The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team plays in the second of their two scheduled exhibition games on Thursday night. After taking down Purdue in their opener last week, they'll face off this week against Georgetown in their last warm-up for the regular season.

Georgetown played at Rupp Arena in the legendary 1985 NCAA Tournament National Championship, when the Hoyas were upset by the No. 8 seed Villanova Wildcats. That game is one of the most significant in NCAA Tournament and College Basketball history.

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.

UK basketball guard Denzel Aberdeen is out for Mark Pope’s team as Kentucky plays Georgetown University in exhibition. UK is also without Jaland Lowe for game.

The top-ranked Boilermakers visit the No. 9 Wildcats for an exhibition opener. Braden Smith and Co. get to showcase their roster additions. Follow along for live updates.

The effort was better, but Andy Kennedy still wants more from UAB basketball. For a second straight exhibition game, UAB was outpowered by its opponents inside Bartow Arena, as the Blazers suffered a 78-76 loss to Western Kentucky on Wednesday night.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee said the men's basketball SEC matchups with Kentucky and Alabama are sold out. The Vols meet the Wildcats at Food City Center on Jan. 17 at noon. They square off with the Crimson Tide on Feb. 28 with a tip time of either 6 p.m. or 6:30 p.m.

Georgetown won its exhibition opener, topping George Washington, 73-64. Sophomore forward Caleb Williams led the Hoyas with 20 points and six rebounds, while junior guard Malik Mack added 16. The Cats and the Hoyas have met just twice. In 1922, it was Georgetown getting the best of Kentucky 33-28 in Washington, D.C.