Kentucky basketball: UK sets dates for Big Blue Madness and Blue-White Game

Kentucky basketball fans need to get ready for Big Blue Madness and the Blue-White Game.

Big Blue Nation has to be excited, as dates for Big Blue Madness and the Blue-White Game have been announced for the Kentucky basketball program.

Big Blue Madness will be held on Oct. 15 Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Blue-White Game will be held a week later on Oct. 15 at the same time. These are two staples of the Kentucky basketball calendar, and Big Blue Nation eagerly anticipates getting to see its favorite team back in action this year. They are expected to be full-capacity events this October.

Kentucky hopes to bounce back after a terrible season during the global pandemic last winter.

Kentucky basketball announces dates for Big Blue Madness, Blue-White Game

While everybody had to adjust to life in the age of the coronavirus, we are coming off the worst season of Kentucky basketball in our lifetimes. The perennial NCAA Tournament staple was not even close to making it to the big dance a year ago. However, this is one of the bluest of blue-blood programs and Kentucky has too rich of a tradition to be down for all that long anyway.

What the return of Big Blue Madness and the Blue-White Game signify if a return to normalcy in Kentucky. While there are other strong teams in the SEC footprint, no program has personified southern basketball quite like UK’s. May the Wildcats return in all their splendor and be a reason to get excited about next season outside of what your favorite college hoops team is expected to do.

SEC basketball is only as good as Kentucky allows it to be, and Big Blue Nation drives the program.

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