Herald-Leader Sports Columnist Mark Story has looked back at Kentucky basketball games since the 1983-84 season, when the Herald-Leader began its electronic archive, and has selected his top 25 most memorable games. One game will be revealed each day until Nov. 11. Check each day to see where your favorite game was ranked. No. 24:…
November 7, 2007: Gardner-Webb snares Wildcats
December 12, 1987: Kentucky tips Cardinals on Jenkins’ tap in
Saturday’s hero, Cedric Jenkins, struck again yesterday. Jenkins, whose contributions aided Kentucky’s overtime victory over Indiana last Saturday, tipped in the basket with one second left that allowed UK to outlast back-from-the-dead Louisville 76-75 yesterday. Read article.
Top 25 most memorable Kentucky basketball games according to Mark Story
Trying to pick the 25 most memorable University of Kentucky basketball games since the start of the 1983-84 season is challenging. I imagine it is a little like asking Hugh Hefner to pick the 25 most attractive playmates. You get an impressive list — but you have a whole lot of beauty left over. Read…
Video: Envy our Past, Fear our Future
Video introduction to Kentucky’s 2009-2010 Big Blue Madness. Please note that YouTube, in it’s infinite wisdom, chose to strip the audio from this clip claiming a copyright violation. Seems strange since I obtained this video from the UK Athletics website. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpz37NWLV8g
Video Introduction to Kentucky’s 2009-2010 Big Blue Madness
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bnP4aKNxHI
Photo gallery from 2009-2010 Big Blue Madness
Great photos from CatsPause.com from 2009-2010 Big Blue Madness. Go here.
Video: Meet your 2009-2010 Kentucky Wildcat basketball team
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZOH6xZJH4k
Former Kentucky star Winston Bennett begins third season as coach at Mid-Continent
Mid-Continent University is hoping a big senior class translates into a big men’s basketball season. MCU returns five starters plus its top seven reserves from a team that set school records with 15 wins (15-15) and 10 TransSouth victories (10-6), a fourth place conference finish that was MCU’s highest ever. Demonstrating an ability to keep…
10 most notable Kentucky players that never played in a Final Four
The best thing about John Calipari’s infusion of top-level talent into the Kentucky basketball program is this: Assuming he stays healthy, it should mean that Patrick Patterson at last gets to play in an NCAA Tournament. Read article.
Happy 100th Birthday Wildcat! Today in 1909 our mascot became the Wildcat
The official nickname for UK’s athletic teams is “Wildcats.” The nickname became synonymous with UK shortly after a 6-2 football victory over Illinois on Oct 9, 1909, on the road. Commandant Carbusier, then head of the military department at old State University, told a group of students in a chapel service following the game that…