The Kentucky Wildcats were able to take down the Louisville Cardinals in the first matchup of the Mark Pope vs. Pat Kelsey era.
Despite nearly leading wire-to-wire, Kentucky had to battle for 40 minutes to pull out the victory, but they got it done, winning 93-85 in front of an electric Rupp Arena atmosphere.
As you can imagine with such a big rivalry game, things got a bit chippy on multiple occasions, but nothing egregious transpired…