Kentucky basketball players and coach John Calipari raised $1 million with a telethon on a Lexington TV station. The four-hour “Hoops for Haiti” Telethon on WKYT-TV Sunday received pledges of about $500,000. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that total will be matched by a group that includes Calipari. Read full article here.
Kentucky basketball players, Calipari raise $1 million for Haiti
Calipari and Cats to hold telethon to raise money for Haiti
In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, which has left hundreds of thousands dead or homeless and crippled an already poverty-stricken nation, Kentucky head coach John Calipari and his team will hold a telethon with WKYT to raise money for those affected in the tragedy. Although no time has been set, Calipari said the…
John Wall is Dick Vitale’s mid-season Player of the Year
He also picks Calipari as his mid-season coach of the year. From Vitale, “Now that the preconference schedule is about wrapped up, and many teams loaded up on those cupcakes, it is time to find out which are pretenders and which are contenders. A lot of clubs have put up gaudy records in nonleague play.…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Georgia
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 16-0 while Georgia is 8-6. This was the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. Kentucky’s 16-0 start is its best since the 1965-66 squad opened with 23 consecutive wins. This is the only the fourth time in school history that the Wildcats have begun a season with at…
Pitino and Calipari face off in historic rivalry
For a heated rivalry that has spanned nearly a century and that has existed longer than the famed North Carolina–Duke matchups, the Kentucky Wildcats and the Louisville Cardinals will face off for only the 41st time on Saturday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky for the Battle of the Bluegrass. The icing on the cake…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Hartford
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 14-0 while Hartford is 2-10. Kentucky’s 14-0 start is its best since the 1977-78 squad opened with 14 consecutive wins. This is the seventh time in school history that the Wildcats have begun a season with at least 14 straight wins. John Calipari is the only coach to…
John Calipari honors Adolph Rupp
Obtained from Kentucky Sports Radio: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjFW8BtoAKM
2000 win milestone belongs to Cats past and present
“This is for the greatest fans in the history of college basketball,” UK Coach John Calipari said. What a trek UK2K has been. Win No. 108 (1921) came when Bill King’s free throw with no time left gave Kentucky its first major tournament championship, 20-19, over Georgia in the finals of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic…
The reinvention of DeAndre Liggins
DeAndre Liggins wasn’t doing something right. That much was clear. The second-year guard, once hailed as the future point guard of the Kentucky basketball program, rode the pine for the first eight games and didn’t even make the trip to New York City to face Connecticut. Neither John Calipari, Liggins nor UK officials will say…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Drexel
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 12-0 while Drexel is 6-6. Kentucky’s 12-0 start is its best since the 1983-84 squad that opened with 12 consecutive wins. This is the eighth time in school history that the Wildcats have begun a season with at least 12 straight wins. John Calipari is the only coach…