Later this evening, your University of Kentucky Wildcats will host the Bellarmine Knights from Louisville in the next game at Rupp Arena. A new in-state opponent for the Wildcats, tonight’s game will be Bellarmine’s first-ever eastbound trip across I-64 to play the state’s flagship basketball program in Lexington.
Before Kentucky added Bellarmine to its 2022-23 non-conference schedule, the game had been in high demand for years, mostly from the small crossover of Bellarmine grads/fans in Big Blue Nation and other Louisvillians interested in the Knights getting an underdog swing at the ‘Cats. But unless you’re from the Louisville area, the Bellarmine name may not mean anything to you, so let’s tell you all about Jefferson County’s best college basketball team and the university located a mile-and-a-half from KSR’s Louisville radio station (the old one).