Wednesday Headlines: SEC Basketball Media Days

Happy Wednesday, BBN!

While the football spirits aren’t as high in the Bluegrass as they were a few weeks ago, one thing all of the fanbase is excited about is the start of the basketball season.

With SEC Basketball Media Days being today and tomorrow, we’ll get a better picture of what these SEC teams will look like and what the expectations will be.

You can watch SEC Media Days on the SEC Network today starting at 11 am ET.

The Cats are entering the season ranked No. 16 in the AP poll. That’s the lowest ranking of the John Calipari era, and it’s the first time his Kentucky team hasn’t been a preseason top-10 team.

It seems to be more of a byproduct of what the Cats have delivered over the past few seasons rather than who the team is now, but I like that the expectations are tamed for this team.

There’s a lot of talent, but it’s a lot of young talent and a couple of vets that have never played together. It will take time for them to gel.

Speaking of those vets, that’s exactly who will be representing both the men’s and women’s teams for UK at SEC Media Days.

Antonio Reeves, Tre Mitchell, Ajae Petty, and Maddie Scherr are all seniors who will take the stand, according to the SEC.

Basketball season is officially here!

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Headlines

• The official SEC basketball preseason picks are out. Kentucky projected to finish fourth - Herald Leader

The Cats are seemingly being underrated

• Kentucky Briefing: Kentucky basketball given third best odds to win SEC regular season title by FanDuel - Sports Illustrated

Well, at least the sports books are showing a little more love than coaches

• Ray Davis is having banner season for Kentucky - KSR

It’s great to see the success Ray has had for the Cats

• 2023 NFL trade deadline proposed deals: Marquise Brown to Chiefs, Brian Burns to Ravens and 13 other moves - CBS Sports

There could be a lot of players moved at the NFL trade deadline

• Week 7 Fantasy Football QB Rankings - Yahoo Sports

The fantasy QBs have looked different than what we originally thought

• Mad Max returns for Rangers after month away with chance to put them up 3-0 over Astros in ALCS - AP Sports

Big news for the Rangers

• Aaron Rodgers providing Jets with some inspiration as he continues to recover ahead of schedule - AP Sports

No way Aaron Rodgers makes it back... right?

• Kansas clear No. 1 in preseason men’s AP Top 25; Duke, Purdue second and third - FOX Sports

The Cats have a chance to knock off “clear” No. 1 to start the year

• Sources: Christian McCaffrey avoids serious injury, could play on MNF - ESPN

All CMAC fantasy owners are elated

• Eagles sign 7-time Pro Bowl WR Julio Jones to deal - ESPN

One more run for Julio at a Super Bowl?