Updated July 26, 2026, 4:13 p.m. ET
LEXINGTON — The Kentucky basketball group, which performs below the La Familia banner, had handled its share of accidents simply three video games into this 12 months’s version of The Basketball Tournament.
Willie Cauley-Stein was slowed by an ailment in Games 1 and 2 of the best-of-three series towards The Ville, stocked by rivals from Louisville. Deandre Liggins did not play within the deciding Game 3 on Wednesday, July 22, at Memorial Coliseum, and in that very same sport, Andrew Harrison was limping towards the tip of the 63-57 victory.
Jon Hood, La Familia’s first-year coach, brushed it off.
“Everybody’s all right,” he mentioned following Wednesday’s six-point win. “We get three days. We’ll be fine. … We survive (and) advance with who we have.”
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Had it been required, Hood mentioned Liggins might have taken the ground “in an emergency situation.”
Thanks to the efforts of Liggins’ teammates, he wasn’t required.
Unlike the opening spherical, the quarterfinals of the TBT do not give a group a second likelihood ought to it lose. It’s now single elimination. And legion of former Wildcats are on the precipice of the semifinals.
If La Familia downs Boeheim’s Army — it is a group of Syracuse alums — right this moment in Lexington, the previous Cats will attain the championship spherical of the “Alumni Bracket” of this 12 months’s TBT.
The Courier Journal is bringing you reside updates, scores and highlights from the sport between the Kentucky and Syracuse alums. Follow alongside.
Take a have a look at La Familia’s game-winning play Sunday within the embedded video under.
The Kentucky alums are transferring on. Kahlil Whitney’s putback dunk off an Archie Goodwin miss seals the deal in a four-point win.
La Familia hosts Wednesday’s semifinal matchup. Tipoff is about for 7 p.m. at Memorial Coliseum.
We’ve entered the Elam Ending. The first group to succeed in 69 factors, or surpass that determine, wins.
A tough quarter for La Familia: It scored solely 9 factors within the nine-minute interval.
That allowed Boeheim’s Army, which scored 16, to surge forward and take a four-point edge into the ultimate quarter.
La Familia must creator a come-from-behind win to remain alive on this 12 months’s TBT.
La Familia led for almost all of the primary half. But Boeheim’s Army pushed forward for the primary time on a 3 from Cole Swider on the 2:08 mark. The hosts fought again to take a three-point lead into the locker room.
Archie Goodwin’s 17 factors led the best way for La Familia, whereas Ty Nichols’ game-high 18 tops the tally for Boeheim’s Army.
The Syracuse alums are hanging round. Ty Nichols already is as much as 15 factors on 6-of-7 capturing.
La Familia cooled off a bit after its white-hot begin. But it nonetheless holds a six-point lead after the opening 9 minutes.
Andrew Harrison and Darryl Morsell have seven factors apiece for the UK membership, whereas Elijah Hughes’ six leads Boeheim’s Army.
The hosts are scorching the nets from downtown to date.
La Familia is up 13-5 with 6:26 left within the first quarter. The Kentucky alums are 4 for five from the sphere, with all of the makes an attempt and makes being 3s.
Here are La Familia’s starters:
- Archie Goodwin
- Andrew Harrison
- Darryl Morsell
- James Mainor-Bell
- Willie Cauley-Stein
Here are the starters for Boeheim’s Army:
- Tyson Walker
- Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu
- Elijah Hughes
- Cole Swider
- Buddy Boeheim
The La Familia/Boeheim’s Army contest is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. right this moment at Memorial Coliseum.
La Familia vs. Boeheim’s Army will air nationally on Fox.
Today: 2 p.m., Fox
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- Game 4, quarterfinals: La Familia vs. Boeheim’s Army, 2 p.m. (Memorial Coliseum; Lexington)
Click here to see La Familia’s full roster.
Click here to see Boeheim’s Army’s full roster.
A ticket for today’s game begins at $15.20, as of two p.m. Friday, July 24.
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