Ohio State basketball vs. Kentucky: How to watch, stream the game

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The Ohio State basketball team got back in the win column with a victory over Valparaiso on Tuesday evening. Now the Buckeyes have another tall order as they get ready to face the No. 4 team in the country, the Kentucky Wildcats as part of the CBS Sports Classic held in New York City.

Kentucky comes into the contest with a 10-1 record with the lone loss coming to Clemson. The Wildcats are a well-rounded team with six players averaging double digits.

There’s a pretty big football game tomorrow evening but first catch the men’s team take on Kentucky in Madison Square Garden.

Basic info

When: Saturday, December 21, at 5:30 p.m. ET

Where:  Madison Square Garden (New York City)

How to watch/stream/listen:

Broadcast: CBS

Radio: IMG Radio Network (flagship station WBNS 97.1 The Fan)

Radio announcers:

  • Paul Keels (play-by-play)
  • Ron Stokes (analysis)

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USC fans will be watching the state of Kentucky in 2025

Sam Greene is at Kentucky. Miller Moss is at Louisville. USC fans will be watching the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the 2025 season.

Less than two weeks after entering the transfer portal, former USC defensive lineman Sam Greene has a new home. Greene recently announced his commitment to Kentucky. He will have three seasons of eligibility remaining with the Wildcats.

Greene originally signed with USC as a highly-touted recruit in the class of 2023. After redshirting his first season on campus, he earned a reserve role this season, recording 15 tackles and one sack. Now, he will look for a fresh start in Lexington.

In a weird twist, Greene was essentially part of a “trade” between the Trojans and the Wildcats. On Thursday, USC landed a commitment from former Kentucky defensive lineman Keeshawn Silver. Hence, the two teams essentially swapped defensive linemen.

While Silver is a veteran player with proven production at the college level, Greene is younger and has more eligibility left. Hence, both teams can feel reasonably good about how the “deal” turned out.

Greene’s transfer to Kentucky has been accompanied by Miller Moss transferring to Louisville. USC football fans will be watching both Kentucky and Louisville to see how key 2024 players fare in the commonwealth in 2025. There will be a Bluegrass storyline for USC fans to follow next year.

Kentucky football picks up a transfer portal quarterback

Kentucky football gets a commitment from quarterback Zach Calazada.

Kentucky football has found its starting quarterback for next year in the transfer portal.

Zach Calzada, a transfer from Incarnate Word, has committed to Wildcat football.

“Let’s work”, posted Calzada to his personal Instagram announcing the move.

Calzada is a redshirt senior and ranked as a three-star transfer portal recruit by On3. He originally committed to Texas A&M as part of the 2018 high school graduating class.

Fans may know Calzada from his time at A&M, where he replaced now-Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket passer Haynes King after an injury in 2021. Calzada led the Aggies to a 41-38 win over then-undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide.

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Since, he’s become somewhat of a journeyman college quarterback. This will be his 7th college season, as he’s also spent time with the Auburn Tigers and Incarnate Word — most recently leading the Cardinals to their first ever undefeated season in Southland Conference play.

He’s coming off a great statistical season at Incarnate Word — throwing for 3,791 yards (fifth in FCS), 35 touchdowns (second in FCS), and completing 65% of his passes. In his two years in San Antonio, Calzada accumulated over 6,500 yards of total offense.

Calzada is likely to feature as somewhat of a bridge starting quarterback for the Wildcats, as he is facing his last year of eligibility.

He is likely setting up rising-sophomore Cutter Boley to be Kentucky’s quarterback of the future, who look promising but in need of more developmental time towards the end of last season. Last year’s starting quarterback, Brock Vandagriff, looks unlikely to return but has yet to hit the transfer portal.

A Kentucky football signee was named Kentucky Mr. Football

Kentucky football commit Montavin Quisenberry was named Kentucky Mr Football.

One of Kentucky football’s top recruits has racked up awards as his high school career comes to an end.

Montavin Quisenberry, a 3-star wide receiver recruit committed to Wildcat Football, was named Kentucky Mr. Football by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association earlier this week.

In addition, Quisenberry was named winner of the Paul Hornung Award from the Louisville Quarterback Club and the Gatorade Player of the Year.

The wide receiver recruit spent his high school career with local Kentucky powerhouse Boyle High School, where he went 41-2 in his career and won two state championships in 2022 and 2023. Both years, Quisenberry was a first team all-state selection.

Related: Former Wildcat Jordan Dingle headed to South Carolina

Although Quisenberry is expected to play wide receiver for the Wildcats, he’s truly an all-purpose offensive player for Boyle.

“The 5-foot-9, 173-pound athlete from Danville, Kentucky, who has drawn comparisons to former Wildcat star and current National Football League wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson, recently concluded a high school career where he racked up more than 8,000 total offensive yards,” said the University in a congratulatory announcement. “For his career, he rushed for 4,469 yards and 61 touchdowns, caught 151 passes for 2,509 yards and 38 scores and passed for 1,357 yards and 15 touchdowns. He added 13 special teams touchdowns and totaled 165 tackles and eight interceptions.”

Quisenberry is the first Wildcat football commit since Isaac Dixon in 2021 to win the award. In total, 16 Mr. Kentucky Football winners have played for the Wildcats at some point in their college careers.

Former Georgia LB declares for 2025 NFL draft

Former Georgia LB, two-time national champion declares for the 2025 NFL draft and says Georgia “will always be home”

Former Georgia Bulldogs linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson, who played his senior season with the Kentucky Wildcats, has declared for the 2025 NFL draft via social media.

Dumas-Johnson is not ranked among the top seven linebackers in the draft. He is expected to be a mid- or late-round pick in the draft.

“Some team going to be very lucky to have a special person and player on their team soon!!” Georgia co-defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann said after Dumas-Johnson’s decision.

Dumas-Johnson played at Georgia from 2021-2023. He won national titles with Georgia in 2021 and 2022. Dumas-Johnson started for Georgia in 2022 and 2023 before he suffered a season-ending forearm injury against Missouri.

Dumas-Johnson still has a soft spot in his heart for Georgia, which signed him as a four-star recruit out of high school.

“Thank you for letting me know what it feels like to win and become a two-time national champion. This will always be home,” said Dumas-Johnson in a statement via social media.

Kentucky Wildcats linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson was Kentucky’s leading tackler in 2024. Scott Wachter-Imagn Images

Dumas-Johnson, who transferred to Kentucky ahead of the 2024 college football season, had a memorable pick six of Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers. The 6-foot-1, 245-pound linebacker recorded 67 total tackles, 3 1/2 sacks, one forced fumble, three fumble returns, one interception and one touchdown with Kentucky this season.

Kentucky falls to Pitt in the Elite Eight on Saturday night

Kentucky women’s volleyball was eliminated from the postseason by Pitt on Saturday.

A great season from Kentucky women’s volleyball has come to an end, as the Wildcats are out of an opportunity for a national championship.

Wildcat volleyball fell in straight sets to the Pitt Panthers, losing 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-17) in Pittsburgh on Saturday night.

Kentucky came into the tournament as a three-seed, ultimately taking down unseeded Cleveland State (3-0), 6-seed Minnesota (3-1), and 7-seed Mizzou (3-1) on Thursday night to advance to the Elite Eight. It was the fifth time in program history that the Wildcats had advanced that far, with Kentucky making the final eight teams in 1983, 1987, 2017, and 2020 as well.

But, sadly, Pitt ended Kentucky’s season prematurely. Pitt used their home court advantage to the fullest, using a passionate Panther crowd to kill any sort of momentum the Wildcats mustered throughout the match.

The loss meant that Pitt stifled Kentucky of a potential Governor’s Cup matchup. The Panthers will now play the Louisville Cardinals at the KFC Yum Center.

The loss also means that Kentucky’s season is officially over. The Wildcats finish 23-8 — although there were many silver linings to come from this season.

Kentucky won its eighth-consecutive SEC Championship, it’s fifth outright in that run. Wildcats head coach Craig Skinner was named SEC coach of the year, and sophomore outside hitter Brooklyn DeLeye was named SEC player of the year.

Duke basketball slips one spot below Kentucky in latest AP Poll

The Duke Blue Devils tumbled one spot in the AP Poll despite winning their only game on the schedule last week.

The Duke Blue Devils dropped one spot in the men’s basketball AP Poll on Monday, but they stayed just within the top five thanks to their 8-2 record.

Duke only played once last week, a 72-46 home win over Incarnate Word on Tuesday. [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] and his teammates took some time to pull away from the Cardinals, only leading by two points with about six minutes left in the first half, and the unconvincing start opened the door for the Kentucky Wildcats to swap places with them at No. 4.

Flagg and the Blue Devils lost to Kentucky earlier in the season, but Duke’s home win over the Auburn Tigers boosted it back toward the top of the rankings. The Tigers, another one-loss SEC team, stayed in place at No. 2 behind the undefeated Tennessee Volunteers, and the Iowa State Cyclones hung tight at No. 3 to complete the top five.

The Clemson Tigers, the only other ACC team within the top 25, fell nine spots to the very last place in the rankings after their second loss.

Kentucky volleyball will play in the NCAA Elite Eight

Kentucky women’s volleyball is on to the Elite Eight after beating Missouri.

After taking down an SEC rival when it mattered most, the Kentucky volleyball team is one step closer to a national championship.

Kentucky women’s volleyball took down Missouri yesterday, winning 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 25-13) to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight.

This will be the fifth Elite Eight appearance in Wildcat history, as Kentucky also made it this far in 1983, 1987, 2017, and 2020.

This was Kentucky’s third win over Missouri this season, as they also took down the Tigers 3-0 on October 6 and 3-1 on November 27.

Sophomore outside hitter Brooklyn Deleye led the way this go-around, tallying 22 kills, 3 aces, and two blocks.

“We just have to clean up the little things,” the AVCA Southern Region Player of the Year said post match. “But we are ready (for the Elite Eight).”

Senior Emma Groome and Megan Wilson each had terrific matches as well. Groome notched 50 assists and 10 digs, while Wilson had 13 kills — including a SportsCenter Top 10 worthy header in the second set.

The Wildcats will now advance to play Pitt, who took down Oregon 3-2 across five sets yesterday.

That matchup is slated for December 14 at 5 p.m. EST. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 and is also available to be streamed on ESPN+.

A four-star Kentucky running back recruit flips to Missouri

Class of 2025 running back Marquise Davis has flipped from Kentucky football to Missouri.

Yet another Kentucky football recruit has flipped his commitment.

Per On3’s Hayes Fawcett, runningback recruit Marquise Davis has flipped from Kentucky to Missouri.

“I like the cuture and how God surrounded (the Tigers) are,” Davis told PowerMizzou.com on Sunday night. “I want to keep myself surrounded by good, well-rounded people.”

Davis is a consensus four-star runningback recruit in the upcoming 2025 class and had been committed to the Wildcats since May. The 6’1″, 205 lb. rusher was the 7th ranked runningback in this incoming class — and now will be taking his talents further West to play for the Missouri Tigers.

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He is the second running back to commit to the Tigers in this upcoming class, joining three-star recruit Jamarion Morrow. Mizzou also hosted Boise State commit Brendon Haygood on an official visit this past weekend.

Davis was at the second Kentucky commit to change his mind on Sunday alone, joining three-star offensive lineman Tucker Kattus — who flipped to Clemson earlier in the day.

It’s not exactly a shocking development given the state of college football’s current recruiting climate in unison with Kentucky football’s season.

By all accounts, Wildcat football put up a stinker in ’24 — going 4-8 and losing their Governor’s Cup matchup to Louisville 41-14.

Kentucky basketball has the nation’s top-ranked scoring offense

Kentucky basketball is now leading the country in points scored per game.

On Wednesday, we reported that Kentucky basketball had the third-ranked scoring offense in the country. That’s no longer true, as the Wildcats have now climbed to the top spot in the nation.

Kentucky (7-0) now has the top-ranked scoring offense, averaging 96.7 points per game through the team’s first seven contests.

The jump comes after the Wildcats took home a 105-76 win over Georgia State boosting the team to that top spot. Those 105 points brought Kentucky’s points per game average up over a whole point, as they were previously at 95.3 points per game.

It also helps that the two teams ranked ahead of Kentucky going in to Wednesday — Utah State and UNC Wilmington — each underperformed.

In between, Utah State won the NIT Tip-Off — downing both St. Bonaventure (72-67) and North Texas (61-57) en route to the tournament win. The Aggies are off to a strong start to the season, now sitting at 7-0.

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The problem for Utah State is that each game lack offensive potency. Tougher opponents mean tighter games, and Utah State’s high flying offense felt that.

As such, the Aggies have now dropped from first to tenth in scoring offense, now averaging 89.4 points per contest.

UNC Wilmington (4-2), meanwhile, underperformed in both of their games at the Live Oak Bank Classic this week after not having played since their 66-84 loss to Kansas on November 19. The Seahawks fell to Colgate on Wednesday, 59-72, but beat Sam Houston on Friday 69-60.

The pair of low-scoring games meant that UNC Wilmington’s average has fallen to 86.3 points per game.

Kentucky basketball returns this Tuesday, December 3, for a matchup against the Clemson Tigers.