Former Duke star Christian Laettner said Thursday that his game-winning shot from the famous 1992 game against Kentucky made him a villain to UK fans. His earlier stomp of UK player Aminu Timberlake was no factor in his supposed villainy, he said. Laettner spoke on a teleconference promoting an Oct. 24 charity game in Rupp…
They averaged just 2.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game combined last season, but sophomores Stacey Poole, Jarrod Polson and senior Eloy Vargas could play a pivotal role in Kentucky’s success this season. The trio didn’t get the most minutes on the team and didn’t light up the stat sheets every game, but neither did…
Kentucky basketball fans, get ready. He…is…coming. Just under two weeks ago, several Kentucky outlets reported that another one of these NBA lockout-induced games was in the works, this time one that would pit a squad of former Kentucky players against a team comprised of guys considered “villains” of the UK program. We’re talking about players like Kemba Walker, who, along with the rest of…
You’re not going to believe this, but a Kentucky men’s basketball player has received preseason recognition. With less than two weeks before Big Blue Madness,Terrence Jones was recognized by the Los Angeles Athletic Club as one of 50 top pre-season candidates for the John R. Wooden Award. The Wooden Award annually recognizes the best player in…
A case can be made that Kentucky’s biggest rival isn’t Louisville or North Carolina or Florida. It’s the NBA, which plucks off the best players each year, leaving UK as college basketball’s Sisyphus pushing that one-and-done rock back up the hill every season. So it came as a pleasant surprise last spring when Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb chose…
Q: What will be your role? A: I really don’t know. I’m just going to go in every day and work hard and do whatever Coach asks me to do. Hopefully, I’ll fit into my role. Q: When you were transferring from Mississippi State, what did John Calipari say about how they could use you?…
In assessing another freshman-dependent Kentucky basketball team, Calipari had a familiar message for fans: Believe the hype. At this ultra-early stage, Anthony Davis is further along in basketball development than John Calipari’s former big-man star at Massachusetts, Marcus Camby. Calipari foresees nothing preventing Marquis Teague from claiming his rightful place among the coach’s star-studded parade…
Former Cat and Bullet Kevin Grevey Sr. has found success on the court at nearly every stage. He was named Mr. Basketball in Ohio while playing for the Taft High School Tigers in 1971. He twice earned All-American honors at the University of Kentucky, where he was also SEC player of the year in 1973…
He no longer plays for Kentucky, but former Wildcat Mark Krebs says one thing has not changed since he last played — senior Darius Miller still remains underrated. “I think he is very underrrated. Then again, his seasons have always been a lot of hype — and he’s a great player — but there has…
The majority of Rex Chapman’s time at Kentucky was spent in the air. Usually he was either rising straight up for a majestic 3-pointer or soaring over defenders for an athletic dunk. His athleticism and nose for the basket were a big part of why he enjoyed a 12-year NBA career after being the eighth…