The University of Kentucky Athletic Department will celebrate the 1996, 1997 and 1998 men’s basketball teams on Feb. 18 inside Rupp Arena
Reunion Set for Kentucky’s 1996-98 Men’s Basketball Teams
The SEC Network has hired former Kentucky Wildcat and NCAA National Champion Antoine Walker
The SEC Network has hired former Kentucky Wildcat and NCAA National Champion Antoine Walker as a studio analyst for the 2016-17 season.
The Boston Celtics take a look at a legend: Antoine Walker
The lasting impact of the career of Antoine Walker in Boston was the re-establishing of the Celtics as a playoff contender.
Getting championship rings ‘just like winning’ again for ’96 greats
Members of Kentucky’s 1995-96 national championship team never waste an opportunity to get back together. When they do, there’s a familiar script. They first catch up on each other’s lives and families, but it’s not long before they start reminiscing. There are too many memorable moments to count, but there seem to be two they…
On this date in Kentucky basketball history, the Cats scored 86 points in one half…
No. 2 Kentucky set a school record on January 16, 1996 with 86 points in the first half and finished with the highest-scoring road game in its 93-year history, a 129-97 Southeastern Conference victory Tuesday night over Louisiana State at Baton Rouge, La. Forward Antoine Walker scored 28 of his game-high 32 points in the…
Former Cat Antoine Walker announces retirement following D-League finale
Antoine Walker was quite boisterous for the majority of his basketball career, but the former Boston Celticssharpshooter looked like a shell of his former self while playing for the Idaho Stampede in the NBA Development League over the past few seasons. It made sense, then, that his retirement was quite a bit quieter than his entrance into…
Former Cat Antoine Walker sells his NBA Championship ring for $21,500
Antoine Walker’s NBA Championship ring just sold for $21,500 … which would have been great news for Antoine, if he wouldn’t have been FORCED to sell as part of his bankruptcy case. Walker — who won the ring as a member of the 2006 Miami Heat — filed for bankruptcy back in 2010 … claiming…
It has become part of Kentucky lore that believed Pitino tanked the 1996 SEC tourney final
Cue the comparisons to 1996. As soon as the Wildcats lost to Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament final on Sunday, the members of Big Blue Nation suffered a collective case of déjà vu. The Untouchables, the Rick Pitino-coached group that included Derek Anderson, Tony Delk and Antoine Walker, dropped the SEC tournament final to Mississippi…
On this date in Kentucky basketball history…
On December 23, 1995, No. 4 Kentucky clobbered Louisville, 89-66. Louisville had upset Kentucky in a New Year’s Day matchup the previous season and a Kentucky team that would win the school’s sixth national title was ready to send a message about where it was headed that season. Tony Delk torched the Cards for 30…
Former Cat Antoine Walker receives probation, ordered to pay $770,050 in casino case
Former Cat and NBA All-Star Antoine Walker was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to pay $770,050 in restitution to three Las Vegas casinos after pleading guilty to failing to repay gambling debts. Walker’s lawyer declined to comment after his sentencing Tuesday in Clark County District Court. He faces a year in prison if…