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Kentucky’s a Lock for Tourney; What Must Change to Be Title Favorites Again? | Sources Say

Kentucky Sports Radio Podcast Network

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4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

It wasn’t pretty, but the Cats got it done in Columbia, leaving Colonial Life Arena with a victory over South Carolina to end the three-game losing streak. More importantly, it likely locked up a spot in the NCAA Tournament for Kentucky, putting bad-loss potential in the rearview mirror and focusing solely on good wins the rest of the way — but that doesn’t mean it’s gonna be easy, starting with a rematch vs. Vanderbilt on Saturday. How did Mark Pope’s group get it done against the Gamecocks? Any leftover gripes from the trip to the Plains (and the weird postgame press conference that followed)? Can the Cats take care of business against the Commodores this weekend to really start building that resume down the home stretch? What kind of noise can this team make in the Big Dance? Special thanks to today’s Sources Say sponsors: PARLOUR and SeatGeek! Make PARLOUR your game day destination! From award-winning pizzas like The Dr. or fan favorite Hot Honey Pepperoni to PARLOUR’s famous house-smoked wings and extensive craft beer selection, PARLOUR has a menu that will please the whole family! Their location on Harrodsburg Road is just a short drive from Rupp Arena. Don’t miss out on their great Happy Hour. Come in Monday thru Friday from 2-6pm to enjoy discounted pints, cocktails, and starters. Parlour is looking forward to celebrating two new locations this year. Coming soon to Lexington out at Hamburg and Richmond, KY! Use our code KSR10 for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*:https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KSR10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Welcome in to the Sources State podcast, your go-to Kentucky basketball podcast on the KSR podcast network presented by our friends at Parlor Pizza.

0:15.6

Shout out to Parlor Pizza. I hosted us last week for a very delicious remote. Hopefully, you know, you guys enjoyed that.

0:21.7

Appreciate you guys tuning in.

0:22.8

Wish it came under better circumstances and not a very disappointing Georgia loss.

0:26.9

But hey, it is what it is.

0:29.6

Glad that this time we are not moaning and groaning and sulking about a midweek SC loss.

0:36.3

Very fortunately, Kentucky won a basketball game, Spencer Smith.

0:39.2

Very excited. It was very

0:41.3

ugly. Just not a whole lot of positives to talk

0:45.2

about in terms of like, wow,

0:47.0

put their foot on the throat

0:49.4

and steamrolled a bad

0:51.2

SEC team. We don't get any of those

0:53.2

talking points, but Kentucky did, in fact, score more points

0:56.7

than the opposing team.

0:58.1

And for this recent stretch, we're very, very pleased with that.

1:03.4

Yeah, I mean, the old adage is you should never apologize for winning, but I feel like

1:07.6

the cats might owe us all an apology for making a lot for two plus hours last night in Columbia. It was a rough one. You know,

1:14.7

there wasn't a lot of great stuff to take away. You know, I guess the only,

1:19.2

the only you can take away is like, hey, this team does still find ways to win close

1:22.9

games. You know, we've won more than we've lost, you know, down the stretch in SEC play, which has been good. It's another one where Colin came up big and hit a couple big shots and made some big plays down the stretch. That was good. But yeah, there's not a lot to feel great about coming out of that one, but you just got to move on and get ready for a quad one vandy coming into your building on Saturday. So we didn't get to hear your thoughts post-Auburn.

1:46.7

I guess just even the recent frustrating losing streak,

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