The 2018 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represents the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...

during the

2018 NCAA Division I baseball season The 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2018. The season progressed through the regular s ...

. The Wildcats are a member of the

Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ...

. They are led by head coach

Nick Mingione Nick Mingione (born September 10, 1978) is a baseball coach and former outfielder, who is the current the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. He played college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate lev ...

, who is in his second year at Kentucky. The 2018 season marks the 50th and last season to play their home games at

Cliff Hagan Stadium Cliff Hagan Stadium (Officially named Shively Field at Cliff Hagan Stadium) is a baseball stadium located in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Cliff Hagan Stadium or better known to Kentucky Wildcat baseball fans as “The Cliff” is on the So ...

. The Wildcats will open their new stadium on Alumni Drive for the 2019 season.

Roster

Schedule

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Spartanburg, SC Spartanburg is a city in and the seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city of Spartanburg has a municipal population of 38,732 as of the 2020 census, making it the 11th-largest city in the state. For a time, the Offic ...

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Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park is a baseball venue in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It is home to the USC Upstate Spartans baseball team of the NCAA's Division I Big South Conference. It opened on February 1, 2004, when Upstate swept a double ...

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, , W 6–5¹⁰ , , Hjelle (1–0) , , Adams (0–1) , , ''none'' , , 157 , , 2–0 , , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , February 17 , , , , 8, , Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park • Spartanburg, SC , , W 10–3 , , Lewis (1–0) , , Van Der Weid (0–1) , , ''none'' , , , , 3–0 , , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , February 18 , , , , 8, , Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park • Spartanburg, SC , , W 8–4 , , McGeorge (1–0) , , Ellis (0–1) , , ''none'' , , 145 , , 4–0 , , , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , February 20 , , , , 8, ,

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Lexington, KY Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County. By population, it is the second-largest city in Kentucky and 57th-largest city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 28th-largest ...

, , L 2–3¹⁰, , Schramm (1–0) , , Ramsey (0–1) , , ''none'' , , 4,118 , , 4–1 , , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , February 23 , , , , 8, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 10–1, , Hjelle (2–0), , Lee (0–2), , ''none'' , , 3,154 , , 5–1 , , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , February 24 , , Oakland , , 8, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 17–6, , Thompson (1–0), , Parr (0–1), , ''none'', , 2,508, , 6–1, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , February 25 , , Oakland , , 8, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 15–6, , Lewis (2–0), , Bowers (0–2), , ''none'', , 2,909, , 7–1, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , February 27 , , , , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 4–3, , Haake (1–0), , Morrison (0–1), , ''none'', , 3,240, , 8–1, , , - , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 2 , , , , 6, ,

Minute Maid Park Minute Maid Park is a retractable roof stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. It opened in 2000 as the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. It has a seating capacity of 41,168, which includes 5,197 club seats and 63 ...

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Houston, TX Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

Shriners College Classic The Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic is an annual six-team college baseball tournament held in Houston and hosted by the Astros Foundation. The 15th annual tournament was held at Minute Maid Park Minute Maid Park is a retract ...

'', , W 14–2, , Hjelle (3–0), , Cumbie (0–1), , ''none'', , , , 9–1, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 3 , , , , 6, , Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX
''Shriners College Classic'' , , W 7–2, , Thompson (2–0), , Wesneski (1–1), , ''none'', , , , 10–1, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 4 , ,

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

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''Shriners College Classic'', , W 10–4, , Lewis (3–0), , Perrin (0–3), , ''none'', , , , 11–1, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 6 , , , , 6, ,

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, , W 16–6, , Harper (1–0), , Teague (1–1), , ''none'', , 2,800, , 12–1, , , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 7 , , , , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , L 6–8, , Williams (1–1), , Schaenzer (0–1), , Martin (1), , 2,342, , 12–2, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 9 , ,

Texas Tech Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sys ...

, , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 11–6 , , Hjelle (4–0), , Harpenau (1–1), , Machamer (1), , 2,568, , 13–2, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 10 , , Texas Tech , , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 10–7, , Maley (1–0), , Haveman (0–1), , ''none'', , 2,811, , 14–2, , , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 11 , , Texas Tech , , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , L 3–5, , Kilian (1–0), , Lewis (3–1), , Quezada (1), , 2,643, , 14–3, , , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 16 , ,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

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Baum Stadium Baum is a German surname meaning "tree" (not to be confused with the French surname Baume). Notable people with this surname include: * Bernie Baum (1929–1993), American songwriter * Carol Baum, American film producer * Christina Baum (bo ...

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Fayetteville, AR Fayetteville () is the second-largest city in Arkansas, the county seat of Washington County, and the biggest city in Northwest Arkansas. The city is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, deep within the Ozarks. Known as Washington until ...

, , L 4–9, , Reindl (1–1), , Hjelle (4–1), , Cronin (3), , 8,751, , 14–4, , 0–1 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 17 , , Arkansas , , 4, , Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR , , L 2–14, , Campbell (2–2), , Lewis (3–2), , ''none'', , , , 14–5, , 0–2 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 17 , , Arkansas , , 4, , Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR , , L 9–16, , Murphy (3–0), , Harper (1–1), , ''none'', , 10,418, , 14–6, , 0–3 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 20 , , , , 6, ,

J. Page Hayden Field J. Page Hayden Field is a baseball venue in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is home to the Xavier Musketeers baseball team of the NCAA Division I Big East. Since 2006, the Cincinnati Steam of the collegiate summer Great Lakes Summer Col ...

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Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

, , W 20–4, , Schaenzer (1–1), , Zwack (0–4), , ''none'', , 159, , 15–6, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 23 , , , , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 5–4, , Ramsey (1–1), , Coker (3–1), , ''none'', , 3,158, , 16–6, , 1–3 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 24 , , Auburn , , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , L 3–4, , Malczewski (3–0), , Machamer (1–1), , Coker (4), , , , 16–7, , 1–4 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 25 , , Auburn , , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 13–3, , Lewis (4–2), , Burns (2–3), , ''none'', , 3,130, , 17–7, , 2–4 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , March 27 , , , , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 13–7, , Harper (2–1), , Wilson (0–1), , ''none'', , 3,032, , 18–7, , , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 30 , ,

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

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Sewell–Thomas Stadium Sewell–Thomas Stadium is a baseball stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is the home field of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide college baseball team. The stadium opened in 1948 and the current seating capacity is 8,500. The stadium is com ...

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Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population of 1 ...

, , L 2–4, , Finnerty (3–1), , Hjelle (4–2), , Medders (3), , 4,421, , 18–8, , 2–5 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 31 , , Alabama , , 7, , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL , , L 2–4, , Duarte (3–0), , Haake (1–1), , Medders (4), , 4,403, , 18–9, , 2–6 , - , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 1 , ,

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, , W 5–2, , Lewis (4–2), , Guffey (1–1), , Machamer (2), , 3,399, , 19–9, , 3–6 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 3 , , , , 9, ,

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, , W 8–5, , Coleman (1–0), , Thompson (1–3), , Machamer (3), , 4,798, , 20–9, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 6 , ,

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

, , 9, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 14–1, , Hjelle (5–2), , Hill (3–3), , ''none'', , 3,422, , 21–9, , 4–6 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , April 7 , , South Carolina, , 9, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , L 1–15, , Morris (6–2), , Haake (1–2), , Bridges (1), , 2,642, , 21–10, , 4–7 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 8 , , South Carolina, , 9, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 10–5, , Lewis (6–2), , Chapman (1–4), , Machamer (4), , 2,853, , 22–10, , 5–7 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 11 , , , , 8, ,

Hennon Stadium Ronnie G. Childress Field at Hennon Stadium is the home of the Western Carolina Catamounts baseball team in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Dimensions The baseball field’s dimensions are down each line, to the right and left center power alleys a ...

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, , W 7–5, , Coleman (2–0), , Therrian (0–3), , Machamer (5), , 754, , 23–10, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 13 , , , , 11, ,

Foley Field Foley Field is a baseball stadium in Athens, Georgia, United States. It is the home field of the University of Georgia Bulldogs college baseball team. The stadium holds 3,291 people. Foley Field was built in 1966. The stadium was renovated in ...

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Athens, GA Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the state ...

, , W 6–4¹¹, , Machamer (2–1), , Locey (6–1), , ''none'', , 3,004, , 24–10, , 6–7 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , April 14 , , Georgia, , 11, , Foley Field • Athens, GA , , L 7–9, , Hancock (4–2), , Haake (1–3), , Webb (2), , , , 24–11, , 6–8 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 15 , , Georgia, , 11, , Foley Field • Athens, GA , , W 1–0, , Ramsey (2–1), , Webb (1–4), , Machamer (6), , 3,218, , 25–11, , 7–8 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , April 17 , , Louisville , , 6, ,

Jim Patterson Stadium Jim Patterson Stadium is a baseball stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the home field of the University of Louisville Cardinals college baseball team. It hosted the 2007 NCAA Super Regionals, where the Cardinals defeated Oklahoma State two g ...

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Louisville, KY Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

, , L 2–8, , Detmers (2–0), , Harper (2–2), , ''none'', , 3,806, , 25–12, , , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , April 19 , ,

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

, , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , L 2–11, , Singer (8–1), , Hazelwood (0–1), , ''none'', , 3,646, , 25–13, , 7–9 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , April 20 , , Florida, , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , L 4–9, , Kowar (7–1), , Hjelle (5–3), , ''none'', , 4,174, , 25–14, , 7–10 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 21 , , Florida, , 6, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 3–2, , Lewis (7–2), , Dyson (5–3), , Machamer (7), , 4,461, , 26–14, , 8–10 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 25 , , , , 13, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 7–1, , Coleman (3–0), , Rogers (0–1), , ''none'', , 2,835, , 27–14, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 27 , ,

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

, , 13, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 7–1, , Hjelle (6–3), , Sikkema (3–4), , Machamer (8), , 4,112, , 28–14, , 9–10 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , April 28 , , Missouri, , 13, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , L 11–14, , Plassmeyer (5–2), , Haake (1–4), , De Oca (1), , 3,864, , 28–15, , 9–11 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , April 29 , , Missouri, , 13, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 11–10, , Marshall (1–0), , De Oca (5–3), , Harper (1), , 3,499, , 29–15, , 10–11 , - , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , May 4, ,

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

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Lindsey Nelson Stadium Lindsey Nelson Stadium is a baseball stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is the home field of the University of Tennessee Volunteers college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions ...

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Knoxville, TN Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...

, , L 2–6, , Linginfelter (3–4), , Hjelle (6–4), , Crochet (1), , 2,080, , 29–16, , 10–12 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 5, , Tennessee, , 13, , Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN , , W 10–3, , Haake (2–4), , Hunley (6–2), , ''none'', , 1,912, , 30–16, , 11–12 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , May 6, , Tennessee, , 13, , Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN , , L 3–5, , Crochet (5–5), , Lewis (7–3), , Stallings (1), , 2,324, , 30–17, , 11–13 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 8, ,

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

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Bart Kaufman Field Bart Kaufman Field is a baseball field in Bloomington, Indiana. It is home of the Indiana Hoosiers baseball team. The capacity of the facility is 2,500 spectators. It is named after Bart Kaufman, an alumnus who played in 1960-61-62. In 1961 he was ...

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Bloomington, IN Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the central region of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. According to the Monro ...

, , W 7–6, , Harper (3–2), , Saalfrank (1–3), , Machamer (9), , 2,882, , 31–17, , , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 11, ,

Mississippi State Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Univers ...

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, , W 9–6, , Hjelle (7–4), , Pilkington (2–6), , Machamer (10), , 4,303, , 32–17, , 12–13 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 12, , Mississippi State, , 17, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , W 4–1, , Ramsey (3–1), , France (3–3), , ''none'', , 4,416, , 33–17, , 13–13 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , May 13, , Mississippi State, , 17, , Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY , , L 8–18, , Billingsley (4–3), , Schaenzer (1–2), , ''none'', , 4,096, , 33–18, , 13–14 , - bgcolor="#ccffcc" , May 15, , , , 16, ,

Brooks Stadium Brooks Stadium is a 21,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Conway, South Carolina. It is home to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team at Coastal Carolina University. The facility opened in 2003 and is named in honor of Coby Garrett Bro ...

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Paducah, KY Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missour ...

, , W 14–2, , Hazelwood (1–1), , Hayes (1–6), , ''none'', , 1,056, , 34–18, , , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , May 17, , , , 19, ,

Hawkins Field Hawkins Field is a baseball stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the home field of the Vanderbilt Commodores college baseball team.

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Nashville, TN Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...

, , L 1–8, , Fellows (6–4), , Hjelle (7–5), , ''none'', , 3,018, , 34–19, , 13–15 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , May 18, , Vanderbilt , , 19, , Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN , , L 1–5, , King (1–3) , , Ramsey (3–2), , ''none'', , 2,894, , 34–20, , 13–16 , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , May 19, , Vanderbilt , , 19, , Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN , , L 6–9, , Gillis (4–1), , Hazelwood (1–2), , Conger (1), , 3,027, , 34–21, , 13–17 , - , - ! style="background:#0033A0;color:white;", Postseason , - , - bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , May 22 , , , , , ,

Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, also known as The Hoover Met, is a former minor league baseball stadium located in Hoover, Alabama, United States, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham. It was home of the Birmingham Barons of the Southern Lea ...

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Hoover, AL Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in north central Alabama, United States. Hoover is the largest suburban city in Alabama and the 6th largest city in Alabama. The city had a population of 92,606 as of the 2020 US Census. Hoove ...

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Record vs. conference opponents

References

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