Sometimes Josh Harrellson looks around at his new Knicks teammates and feels awed by what he sees. Instead of playing alongside Terrence Jones, Brandon Knight and Doron Lamb on Kentucky’s Final Four team, “Jorts” is now running with Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler on a team dreaming of an NBA championship. “Definitely,” the 6-foot-8…
Twany Beckham eligible to begin play for Saturday’s game versus Chattanooga
Twany Beckham transferred to Kentucky from Mississippi State after the fall semester of last year. He started 5 of the 14 games he played in for Mississippi State. Saturday’s game against Chattanooga marks the beginning of Twany’s eligibility as a Wildcat. Twany’s experience should help the Cats. His size and length are a great fit…
Kentucky is No. 3 in both polls
Kentucky fell to No. 3 in the coaches poll after losing to Indiana Saturday night, behind Syracuse and Ohio State and ahead of No. 4 Louisville. Kentucky is also No. 3 in the AP poll and received four first-place votes (it received no first-place votes in the coaches poll). The Hoosiers, one of four…
Former Cat Rodrick Rhodes feels at home coaching in tiny Cordia, Kentucky
Rodrick Rhodes grew up on an asphalt prairie in Jersey City, N.J. So when the former Kentucky Wildcats and NBA forward shocked the commonwealth’s basketball community last summer by taking a high school head-coaching job at tiny Cordia in Knott County, he was confounded by the twisting roads that wind up and down the Eastern…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Indiana
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky drops its first game of the season, falling to 8-1 on the season, while Indiana improves to 9-0. The Wildcats are 31-24 all-time against Indiana and 4-11 in Bloomington. UK is now 97-57 all-time against B1G opponents. The Wildcats have won five of their last six against B1G opponents…
Cats fall at Indiana
Indiana finally has the horses to beat top-ranked Kentucky. Christian Watford’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer from the left wing stood up to a replay review Saturday night, giving the Hoosiers a stunning 73-72 upset. The lead changed hands five times in the final 121 seconds before Watford’s big shot set off a wild scene, with Indiana fans…
Photo: A dejected Marquis Teague leaves the court as Indiana fans rush it
Photo: A dejected Marquis Teague leaves the court as Indiana fans rush it
Enes Kanter officially signs with the Utah Jazz
The Jazz have signed their 2011 draft picks, center Enes Kanter and guard Alec Burks. They chose the 6-foot-11 Kanter third overall out of Kentucky, though he never actually played for the Wildcats because he was ineligibile for the 2010-11 season. The 19-year-old played with the Turkish U18 National Team and was named the MVP…
Brandon Knight officially signs with the Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons continued to round out their 2011-12 roster, agreeing to terms with draft picks Brandon Knight and Vernon Macklin. Knight was selected by the Pistons with the eighth overall pick in the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft. As a freshman at the University of Kentucky last season, the 6-foot-3 guard averaged…
Former Cat Gerald Fitch is the blessing of Macon
This article is in Spanish. Of course it is. That’s where former Cat Gerald Fitch is currently starring. You’ll have to translate it but it’s worth the read: “It looked like a night any day. His training, his shots, his dinner, his life, his bed. His anger and melancholy, traveling companions. Gerald closed his eyes…