Kentucky vs Oklahoma score today: UK basketball game updates, highlights from SEC contest

Posted by author February 27, 2025 Basketball

NORMAN, Okla. — Kentucky basketball and coach Mark Pope will face a desperate team tonight.

Oklahoma, which welcomes UK to the Lloyd Noble Center for a 9 p.m. tipoff, is squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble. Entering last weekend, ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi listed the Sooners as the “first team out” if the Big Dance had started that day. Then OU upset a ranked Mississippi State squad at home Saturday; that night, Lunardi moved Oklahoma into the field.

CBS Sports writer Jerry Palm still isn’t sold on the Sooners’ tournament credentials. His latest bracket projection, which published Monday morning, didn’t include Oklahoma.

With the Sooners’ razor-thin margin for error as the regular season enters its stretch run, the Wildcats will receive the hosts’ best shot tonight.

UK is a ranked team (No. 23 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll and No. 17 in the AP Top 25), a claim OU can’t make. The Wildcats (18-9, 7-7 SEC) also boast a superior record overall and in conference play compared with the Sooners (17-10, 4-10).

But Kentucky has struggled in road games this season, entering tonight just 2-6.

Can the Wildcats stave off the Sooners’ upset bid?

Follow along below with live updates from Norman:

Senior guards Lamont Butler and Jaxson Robinson were not listed on the SEC’s availability report, which posted at 7 p.m. Wednesday, two hours before tipoff between the Wildcats and Sooners. That sets the stage for the pair to play tonight against Oklahoma.

Read more here.

The contest between the Wildcats and Sooners will air on SEC Network. Roy Philpott (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst) will have the call.

Authenticated subscribers can access SEC Network via TV-connected devices or by going to WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app or ESPN+.

You also can stream SEC Network on Fubo, which offers a free trial.

Tom Leach (play-by-play) and Jack Givens (analyst) will have the UK radio network call on 840 AM in Louisville and both 630 AM and 98.1 FM in Lexington.

You can also listen online via UKAthletics.com.

Betting odds: Kentucky is a 2 ½-point road favorite (-118) on DraftKings, which set the over/under at 163 ½ points (-108). The money line odds are Kentucky -155, Oklahoma +130.

Oct. 23: exhibition vs. Kentucky Wesleyan ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 123, Kentucky Wesleyan 52
Oct. 29: exhibition vs. Minnesota State Mankato ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 98, Minnesota State Mankato 67
Nov. 4: vs. Wright State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 103, Wright State 62
Nov. 9: vs. Bucknell (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 100, Bucknell 72
Nov. 12: vs. Duke (Champions Classic; State Farm Arena, Atlanta) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 77, Duke 72
Nov. 19: vs. Lipscomb, (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 97, Lipscomb 68
Nov. 22: vs. Jackson State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 108, Jackson State 59
Nov. 26: vs. Western Kentucky (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 87, Western Kentucky 68
Nov. 29: vs. Georgia State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 105, Georgia State 76
Dec. 3: at Clemson (ACC/SEC Challenge) ∣ SCORE: Clemson 70, Kentucky 66
Dec. 7: vs. Gonzaga (Climate Pledge Arena; Seattle) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 90, Gonzaga 89 (OT)
Dec. 11: vs. Colgate (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 78, Colgate 67
Dec. 14: vs. Louisville (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 93, Louisville 85
Dec. 21: vs. Ohio State (CBS Sports Classic; Madison Square Garden, New York) | SCORE: Ohio State 85, Kentucky 65
Dec. 31: vs. Brown (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 88, Brown 54
Jan. 4: vs. Florida (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 106, Florida 100
Jan. 7: at Georgia | SCORE: Georgia 82, Kentucky 69
Jan. 11: at Mississippi State | SCORE: Kentucky 95, Mississippi State 90
Jan. 14: vs. Texas A&M (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 81, Texas A&M 69
Jan. 18: vs. Alabama (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Alabama 102, Kentucky 97
Jan. 25: at Vanderbilt | SCORE: Vanderbilt 74, Kentucky 69
Jan. 28: at Tennessee | SCORE: Kentucky 78, Tennessee 73
Feb. 1: vs. Arkansas | SCORE: Arkansas 89, Kentucky 79
Feb. 4: at Ole Miss | SCORE: Ole Miss 98, Kentucky 84
Feb. 8: vs. South Carolina | SCORE: Kentucky 80, South Carolina 57
Feb. 11: vs. Tennessee | SCORE: Kentucky 75, Tennessee 64
Feb. 15: at Texas | SCORE: Texas 82, Kentucky 78
Feb. 19: vs. Vanderbilt | SCORE: Kentucky 82, Vanderbilt 61
Feb. 22: at Alabama | SCORE: Alabama 96, Kentucky 83
Feb. 26: at Oklahoma, 9 p.m., SEC Network
March 1: vs. Auburn (Rupp Arena), 1 p.m., ABC
March 4: vs. LSU (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., ESPN2
March 8: at Missouri, noon, ESPN

Record: 18-9 (7-7 SEC)

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

The Sooners are 17-10 this season. Oklahoma was one of the nation’s last unbeaten teams, beginning the 2024-25 campaign 13-0. But since then, the Sooners are 4-10 — which doubles as their record in SEC play.

UK is 3-0 all time versus Oklahoma.

Click here to see the Sooners’ full 2024-25 schedule.

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