DeAndre Liggins did not play in any of the Kentucky Wildcat’s first nine games last year. He had been a regular player on Coach Billy Gillispie’s 2008-2009 Wildcat team, but obviously something just wasn’t the way new coach John Calipari wanted. No information was given out by Calipari to explain the lack of playing time…
Brandon Knight is Dick Vitale’s Diaper Dandy of the Week
Brandon Knight is Dick Vitale’s Diaper Dandy of the Week
Young, inexperienced Kentucky Wildcats have developed into title contender
Last year’s Kentucky team ascended to the No. 1 ranking in the country at one point. Next year, Kentucky will feature arguably the nation’s best recruiting class and might start the preseason as the No. 1 team. This year’s team came with plenty of question marks, was hindered by the ineligibility of a key recruit,…
Calipari’s brilliance has Kentucky in Final Four
This wasn’t supposed to happen. Not now. Maybe last season, when John Calipari had a record five first-round NBA draft picks on his roster. Or a year from now, when he’ll welcome in the nation’s top recruiting class (again) to Lexington.But this was supposed to be a year just to tread water, a bridge campaign…
Brandon Knight builds his legacy at Kentucky
During the University of Kentucky’s pre-season media day, it only seemed every question directed at Brandon Knight contained a variation on the same theme. So, Brandon, how do you plan to replace John Wall? How much pressure do you feel replacing John Wall? Over and over, Knight calmly answered that he felt no pressure to…
Kentucky’s Final Four drought ends in flood of emotion
Come on now, 12 years is a long, long time. Too long. If you are Kentucky and you haven’t been to the Final Four for 12 consecutive seasons, the longest drought in the history of the greatest tradition in college basketball, it’s an eternity. The Cats had been to four Elite Eights over those past…
In the face of adversity Cats simply would not wilt
At some point, you just knew North Carolina would make a run at Kentucky. In fact, it wasn’t just one run. The Tar Heels, behind star freshman Harrison Barnes and Tyler Zeller, repeatedly came at UK, mounting rally after rally and severely testing the will of the fourth-seeded Wildcats. In the face of adversity, Brandon…
Unthinkable foursome heading to Houston for the Final Four
Even in the unpredictable, anything-goes world of March Madness, this is a Final Four nobody saw coming. Kentucky, Connecticut, Butler and Virginia Commonwealth — the improbable, the implausible, the unthinkable and the downright unimaginable. In one game in Houston next Saturday, No. 4 seed Kentucky will play No. 3 Connecticut — not a completely absurd…
Photo: Kentucky Wildcats celebrate with the NCAA East Region trophy
Photo: Kentucky Wildcats celebrate with the NCAA East Region trophy
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. North Carolina
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. North Carolina