Go here for boxscore. Team Records and Series Notes With the win, No. 4 Kentucky improves to 4-0 and with the loss, Rider drops to 2-2. UK’s 4-0 start to the season marks the best start in five years dating back to the 2004-05 season, where Tubby Smith’s team opened 4-0, before going 19-2…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Rider
Double-doubles by Patterson and Wall power Cats past Broncs 92-63
Freshman John Wall had 21 points and 11 assists as No. 4 Kentucky dominated Rider 92-63 on Saturday in the Cancun Challenge. Patrick Patterson added 19 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for the Wildcats (4-0). The team hardly looked like the one coach John Calipari called the “worst” defensive team he’s seen in 20…
November 20, 1997: The Tubby Smith era begins
Kyle Macy and Tubby Smith made their debuts in front of enough cameras to match a Hollywood movie premiere. Smith, though, inherited a far more talented squad of players, a group that raced to a 39 point blowout of Morehead State. The eagles managed only 16 baskets made out of 58 shots taken, while their…
Demarcus Cousins’ big night leads Kentucky past Sam Houston
DeMarcus Cousins had 27 points and 18 rebounds to help No. 4 Kentucky outlast Sam Houston State 102-92 on Thursday night in the Cancun Challenge. Patrick Patterson had 20 points and nine boards and John Wall added 21 points and six assists as the Wildcats (3-0) overcame a record-setting shooting performance by the Bearkats (2-1). …
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Sam Houston State
Go here for boxscore. Team Records and Series Notes With the win, fourth-ranked Kentucky improves to 3-0, and with the loss, Sam Houston State drops to 2-1. Kentucky’s 3-0 start is its best since the 2006-07 campaign, when the eventual 22-win Wildcats opened 3-0 before a setback against UCLA. This was UK’s first game…
The ways of Chuck Hayes
Chuck Hayes is the kind of tough, scrappy guy Houstonians love to cheer. By most people’s standards the 26-year-old California native is a tall, brawny guy. But by NBA standards he’s on the small side: 6-6 and 230 or so pounds. So he trains to be strong and fast, and he plays with heart and…
November 18, 1986: Rex Chapman makes his debut in a Kentucky uniform
From the “Kentucky Basketball: The Season Never Ends” Calendar: Sure, it was just an exhibition game. Sure, Kentucky actually lost to the national team from Yugoslavia, 86-84. Nobody cared. This was about Rex Chapman’s first game at Rupp Arena in a Kentucky uniform. Receiving the ball from Ed Davender, standing behind the three point line with…
Three-fourths of the world is covered by water, the rest is covered by Chuck Hayes
Quote from video interview of Houston Rocket’s Shane Battier on the Phoenix Suns and Chuck Hayes.
John Wall has forever etched himself among the Kentucky greats already
In his first career action, Wall hit the game-winner, nailing a step-back 15-foot jumper with 0.5 seconds on the clock. The final two points of Wall’s team-high 19 points sealed an unthinkable 72-70 win over Miami at Rupp Arena on Monday night. “I was kind of nervous,” said Wall, who, coincidence or not, has been…