Tag: Duke

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Duke

Go here for boxscore. Duke improves to 2-0 on the season following a 75-68 victory over Kentucky. The Wildcats fall to 1-1 on the year with the loss. Despite the loss, Kentucky still leads the overall series by an 11-9 mark. Duke has won seven of the last eight matchups. UK coach John Calipari is…

Comeback falls short as Cats fall to Duke, 75-68

Alex Poythress - photo by James Crisp | AP

Seth Curry scored 23 points and No. 9 Duke held off a furious comeback by No. 3 Kentucky, beating the defending national champions 75-68 Tuesday night in the first matchup between the storied programs since 2001. Duke (1-1) appeared to be in control, even with Mason Plumlee on the bench in foul trouble. The Blue…

2014 Top 10 Trey Lyles decommits from Indiana, Wildcats likely interested

Trey Lyles

One of the class of 2014’s top players, Trey Lyles of Indianapolis Tech, has decommitted from the Indiana Hoosiers and reopened his recruitment: Lyles, who is 6-foot-8, made an oral commitment to Indiana before his freshman year. He is rated the No. 9 player in the country for the Class of 2014, according to Rivals.com.  “Trey Lyles has decided…

Former Cat Sean Woods makes Unforgettable run as coach

Even now, at age 41, Sean Woods wonders about what might have been.  On March 28, it will have been exactly two decades since the Kentucky point guard hit that running, 10-foot bank shot over the fully extended arms of Christian Laettner that put UK 2.1 seconds from upsetting mighty Duke in the 1992 NCAA…

Kentucky tops Pomeroy ratings, but not Sagarin or RPI

Wildcats - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

The three primary computer power polls in college basketball have spoken in the aftermath of all the weekend games — and they speak in different languages.  You can find Kentucky ranked Number One (Pomeroy) and as low as No 20 — the mostly inferior and relentlessly questionable RPI.  Duke tops Jeff Sagarin predictor ratings, followed…