Kentucky
Kentucky Wildcats’ potential road to the Final Four starts with Oakland in Pittsburgh
Clark Kellogg picked the No. 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats to reach the NCAA tournament Final Four during CBS’ Selection Sunday show, and Jay Williams and Seth Greenberg picked UK for the Final Four on ESPN’s Bracketology show.
UK has been a popular Final Four pick on social media as well, despite Houston and Marquette being higher seeds in the South region.
Which teams stand in the way of University of Kentucky’s first Final Four appearance since 2015?
What to know about UK in the Big Dance:
Kentucky will face Oakland on CBS on Thursday night at 7:10 p.m., in head coach John Calipari’s hometown of Pittsburgh.
The broadcast team at PPG Paints Arena is Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas and Evan Washburn.
Calipari is good friends with Greg Kampe, who has been the Golden Grizzlies’ head coach since 1984. Kampe has been at Oakland longer than any Div. I head coach has been at his current school.
It’s the first-ever meeting between the two schools, and UK’s first NCAA tournament appearance in Pittsburgh.
UK is 23-9 overall, and went 13-5 in the SEC. Oakland is 23-11 overall, 15-5 in the Horizon League.
Oakland is 1-3 in four NCAA tournament games, with its only win as a 16-seed in the 2005 play-in game.
The Kentucky-Oakland winner faces No. 5 Texas Tech or No. 12 N.C. State on Saturday, also in Pittsburgh.
The winner of the Round of 32 game will reach the Sweet 16, and play its next game in Dallas.
Kentucky hasn’t played an NCAA tournament game in Dallas since 1996, but the Wildcats did play in the Final Four in nearby Arlington in 2014.
Calipari has won the NCAA tournament with the Wildcats once, in 2012.
UK reached the title game two years after winning the championship, and reached the Final Four in 2015 as well.
The Wildcats haven’t been back to the Final Four since 2015, but have reached the South region final in 2017 and 2019.
They’ve won just one game in the Big Dance, their first-round game last year against Providence, since 2019.
The team that emerges from the South region will play in the Final Four in Phoenix on TBS.
The South region teams and seeds are as follows:
- Houston
- Marquette
- Kentucky
- Duke
- Wisconsin
- Texas Tech
- Florida
- Nebraska
- Texas A&M
- Boise State/Colorado
- NC State
- James Madison
- Vermont
- Oakland
- Western Kentucky
- Longwood
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Here's what will be on Northern Kentucky ballots Tuesday
Kentucky voters will go to the polls Tuesday, May 21, to weigh in on the nation’s presidential primaries and a number of other local elections.
Northern Kentucky voters will also consider the primary election of the state’s 4th Congressional District, currently held by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie. He’s facing two other Republican challengers, Eric Deters and Michael McGinnis, in the primary.
Boone County
Voters in Boone County will also consider primaries for the 60th, 61st, 66th and 69th Statehouse districts, as well as the 11th state Senate district. Three Boone County Board of Education candidates will also be on the ballot. Residents of Walton and Florence will also weigh in on city government primaries there.
You can find more information at the Boone County Clerk’s Office.
2024 Kentucky Voter Guide: Primary Edition
Campbell County
Campbell County voters will vote in a primary election for Kentucky’s 67th Statehouse district. Residents of Newport will also cast ballots for the city’s mayoral and commission primaries, and residents of other cities like Dayton, Bellevue and Fort Thomas will vote on city commissions. Find out more at the Campbell County Clerk’s Office.
Kenton County
Residents of Kenton County will consider nominees for Kentucky’s 61st, 64th and 69th Statehouse districts. They’ll also weigh in on county commission candidates. Covington residents will see primary elections for mayor and city commission, and residents in other Kenton County municipalities will vote for city council or city commission candidates. More information is available at the Kenton County Clerk’s Office.
Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. local time. You’ll need government-issued ID to vote.
Kentucky
Kentucky Newsmakers 5/19: Ky. Sec. of State Michael Adams; God’s Pantry Food Bank CEO Michael Halligan
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT’s Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams and God’s Pantry Food Bank CEO Michael Halligan.
First, Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams is here as voters have been going to the polls for early voting before Tuesday’s primary.
Later, we’ll get an update from God’s Pantry Food Bank CEO Michael Halligan on hunger in Kentucky and their efforts to address it.
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Could Kentucky land the top 2025 basketball prospect?
Now that Mark Pope has mostly finished putting together his 2024-25 roster, he will shift his focus to recruiting the 2025 class. What better place is there to start than with the number one overall player?
Yesterday, Coach Pope offered AJ Dybantsa, who is the number one overall player in the 2025 class. Dybantsa was a member of the 2026 class but reclassified and will look to be a top-five pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.
Coach Pope and many other top coaches were at the EYBL event in Indianapolis, where Dybantsa and many other top prospects were. It sounds like Dybantsa really does want to play at Kentucky so Pope will have a chance here. It sounds like Coach Calipari will try and get him to Fayetteville and Bruce Pearl is trying to pull him to Auburn but Coach Pope will make a run at the classes top prospect.
If Coach Pope is going to succeed at Kentucky, he will need to have the perfect mix of veteran stars and one-and-done McDonald’s All-American type of player. If he is able to land Dybantsa, he can achieve that balance.
This is definitely a recruitment Kentucky fans need to keep an eye on.
Here is On3’s scouting report on Dybantsa, “AJ Dybantsa is a lengthy and wiry 6-foot-7, maybe 6-foot-8 wing. He has a slippery and smooth handle in the open floor that allows him to attack the basket downhill. He is a bouncy athlete at the rim, finishing high above in transition. Dybantsa has a smooth jump shot and can create his own shots off the bounce. He has the length and upside to be very good when he is locked in on the defensive end. With a 2007 birthday, he has the foundation of all the tools; it will simply be about continuing to get stronger and developing the vast skill base. He is tracking as one of the top players in his class.”
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