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Calipari wants Cats to relax as Missouri visits
Things had been a little gloomy around the Joe Craft Center. First, Kentucky lost freshman [db]Nerlens Noel[/db] for the season. Then it got clobbered at Tennessee. It got so bleak that John Calipari turned
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Willie Cauley-Stein comes out of hiding
Willie Cauley-Stein had gone into hiding. It was Sunday, a day after his Kentucky basketball team had endured a 30-point loss at Tennessee, and Cauley-Stein had a foul taste in his mouth. He wanted
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As Vandy visits, Cats still hope for turnaround
Put the protagonist in peril or you don’t have much of a story. Overcoming odds. Battling adversity. That’s the stuff epics are made of. So far, this Kentucky basketball season hasn’t looked so epic. But John
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Guard play key as Wildcats face Gators
There are few secrets when it comes to the Florida basketball team. If you want to beat the Gators ? and Kentucky does, when it visits Gainesville, Fla., Tuesday night ? you’d better be
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Jarrod Polson relishing role as Kentucky’s energy guy
When Jarrod Polson arrived at Kentucky as a walk-on, playing time was a desired but unrealistic expectation. Now, midway through his junior season, Polson isn’t the team’s best scorer, best defender or three-point specialist, but what
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Willie Cauley-Stein didn’t find Auburn’s style of play very fun
Willie Cauley-Stein went hard down the lane, took a hit from Auburn’s Asauhn Dixon-Tatum and finished, setting up a chance for a three-point play. The Rupp Arena crowd roared. Cauley-Stein’s teammates celebrated. But it
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Calipari teaching ‘life lessons’ as Cats face Auburn
For John Calipari, it’s all about Ws and the L-word. As his Kentucky team prepares to host Auburn Saturday at Rupp Arena, Calipari is focusing less than ever on basketball, but he’s jumping through all
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Cats are closing in…
With the Florida falling at Arkansas Tuesday and the Cats crushing South Carolina, UK is alone in second place in the SEC, just a game back of the Gators. That might be hard for
Read More »Cauley-Stein ‘rusty,’ but doesn’t show as he sparks UK in win against Gamecocks
He wondered if everything had changed. Following minor surgery that caused him to miss four games, Willie Cauley-Stein couldn’t keep all the negativity out of his mind. Most of it, yes. But some still
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Cats struggle to close, but Mays saves the day in UK’s overtime win
That magician Elston Turner had a shot in the air that could have forced a second overtime Saturday between his Texas A&M team and Kentucky at Reed Arena. It looked good as he rose up. It
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