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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Kentucky freshman guard Ashton Hagans reaches for a loose ball during the game against Duke in the State Farm Champions Classic on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Editors’ preview: Kentucky vs. Duke

Hunter Shelton and Barkley Truax November 4, 2021

As Kentucky basketball gears up to face off against Duke on Nov. 9 at Madison Square Garden, the Kernel’s sports editors, Hunter Shelton and Barkley Truax, offer their game predictions.What matchup are...

Kentucky sophomore guard Ashton Hagans celebrates a Nate Sestina three pointer during the UK vs. Vanderbilt University men’s basketball game on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 71-62. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Kentucky defeats LSU 79-76 in Baton Rouge

February 19, 2020

The No. 10 Kentucky Wildcats traveled to Baton Rouge, La. to take on the LSU Tigers Tuesday night, earning their fifth consecutive win after a 79-76 victory in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, improving...

Kentucky graduate student forward Nate Sestina passes the ball during the game against Lamar on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 81-56. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Sestina fractures wrist, out four weeks

November 27, 2019

The UK men's basketball team didn't stay healthy for too long. After having several injuries already this season and then becoming healthy against Lamar University, graduate transfer and starting forward...

Courtney Waterbury, a UK graduate student, holds a refillable water bottle with a Fill it Forward sticker on the side of it. Photo by Emily Girard

Fill it Forward campaign sets UK against Florida in the name of charity

Emily Girard September 30, 2019

In the wake of UK football’s loss to Florida, another competition against the Gators has emerged on campus.The Fill it Forward program, sponsored by UK Dining and UK Sustainability, raises money for...

Kentucky graduate student forward Reid Travis takes a shot during the SEC tournament quarterfinals game against Alabama on Friday, March 15, 2019, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Reid Travis exhibits reckless abandon, strength in return

March 15, 2019

Reid Travis is back.After nearly four weeks of being sidelined from a knee sprain suffered in Missouri, Travis immediately picked up 23 minutes in his return. He scored eight points, grabbed seven rebounds...

Jarred Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt sidelined, expected to make debut in January

October 11, 2017

At the end of September, highly touted UK basketball freshman Jarred Vanderbilt suffered a left foot injury that is expected to sideline him until January. He’ll need to undergo surgery, and the consensus...

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