The Indiana/Kentucky rivalry, once a staple during the non conference portion of every college basketball season, has laid dormant since 2011, with the exception of a pair of NCAA Tournament meetings in 2012 and 2016.
The regular season series ended after the 2011-12 season when former Indiana head coach Tom Crean and Kentucky head man John Calipari chose to be stubborn on the conflict of where to play the games. Crean and Indiana wanted the series to stay on campus, while Kentucky and Calipari wanted to move the series to neutral sites, mainly in Indianapolis. The two schools failed to reach a compromise as both coaches refused to budge on their stances, so they decided to discontinue the rivalry.