Mid-October is officially here, which means the most exciting day of the year for Kentucky fans is coming up: the first game of the basketball season. This year

Here’s one thing we do know: This will be a very experienced Kentucky men’s basketball team. Certainly one of the more experienced Kentucky basketball teams in recent memory, if not program history. The catch is all that basketball experience was earned at other places, in other environments, playing for other coaches.

The University of Kentucky women’s basketball team will enter its inaugural season under new head coach Kenny Brooks as one of the top 25 teams in the nation. The Wildcats were ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press preseason media poll announced Tuesday.

One day after the Kentucky men's basketball team came in at number 23 in the AP Top 25, the Kentucky women's basketball team shows up on the preseason AP Top 25 poll as well. The Wildcats, and new coach Kenny Brooks come in at number 22 in the poll,

Women’s basketball rivals Nebraska and Creighton will begin the 2024-2025 college season inside the Associated Press Top 25 rankings. The AP poll, released Tuesday, has CU 21st and NU 23rd. The Bluejays and Huskers each reached the second round of last year’s NCAA Tournament and return the bulk of their starting lineups for this season.

South Carolina is starting the season where it finished off last year — ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll. The Gamecocks received 27 of the 30 first-place votes in the preseason rankings from a national media panel Tuesday.