The Kentucky vs Indiana basketball collection is among the greatest in faculty basketball. The rivalry began out with soccer in 1893, however basketball acquired getting in 1924. The colleges used to play one another alternating annually. Coach Calipari stopped the association after shedding to Indiana in 2011 with the #1 ranked Wildcats on the time (they’d go on to win the 2012 NCAA Males’s DI Title). Now, the collection is again on. The Kentucky vs Indiana basketball schedule begins again up in 2025. We’ve got the main points and the previous recreation outcomes for you beneath.
Why Did the Collection with Indiana Cease?
It’s a must to return to the 2011 Kentucky vs Indiana basketball recreation to grasp why the collection acquired stopped, paused, no matter you wish to name it. The sport was at Meeting Corridor on the Indiana campus. In my expertise, that’s only a nutty, loopy, superior basketball surroundings. It stinks to be the visiting workforce. Kentucky was ranked #1 going into the sport. Coach Cal and the Wildcats misplaced on a final second three-pointed by Christian Watford…. additionally referred to as the “Watshot.” This might be the final common season recreation between the 2 groups (deliberate).
Kentucky would get their revenge within the 2012 Candy 16 beating the Hoosiers 102-90 occurring to win the NCAA Title. After the season, UK Coach Calipari and IU Coach Crean couldn’t come to an settlement on persevering with the collection. IU wished to maintain the home-and-home association, and UK wished to play at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. Cal didn’t imagine with how younger his groups have been that it benefited going to small house courts each different yr (paraphrasing right here). They might profit extra from March Madness to play at giant, impartial websites.
Kentucky vs Indiana Basketball Schedule (Males’s)
So, after a 14-year hiatus, the Kentucky vs Indiana basketball collection will start back up in 2025. This was one of many final huge schedule strikes that Cal did in late 2023. There’s a four-game settlement in place on a home-and-home foundation. The primary recreation will probably be at Rupp Area in 2025. Who is aware of although…possibly Coach Pope can get the sport going a yr earlier for us within the 2024-25 schedule? That might be tremendous superior, however in all probability even too onerous for the “Pope” to tug off.
- Dec. 20, 2025 – Rupp Area at Central Financial institution Heart, Lexington, Ky.
- Dec. 27, 2026 – Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind. (IU house recreation)
- Dec. 18, 2027 – Rupp Area Central Financial institution Heart, Lexington, Ky.
- Dec. 16, 2028 – Simon Skjodt Meeting Corridor, Bloomington, Ind.
Kentucky vs Indiana Basketball Recreation Outcomes (1924-1986)
UK leads the all time collection in opposition to Indiana 32-25. We’ve got the previous outcomes, date, rating, and who gained the sport for you going again to 1924 beneath. We’ve break up the outcomes out some so the checklist is simpler to learn as properly.
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Rating |
| 1 | December 18, 1924 | Alumni Gymnasium | Indiana | 34–23 |
| 2 | January 5, 1926 | Males’s Gymnasium | Indiana | 34–23 |
| 3 | December 21, 1926 | Alumni Gymnasium | Indiana | 38–19 |
| 4 | February 4, 1928 | Males’s Gymnasium | Indiana | 48–29 |
| 5 | December 30, 1940 | Municipal Auditorium | Indiana | 48–45 |
| 6 | December 23, 1942 | Jefferson County Armory | Indiana | 58–52 |
| 7 | December 11, 1943 | Jefferson County Armory | Kentucky | 66–41 |
| 8 | December 16, 1944 | Jefferson County Armory | Kentucky | 61–43 |
| 9 | December 18, 1965 | Alumni Gymnasium | Kentucky | 91–56 |
| 10 | December 13, 1969 | Alumni Gymnasium | No. 1 Kentucky | 109–92 |
| 11 | December 12, 1970 | New Area Home | No. 5 Kentucky | 95–93OT |
| 12 | December 17, 1971 | Freedom Corridor | Indiana | 90–89OT |
| 13 | December 9, 1972 | Meeting Corridor | Indiana | 64–58 |
| 14 | March 17, 1973 | Memorial Gymnasium | No. 6 Indiana | 72–65 |
| 15 | December 8, 1973 | Freedom Corridor | No. 3 Indiana | 77–68 |
| 16 | December 7, 1974 | Meeting Corridor | No. 3 Indiana | 98–74 |
| 17 | March 22, 1975 | UD Area | No. 5 Kentucky | 92–90 |
| 18 | December 15, 1975 | Freedom Corridor | No. 1 Indiana | 77–68OT |
| 19 | December 6, 1976 | Meeting Corridor | No. 5 Kentucky | 66–51 |
| 20 | December 5, 1977 | Rupp Area | No. 1 Kentucky | 78–64 |
| 21 | December 16, 1978 | Meeting Corridor | No. 8 Indiana | 68–67OT |
| 22 | December 15, 1979 | Rupp Area | No. 5 Kentucky | 69–58 |
| 23 | December 6, 1980 | Meeting Corridor | No. 2 Kentucky | 68–66 |
| 24 | December 8, 1981 | Rupp Area | No. 2 Kentucky | 85–69 |
| 25 | December 22, 1982 | Meeting Corridor | No. 5 Indiana | 62–59 |
| 26 | March 24, 1983 | Stokely Athletic Heart | No. 12 Kentucky | 64–59 |
| 27 | December 3, 1983 | Rupp Area | No. 1 Kentucky | 59–54 |
| 28 | December 8, 1984 | Meeting Corridor | No. 11 Indiana | 81–68 |
| 29 | December 12, 1985 | Rupp Area | No. 9 Kentucky | 63–58 |
| 30 | December 6, 1986 | Meeting Corridor | No. 3 Indiana | 71–66 |
Kentucky vs Indiana Basketball Recreation Outcomes (1987-2016)
The final two occasions that Kentucky has performed Indiana in males’s basketball have been throughout the NCAA DI Males’s basketball match. December tenth, 2011 was the final time that the 2 groups performed one another throughout the common season. If we have now a rating by one of many groups within the winner’s column, that’s the rating on the time the 2 groups confronted off in opposition to one another. Notably, when Coach Pope was our beginning middle, Kentucky defeated IU 89-82.
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Rating |
| 31 | December 5, 1987 | Hoosier Dome | No. 2 Kentucky | 82–76 |
| 32 | December 20, 1988 | Rupp Area | Indiana | 75–52 |
| 33 | December 2, 1989 | Hoosier Dome | No. 14 Indiana | 71–69 |
| 34 | December 18, 1990 | Meeting Corridor | No.7 Indiana | 87–84 |
| 35 | December 7, 1991 | Hoosier Dome | No. 14 Kentucky | 76–74 |
| 36 | January 3, 1993 | Freedom Corridor | Kentucky | 81–78 |
| 37 | December 4, 1993 | Hoosier Dome | No. 21 Indiana | 96–84 |
| 38 | December 4, 1994 | Freedom Corridor | No. 7 Kentucky | 73–70 |
| 39 | December 2, 1995 | RCA Dome | No. 1 Kentucky | 89–82 |
| 40 | December 7, 1996 | Freedom Corridor | No. 6 Kentucky | 99–65 |
| 41 | December 6, 1997 | RCA Dome | No. 1 Kentucky | 75–72 |
| 42 | December 8, 1998 | Freedom Corridor | No. 8 Kentucky | 70–61OT |
| 43 | December 4, 1999 | RCA Dome | No. 23 Indiana | 83–75 |
| 44 | December 22, 2000 | Freedom Corridor | Kentucky | 88–74 |
| 45 | December 22, 2001 | RCA Dome | No. 7 Kentucky | 66–52 |
| 46 | December 21, 2002 | Freedom Corridor | No. 16 Kentucky | 70–64 |
| 47 | December 20, 2003 | RCA Dome | No. 2 Kentucky | 80–41 |
| 48 | December 11, 2004 | Freedom Corridor | No. 10 Kentucky | 73–58 |
| 49 | December 10, 2005 | RCA Dome | No. 18 Indiana | 79–53 |
| 50 | December 9, 2006 | Rupp Area | Kentucky | 59–54 |
| 51 | December 8, 2007 | Meeting Corridor | No. 15 Indiana | 70–51 |
| 52 | December 13, 2008 | Rupp Area | Kentucky | 72–54 |
| 53 | December 12, 2009 | Meeting Corridor | No. 4 Kentucky | 90–73 |
| 54 | December 11, 2010 | Rupp Area | No. 17 Kentucky | 81–62 |
| 55 | December 10, 2011 | Meeting Corridor | Indiana | 73–72 |
| 56 | March 23, 2012 | Georgia Dome | No. 1 Kentucky | 102–90 |
| 57 | March 19, 2016 | Wells Fargo Area | No. 14 Indiana | 73–67 |
1975 Kentucky Upset of #1 Ranked Indiana within the NCAA Event
I bear in mind as a child, my grandpa would all the time speak concerning the 1975 recreation the Cats upset the Hoosiers within the NCAA Event. Right here’s the highlights of that recreation for you.
