Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 22-1, 7-1 SEC on the season. LSU falls to 9-14, 0-9. UK is 79-24 against the Tigers and 28-16 in Baton Rouge. Today’s game was the 107 th anniversary of the first game in UK history. The Wildcats lost a 16-5 to Georgetown College. Kentucky will be…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. LSU
Video: John Wall’s beautiful behind the back layup against LSU
John Wall among 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award
UK guard John Wall is among 11 finalists for the 2010 Bob Cousy Award announced Friday. This annual award is given to college basketball’s top point guard and is named after Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtics guard Bob Cousy. An original list of 73 candidates made up of players from Division I, II…
Cousins launching himself into Player of the Year discussion
A blue and white Kentucky clad player might earn National Player of the Year honors before this season is all said and done, but here’s a notion worth considering: it might not be John Wall. That player a few national writers speculated could derail UK‘s season because of his emotions, it turns out he could…
Kentucky cruises past Ole Miss 85-75
John Wall shook off a recent slump to score 17 points to go with seven assists while leading No. 4 Kentucky to an 85-75 win over No. 25 Mississippi on Tuesday night. DeMarcus Cousins added 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Wildcats (21-1, 6-1 Southeastern Conference), who built an early double-digit lead then held…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 20-1, 5-1 in the Southeastern Conference while Vanderbilt is 16-4, 5-1 in league action. This ends a 10-game win streak by the Commodores. Kentucky leads the series, 132-43, including 74-14 in Lexington. Kentucky has an all-time record of 154-24 while being ranked No. 1 in the nation in…
Kentucky and John Wall are human and mortal after all
No one is ready to handle the bull’s-eye. A year ago, it was North Carolina and everyone else. Two years ago, there were four elite teams in a class of their own to begin the season — and the same quartet made the Final Four. In 2007, it was the defending champion Florida Gators who…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. South Carolina
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky suffered its first loss and is now 19-1, 4-1 SEC on the season. South Carolina improves to 12-8, 3-3. UK is 41-10 against the Gamecocks and 16-6 in Columbia. Kentucky will be in action again Saturday, returning home to host Vanderbilt. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. with the…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Arkansas
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 19-0, 4-0 in the Southeastern Conference while Arkansas is 8-11 overall, 1-3 in league action. Kentucky’s 19-0 start is its best since the 1965-66 squad opened with 23 consecutive wins. This is only the third time in school history that the Wildcats have begun a season with at…
Patrick Patterson is ranked 2nd in the nation in field goal percentage at 63%
– Patrick Patterson is ranked 2nd in the nation in field goal percentage at 63%. – John Wall is ranked 3rd in the nation in assists per game with 6.9. – Demarcus Cousins is ranked 19th in the nation in double-doubles with 9. – Kentucky is ranked 5th in the nation in rebound margin at…