While head coach Mark Pope‘s time at the helm of Kentucky is only beginning, his seniors won’t be around much longer. After the Wildcats handily defeated LSU 95-64 on Senior Day on Tuesday, Pope delivered a poignant message to his veterans walking off the court.

As the final buzzer echoed through Rupp Arena, the Kentucky Wildcats celebrated more than just a dominant 31-point victory over LSU. The night marked the last home game for six senior Wildcats, and head coach Mark Pope took center stage to bid farewell to a passionate Big Blue Nation.

It was the home finale for Kentucky basketball, Rupp Arena closing up shop for the Wildcats after an 18-game schedule that saw 15 wins — the most in the last three seasons. Louisville was the first big one in Lexington,

Jaxson Robinson will be recognized tonight at Rupp Arena alongside five other Kentucky graduate students and seniors. It will be a special Senior Night, the first of the Mark Pope era, but an especially emotional one for Robinson,

Ansley Almonor, Koby Brea, Lamont Butler, Andrew Carr, Jaxson Robinson and Amari Williams were all honored one more time in Rupp Arena. This group represents half of Mark Pope’s first UK men’s basketball team. None of Kentucky’s 12 scholarship players had played for UK before this season.

Said to be one of the most anticipated battles before heading into March Madness finally took place on Saturday inside the Rupp Arena, where Bruce Pearl came with a mission, to achieve one goal-putting an end to the 37-drought.

The Auburn Tigers led by as many as 22 points in the second half before closing out the 94-78 win over Kentucky — the program’s first inside Rupp Arena since 1988. It was a victory that had Bruce Pearl‘s group feeling itself on its way out of Lexington,

The Auburn Tigers came into Rupp Arena on Saturday and dominated the Kentucky Wildcats from start to finish. Auburn hadn't won in Rupp Arena since 1988, but that streak was snapped on Saturday when they beat the Wildcats 94-78.

After beating LSU by 31 points in the home finale, Mark Pope and Kentucky‘s six seniors had a round of parting messages for the Big Blue Nation before walking off Cawood’s Court for the final time in 2024-25.

UK had won 14 of its 16 games under Mark Pope at Rupp prior to Saturday's ... Less than 20 seconds apart in Saturday’s first half at Rupp Arena. It’s not as if the Tigers needed any luck.