event featuring 14 total matchups — eight teams ranked, including two head-to-head ranked battles.
The Cats finished strong in an overtime victory vs. Saint Joseph’s, then followed it up with a historic offensive performance vs. Marshall. How will they fare against their second big-name foe of the season? Let’s break down the matchup.
How To Watch
No. 12 Kentucky (5-1) vs. No. 8 Miami (FL) (5-0)
7:30 p.m. ET | Tuesday, November 28 | Rupp Arena
Team Records
No. 12 Kentucky: 5-1 (KenPom: 17)
- 11/6: 86-46 W vs. New Mexico State
- 11/10: 81-61 W vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (Wildcat Challenge)
- 11/14: 89-84 L vs. Kansas
- 11/17: 101-67 W vs. Stonehill (Wildcat Challenge)
- 11/20: 96-88 OT W vs. Saint Joseph’s (Wildcat Challenge)
- 11/24: 118-82 W vs. Marshall
No. 8 Miami (FL): 5-0 (KenPom: 37)
- 11/6: 101-60 W vs. NJIT
- 11/10: 88-72 W vs. UCF
- 11/13: 86-80 W vs. FIU
- 11/17: 79-68 W vs. Georgia
- 11/19: 91-83 W vs. Kansas State
Series History
The Wildcats have taken on the Hurricanes just four total times in history, zero matchups coming during John Calipari’s time in Lexington. Kentucky is 3-1 in the series dating back to 1956, bringing home wins on Dec. 3, 1956, Dec. 5, 1998 and Jan. 29, 2000. The program’s lone loss to Miami came on Dec. 6, 2008.
Miami (FL) is coached by Jim Larrañaga, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year and former consensus national coach of the year. The 74-year-old has racked up 730 career wins across stints at Miami, George Mason, Bowling Green and American International. He is coming off back-to-back trips to the Elite Eight and Final Four, respectively.
Kentucky vs. Miami (FL) Odds on FanDuel
Spread: Kentucky -4.5
Total: 164.5 points
Kentucky Projected Starters
(Starting lineup based on the last game)
#21 – DJ Wagner
6-4 • 192 • GUARD • FRESHMAN
14.5 PPG, 3.7 APG
#12 – Antonio Reeves
6-6 • 195 • GUARD • SENIOR
19.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG
#3 – Adou Thiero
6-8 • 222 • GUARD • SOPHOMORE
8.0 PPG, 7.4 RPG
#1 – Justin Edwards
6-8 • 203 • FORWARD • FRESHMAN
10.0 PPG, 4.3 RPG
#4 – Tre Mitchell
6-9 • 231 • FORWARD • GRADUATE STUDENT
15.0 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 3.5 APG
Head Coach: John Calipari (32nd season, 15th at UK) – 837-254 overall, 392-114 at UK
Miami (FL) Projected Starters
(Starting lineup based on the last game)
#5 – Wooga Poplar
6-5 • 197 • GUARD • JUNIOR
18.0 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.6 APG
#0 – Matthew Cleveland
6-7 • 208 • GUARD • JUNIOR
16.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 2.4 APG
#24 – Nijel Pack
6-0 • 185 • GUARD • JUNIOR
16.0 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 4.0 APG
#15 – Norchad Omier
6-7 • 240 • FORWARD • JUNIOR
15.8 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 2.0 APG
#4 – Bensley Joseph
6-2 • 196 • GUARD • SOPHOMORE
11.6 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 4.2 APG
Head Coach: Jim Larrañaga (13th season at Miami (FL), 40th overall): 730-483
Statistical Comparison
(via Kentucky’s game notes)
Fun stats from UK’s game notes:
- UK’s average possession length is 14.9 seconds, which ranks among the top 20 fastest in the nation. Kentucky is also scoring an average of 19.3 fast-break points. That mark leads the league and ranks 14th in the country.
- UK has made 12 or more 3-pointers in four straight for the first time since December of 1989
- Kentucky is averaging just 8.2 turn- overs per game. That average is the second-lowest in the country. Its 10.8 turnover percentage is the best in the country per KenPom.com
Pregame Storylines
AARON BRADSHAW WILL NOT MAKE HIS DEBUT
Kentucky’s prized 7-foot freshman is close, but not close enough. Bradshaw confirmed he was a week away from making his debut for the Wildcats, missing the home matchup vs. Miami. Fortunately, the Hurricanes don’t have anyone taller than 6-8 in the core rotation with just two players standing 6-9 and 6-10, respectively, down the bench. 6-7, 240-pound forward Norchad Omier is a handful, but like Kentucky, this is a perimeter-heavy Miami team.
FAMILIAR FACES FOR KENTUCKY
Kentucky loosely courted Wooga Poplar out of high school, a four-star recruit at the time. The same can be said for Matthew Cleveland, who claimed the Wildcats pushed for him late before he ultimately signed with Florida State. UK was then one of many schools to reach out after he hit the portal following his sophomore season before he chose Miami. Norchad Omier was also a serious frontcourt option for Kentucky as the school awaited Oscar Tshiebwe’s stay-or-go decision following his National Player of the Year run in 2022. When the superstar center opted to return to Lexington, Omier — an Arkansas State transfer — cut the Wildcats from his list and ultimately went with the Hurricanes.
TWO HIGH-OCTANE OFFENSES
Kentucky enters the matchup ranked No. 6 overall in offensive efficiency, No. 9 in effective field-goal percentage and No. 4 in 3-point percentage. Miami sits at No. 11 in offensive efficiency, No. 4 in effective field-goal percentage and No. 1 in 3-point percentage. Five Hurricanes average double-figure scoring while the Wildcats have six players hitting that mark. You won’t find a better offensive non-conference battle, two high-volume and high-efficiency juggernauts throwing haymakers back and forth on the big stage.
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Voter registration up in June in Kentucky
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) – Voter registration numbers went up in June in the Commonwealth, officials with the Secretary of State’s Office announced Tuesday.
According to Secretary of State Michael Adams’ Office, Kentucky saw 9,693 new voter registrations last month.
4,362 voter registrations were removed from the rolls.
Of the 4,362 registrations removed, 3,030 were of voters who have already died, while 603 were from those convicted of felonies. 554 had moved out of state.
Officials with the Secretary of State’s Office said Adams promised to defend from Kentuckians for the Commonwealth’s lawsuit Kentucky’s bipartisan election integrity statute.
The statute, signed into law by Gov. Andy Beshear, is designed to prevent registered voters in other states from voting in Kentucky.
“Kentucky’s elections are a national success story,” Adams said. “Three years ago, Kentucky enacted a bipartisan law to prevent voting in more than one state in a presidential election. Now that a presidential election is underway, a fringe left-wing activist group is trying to undo that law and sow chaos and doubt in our elections. We believe voters should vote in only one state, and we expect to prevail in court.”
Republican registration increased by 4,947 voters, which is a 0.31% increase.
Democratic registration decreased by 1,717 voters, which is a 0.11% decrease.
Registration for those voting for a third party or “other” political affiliation went up by 1,502 voters, which is a 0.41% increase.
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Eastern Light Distilling breaks ground in Kentucky – The Spirits Business
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Located in Morehead, Kentucky, the new distillery is expected to open in late 2025.
The Kentucky Bourbon scene grows ever larger with the addition of Eastern Light Distilling, which began construction of its new distillery on 2 July with a groundbreaking ceremony.
Eastern Light comes from master distiller Caleb Kilburn and and CEO Cordell Lawrence, who previously worked together at Kentucky Peerless Distilling.
“We are thrilled to celebrate this important moment as we bring Eastern Light Distilling to life,” Kilburn said. “Being from Eastern Kentucky, I’m grateful for the opportunity to grow the industry I’m so passionate about in the region I call home.”
Eastern Light will contract distill, working with craft producers from product inception to branding.
The 230-acre campus will feature a 50,000-square-foot distillery, nine rickhouses with an average capacity of 33,000 barrels each, a full bottling facility, and a visitor experience. Once up and running, the distillery will employ more than 50 full-time staff and produce upwards of 97,000 barrels per year.
“Eastern Light will fill a tremendous need in the Bourbon industry, operating with a fully customisable solutions-based model that will help craft distillers and Bourbon brands to not only reach their goals and bring their products to market, but to flourish,” Lawrence said.
“We believe in removing barriers to entry in the spirits space so that we can share our passion with like-minded creators while prioritising quality, inspiring creativity, and investing in the state’s signature Bourbon industry and the health of the region.”
Eastern Light joins a crop of new distillery projects that are either focused on contract distilling or plan on making it a core business component. The past decade saw a rise in non-distillery producers as entrepreneurs and upstart craft brands sought a piece of the Bourbon market without the high costs of building a distillery or the long wait times for whiskey to mature.
In October 2023, the team behind Bardstown Bourbon Company pledged more than US$350 million over the next 10 years to build a new distillery for contract whiskey production in the US. Located in Kentucky, Whiskey House will be the ‘first’ distillery designed from scratch to focus entirely on large-scale, flexible, contract whiskey production.
In January 2024, Garrard County began production as the largest independently owned distillery in Kentucky, with contract distilling as a part of its model.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Biden’s upcoming meeting with Democratic governors: ‘We want to make sure he’s doing OK’
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear explained Tuesday that Democratic state governors requested a meeting with President Biden because they “want to make sure he’s doing OK.”
Beshear, whose name has been floated as a possible replacement for the 81-year-old commander in chief on the Democratic presidential ticket, said during a CNN interview that Biden should be more open “about his health” in light of last week’s disastrous debate performance which the governor believes “hurt the campaign.”
“I think we’ve all got to be upfront and honest that what we saw in the debate – it was rough,” Beshear said during his appearance on “The Situation Room.”
“It [was] a rough night, and regardless of polls that you see, it’s going to hurt the campaign,” he added.
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz organized a Monday night call of his fellow Democratic state leaders – none of whom had heard directly from Biden – to discuss the concerns about the president’s debate against former President Donald Trump.
The White House has arranged a meeting between the president and Democratic governors slated for Wednesday.
“I think the governors just want a direct and candid conversation with the president,” Beshear said of the upcoming meeting. “We want to make sure he’s doing okay.”
“We all know him. He has formed a personal relationship with us, and he says he is [OK], and we take him at his word, but it’s always good to see somebody in person.”
What to know about the fallout from President Biden’s debate performance:
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) became the first congressional Democrat to call on Biden to drop out of the race Tuesday after a debate performance in which the octogenarian president repeatedly froze up on stage and lost his train of thought.
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), also on Tuesday, expressed that he had no confidence in Biden’s ability to beat Trump in November.
Beshear, 46, stopped short of calling on Biden to end his re-election effort.
“Joe Biden is our nominee, and ultimately that decision on continuing or not will fall to him and his family,” he said.
The governor, however, urged Biden to open up about his health.
“I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with asking the president to talk to the American people a little bit more about his health or that debate performance,” Beshear said.
“It’s like seeing somebody that you haven’t seen in a while and they seem a little off, and you asking how they’re doing, and then listening to their answer, is both showing concern for them but also just trying to make sure that things are OK,” he argued.
“If people have those questions,” Beshear said, referring to the president’s health, “it’d be great for him to answer them directly.”
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