Last year, the Cats upset North Carolina to advance to the Final Four, but in the 2012 NCAA Tournament, as the No. 1 overall seed, they’re favored to win. UK (32-2) battles Baylor (27-7) in the Elite Eight for a chance to advance to its fifteenth Final Four appearance Sunday at 2:20 p.m. at the…
When it ended this time, Darius Miller was not on the court being swarmed by a knot of celebrating Indiana University basketball players. When the final seconds ticked away this time, Miller was walking along the University of Kentucky bench hugging all of his coaches and teammates. This is the reason: Beaten by one at…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Indiana
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 24 points and Kentucky shook off a quiet night by freshman star Anthony Davis, pulling away from Indiana in a showdown of storied programs for a 102-90 victory Friday in the South Regional semifinals. Davis wasn’t a huge factor after picking up two early fouls, but the top-seeded Wildcats (35-2) had five…
The Dallas Mavericks signed swingman Kelenna Azubuike to fill the roster spot vacated by Thursday’s release of Sean Williams. Although Azubuike hasn’t played since early in the 2009-10 season because of a knee injury, Mavericks officials are intrigued by the progress Azubuike has made in his rehabilitation efforts, sources said. Azubuike will receive a deal…
Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Adolph Rupp Award, annually presented to the National Player of the Year. Davis, a first-team All-American and the SEC Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, has led Kentucky to a 32-2 record, including a…
Wearing cargo shorts and a Kentucky basketball T-shirt, he walks with a slight limp through the cement underworld of the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, site of his team’s first stop along the road to their goal of an eighth NCAA tournament championship. A freshman listed at just 5-foot-11, Sam Malone looks more Sigma Chi…
A dedicated ESPNHS POY team managed the Gatorade State Boys Basketball Player of the Year selection process, resulting in the following winners based on athletic production and impact in the 2011-12 season. These student-athletes also demonstrated high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership. See full list here.
During last week’s second and third rounds of the NCAA Tournament, Kentucky fans flooded the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville in a postseason practice that’s become an annual routine for Big Blue Nation. It was by no means out of the norm for blue to dominate an arena, especially considering the firs two rounds for…
Kentucky freshmen Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2012 Coaches’ Division I All-America teams as announced by the organization on Tuesday. Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., was a first team selection. He leads the country in blocks (166 and 4.6 per game)…