Connect with us

Cats in the NBA

DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, John Wall make NBA All-Star Game

Former Kentucky stars and current NBA stars DeMarcus Cousins (2009-10), Anthony Davis (2011-12) and John Wall (2009-10) were selected as reserves in the 65th NBA All-Star Game next month in Toronto.

Kentucky vs North Carolina Alumni Charity Game

vs North Carolina Alumni Charity Game

Former Kentucky stars and current stars  (2009-10), (2011-12) and (2009-10) were selected as reserves in the 65th NBA All-Star Game next month in Toronto.

The five starters for both the Eastern and Western Conferences for the game were voted in by fans and were named last week. Coaches around the league then decided which players would fill in the rest of the two rosters. The list of reserve players was announced on TNT on Thursday.

All three Coach Cal pupils made the All-Star game last year as well. It's the third year in a row that Wall and Davis will participate in the game and the second for Cousins.

Read full article here.

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

More in Cats in the NBA