It's time for Round 2 of Pat Kelsey vs. Mark Pope .

Louisville basketball hosts Kentucky today in not only the earliest meeting ever between the archrivals but also their first as top-25 foes since Dec. 28, 2019 . Tipoff between the No. 12 Cardinals (2-0) and the No. 8 Wildcats (2-0) is set for 8 p.m. inside the KFC Yum! Center .

U of L took care of business against South Carolina State and Jackson State in Week 1 of the regular season, winning 104-45 and 106-70, respectively. UK is coming off victories over Nicholls (77-51) and Valparaiso (107-59) and jumped to No. 1 in the country on advanced analytics website KenPom.com over the weekend.

"The nice thing for us is that every game is the biggest game we've ever played," Pope said after the Cats beat the Beac

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