Just the second loss of the season and first in conference play for the Wildcats comes at the hands of the Aggies who fought back from down double digits to

The 8th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats get back to Rupp Arena Tuesday night for an SEC showdown with the No. 11 Texas A&M Aggies.

Jaxson Robinson hit for 22 points and No. 8 Kentucky won the battle of the boards and the paint in an 81-69 victory over No. 11 Texas A&M on Tuesday in a key early-season Southeastern Conference clash in Lexington,

Another weekend of conference play in college basketball is underway with plenty of marquee matchups Saturday including a showdown between two of the top programs from the Mountain West. New Mexico will put its perfect 5-0 record against conference opponents on the line when it hosts San Diego State on CBS.

Kentucky's Mark Pope started his coaching career at Rupp Arena with 11 straight wins. How does that start compare to other first-year UK coaches?

Kentucky once led the recruitment of five-star power forward Caleb Wilson. But early Friday morning, Wilson committed to another school.

The consensus five-star prospect was one of the first high school recruits to receive a scholarship offer from Kelsey, and the recruitment has been in high gear ever since. Ament was offered back on Apr. 23, less than a month after Kelsey formally accepted the job, and later took an official visit to campus on Oct. 11.

Notre Dame at Boston College, 7 p.m. Siena at Mount St. Mary's, 7 p.m. St. Francis (Pa.) at LIU Brooklyn, 7 p.m. St. Peter's at Merrimack, 7 p.m. UCLA at Rutgers, 7 p.m.

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC San Diego, 10 p.m. Weber St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.

Well, Mark Pope‘s first swing and miss has come, unfortunately. It had to come at some point, boasting essentially a perfect track record since his debut press conference in April, PR gold every step along the way.

No. 23 West Virginia (13-5) did not play. Next: at Kansas St., Saturday. No. 24 Memphis (15-4) beat Wichita St. 61-53. Next: vs. UAB, Sunday. No. 25 Louisville (15-5) did not play. Next: vs. Wake Forest, Tuesday.

It’s commitment day for five-star forwardCaleb Wilson — or is it? Kentucky’s top recruiting target will choose between the Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels, telling On3’s Joe Tipton the announcement will come on NBA on TNT after the Boston Celtics vs.