Kentucky basketball, Mark Pope, Kenny Brooks: Blue and White event today

LEXINGTON – A staple of the Kentucky basketball calendar each year is the Blue-White game. The intrasquad scrimmage is the last time the public will be able to watch UK players take the floor before taking on another team. The Wildcats played on the road the last two seasons.

In 2022, the program traveled to Pikeville to help the region after flooding devastated 13 counties in the eastern part of the state earlier this year, killing 43 people. This game raised $162,450, which was donated to the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund. Then last year, UK traveled to Highland Heights and played at Truist Arena, home of the Northern Kentucky University women's and men's basketball teams. It was once again for a good cause: funds from the game went to the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund and the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund.

But the blue-white game no longer exists.

Last month, UK Athletics announced that the Preseason Scrimmage would be replaced – and take on a new name, officially dubbed the “Blue-White Preseason Event” by organizers.

Here's what you need to know about the revamped Blue and White event:

As noted above, one notable departure is that the men's basketball team, led by first-year coach Mark Pope, will not hold an intrasquad scrimmage.

Another change: The women's basketball team, with its own rookie coach in Kenny Brooks, will also participate.

The event is hosted by Club Blue, one of UK Athletics' name, image and likeness partners.

Instead of the intra-team battles of previous years, the Blue and White event on Friday evening will be “transformed into an interactive fan experience,” according to the UK. The men's and women's teams will hold training sessions during the event. Club Blue wrote on its website that there will be in-game interviews with male and female players as well as commentary from Pope and Brooks during the event.

The Kentucky Blue-White event will not be televised or streamed. The only way to attend Friday night's festivities is to purchase a ticket.

Date: Friday, October 18th
Start time: 6 p.m

The Blue and White event begins at 6 p.m. at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington.

This will be the first time since 2006 that the men's basketball team will host the Blue and White event at Memorial Coliseum.

Tickets for the Blue and White event are available at Ticketmaster (from $90, starting Thursday at 3 p.m.). According to the Club Blue website, Friday night's proceeds will “benefit Club Blue Men's and Women's Basketball NIL Efforts.”

Oct. 18: Blue and White Event (Memorial Coliseum), 6 p.m
Oct. 23: Exhibition vs. Kentucky Wesleyan (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network+
Oct. 29: Exhibition vs. Minnesota State Mankato (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network+
Nov. 4: vs. Wright State (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., ESPNU
November 9: vs. Bucknell (Rupp Arena), 4 p.m., SEC Network+
November 12: vs. Duke (Champions Classic; State Farm Arena, Atlanta), 9 p.m., ESPN
November 19: vs. Lipscomb, (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network+
November 22: vs. Jackson State (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network+
Nov. 26: vs. Western Kentucky (Rupp Arena), 6:30 p.m., ESPNU
November 29: vs. Georgia State (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network
December 3: at Clemson (ACC/SEC Challenge), 9:30 p.m., ESPN
December 7: vs. Gonzaga (Climate Pledge Arena; Seattle), time to be announced
December 11: vs. Colgate (Rupp Arena), 8 p.m., ESPN2
December 14: vs. Louisville (Rupp Arena), 5:15 p.m., ESPN
December 21: vs. Ohio State (CBS Sports Classic; Madison Square Garden, New York), 5:30 p.m., CBS
December 31: vs. Brown (Rupp Arena), 2 p.m., ESPNU
January 4: vs. Florida (Rupp Arena), 11 a.m., ESPN
Jan. 7: at Georgia, 7 p.m., SEC Network
Jan. 11: at Mississippi State, 8:30 p.m., SEC Network
Jan. 14: vs. Texas A&M (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU
Jan. 18: vs. Alabama (Rupp Arena), noon, ESPN
Jan. 25: at Vanderbilt, 2:30 p.m., ESPN/2
January 28: at Tennessee, 7 p.m., ESPN
February 1: vs. Arkansas (Rupp Arena), 9 p.m., ESPN
February 4: at Ole Miss, 7 p.m., ESPN
February 8: vs. South Carolina (Rupp Arena), noon, ESPN/ESPN2
February 11: vs. Tennessee (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., ESPN
February 15: in Texas, 8 p.m., ESPN
February 19: vs. Vanderbilt (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network
February 22: at Alabama, 6 p.m., ESPN
February 26: at Oklahoma, 9 p.m., SEC Network
March 1: vs. Auburn (Rupp Arena), 1 p.m., ABC/ESPN
March 4: vs. LSU (Rupp Arena), 7/9 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU
March 8: at Missouri, noon, ESPN/SEC Network

Ansley Almonor (Forward, Senior)
Koby Brea (guard, graduate)
Lamont Butler (guard, graduate)
Andrew Carr (striker, graduate)
Collin Chandler (guard, freshman)
Grant Darbyshire (guard, junior)
Brandon Garrison (forward, sophomore)
Walker Horn (guard, junior)
Kerr Kriisa (Guardian, Senior)
Trent Noah (forward, freshman)
Otega Oweh (guard, junior)
Travis Perry (guard, freshman)
Jaxson Robinson (guard, graduate)
Zach Tow (Forward, Junior)
Amari Williams (center, graduate)

The Kentucky women's basketball team will open the season at home on November 4th, hosting USC Upstate. The game is scheduled to end at 5 p.m

Click here to view the Wildcats' complete 2024-25 schedule.

Georgia Amoore (guard, graduate)
Tanah Becker (guard, freshman)
Lexi Blue (Guardian, Freshman)
Gabby Brooks (guard, sophomore)
Amelia Hassett (striker, junior)
Teonni Key (junior, striker)
Dazia Lawrence (Guardian, fifth grader)
Jordan Obi (guard, graduate)
Dominika Paurová (guard, sophomore)
Cassidy Rowe (guard, junior)
Clara Silva (center, freshman)
Clara Strack (middle, second semester)
Saniah Tyler (guard, junior)

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