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Kentucky vs. Oklahoma time, TV channel, online stream, predictions for SEC Tournament showdown
The Kentucky Wildcats will make their 2025 SEC Tournament debut Thursday night vs. the Oklahoma Sooners, who defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 81-75 in Wednesday’s opening round. That included a 16-0 second-half run to put the game effectively on ice.
Game time is set for approximately 9:30 PM ET, though any veteran of watching postseason basketball knows it’s much likelier that tip time is at 10 PM or later.
Kentucky enters the league tournament with a 21-10 record and a 10-8 mark in what was one of the best conferences in recent memory. As many as three SEC teams will get a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament, while there could be as many as five teams that earn a top-two seed.
The Wildcats have a chance to be one of the teams that earn a 2-seed, but only if they make a deep run in Nashville. They’re widely projected as a 3-seed right now, but dropping to a 4-seed is very possible if they don’t handle business in their SEC Tournament opener.
Oklahoma, meanwhile, is 20-12 overall and needs to keep winning to lock up a spot in the NCAA Tournament after going 6-12 in SEC play. The Sooners currently sit among the last four teams in the field of 68 in ESPN’s latest Joe Lunardi bracketology.
Beating Georgia ‘should’ have locked up the Sooners’ spot, but you can bet they’re going to keep playing like there’s no tomorrow, especially after losing at home to Kentucky toward the end of regular-season play. It was a highly-contested game that got very heated during the game and in the postgame celebration, even seeing beer cans being thrown at Kentucky players.
Bet on this rematch being another war that goes into the final minutes before deciding a victor.
The winner advances to Friday’s quarterfinal action vs. the 3-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide.
Opposing Players to Watch
G Jeremiah Fears 6-4, 182 lbs
F Jalon Moore 6-7, 215 lbs
- 16.2 PPG (8th in SEC)
- 5.8 RPG
- 36.3% 3P
G Duke Miles 6-2, 188 lbs
Here’s what you need to know for what hopes to be the first of four Kentucky SEC Tournament games in the Music City.
Kentucky Basketball vs. Oklahoma Sooners
Time: Approximately 9:30 PM ET on March 13th, 2025 (plan for 10)
Location: Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee
TV Channel: SEC Network
Announcers: Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes, and Molly McGrath.
Online Stream: ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
Radio: Tom Leach and Jack Givens will have the call on the UK Sports Radio Network.
Replay: WatchESPN and SEC Network (check local listings).
SEC Injury Report
Rosters: UK | OU
Stats to Know: UK | OU
KenPom: UK | OU
Team Sheet: UK | OU
Odds: FanDuel Sportsbook does not have a spread just yet, so check back later. EvanMiya projects Kentucky to be a six-point favorite.
Predictions: EvanMiya picks Kentucky to win 84-78. I’m going with an 81-79 victory, Kentucky!
Let us know your Kentucky vs. Oklahoma predictions in the comments section!
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Kentucky has one of the highest child abuse rates in the country, with data from the Child Maltreatment 2023 Report showing about 14 out of every 1,000 children in the Commonwealth experienced some form of abuse or neglect.
Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky is working to change that through its two-day Upstream Academy training program designed to build a statewide network of advocates.
According to Norton Children’s, Kentucky’s child abuse rate is the fourth highest in the country. Leaders say socioeconomic factors contribute to the problem.
“Socioeconomics can be a part of child abuse. People are stressed, incomes are low, things are happening so that can actually be a cause of it. It could be, you know, their past. They’ve been abused so they’re abusing their children,” said Rebecca Cantrell, an Upstream Academy trainee.
Training creates advocate network
Cantrell, who adopted her own daughter, attended the training in Lexington on Thursday.
“If it’s not talked about it’s not fixed, so if we can talk about it we can help prevent it,” Cantrell said. “If there’s any way I can prevent it I am going to try.”
The training aims to teach advocates how to recognize warning signs of abuse and how to make reports. Participants also learn about available resources in their communities.
“Get to know the advocates in your town. Get to know the people that you can get resources from to help even your neighbor,” Cantrell said.
Statewide expansion planned
Jill Seyfred, Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, said the organization’s goal is to train at least one person from each county.
“Our goal is to train at least one person from each county and then that person will go out and conduct trainings on child abuse prevention activities and then it’ll be a ripple effect,” Seyfred said.
When complete, 120 people will be trained with tools to help prevent child abuse across Kentucky.
“We know that there are people out there who are interested in doing this work and helping us,” Seyfred said.
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Mark Pope began his press conference with congratulations for Louisville, but quickly turned to a brutally honest assessment of his own team, calling the performance “extremely poorly” and an “incredibly disappointing” product for Kentucky basketball.
But the entire game —and Kentucky’s core issue —was summed up by one stat line.
Louisville had 20 assists and 6 turnovers. Kentucky had 14 assists and 14 turnovers.
“The 20 to 6 compared to the 14-14 tells the really the whole story of the game,” Pope said.
The Wildcats were “sticky with the ball,” as Pope put it, and completely abandoned their offensive principles. The result was a 20-point deficit and a final score that wasn’t as close as it looked. The Cats were able to get it to 4, but bad shot selection and bad defense allowed the Cardinals to end on an 8-4 spurt over the last 3 minutes.
How Kentucky got “punished”
Pope was clear that this wasn’t just a bad shooting night; it was a failure of execution that led to a confession you hate to hear, but know it is true:
“We’re going to lose a 20-to-6, 14-to-14 game. We’re just going to lose it,” Pope said. “And… we got punished for not playing it the right way.”
That punishment was clear. Louisville scored 19 points off turnovers and had 11 steals, constantly hounding Kentucky’s primary scorers. Otega Oweh, who finished with 5 turnovers on 4-for-13 shooting, was a primary target of the Cardinals’ defense.
“I thought they were physical with them. I thought they brought a crowd. They did everything we didn’t do,” Pope said of the plan against Oweh. “They were really good at bringing a crowd and… making them play through multiple defenders.”
Kentucky has a tune-up against Wright State on Friday, and it is really needed after the overall display put on tape last night. The good news is they still were in the game after playing so badly for long stretches. So, if you are a silver lining kind of fan, there you go.
The Kentucky Football Coaches Association has named its Players of the Year, Linemen of the Year and Coaches of the Year for all 48 districts, eight in each class.
Players of the Year, Linemen of the Year and Coaches of the Year for all six classes will be named during the state finals Dec. 5-6 at the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field in Lexington. The KFCA Mr. Football and statewide Coach Haywood Lineman of the Year and Jimmie Reed Coach of the Year awards will be announced in mid-December.
Louisville-area Player of the Year winners are Christian Academy’s Ja’Hyde Brown, North Oldham’s Colin Daniels, Spencer County’s Keyon Davis, Atherton’s Garyon Hobbs, Bullitt Central’s A.J. Lee, Manual’s Gerian Traynor, Male’s Steron Davidson and Trinity’s Zane Johnson.
Louisville-area Lineman of the Year winners are Kentucky Country Day’s Kris Mandy, Christian Academy’s Kellan Hall, Valley’s Josh Vaughan, Spencer County’s Richard Gilbert, Iroquois’ Jeremiah Jackson, Fairdale’s Chaz Tutt, Male’s Christian White and Trinity’s Nate Shields.
Louisville-area Coach of the Year winners are Christian Academy’s Hunter Cantwell, Butler’s Gary Wheeler, Fairdale’s Louis Dover, St. Xavier’s Kevin Wallace, Male’s Chris Wolfe and Oldham County’s Jamie Reed.
Here are the award winners for each district, with Player of the Year listed first and followed by Lineman of the Year and Coach of the Year.
District One – Zayden Kinney (Fulton County), Drake Thorpe (Fulton County), James Bridges (Fulton County); Two – Kace Eastridge (Campbellsville), Kris Mandy (Kentucky Country Day), Dale Estes (Campbellsville); Three – Eddie Bivens (Newport Central Catholic), Will Sandfoss (Newport Central Catholic), Steve Lickert (Newport Central Catholic); Four – Charles Oglesby (Covington Holy Cross), Beckett Meersman (Bishop Brossart), Curt Spencer (Covington Holy Cross); Five – Caden Jones (Sayre), Wyatt Moore (Sayre), Chad Pennington (Sayre); Six – Landen Stiltner (Raceland), Jacob Litteral (Raceland), Michael Salmons (Raceland); Seven – Deakon Partin (Middlesboro), Christian Davis (Middlesboro), Larry French (Middlesboro); Eight – William Shoptaw (Hazard), Caden Thacker (Pikeville), Brian Melvin (Paintsville).
District One – Caden Howard (Crittenden County), Ashton Rodgers (Mayfield), Cliff Dew (Mayfield); Two – Miles Edge (Owensboro Catholic), Caden Conkright (Owensboro Catholic), Robert Eubanks (Hancock County); Three – Kris Hughes (Somerset), Andrew Houk (Green County), John Petett (Monroe County); Four – Tyler King (Lexington Christian), Sasha Wade (Danville), Lawrence Smith (Washington County); Five – Tyler Fryman (Beechwood), Lucas Tillery (Owen County), Steve Tarter (Bracken County); Six – Waylon Abner (Breathitt County), Waylon Abner (Breathitt County), Mark Easterling (Morgan County); Seven – Devan Maynard (Martin County), Preston Shepherd (Knott County Central), Randall Mullins (Knott County Central); Eight – Jonah Bartley (Shelby Valley), Bo Wolford (Belfry), Matt Varney (Belfry).
District One – Wyatt Robbins (Murray), Ryan Walls (Murray), Melvin Cunningham (Murray); Two – Hudson Gumm (Glasgow), Matt Stephens (LaRue County), Josh Robins (Butler County); Three – Ja’Hyde Brown (Christian Academy), Kellan Hall (Christian Academy), Hunter Cantwell (Christian Academy); Four – R.J. Blair (Garrard County), Mark Hosinski (Lexington Catholic), David Clark (Lexington Catholic); Five – Kaleb Evans (Lloyd Memorial), King Lee (Bourbon County), Kyle Niederman (Lloyd Memorial); Six – Jayden Frasure (Russell), Zach Brown (Russell), T.J. Maynard (Russell); Seven – Blake Burnett (Bell County), Spencer Phipps (Bell County), Dudley Hilton (Bell County); Eight – Luke Fetherolf (Lawrence County), Ty Brooks (Lawrence County), Alan Short (Lawrence County).
District One – Avery Thompson (Paducah Tilghman), Ben Myers (Paducah Tilghman), Coby Lewis (Calloway County); Two – Cavalli Pittman (John Hardin), Bryten Close (Taylor County), Josh Boston (Nelson County); Three – Colin Daniels (North Oldham), Josh Vaughan (Valley), Brock Roberts (North Oldham); Four – Keyon Davis (Spencer County), Richard Gilbert (Spencer County), Eddie James (Franklin County); Five – Tayden Lorenzen (Highlands), Max Merz (Highlands), Bob Sphire (Highlands); Six – Logan Music (Johnson Central), Drew Ferguson (Johnson Central), Jesse Peck (Johnson Central); Seven – Seneca Driver (Boyle County), Trashaun Bryant (Wayne County), Justin Haddix (Boyle County); Eight – Cole Stevens (Corbin), Malachi Brown (Corbin), Jacob Saylor (Harlan County).
District One – Markezz Hightower (Madisonville-North Hopkins), J.W. Muster (Owensboro), John Edge (Apollo); Two – Davis Chaney (Greenwood), Zach Jordan (Bowling Green), William Howard (Greenwood); Three – Garyon Hobbs (Atherton), Jeremiah Jackson (Iroquois), Gary Wheeler (Butler); Four – A.J. Lee (Bullitt Central), Chaz Tutt (Fairdale), Louis Dover (Fairdale); Five – Cam O’Hara (Cooper), Noah Reichel (Cooper), Randy Borchers (Cooper); Six – Timmy Emongo (Scott County), Justyn Perez (Woodford County), Dennis Johnson (Woodford County); Seven – Cooper Swaim (West Jessamine), Isaiah Wilkinson (West Jessamine), Scott Marsh (West Jessamine); Eight – Mason Griffin (South Laurel), Brady Hull (Pulaski County), Steve Nelson (North Laurel).
District One – James Bradley (Hopkinsville), Foster Jackson (Hopkinsville), Tyler Brooks (McCracken County); Two – Kayden York (South Warren), Malik Butler (South Warren), Brandon Smith (South Warren); Three – Gerian Traynor (Manual), Josiah Hope (North Hardin), Kevin Wallace (St. Xavier); Four – Steron Davidson (Male), Christian White (Male), Chris Wolfe (Male); Five – Zane Johnson (Trinity), Nate Shields (Trinity), Jamie Reed (Oldham County); Six – Jacob Savage (Ryle), Bo Gay (Ryle), Mike Engler (Ryle); Seven – Darnell Burnside (Tates Creek), Josiah Hernandez (Paul Dunbar), Jon Lawson (Lafayette); Eight – Dakari Talbert (Frederick Douglass), Camden Burke (Madison Central), William Blair (Madison Central).
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.
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