A hot start provided hope that Hoosiers basketball would be different, perhaps turning the page toward success it long craved. Expectations set have been tempered.

The Indiana Hoosiers and Kentucky Wildcats renew their rivalry when they meet in non-conference action on Saturday. Indiana is coming off a 113-72 win over Penn State on Tuesday, while Kentucky downed North Carolina Central 103-67 that same night.

The Indiana Hoosiers (8-2) and Kentucky Wildcats (6-4) renew their border rivalry in the regular season for the first time in 14 years as they clash at Rupp Arena on Saturday night.

A college basketball rivalry resumes with the Indiana Hoosiers visit the Kentucky Wildcats: Charles Barkley and Dick Vitale will be on the call.

A former Kentucky basketball transfer portal target will take center stage Saturday night at Rupp Arena. Lamar Wilkerson — who was billed during the spring as Kentucky’s top transfer portal recruit — is Indiana’s leading scorer this season ahead of the Hoosiers’ weekend visit to Lexington.