Beijing Ducks continued their unbeaten run at the 2011-2012 regular season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league after nailing a 101-100 away victory over Dongguan Marco Polo on Sunday. The Ducks, the eighth-placed team last season, refreshed their record to 4-0 and are the only unbeaten side in the 17-team league. Center Randolph Morris…
UNLV stunned No.1 North Carolina 90-80 in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational tonight. In the polls on Monday, North Carolina will surely drop and Kentucky will likely take the top spot in the polls. That means Kentucky will be the No. 1 team in the country when they face St. John’s on Thursday,…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Portland
Terrence Jones and Darius Miller scored 19 points apiece, Anthony Davis had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 2 Kentucky routed Portland 87-63 on Saturday night in the Wildcats’ final tuneup before playing St. John’s and No. 1 North Carolina next week. Kentucky (6-0) has won every game by double digits, but Portland gave…
Sam Malone goes left, and nobody stops it. Nobody makes Kentucky’s freshman walk-on drive to his right, and the result is that he gets buckets. He gets them in limited quantities and limited minutes, but still. He gets ’em. “I don’t think (opponents) get a scouting report on me,” Malone said. “I like that.” As…
Former Cat and St. Charles standout Josh Harrellson was saluted and his No. 55 jersey was retired. Harrellson scored 1,325 points and added 794 rebounds during an all-state career at St. Charles. He was selected in the second round of the NBA draft by the New Orleans Hornets – and then traded to the New…
Offensively, Kentucky isn’t quite sure of its identity yet, particularly in the half-court. Will the Wildcats rely on Terrence Jones in the post? Could John Calipari turn to the pick-and-roll extensively for the first time in his coaching career? Will the dribble-drive be UK’s signature mode of attack? At this point, not even Calipari (or…
Put the disclaimer not in fine print at the bottom of the screen, but front and center and clear to see: Do not take too much away from UK’s 88-40 dismantling of Radford. Yes, UK held Radford scoreless through the first 9:36 of the game. But it was only one game ago, a 10-point victory…
Go here for boxscore. With the win, Kentucky improves to 5-0, while Radford is now 3-4. The meeting with Radford marked the first meeting between the two schools, with UK owning a 30-4 record against first-time foes over the last nine seasons. The Wildcats own a 33-8 all-time record against teams from the state…
Terrence Jones scored 17 points and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added 15 points and nine rebounds to help No. 2 Kentucky beat Radford 88-40 on Wednesday night in the Wildcats’ first home game in nearly two weeks. Kentucky (5-0) improved to 35-0 at Rupp Arena since John Calipari took over as coach in 2009 and has a…