🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning. We’ve got some Devin Leary Shrine Bowl highlights for your morning.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

⛳️ Men finish in sixth
🏀 Men defeat Vanderbilt
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Low for High. The men’s golf team competed in the Battle at Briars Creek and shot a 583 (+7) for a sixth-place finish out of 14 teams. Campbell Kremer and Alex Goff finished tied for fourth place, each hitting 142 (-2) total. That was Kremer’s best collegiate individual finish and Goff’s fifth-consecutive top-ten finish. The team’s 284 second-round score was the second lowest of the day.

⛳️ Here’s more about the tournament.

🔼 Keep it 💯. The men’s basketball team hit triple digits in its victory over Vanderbilt. The Cats topped the Commodores 109-77, and Antonio Reeves led with 24 points. Both Justin Edwards and Jordan Burks had career-high scoring games with 17 and 13 points.

🏀 Read more about the dub here.

🔼  Our Stars. A record-breaking seven former Kentucky basketball players were selected to play in the 2024 NBA All-Star Game. It started with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and then a week later came Devin Booker, Anthony Davis, Karl-Anthony Towns, Bam Adebayo, Tyrese Maxey and Julius Randle. The game is on Sunday, Feb. 18, at 8 p.m. ET at the Grainbridge Fieldhouse.

🏀 Read more about UK athletes in All-Star games here.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Reappearance. Out of the seven athletes in the All-Star game, some are newbies, and for others, this isn’t their first go-around. Anthony Davis has been in the most All-Star games out of the seven athletes.

How many All-Star games has Davis been in?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Masters of Academics. The SEC named 84 Cats to the 2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. The grades are based off of grades from the 2023 Spring, Summer and Fall terms. The athlete must have a 3.0 GPA to be on the list.

📚 See which athletes got the honor here.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD 

Friday, February 9

👟 Track & Field Tiger Paw Invite | Meet Info
👟 Track & Field David Hemery Valentine Invite | Meet Info
🥎 Softball vs. UC Santa Barbara/Stanford @ 1pm/3:30pm ET | Designated Players Club
🤸 Gymnastics vs. Missouri @ 7pm ET | Tickets 
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Wichita State @ 11am ET
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Harvard @ 5pm ET

Saturday, February 10

🎯 Rife at West Virginia @ TBA | NCAA Scorecard | Live Targets
👟 Track & Field Tiger Paw Invite | Meet Info
👟 Track & Field David Hemery Valentine Invite | Meet Info
🥎 Softball vs. Stanford/San Diego State @ 12pm/7:30pm ET | Designated Players Club
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Gonzaga @ 4pm ET | Live Stats | Tickets

Sunday, February 11

🥎 Softball vs. Minnesota @ 1pm ET | Designated Players Club
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Duke @ 1pm ET
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Texas A&M @ 4pm ET | Tickets

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 9!

🔵 Have a great Wednesday!