2020–21 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Lexington, Kentucky, for the 45th consecutive season at Rupp Arena, with a capacity of 20,545. The Wildcats were led by John Calipari in his 12th season as head coach and play in the Southeastern Conference.

2020–21 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record9–16 (8–9 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaRupp Arena
2020–21 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Alabama162 .889267  .788
No. 10 Arkansas134 .765257  .781
LSU116 .6471910  .655
Tennessee107 .588189  .667
Florida97 .5631510  .600
Ole Miss108 .5561612  .571
Missouri88 .5001610  .615
Kentucky89 .471916  .360
Mississippi State810 .4441815  .545
Georgia711 .3891412  .538
Auburn*711 .3891314  .481
South Carolina412 .250615  .286
Texas A&M28 .200810  .444
Vanderbilt313 .188916  .360
2021 SEC tournament winner
* Ineligible for postseason due to self-imposed postseason ban.

The Wildcats season was marred by inconsistent stretches. The Wildcats got off to an ugly 1–6 start (the worst since 1911) and never recovered. They finished the season with a 9–16 overall record and 8–9 in conference for 8th place. It was Kentucky's first losing season since 1988–89 and its worst winning percentage since the 1926–27 season. Their season came to an end when they lost to Mississippi State 74–73, ending their year also not participating in the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2012–13 season.

The season also marked the worst season that John Calipari had coached since 1988–89, when he was in his first season as head coach of Massachusetts.

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