It was nearly two years ago around this time that John Calipari’s Kentucky team looked this strong, this unstoppable. Just like this team, the 2009-10 team crushed the will of its opponents, cruised through Southeastern Conference competition and earned its way to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. While this team hasn’t officially…
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 29-1 overall and has won 21 in a row, the longest active streak in Division I. The 21-game win streak is tied for the eighth-longest in school history. UK is 15-0 in Southeastern Conference play. Georgia is 13-16 overall, 4-11 in the SEC. Kentucky leads the series 115-25,…
Darius Miller hit five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, and No. 1 Kentucky beat Georgia 79-49 on Thursday night to extend the nation’s longest home winning streak to 52 games and push its overall run to 21 in a row. Kentucky (29-1, 15-0 Southeastern Conference) made an emphatic statement in its final game at…
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The first time John Calipari met Darius Miller and the Kentucky basketball team he cried. Joking or not, he says he even called Memphis’ athletic director and asked him to take him back. Outside of Miller, the immediate future of Kentucky basketball seemed that bad. “It’s hard to win in the Dribble Drive if no…
Not much about the UK basketball program looks the same as when senior guard Darius Miller arrived on campus in 2008. On Thursday, Miller will step on the Rupp Arena court for the final time. “I can imagine it being emotional for me,” Miller said Wednesday. “I’ve had a lot of good memories, met a…
UK freshmen Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were named among 30 finalists for the 2012 Naismith Men’s Basketball Player of the Year Award the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday. Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., leads the country in blocks (138 and 4.8 per game) and ranks second in field goal percentage…
The debate between Anthony Davis and Kansas’ Thomas Robinson for National Player of the Year honors wages on, but for this week, at least, Davis wins the race. The Kentucky freshman forward picked up not one but two awards for his monster week, earning National Player of the Week honors from ESPN and league Player of the…
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 28-1 overall and has won 20 in a row. UK is 14-0 in Southeastern Conference play. Kentucky clinched the outright 2012 SEC championship, the 45th league crown in school history. Vanderbilt is 20-9 overall, 9-5 in the SEC. Kentucky leads the series 136-44, including 76-14 in Lexington. UK…
Freshman Anthony Davis scored a career-high 28 points on 10-of-11 shooting, and No. 1 Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 83-74 on Saturday to win the Southeastern Conference regular season title for the 45th time. The Wildcats (28-1, 14-0) have won 51 straight at home and are on a 20-game winning streak overall. But Kentucky trailed at halftime and needed…