Sport | Football, basketball, baseball |
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The Indiana–Kentucky rivalry is a college sports rivalry between the Indiana University Hoosiers and the University of Kentucky Wildcats. The rivalry between these two schools, located about 180 miles (290 km) apart, dates to their first college football game in 1893, and has continued across all sports, with the men's basketball series gaining particular attention. The football game was previously played for a wooden Bourbon Barrel trophy, which was discontinued in 1999.
Sport | Basketball |
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First meeting | December 18, 1924 Indiana 20 - Kentucky 18 |
Latest meeting | March 19, 2016 Indiana 73 - Kentucky 67 |
Next meeting | December 20, 2025 Lexington, Kentucky |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 57 |
All-time series | Kentucky, 32-25 |
Largest victory | Kentucky, 39 points (2003) |
Current win streak | Indiana, 1 |
Indiana and Kentucky played against each other in men's basketball for the first time on December 18, 1924. Since 1969 the two teams met at least once a season through the 2011–2012 season. The location of the game alternated between Assembly Hall in Bloomington and Rupp Arena in Lexington. From 1991 to 2005, the game was held at neutral sites in Indianapolis and Louisville. A scheduling conflict with Louisville's Freedom Hall in 2006 forced the series back to the schools' respective campuses. Of the 55 games between IU and UK, 48 have been played in December. There have been a total of six overtime games in this rivalry series, the most for any non-conference Kentucky rival. The rivalry has been the subject of substantial commentary and media interest. ESPN commentator Dick Vitale said of the rivalry, "Don't you get excited in the world of basketball thinking about Kentucky and Indiana playing? Two Goliaths, two elite programs." [1] Fellow commentator Eamonn Brennan called it "one of the great nonconference rivalries in the sport, which features the two storied, flagship, blueblood programs from the nation's two most basketball-obsessed states, states which just so happen to share a border." [2] The intensity of the rivalry is augmented by the proximity of Indiana and Kentucky. Although the two teams had played every season since 1969, a dispute over whether future games should be played at the schools' respective home courts or at nearby neutral sites led to the cancellation of the game for the 2012–13 season.
The Indiana–Kentucky basketball rivalry is all the more intense because the two schools have consistently been among the nation's elite men's basketball teams. Remarkably, in 11 of the 56 meetings between Indiana and Kentucky, one of the schools has been ranked number one, which is nearly 20 percent of the meetings. Kentucky has won eight NCAA championships and has appeared in seventeen Final Fours, while Indiana has won five NCAA championships and appeared in eight Final Fours. Combining thirteen national championships over the last 72 years, Indiana and Kentucky have captured 18% of the national championships, nearly one every five years. Notable storylines of the rivalry also involve major upsets by both teams and high-profile, outspoken coaches, including Bob Knight and Adolph Rupp.
High-profile feuds and incidents between the schools' programs have fueled the rivalry over the years. Indiana coach Bob Knight would frequently suggest that Kentucky violated NCAA recruiting rules. When asked about the rivalry by Kentucky announcer Cawood Ledford, Knight said, "You know, Cawood, with all the crap that has gone on down here over the years with recruiting and all, these games are not nearly as special to me as you might think." [3] Referring to UK's reputation for putting less-than-outstanding public citizens on the team, Knight later said, "I like to think of C. M. Newton [University of Kentucky Athletic Director] as the school's director of corrections." [4] After Knight kicked recruit Lawrence Funderburke off his team, he refused to allow Funderburke to play for Kentucky. When asked about the series in 1999, Knight claimed that it would be fine if the series were returned to the home courts and added, "Pitino complained because we didn't play in Rupp Arena. Rick had a tough time understanding that it was a game between Kentucky and Indiana, not between him and me." [5]
The somber Indiana fans [IU had lost the season opener to Butler] who made up about half the crowd of 38,197 at the dome the next day seemed to agree with that assessment. They sat quietly as the Kentucky faithful jeered the Hoosiers during warmups, waving an array of signs: CBS (CATS BY SIXTY)...INDIANA WHOSTERS...WHICH WAY TO BUTLER? To everyone's surprise, however, Indiana bolted to a 9-2 lead that got the fans—Knight included—all revved up. "That's about as excited as I've been about basketball for a long time," said Knight later. "I became a fan for five or six minutes." [13]
Following the win, IU led the all-time series 20–17. But it marked a turning point in the series for a while. From that game until 2011 Kentucky went 14–3 against the Hoosiers.
In 2011 Kentucky coach John Calipari briefly discussed the possibility of ending one of Kentucky's annual games against rivals Louisville, North Carolina, or Indiana. [21] A last-second shot which propelled Indiana to victory over top-ranked Kentucky and another meeting in the 2012 NCAA Tournament (won by Kentucky) helped re-kindle the rivalry's intensity; however, Calipari and Indiana head coach Tom Crean were unable to resolve the issue of whether to play future games on the respective teams' home courts or at neutral sites. This prompted the schools to cancel their annual meeting for the 2012–13 season. [22] After IU athletic director Fred Glass reopened negotiations on May 10, 2012, Calipari rejected Glass's compromise to play two games at Lucas Oil Stadium and one game apiece at Assembly Hall and Rupp Arena, thus ending the series. [23]
Winning team is shown. Ranking of the team at the time of the game by the AP poll is shown by the team name.
Kentucky victories | Indiana victories | Tie games |
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A
1973 NCAA Elite Eight
B
1975 NCAA Elite Eight
C
1983 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
D
2012 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
E
2016 NCAA round of 32
Category | Indiana | Kentucky |
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Atlanta, GA | 0 | 1 |
Bloomington, IN | 11 | 4 |
Dayton, OH | 0 | 1 |
Des Moines, IA | 1 | 0 |
Indianapolis, IN | 4 | 6 |
Knoxville, TN | 0 | 1 |
Lexington, KY | 3 | 10 |
Louisville, KY | 4 | 9 |
Nashville, TN | 1 | 0 |
New Orleans, LA | 1 | 0 |
Category | Indiana | Kentucky |
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Alumni Gymnasium | 2 | 2 |
Assembly Hall | 10 | 2 |
Freedom Hall | 3 | 7 |
Georgia Dome | 0 | 1 |
Hoosier Dome RCA Dome |
4 | 6 |
Jefferson County Armory | 1 | 2 |
Memorial Gymnasium | 1 | 0 |
Men's Gymnasium | 2 | 0 |
Municipal Auditorium | 1 | 0 |
New Field House | 0 | 1 |
Rupp Arena | 1 | 8 |
Stokely Athletic Center | 0 | 1 |
UD Arena | 0 | 1 |
Wells Fargo Arena | 1 | 0 |
The Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team played its first varsity season in 1971–72, [24] and Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball had its first varsity season in 1974–75. [25] As of the 2021–22 season, Kentucky leads the all-time series 14–13, with the most recent match being an 88–67 win for No. 8 Indiana over No. 13 Kentucky in Bloomington on November 14, 2021. [26] [27]
The first women's basketball game between Indiana and Kentucky was on January 24, 1974, and an 88–54 win for Indiana, the season before Kentucky women's basketball became varsity. The Indiana-Kentucky women's basketball series was played annually on a home-and-home basis from the 1976–77 to 1990–91 seasons, except for the December 30, 1990 game played in Reno, Nevada for the New Year's Classic tournament hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno, [28] [29] and again from 1993–94 to 1997–98. [28] The series then went on a nine-year pause until the championship round of the Women's Sports Foundation Tournament on November 12, 2006, a 54–51 Indiana win over No. 15 Kentucky in Lexington. This was Indiana's sixth straight win in the series dating back to 1993. [28] [30]
After a 14-year hiatus, the series resumed when Kentucky announced on November 19, 2020, nearly a week before the delayed start of the 2020–21 season, the addition of a December 5 home game vs. Indiana. [31] Kentucky scheduled this game to make up for COVID-19 protocols preventing the annual game vs. in-state rival Louisville from being hosted that season. [32] In the game, No. 11 Kentucky rallied from down 14 to beat No. 13 Indiana 72–68, Kentucky's first win over Indiana in 30 years. [33] [28]
In the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Indiana got the No. 3 seed of the Bridgeport region and hosted the first two rounds. Kentucky got the No. 6 seed. Had both teams won their first-round games, they would have met for the third time in 16 months in the second round. [34] On March 19, Indiana beat No. 14 seed Charlotte 85–51, [35] Kentucky lost to No. 11 seed Princeton 69–62, thus denying another Indiana–Kentucky matchup in the second round. [36]
The first Indiana–Kentucky baseball game took place on April 16, 1903, an 8–5 win for Kentucky. As of the 2023 season, Kentucky has a 26–21 series lead. [37] [38] In the 2023 NCAA Tournament, Kentucky was the no. 12 national seed and hosted a double-elimination regional bracket in Lexington, with Indiana assigned to the Lexington regional bracket. [39] Indiana won 5–3 on June 3, but Kentucky won 16–6 on June 4 to force a regional final June 5. [38]
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The Indiana–Kentucky rivalry is a college sports rivalry between the Indiana University Hoosiers and the University of Kentucky Wildcats. The rivalry between these two schools, located about 180 miles (290 km) apart, dates to their first college football game in 1893, and has continued across all sports, with the men's basketball series gaining particular attention. The football game was previously played for a wooden Bourbon Barrel trophy, which was discontinued in 1999.
Sport | Basketball |
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First meeting | December 18, 1924 Indiana 20 - Kentucky 18 |
Latest meeting | March 19, 2016 Indiana 73 - Kentucky 67 |
Next meeting | December 20, 2025 Lexington, Kentucky |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 57 |
All-time series | Kentucky, 32-25 |
Largest victory | Kentucky, 39 points (2003) |
Current win streak | Indiana, 1 |
Indiana and Kentucky played against each other in men's basketball for the first time on December 18, 1924. Since 1969 the two teams met at least once a season through the 2011–2012 season. The location of the game alternated between Assembly Hall in Bloomington and Rupp Arena in Lexington. From 1991 to 2005, the game was held at neutral sites in Indianapolis and Louisville. A scheduling conflict with Louisville's Freedom Hall in 2006 forced the series back to the schools' respective campuses. Of the 55 games between IU and UK, 48 have been played in December. There have been a total of six overtime games in this rivalry series, the most for any non-conference Kentucky rival. The rivalry has been the subject of substantial commentary and media interest. ESPN commentator Dick Vitale said of the rivalry, "Don't you get excited in the world of basketball thinking about Kentucky and Indiana playing? Two Goliaths, two elite programs." [1] Fellow commentator Eamonn Brennan called it "one of the great nonconference rivalries in the sport, which features the two storied, flagship, blueblood programs from the nation's two most basketball-obsessed states, states which just so happen to share a border." [2] The intensity of the rivalry is augmented by the proximity of Indiana and Kentucky. Although the two teams had played every season since 1969, a dispute over whether future games should be played at the schools' respective home courts or at nearby neutral sites led to the cancellation of the game for the 2012–13 season.
The Indiana–Kentucky basketball rivalry is all the more intense because the two schools have consistently been among the nation's elite men's basketball teams. Remarkably, in 11 of the 56 meetings between Indiana and Kentucky, one of the schools has been ranked number one, which is nearly 20 percent of the meetings. Kentucky has won eight NCAA championships and has appeared in seventeen Final Fours, while Indiana has won five NCAA championships and appeared in eight Final Fours. Combining thirteen national championships over the last 72 years, Indiana and Kentucky have captured 18% of the national championships, nearly one every five years. Notable storylines of the rivalry also involve major upsets by both teams and high-profile, outspoken coaches, including Bob Knight and Adolph Rupp.
High-profile feuds and incidents between the schools' programs have fueled the rivalry over the years. Indiana coach Bob Knight would frequently suggest that Kentucky violated NCAA recruiting rules. When asked about the rivalry by Kentucky announcer Cawood Ledford, Knight said, "You know, Cawood, with all the crap that has gone on down here over the years with recruiting and all, these games are not nearly as special to me as you might think." [3] Referring to UK's reputation for putting less-than-outstanding public citizens on the team, Knight later said, "I like to think of C. M. Newton [University of Kentucky Athletic Director] as the school's director of corrections." [4] After Knight kicked recruit Lawrence Funderburke off his team, he refused to allow Funderburke to play for Kentucky. When asked about the series in 1999, Knight claimed that it would be fine if the series were returned to the home courts and added, "Pitino complained because we didn't play in Rupp Arena. Rick had a tough time understanding that it was a game between Kentucky and Indiana, not between him and me." [5]
The somber Indiana fans [IU had lost the season opener to Butler] who made up about half the crowd of 38,197 at the dome the next day seemed to agree with that assessment. They sat quietly as the Kentucky faithful jeered the Hoosiers during warmups, waving an array of signs: CBS (CATS BY SIXTY)...INDIANA WHOSTERS...WHICH WAY TO BUTLER? To everyone's surprise, however, Indiana bolted to a 9-2 lead that got the fans—Knight included—all revved up. "That's about as excited as I've been about basketball for a long time," said Knight later. "I became a fan for five or six minutes." [13]
Following the win, IU led the all-time series 20–17. But it marked a turning point in the series for a while. From that game until 2011 Kentucky went 14–3 against the Hoosiers.
In 2011 Kentucky coach John Calipari briefly discussed the possibility of ending one of Kentucky's annual games against rivals Louisville, North Carolina, or Indiana. [21] A last-second shot which propelled Indiana to victory over top-ranked Kentucky and another meeting in the 2012 NCAA Tournament (won by Kentucky) helped re-kindle the rivalry's intensity; however, Calipari and Indiana head coach Tom Crean were unable to resolve the issue of whether to play future games on the respective teams' home courts or at neutral sites. This prompted the schools to cancel their annual meeting for the 2012–13 season. [22] After IU athletic director Fred Glass reopened negotiations on May 10, 2012, Calipari rejected Glass's compromise to play two games at Lucas Oil Stadium and one game apiece at Assembly Hall and Rupp Arena, thus ending the series. [23]
Winning team is shown. Ranking of the team at the time of the game by the AP poll is shown by the team name.
Kentucky victories | Indiana victories | Tie games |
|
A
1973 NCAA Elite Eight
B
1975 NCAA Elite Eight
C
1983 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
D
2012 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
E
2016 NCAA round of 32
Category | Indiana | Kentucky |
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Atlanta, GA | 0 | 1 |
Bloomington, IN | 11 | 4 |
Dayton, OH | 0 | 1 |
Des Moines, IA | 1 | 0 |
Indianapolis, IN | 4 | 6 |
Knoxville, TN | 0 | 1 |
Lexington, KY | 3 | 10 |
Louisville, KY | 4 | 9 |
Nashville, TN | 1 | 0 |
New Orleans, LA | 1 | 0 |
Category | Indiana | Kentucky |
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Alumni Gymnasium | 2 | 2 |
Assembly Hall | 10 | 2 |
Freedom Hall | 3 | 7 |
Georgia Dome | 0 | 1 |
Hoosier Dome RCA Dome |
4 | 6 |
Jefferson County Armory | 1 | 2 |
Memorial Gymnasium | 1 | 0 |
Men's Gymnasium | 2 | 0 |
Municipal Auditorium | 1 | 0 |
New Field House | 0 | 1 |
Rupp Arena | 1 | 8 |
Stokely Athletic Center | 0 | 1 |
UD Arena | 0 | 1 |
Wells Fargo Arena | 1 | 0 |
The Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team played its first varsity season in 1971–72, [24] and Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball had its first varsity season in 1974–75. [25] As of the 2021–22 season, Kentucky leads the all-time series 14–13, with the most recent match being an 88–67 win for No. 8 Indiana over No. 13 Kentucky in Bloomington on November 14, 2021. [26] [27]
The first women's basketball game between Indiana and Kentucky was on January 24, 1974, and an 88–54 win for Indiana, the season before Kentucky women's basketball became varsity. The Indiana-Kentucky women's basketball series was played annually on a home-and-home basis from the 1976–77 to 1990–91 seasons, except for the December 30, 1990 game played in Reno, Nevada for the New Year's Classic tournament hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno, [28] [29] and again from 1993–94 to 1997–98. [28] The series then went on a nine-year pause until the championship round of the Women's Sports Foundation Tournament on November 12, 2006, a 54–51 Indiana win over No. 15 Kentucky in Lexington. This was Indiana's sixth straight win in the series dating back to 1993. [28] [30]
After a 14-year hiatus, the series resumed when Kentucky announced on November 19, 2020, nearly a week before the delayed start of the 2020–21 season, the addition of a December 5 home game vs. Indiana. [31] Kentucky scheduled this game to make up for COVID-19 protocols preventing the annual game vs. in-state rival Louisville from being hosted that season. [32] In the game, No. 11 Kentucky rallied from down 14 to beat No. 13 Indiana 72–68, Kentucky's first win over Indiana in 30 years. [33] [28]
In the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Indiana got the No. 3 seed of the Bridgeport region and hosted the first two rounds. Kentucky got the No. 6 seed. Had both teams won their first-round games, they would have met for the third time in 16 months in the second round. [34] On March 19, Indiana beat No. 14 seed Charlotte 85–51, [35] Kentucky lost to No. 11 seed Princeton 69–62, thus denying another Indiana–Kentucky matchup in the second round. [36]
The first Indiana–Kentucky baseball game took place on April 16, 1903, an 8–5 win for Kentucky. As of the 2023 season, Kentucky has a 26–21 series lead. [37] [38] In the 2023 NCAA Tournament, Kentucky was the no. 12 national seed and hosted a double-elimination regional bracket in Lexington, with Indiana assigned to the Lexington regional bracket. [39] Indiana won 5–3 on June 3, but Kentucky won 16–6 on June 4 to force a regional final June 5. [38]
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