Go here for boxscore. Kentucky moves to 35-2 on the season while Cornell is now 29-5. UK is 1-1 all-time against the Big Red and 1-0 against Cornell in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats are 101-44 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UK is 1-1 in NCAA Tournament games played in Syracuse. UK also is…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Cornell
Cats disciplined defensive effort best of the season
Chants of “Go Big Red” bounced down from the overhead dome. “Overrated” even echoed from a few thousand leftover West Virginia fans. Boos berated the Kentucky players every 30 seconds. This was every bit a road game. In hostile territory, nearly 85 percent of the 22,271 fans in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., wanted…
Kentucky downs Cornell, 62-45, and advances to Elite Eight
John Wall and top-seeded Kentucky overcame an early deficit with a swarming defense, stopping Cornell’s captivating NCAA tournament run with a 62-45 win Thursday night in the East Regional semifinals. With much of the Carrier Dome crowd – and the country – pulling for an upset by the 12th-seeded Ivy Leaguers, Cornell bolted to a…
How I Helped Cornell Beat Kentucky in 1966
From Hall of Fame journalist Billy Reed: “On the day of the first basketball game between Kentucky and Cornell since Dec. 28, 1966, I might as well tell you about why Adolph Rupp accused me of helping the Ivy League school shock the mighty Wildcats, 92-77, in Memorial Coliseum. That was the season after the…
Kentucky will be playing in its 21st Sweet Sixteen
After posting two of its most impressive displays this season in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats make their 21st appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16 taking on the Cornell Big Red. The Wildcats earned a berth in the regional semifinals with a 90-60 win over Wake Forest in the second…
Kentucky vs. Cornell will be the ultimate clash of hoop cultures
It’s a 12 seed against a top seed, but that’s only the beginning. It’s a team from a league that is routinely mocked against a team that represents college basketball royalty. It’s a team with a bunch of seniors getting ready to enter a tough job market against a team with a bunch of freshmen…
There’s an interesting parallel between the 1975 Kentucky team and the current edition
With a win over Cornell on Thursday, Kentucky will go into a regional final as the favorite to make it to the Final Four. Thirty-five years ago this month, the Wildcats were about as far on the other end of the spectrum as a team could be. They were facing an undefeated juggernaut from Indiana,…
An unleashed Kentucky is the new tournament favorite
Camera flashes dotted a sea of blue at New Orleans Arena as Eric Bledsoe flew down the lane and took flight five feet from the rim to throw down a one-hand tomahawk jam. Kentucky head coach John Calipari had nothing. What could he say? He headed back to the bench and scratched his head. Calipari…