From Karl Bordner, whose game-winner gave Indiana a 20-18 victory in the first-ever Kentucky-Indiana basketball game in 1924, to Christian Watford, whose 2011-12 Indiana team allowed 102 points to Kentucky in a double-digit Sweet 16 loss, the border rivalry between the Wildcats and Hoosiers lasted nearly 100 years until the series wasn’t renewed in 2012. The NCAA Tournament forced the old foes to meet one more time in 2016, but for the most part, the rivalry has been dead since a streak of playing in 43 consecutive seasons ended over a decade ago.
Sadly, Indiana’s program died with it.