Kentucky to wear specially designed uniforms for Auburn game

Kentucky's players will wear specially designed uniforms for Saturday night's game against Auburn in Rupp Arena.

UK is one of eight men's basketball teams selected by Nike to wear its new Hyper Elite uniforms.

The uniform will feature a white base with blue lettering and a 26-degree speed graphic of an evolved checkerboard across the side of the game shorts, according to a news release from UK. The 26-degree angle of the graphic was inspired by the chevron on the classic Nike Windrunner track jacket that debuted in 1978. The graphic represents a distinctive basketball point of view, based on the roughly 1,000 directional changes, or "cuts" that a player might make in the course of a game.

This story was originally published February 20, 2015 at 12:28 PM with the headline "Kentucky to wear specially designed uniforms for Auburn game."