Do you want the good news or better news first? We’ll start with the good news. Kentucky is reportedly getting new basketball uniforms next season, the first permanent change since the 2016-17 season.
The better news? The checkerboards are gone, as well.
According to Kyle Tucker of The Athletic, a new permanent basketball uniform is set to be unveiled next season, with the prominent checkerboard running down both sides being removed in the process.
“That’s one message that finally got through,” Tucker wrote.
Kentucky has kept the same basketball uniform combo every season since 2016-17 after several different iterations and designs throughout the start of the John Calipari era in Lexington.