Kentucky is still ranked in the updated Coaches Poll following a loss to No. 1 Auburn at home last weekend. The Wildcats dropped a spot and is hanging on to a spot in the updated poll released Monday at No.

The Kentucky Wildcats were coming off a big momentum win over the Oklahoma Sooners, and Big Blue Nation hoped this would carry over when Kentucky took on #1 Aub

Kentucky basketball had no answers for Auburn on Saturday in Lexington, as the Tigers handed UK its most lopsided loss at Rupp Arena under Mark Pope.

Auburn still won the game by 16, and it was the backcourt that stepped up for the Tigers. Kelly, Chad Baker-Mazara and Tahaad Pettiford scored 44 of Auburn’s 49 points in the first half and the trio finished the game with a combined 73 points.

Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope breaks down what went wrong in loss to No.1 Auburn. The Tigers won for the first time at Rupp since 1988.

The Auburn Tigers made a statement with this weekend's 94-78 thumping of the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats, and UK coach Mark Pope knows it. Speaking to the media following the loss, Pope was forced to give credit to his team's SEC rival.

K entucky came into Saturday's matchup with #1 Auburn hoping to pull off a major resume win, but instead, Auburn came out of the gates quickly, and the Wildcats were unable to get

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