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Cats down Hogs on Davis’ career night

Freshman Anthony Davisscored a career-high 27 points and blocked seven shots to set a season school record in No. 2 Kentucky’s 86-63 victory over Arkansas on Tuesday night.  The Wildcats (18-1, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) won their 10th straight overall and extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 46, including 45 straight at Rupp Arena. …

Arkansas fires John Pelphrey

Arkansas has fired coach John Pelphrey after four seasons with the Razorbacks, a source close to the situation told ESPN.com Sunday.  The Hogs will make a formal announcement later in the day.  Arkansas finished fourth in the SEC West. Pelphrey has three years remaining on his contract and will be paid a negotiated buyout.  Pelphrey,…

Kentucky falls to Arkansas in overtime

Brandon Knight

Marcus Britt’s layup in the final minute of overtime lifted Arkansas to a 77-76 win over No. 22 Kentucky on Wednesday night. The Razorbacks trailed 76-75 in the extra period, and the Wildcats had possession. However, Jeff Peterson stole an errant Kentucky pass and found Britt at the other end of the court for the game-winning layup. Arkansas (17-9, 6-6 Southeastern Conference) improved to 1-3 in overtime this season and gave coach John Pelphrey his first win in four chances against his alma mater.

Former Cat John Pelphrey saves job with elite recruits

John Pelphrey

There are two sure-bet ways for a college coach to keep his job. One is to produce wins. The other is to create hope. In a perfect world, a coach will do both — win at a high level so the present is great while recruiting at a high level so the future also looks terrific. Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Ohio State’s Thad Matta and Villanova’s Jay Wright are a few who meet both criteria.

Demarcus Cousins takes shot to mouth, breaks front teeth

It takes a lot to rattle — or knock out — Kentucky freshman DeMarcus Cousins. He took an elbow to the mouth from Arkansas guard Courtney Fortson less than two minutes into Saturday’s game here that appeared to break off part of his two front teeth. However, less than two minutes later he was back…

Undefeated and against the world: Cats get defensive to prove they’re No. 1

As Josh Harrellson put the finishing touches of a 101-70 rout of Arkansas with a leaning layup in the final few seconds of Saturday’s victory at Rupp Arena – the 19th straight victory to start the season – DeMarcus Cousins raised up from the bench, waved his hands in the air and flashed his million-dollar…