Name for the team now we know roster

[OldRob]

What’s a good name for this squad
I’ll start with the mm’s and the skittles
What you got

 

[cawoodsct]

The Unwhiffables

 

[The Ganner]

stop it

 

[TheGreatGooglyMoogly]

We could call them the 2026-27 UK mens basketball team

 

[BBNinSCar]

Team names originate from a nuance or characteristic of its players. It is not just given before we know anything about this squad.

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

Popes problems

Rupps Revengers

Franck Kepnang and the Heartbreakers

I could keep going

 

[BookofMormon]

M&M's - already shared

 

[theBlues]

This might be controversial but I'm going with "the Kentucky Wildcats".

 

[megablue]

The Portal Monsters
LaPortala Familia
Pope's Portals

 

[BluWildcatz]

Dark Pope's Demon's

 

[Starrcade]

 

[ThreeDogNight2]

Mark fox is the green m&m

 

[chroix]

The UK Cowboys

 

[chroix]

Candy Cats

 

[Starrcade]

Candy Cats

Where's your Charlie Brown avatar?

 

[St.Patterson_54_]

Wildcats.

 

[Starrcade]

Mark fox is the green m&m

Don’t quit your graveyard shift.

 

[NociHTTP]

The Mercenaries

 

[DudahUK]

I’ll never understand the obsession of giving Kentucky teams names. For one, not every team has a nickname and it has to just come about naturally, it can’t be forced.

 

[Jtf2217]

The 2026-27 Kentucky wildcats. Nicknames are earned not given.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

The Athletic Department should sell the naming rights. Here's the pitch:

"Join the legendary legacy of Kentucky Basketball: The Untouchables. The Fiddling Five. Rupp's Runts. The Unforgettables. The Comeback Cats...And now The (YOUR SLOGAN HERE) Cats." Get your bids in no later than October 3, and see your slogan on the backs of warm-ups at Big Blue Madness.

That's a much bigger draw than some insignificant uniform patch they are now trying to peddle right now. Actually give this year's team a nickname TV and radio announcers would be required to mention a certain number of times.

 

[Dr.LutherSan]

The Eligibiles

 

[NineIsOnTheWay]

Popes third yearers

 

[UK4Life#9]

Most of the time, team names are stupid.

 

[Yardeth]

Toyota Camry Wildcats
Paul Miller Ford Cats
Papa John’s Kentucky Wildcats

 

[megablue]

Toyota Camry Wildcats
Paul Miller Ford Cats
Papa John’s Kentucky Wildcats

Kroger Kats

 

[KOF98]

The Undraftables

 

[TFCat11]

This is beyond silly! True historic UK team names have came about from naturally historically occurring circumstances that defined those teams, not by us fans trying to force them into existence.

 

[TFCat11]

I’ll never understand the obsession of giving Kentucky teams names. For one, not every team has a nickname and it has to just come about naturally, it can’t be forced.

Well stated! I made my post similarly, as an instant knee jerk response, before seeing your’s

 

[gobigblue812_rivals29381]

I’ll never understand the obsession of giving Kentucky teams names. For one, not every team has a nickname and it has to just come about naturally, it can’t be forced.

But, but, it's a fan tradition...

 

[Anon1739778738]

The Musketeers

 

[gobigblue812_rivals29381]

The Rafters.

The Wildcats

Or they need to EARN a nickname as the season progresses if appropriate.

 

[Eagles_Ball_69]

stop it

Grown adults starting threads like this is a little, well...non grown adult like.

 

[Eagles_Ball_69]

The 2026-27 Kentucky wildcats. Nicknames are earned not given.

I've read that somewhere...

 

[funKYcat75]

To all the moaners and whiners: you don’t have to reply. Let people enjoy things.

 

[Buckwheat Otay Is Dead]

M&M ers

 

[BookofMormon]

Given our coach is a Pope, maybe we can call this the Conclave.

 

[Dr.LutherSan]

A-Season-on-the-Brinkables