Kentucky basketball kicked off its annual Big Blue Madness event on Friday, properly introducing UK fans to both the mens and womens basketball teams.
The event kicked off with the ‘Big Blue Carpet’, a Hollywood red carpet-esque introduction to both teams and many of the NBA talents that returned for the event.
The only active player not to walk the blue carpet was returning consensus national player of the year Oscar Tshiebwe, who was on crutches following a “minor” knee surgery before the event.
Before the event could even get started fans in attendance were given a treat when news broke that five-star center Aaron Bradshaw committed to Kentucky, providing the Wildcats with the No.