The Indiana-Kentucky men’s basketball rivalry is set to return in 2025-26.
The University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari announced during Southeastern Conference Media Day on Wednesday the schools have “agreed in principle” to resume the series.
The teams haven’t played since Indiana beat Kentucky in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The last regular season game was on Dec. 10, 2011, in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana won that game, which became the “Watshot” game.
In 2011, Calipari said he was considering ending the series with Indiana. While the teams played two times that year — the other was a Kentucky victory in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament — talks to extend the series went nowhere and it was not continued.
The series has not been finalized, and locations for the game have not been announced.
