Category: Kentucky Basketball

Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson is the nation’s best power forward

Per Mike Decourcy of SportingNews.com, “His confinement to the center position ended when John Calipari was hired as coach. Patterson (6-9, 235) will have the liberty to function away from the basket, but having the handcuffs removed doesn’t free him from the responsibility to play inside when it counts.”  Read article.

Stacey Poole to commit to Kentucky

Per Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald-Leader, “All indications are Stacey Poole, Jr., a top 50 prospect in the high school class of 2010, will commit to Kentucky on Wednesday.”  With press conference to follow on Thursday.  Read article.

Adolph Rupp: Man in the Brown Suit, February 28, 1949

This article about Adolph Rupp was published in Time magazine on February 28, 1949 and begins with the following,  “The University of Kentucky has its own special brand of Southern hospitality. When visiting basketball squads arrive in Lexington, they get full red-carpet treatment (which often includes a tour of nearby horse farms). Then, like condemned…