ESPN projects who will win between the Kentucky Wildcats and Ole Miss men's basketball.

Conference play returned to Rupp Arena, but the Kentucky men's basketball team is still searching for its first SEC win, as the Cats fell to Missouri on their own home court 73-68 Wednesday night.

Kentucky is the college basketball standard-bearer for the Southeastern Conference. Like the tide, other programs rise to the occasion, win a title or go to a Final Four, but then eventually sink back down to Earth.

Tramon Mark is a clutch shooter, and he has a history of hurting Kentucky, as he dropped 26 points last season and 23 the year before with Arkansas. The Longhorns shoot often from outside, and Mark has connected on multiple triples in four of his five SEC outings.

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats beat the Texas Longhorns in an SEC college basketball game. See UK basketball score and highlights from game:

Kentucky basketball's Otega Oweh led four Cats players in double-digit scoring, and UK went on to a convincing win vs Mississippi State on Saturday.

Kentucky basketball sophomore wing suffers serious foot injury during second half of Wildcats’ home win over Texas.