Willie Cauley-Stein, a 7-foot, 244-pound freshman forward from Olathe, Kan., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after scoring 11 points and gathering 11 rebounds against Eastern Michigan last week. Cauley-Stein made the most of his second career start en route to leading UK to a domination final non-conference action of the season. Cauley-Stein logged his…
Willie Cauley-Stein named SEC Freshman of the Week
Ryan Harrow has been arguably the Cats’ best player over the past five games
For the entire month of November, as Ryan Harrow struggled in the opener then missed 17 days and four games because of a mystery illness that has never been explained and a “family issue” that has remained equally unspecified, it was hard to imagine the sophomore point guard being a factor for the University of…
On this date in Kentucky basketball history…
Kentucky beats the overmatched Armoraiders of Fort Knox 64-30 in Alumni Gym on January 4, 1943. This marks the first win of what would become a record home court winning streak of 129 games. The overflowing crowd of 1,500 cheered on senior Milt Ticco, who scored 17 for the Cats. The streak went on for…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Eastern Michigan
Go here for boxscore. Playing its final regular-season non-conference game, Kentucky is 9-4 on the season. Eastern Michigan is 7-6. This was the first men’s basketball meeting between Kentucky and Eastern Michigan. UK is now 46-6 all-time against teams from the current alignment of the Mid-American Conference. Kentucky has an open date Saturday, then begins…
Ryan Harrow leads Kentucky past Eastern Michigan, 90-38
Point guard Ryan Harrow finished with 15 points and a season-high eight assists, and Kentucky rolled Eastern Michigan for a 90-38 win Wednesday night in the Wildcats’ final nonconference game of the season. Harrow scored in double figures for his fourth straight game after tallying a total of 14 points in his first five of the season.…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Louisville
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky falls to 8-4 while Louisville improves to 12-1. The Wildcats are 30-15 all-time against Louisville and 11-8 against the Cardinals in Louisville. Entering the game UK had won four-straight against Louisville and seven of the last nine. Today’s loss to Louisville is the first in the John Calipari era. Calipari…
No. 4 Louisville holds off Kentucky, 80-77
Russ Smith scored 21 points and Chane Behanan had 20 and No. 4 Louisville ended a four-game losing streak against rival Kentucky with an up-and-down 80-77 victory on Saturday. Peyton Siva added 19 points as the Cardinals (12-1) won a hard-fought Battle of the Bluegrass. Though the Cardinals trail the series 30-15, their victory followed…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Marshall
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky won its fourth-straight game and is 8-3 on the season and Marshall is 7-6. Kentucky leads the series 12-0, including 8-0 in Lexington. UK is now 68-13 all-time against teams from the current alignment of Conference USA. After the Christmas break, the Wildcats wrap up 2012 action Saturday at Louisville…
Kentucky rolls over Marshall in 2012 home finale
Ryan Harrow scored a career-high 23 points and Kentucky used a 21-5 second-half run to pull away for an 82-54 victory over Marshall on Saturday. Archie Goodwin added 18 points and Nerlens Noel 11 as the Wildcats (8-3) won their fourth straight before a season-high 24,271 at Rupp Arena. Kentucky also improved to 12-0 against Marshall. Kentucky’s final tune-up…
Nerlens Noel on historic defensive pace
Nerlens Noel came to Kentucky as the nation’s No. 1-ranked recruit. He was a skinny, 6-foot-10 kid. He had signature hair (albeit atop his head, not on his face). He had a ridiculous reputation as a shot blocker. So, yeah, folks were going to compare him to Anthony Davis. Which seemed (and sort of still…