Kentucky offers scholarship to Marcus Lee
Photo: John Calipari with the 1996 National Championship team
John Calipari poses with those members of the 1996 National Championship team in attendance for today’s charity event. Photo by Tammie Brown of Moments in Time Photography exclusively for Wildcat World.
New Rupp Arena locker room will feature 2012 Final Four floor
As the Kentucky Wildcats try to march to another Final Four, they will have a tangible reminder beneath their feet of their latest run. John Calipari, with the help of Northwestern Mutual, announced Wednesday that parts of the 2012 Final Four floor – on which UK won its eighth national championship – will be used…
Hornets sign Darius Miller
The New Orleans Hornets announced today that they have signed 2012 second round pick Darius Miller. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. Miller (6-8, 225) was the 2012 SEC Sixth-Man of the Year, helping Kentucky to the national title in New Orleans while posting averages of 9.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and…
A video tribute to Kentucky legend Cawood Ledford on the 11th anniversary of his death
Video tribute to Kentucky legend Cawood Ledford features Tom Leach, Bill Keightley, C.M. Newton and Oscar Combs.
Former Cat C.M. Newton honored with Lapchick Character Award
Four members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame have been selected as the 2012 recipients of the Lapchick Character Award. Cathy Rush. C.M. Newton, Morgan Wootten and the late Pete Newell were announced Monday as the coaches to be honored this year with the award named after the Hall of Fame coach and…
Photo: Coach Calipari with the 1996 National Championship team
Photo: Coach Calipari with the 1996 National Championship team
Derek Anderson’s dunk on Louisville in 1996 was one of the best of all-time
From Eamonn Brennan of ESPN.com: “In 1996 and ’97, Kentucky went to back-to-back title games and Derek Anderson was one of Rick Pitino’s top players. Anderson’s slam against rival Louisville in 1996 was arguably the play of the year for the program. Anderson leapt over Nate Jones on a fast break as Jones tried to…
Gold medal by Anthony Davis completes one of the most decorated years of any basketball player ever
Anthony Davis didn’t play a lot for Team USA in its gold-medal run, but he made history on Sunday nonetheless. With the United States’ thrilling 107-100 victory over Spain in the gold-medal game of the 2012 Olympics, the former Wildcat star is now the youngest gold medalist in American basketball Olympic history. He’s also the…
2014 Top 10 Trey Lyles decommits from Indiana, Wildcats likely interested
One of the class of 2014’s top players, Trey Lyles of Indianapolis Tech, has decommitted from the Indiana Hoosiers and reopened his recruitment: Lyles, who is 6-foot-8, made an oral commitment to Indiana before his freshman year. He is rated the No. 9 player in the country for the Class of 2014, according to Rivals.com. “Trey Lyles has decided…