The Kentucky Basketball 2025-26 season officially tips off tonight. KSR’s LIVE BLOG will bring you all the sights and sounds from Rupp Arena as the Cats host the Nicholls Colonels in the first game of the BBN United Tipoff Classic, presented by Kentucky Tourism (7 p.m. ET, SEC Network+).
Kentucky’s preseason was a roller coaster, with the Cats beating No. 1 Purdue and then losing to Georgetown. Tonight, they will face a Nicholls squad that is in year three under Tevon Saddler, the youngest active Division I coach in the country. The Colonels finished 20-13 last season, 13-7 in Southland Conference play.