Kentucky failed its first big test, but that hardly makes this 2025-26 season a failure. As much as the rivalry loss to Louisville will sting — and as bad as the Wildcats looked for long stretches in the KFC Yum Center on Tuesday night — this defeat took place on Nov.

Denzel Aberdeen scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds, but No. 9 Kentucky lost at 12 th -ranked Louisville 96-88 on Tuesday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Kentucky (2-1) got 12 points apiece from Collin Chandler and Otega Oweh. No other Cat was in double figures.

As for the Wildcats, year two under head coach Mark Pope has also gotten off to a 2-0 start. While their opener against Nicholls got off to a slow start, Kentucky still wound up capturing a 77-51 win, which was then promptly followed up by a 107-59 dismantling of Valparaiso.

After Kentucky and Louisville face off, there has to be aftermath. This year, we have the most perplexing pregame mystery in the KFC Yum! Center since Ty-Laur Johnson’s missing tights. Something mysterious. Something undisclosed. Something that, according to Kentucky coach Mark Pope, happened before the game.

After falling to Louisville on Tuesday night, the Kentucky basketball team hits the floor again on Friday, hosting Eastern Illinois inside Rupp Arena (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network Plus).

Richard Wartenberg served as a pilot in the Air Force Reserve, according to Republican Arizona state senator, Wendy Rogers. Public records indicated he had been living in Independence, Kentucky, since 2005.

Mikel Brown Jr. shared a confident message following Louisville basketball's victory against Kentucky on Tuesday.

Two employees died and 11 others were injured when the Givaudan factory in Louisville exploded one year ago today.