{"id":869097,"date":"2026-10-03T06:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T06:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/869097\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T06:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T06:22:11","slug":"big-blue-madness-returns-with-dunks-3-point-crowns-and-nba-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/869097\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Blue Madness returns with dunks, 3-point crowns and NBA champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) &#8211; The 2026 edition of Big Blue Madness brought dance performances, players descending from the rafters and an appearance by Big Kat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Former UK men\u2019s basketball player and reigning NBA champion Karl-Anthony Towns returned to Lexington for the event.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/page\/wkyt-apps-for-ios-and-android-devices\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WKYT Streaming Apps\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MEPHTWNVMREWLEQQWWFJM27ZMA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Women\u2019s team showcases roster<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Women\u2019s head coach Kenny Brooks wore a Power K and talked about the shooters on this year\u2019s roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Former Wildcats and current WNBA players Teonni Key and Toni Morgan attended to support their former teammates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Asia Boone repeated as the women\u2019s 3-point contest champion, hitting 35 three-pointers to win the title.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 3-point and dunk contests<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Alex Wilkins won the men\u2019s 3-point contest, hitting 52 three-pointers to claim a new title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Justin McBride won the dunk contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Men\u2019s head coach Mark Pope said he was pleased with his team\u2019s shooting ability.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming schedule<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The men\u2019s team has the week off before playing the first of three scrimmages on the 16th. The women\u2019s team is scheduled to open the season against Morehead State on Nov. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WKYT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) &#8211; The 2026 edition of Big Blue Madness brought dance performances, players descending from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[366437,366438,366440,366439,575,355,99],"class_list":["post-869097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-big-blue-madness-2026","tag-karl-anthony-towns-kentucky","tag-kentucky-mens-basketball-mark-pope","tag-kentucky-womens-basketball-kenny-brooks","tag-kentucky-wildcats-basketball","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}