The U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) has selected Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis as the men’s National Freshman of the Year in conjunction with the 2012 Wayman Tisdale Award. The Chicago, Ill., native was selected as a first-team All-America selection by the USBWA on Monday. He averaged 14.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game en route…
Even after a week in which the top four teams lost, The Associated Press’ final poll looks a lot like it did for the last two months of the season. Kentucky and Syracuse, which both lost in their conference tournaments, were Nos. 1 and 2 in the Top 25 for a seventh straight week Monday. …
Cue the comparisons to 1996. As soon as the Wildcats lost to Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament final on Sunday, the members of Big Blue Nation suffered a collective case of déjà vu. The Untouchables, the Rick Pitino-coached group that included Derek Anderson, Tony Delk and Antoine Walker, dropped the SEC tournament final to Mississippi…
After a dominating run during the regular season, top-ranked Kentucky made it a clean sweep of the awards on The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference team. Freshman forward Anthony Davis was a unanimous choice Monday for player of the year and newcomer of the year, while John Calipari took the coaching honor for the second time…
Ten standout players representing seven conferences have been selected to the 2011-12 U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-America Team. The first team consists of five forwards, as the USBWA selects the nation’s top five players regardless of position. Ohio State sophomore Jared Sullinger, last season’s winner of the Wayman Tisdale Award as the National Freshman of…
After registering its NCAA record 13th 30-win season, the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team (32-2) will make its NCAA-leading 52nd NCAA Tournament appearance after earning the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, it was announced Sunday night. Kentucky, which is the top seed in the South Region, will play the winner of the first-round game…
Davis, Jones named to SEC All-Tournament team
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky falls to 32-2, while Vanderbilt improves to 24-10. The Wildcats are 136-45 all-time against Vanderbilt and 4-4 against the Commodores in the SEC Tournament. Kentucky leads the SEC with 27 SEC Tournament titles. UK is now 119-23 in SEC Tournament games. The Wildcats 24-game winning streak ended, it was…
Jeffery Taylor scored 18 points and Vanderbilt rallied to beat No. 1 Kentucky 71-64 in the Southeastern Conference tournament championship game Sunday, ending the Wildcats’ 24-game winning streak. John Jenkins and Festus Ezeli both had 17 points for Vanderbilt (24-10), which was playing in its first SEC tournament final since 1951, the year of its…
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 32-1, while Florida falls to 23-10. The Wildcats are 93-33 all-time against Florida and 12-3 against the Gators in the SEC Tournament. Kentucky swept all three games against Florida for the first time since the 2004 season. It marks the first time UK has defeated the same…