Kentucky’s rough start to a much anticipated 2025–26 men’s college basketball season has turned from disappointing to dumpster fire.
Boos poured down in Nashville by midway through the first half as the Wildcats’ highly priced roster put out its most miserable performance yet. Kentucky gave up the game’s first seven points, trailed 19–2 by the second media timeout and fell behind by as many as 37 in a 94–59 loss to Gonzaga that left Big Blue Nation enraged and embarrassed over a team that entered the season with title expectations. It even had former Wildcat stars on edge, with DeMarcus Cousins tweeting midgame that the team was “hard to watch” and “has no heart.”
