The Tuesday night home victory — the highest-ranked win for White the past three seasons — is the vision athletic director Josh Brooks had when he hired White away from Florida. Indeed, Georgia fans now have reason to keep up with Joe Lunardi’s popular ESPN “bracketology,” an ongoing projection of the NCAA tournament field.

Live updates from Stegeman Coliseum in Athens as the sixth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats play the Georgia Bulldogs in SEC college basketball.

ATHENS – Georgia sent a message to the SEC on Tuesday, upsetting No. 6 Kentucky 82-69 before an electric Stegeman Coliseum. The Bulldogs (13-2, 1-1 SEC) got their first top-10 win since January of 2020, proving they can handle the SEC’s elite competition in their home opener of conference play.

If it wasn’t already clear, there will be no “easy” games in the Southeastern Conference this season. Kentucky just learned that the hard way. On Tuesday night in Athens, the No. 6 Wildcats (12-3) were manhandled by the Georgia Bulldogs (13-2) with a final score of 82-69.

Mark Pope’s UK team fell behind by 13 points at halftime and eventually lost by that same margin, 82-69, to Georgia in the Wildcats’ first SEC road game of the season.

Complete statistics from Tuesday night’s Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball game against the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens, Georgia.

After a thrilling win over Florida this past weekend, the No. 6 Wildcats couldn't find their footing against Georgia Tuesday night. The Bulldogs handled the Wildcats 82-69. This marks Kentucky's first conference loss of the season and their third loss to an unranked opponent.

Georgia men's basketball cruised to a 82-69 victory over #6 Kentucky Tuesday evening. In what was a magical night in Stegman Coliseum, UGA basketball picked up its biggest win of the season so far against 6th-ranked Kentucky.