IU to renew rivalry with Kentucky starting in 2025: "A great day for our program and our fans"

At long last, the Wat Shot will get an encore. More than a decade after Christian Watford's buzzer-beating 3-pointer propelled Indiana to a 73-72 win over No. 1 Kentucky at Assembly Hall and marked the re-emergence of IU basketball from one of the worst stretches in its history, the Hoosiers and Wildcats agreed to renew their once-annual rivalry, which had lain dormant since Indiana's postgame court-storming after Watford's basket in 2011, save for a Hoosiers win over the Wildcats in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Indiana and Kentucky, two of the...