Saturday’s game will tip at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN:
For the first time since the 2011-12 season, Indiana and Kentucky will play in the regular season. Saturday’s matchup is the first of a four-game series that includes two games in Lexington, one in Indianapolis and one in Bloomington.
The Wildcats are led by second-year head coach Mark Pope, who won 24 games last season and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. Indiana trails the all-time series, 32-25, but won the last meeting 73-67 in the 2016 NCAA tournament in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Much has been written about the exorbitant cost of Kentucky’s 2025-26 roster, reportedly in the range of $22 million, but roster building in the transfer portal era is not as simple as spending a lot of money.