Tag: Darius Miller

Hornets sign Darius Miller

The New Orleans Hornets announced today that they have signed 2012 second round pick Darius Miller. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.  Miller (6-8, 225) was the 2012 SEC Sixth-Man of the Year, helping Kentucky to the national title in New Orleans while posting averages of 9.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and…

Darius Miller honored on return to Maysville

Darius Miller - photo by Terry Prather, The Ledger Independent

On a sweltering 4th of July morning at the Maysville Walmart, the line was already stretching well around the left side of the massive store, with people dressed in blue and holding items to be signed.  The reason for an invasion of a local gathering of members of Big Blue Nation?  Well, one of their…

Kentucky’s quiet star anything but in championship

NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 02: Doron Lamb #20 of the Kentucky Wildcats goes up for a shot against Kevin Young #40 of the Kansas Jayhawks in the first half in the National Championship Game of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on April 2, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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…

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Kansas

Go here for boxscore.   Kentucky move 38-2, while Kansas drops to 32-7. The Wildcats are 21-6 all-time against Kansas and 2-1 against the Jayhawks in the NCAA Tournament. UK is now 111-46 in NCAA Tournament games. Kentucky’s 111 tournament wins is the most in the country. The Wildcats are 19-7 in Final Four games…

Old man Miller on verge of becoming a Kentucky legend

Darius Miller - photo by Jonathan Daniel | Getty

Darius Miller’s status as a comparatively prehistoric ‘Cat — a senior at a program that has been a revolving door of freshmen the last three seasons — has been a source of mild amusement during Final Four week.  But the smiles on the faces of both Miller and his coach Sunday afternoon were those of…