Denzel Aberdeen, a senior guard who transferred to UK this offseason after playing three seasons at Florida, didn’t play Thursday night for the Wildcats in their home exhibition loss to Georgetown University at Rupp Arena. Postgame, UK head coach Mark Pope said Aberdeen was dealing with a leg injury.

The lights dim. A hype video plays as the LED lights pulse. Fireworks fill the air. The Rupp Arena crowd roars. There’s no better way for the Kentucky Wildcats to get ready for a basketball game. Well,

Both the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville men's basketball teams kick off their seasons Friday night with exhibition games.

So Lee K. Howard, WKYT’s sports director and anchor Kristen Kennedy’s husband, took their kids out of school to watch the team work at Rupp. Lee K said at the end of practice, Coach Pope picked two kids to come onto the floor to try to make a basket. If they did, the players wouldn’t have to run lines.

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats are coming off a massive win over the #1 Purdue Boilermakers in an exhibition game, and now the Wildcats will get ready for Ed Cooley's Georgetown Hoyas. The Wildcats are playing a Georgetown team that isn't ranked all that high in the KenPom rankings,