Archie Goodwin, a five-star shooting guard in the Class of 2012, committed to UK Tuesday night, according to ESPN’s Dave Telep and Goodwin’s Twitter. Telep, ESPN’s recruiting analyst, first reported the news on Twitter. Minutes later, Goodwin confirmed the news himself on his Twitter page. Goodwin, a Little Rock, Ark., native, had a final three…
Some called them the Kentucky Mildcats
For months now, basketball fans in Kentucky have been wondering how a program with the biggest and best of everything can lose to a Middle Tennessee in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. That’s what happened, of course, to the Kentucky Wildcats—Mildcats, some called them—last March. Inevitably, a lot of fingers were pointed at…
Joe B. Hall sat everybody down for an old-fashioned Rupp reamin’…
Joe B. Hall would rather reveal what his middle initial stands for than admit that he felt some satisfaction when two Cats began clawing at one another—throwing punches, no less—during a recent practice. One of the pugilists was Winston Bennett, a rock-solid 6’7″ freshman forward. The other looked like a doo-wop singer on whom someone…
Kentucky is loaded with talent and blessed with depth
If the recruiting gurus have it right this time around, then the incoming class debuting at Kentucky this fall may be the best of John Calipari’s coaching career. No, Marquis Teague has not directed his first half-court set. Anthony Davis hasn’t dunked over SEC-caliber big men. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist hasn’t defended an explosive scorer on the…
On this date in Kentucky basketball history…
Sam Bowie, Kentucky’s 7-foot-1-inch center, has been walking around on a broken leg and did not know it.
Catching up with former Cat Scott Padgett
“Where are they now” is a periodical series that will take a look back at the careers of former Kentucky basketball stars and John Calipari-coached players and find out what they’re doing post-college. Today we catch up with Scott Padgett, a two-time national championship winner at Kentucky. Ever since Scott Padgett won a national championship…
Why college hoops fans hate Kentucky
If you don’t mind the fact that BleacherReport.com spreads this story out over 7 pages to increase their page views, this isn’t a bad read at all: “Every story needs an antagonist. Every sport needs a villain. There are some teams that sports fans just love to hate. Schools such as Duke, North Carolina, Connecticut…
The urbane Baron concocts another surprise
From 1964: “Among the less recognized but most unstinting of the sportswriters of Lexington, Ky. is Nancy Meade, who writes by hand under the auspices of Melissa Fagan’s Red Flash News, Grade 4, Sayre School. In her editorial last week, Miss Meade pointed out that she was “born here in Lexington and grew up to…
Athlon Sports puts Terrence Jones on the cover; picks Final Four of UK, UNC, Ohio State, Syracuse
Here is today’s college basketball question from Rick Bozich of the Louisville Courier Journal: Is there anybody out there who is NOT going to pick Kentucky and North Carolina to make the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans next season? Athlon put UK sophomore forward Terrence Jones on the cover of one of its regional…
Former Cat Richie Farmer accused of misconduct
Kentucky Democrats have filed an ethics complaint against Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer for using a state account to buy a refrigerator for his home. The complaint from the state Democratic party also says Farmer, who has headed the department since 2004, has used his state vehicle for personal use “for almost eight years” without reporting…