Former Cat and NBA All-Star Antoine Walker’s lawyer says he’s trying to resolve criminal charges stemming from more than $800,000 in gambling debts to three Las Vegas casinos. Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melanie Tobiasson on Thursday gave attorney Jonathan Powell until Nov. 30 to make a deal with the Clark County district attorney…
The Race to 2000 Wins
The race to 2000 wins begins Friday for Kentucky. It’s already begun for North Carolina. Although meaningless in all other regards, reaching the 2000 win milestone will certainly give one school some serious bragging rights. I’ve put together a chart to track the progress of both teams along with projections and my predictions. You can…
Billy Gillispie was one of the worse hires of the decade
We already knew this but Pat Forde of ESPN felt he needed to bring it up again in his article highlighting the forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college basketball, preview edition. Read article.
The Sporting News picks Patrick Patterson for its preseason All-American team
He joins Willie Warren of Oklahoma, Luke Harangody of Notre Dame, Sherrod Collins of Kansas and Devin Ebanks of West Virginia. Read article.
Kentucky assistant coach Orlando Antigua was a Globetrotter
Larry Vaught of VaughtsViews.com brings up a little known fact. Kentucky assistant coach Orlando Antigua was the first Hispanic and the first non-black player to play for the Harlem Globetrotters in 52 years. He played in 48 countries during his seven years with the Globetrotters following his collegiate career at Pittsburgh and was nicknamed “Hurricane”…
March 22, 1998: ‘Ghost’ of ’92 classic scared away in 86-84 comeback over Duke
If Big Blue Nation carried psychic scars from Christian Laettner and six years earlier – and it did – Tubby Smith’s first UK team supplied the healing salve. Down 17 points with 9:38 left, Kentucky rallied behind the penetrating drives of point guard Wayne Turner. With the score tied at 81 and 39.4 seconds left,…
February 15, 1994: Never-quit Cats win with historic rally
LSU led Kentucky by 31 points – 31! – with 15:34 left in the game. Then UK unleashed a rally for the ages, capped when Walter McCarty buried a three-pointer from the deep corner with 19 seconds left to give the Cats the lead for good. The 31-point, second-half deficit surmounted was the greatest road…
Feb. 15, 1990: Kentucky holds off LSU 100-95
Rick Pitino’s rag-tag first UK team with eight scholarship players and no one taller than 6-foot-7 — the same team that lost by 55 earlier in the season at Kansas — beat an LSU team with Shaquille O’Neal, fellow 7-footer Stanley Roberts and the sweet-shooting guard known then as Chris Jackson. Read article.
The state of Kentucky is wild about new coach John Calipari and the Wildcats
It was 8:20 p.m. at Kentucky’s annual Big Blue Madness at Rupp Arena and the house was rocking like post time on the first Saturday in May. More than 24,000 rabid fans, many of whom had camped out for three days in 500 tents set up outside the Craft Center, were hoping for the chance…
John Wall lives up to expectations as Cats roll
When freshman John Wall went to the bench with 4:21 left, the Rupp Arena crowd rose and applauded in appreciation. There were plenty of reasons why. In his delayed debut for Kentucky, Wall scored a game-high 27 points, handed out nine assists and generally showed why he’s considered one of college basketball’s top talents despite…