Anthony Davis didn’t play a lot for Team USA in its gold-medal run, but he made history on Sunday nonetheless. With the United States’ thrilling 107-100 victory over Spain in the gold-medal game of the 2012 Olympics, the former Wildcat star is now the youngest gold medalist in American basketball Olympic history. He’s also the…
Gold medal by Anthony Davis completes one of the most decorated years of any basketball player ever
Fearless, focused and vocal, Archie Goodwin ready to lead
A couple of weeks ago, the newly acquainted Kentucky Wildcats found themselves in a brutal conditioning drill with strength and conditioning coach Mike Malone and assistant coach Kenny Payne. The premise of the drill was simple. The players had to complete a set amount of sprints in a short period of time. If anyone failed…
Randolph Morris credits UK experience for shaping his success
Randolph Morris arrived at Kentucky in 2004 as one of the top rated players in the nation. A Parade and McDonald’s All-American out of Landmark Christian School just outside of Atlanta, Morris had great size at 6-foot-11, 260 pounds, soft hands and a nice around-the-basket game. While at UK, Morris showed great promise as a freshman…
Kentucky’s quiet star anything but in championship
There has been no shortage of storylines in this fantasy of a season for Kentucky basketball. Freshman phenoms Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were headline-grabbers from the moment they set foot on campus. Darius Miller was UK‘s steady senior leader who went from passing up every big shot to the Wildcats’ crunch-time killer. Terrence Jones…
The charm of ‘Catlanta,’ a home away from home for UK fans
During last week’s second and third rounds of the NCAA Tournament, Kentucky fans flooded the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville in a postseason practice that’s become an annual routine for Big Blue Nation. It was by no means out of the norm for blue to dominate an arena, especially considering the firs two rounds for…
Teague takeover: Freshman point guard dominates in third-round win
Playing point guard on a team full of future lottery picks, there isn’t a role Marquis Teague hasn’t been asked to fill this season. At times, he’s been solely focused on facilitating. Others, he’s been a scorer first and foremost. There have even been games in which Teague retreated into the background on offense only…
Memorable moments in Kentucky’s SEC Tournament history
John Calipari says he doesn’t care about the Southeastern Conference Tournament. He says it has no bearing on Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament seeding (which he may be right about). But he also said it’s a big deal to the fans, and he couldn’t be more right. In capturing 27th SEC Tournament titles over the years (the…
Kentucky sends off seniors in style with 3-point parade
It was nearly two years ago around this time that John Calipari‘s Kentucky team looked this strong, this unstoppable. Just like this team, the 2009-10 team crushed the will of its opponents, cruised through Southeastern Conference competition and earned its way to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. While this team hasn’t officially…
Miller’s time almost up, but his legacy will last forever
The first time John Calipari met Darius Miller and the Kentucky basketball team he cried. Joking or not, he says he even called Memphis’ athletic director and asked him to take him back. Outside of Miller, the immediate future of Kentucky basketball seemed that bad. “It’s hard to win in the Dribble Drive if no…
Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist sweep SEC weekly awards
The debate between Anthony Davis and Kansas‘ Thomas Robinson for National Player of the Year honors wages on, but for this week, at least, Davis wins the race. The Kentucky freshman forward picked up not one but two awards for his monster week, earning National Player of the Week honors from ESPN and league Player of the…