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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. UNC-Asheville

Go here for boxscore.   Team Records and Series Notes Kentucky improves to 7-0 and UNC Asheville drops to 0-6. With a 7-0 start, UK is off to the best start since the 2004 season. UK owns a 3-0 all-time record against UNC Asheville, posting wins in 1997, 2000 and 2009. Monday’s game was the…

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Stanford

Go here for boxscore.   Kentucky is now 6-0 on the season. Stanford falls to 3-3. UK is now 3-0 all-time against the Cardinals. Kentucky returns to action on Monday taking on UNC Asheville in their annual Freedom Hall game in Louisville. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. ET with the game being televised live…

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Cleveland State

Go here for boxscore.   Kentucky is now 5-0 on the season. Cleveland State falls to 3-2. UK is now 1-0 all-time against the Vikings. Kentucky returns to action on Wednesday in the championship game taking on the winner of the Stanford/Virginia game. Tip-off is set for 9:30 p.m. ET with the game being televised…

Eric Bledsoe named SEC Freshman Of The Week

Kentucky’s Eric Bledsoe scored 24 points in his Wildcat debut, becoming the first Wildcat player since Sam Bowie in 1979 to score 20 or more points in their UK opener. Bledsoe also pulled down seven rebounds while coming up with two blocks and finished the game shooting 90 percent from the free throw line in…

Eric Bledsoe’s schoolboy toughness will go a long way

From James Pennington of the Kentucky Kernel, “Since Eric Bledsoe was an elementary schooler playing ball with high school seniors, he said baskets haven’t come easy.  He had me fooled. It sure seemed easy Friday.  Often the shortest player on the court even since he’s moved up a few rungs from elementary school, Bledsoe doesn’t…

Bledsoe thrills in season-opening win, but Patterson steadies the ship

It took two exhibition games, but we finally saw the real Patrick Patterson Friday night. Patrick, although it may be a bit overdue, welcome to the Cali-party.  After a somewhat head-scratching preseason, an exhibition season in which Patterson seemed to be lost in the flow of the Dribble Drive Motion Offense, the preseason All-American emerged…

Cats open Calipari Era with 75-59 victory over Morehead

Kentucky freshman Eric Bledsoe scored 24 points while starting in place of John Wall, and the fourth-ranked Wildcats opened the John Calipari era with a 75-59 win over Morehead State on Friday night.  Patrick Patterson added 20 points – including his first career 3-pointer – to go with 12 rebounds, and Darnell Dodson had 15…

Boxscore and Game Notes: Campbellsville (Exh.)

  Go here for official boxscore.   Kentucky-Campbellsville Postgame Notes   Exhibition Game – Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.      Nov. 2, 2009   Box Score   This was the first exhibition game under new coach John Calipari. This was the first meeting between Kentucky and Campbellsville. Attendance: 21,384 With the victory, Kentucky won its…