This is according to Jeff Goodman of FoxSports.com: “There was a little bit of shuffling this week, and two names have made their way into the FOXSports.com Player of the Year race.” Read full article here.
John Wall’s lead for National Player of the Year is shrinking
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Auburn
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is now 18-0, 3-0 SEC on the season. Auburn falls to 9-9, 0-3. UK is 84-17 against the Tigers and 27-13 in Auburn. Kentucky has won 11 straight against Auburn and four in a row in Auburn. This is the final time the Wildcats will play in Beard-Eaves Coliseum.…
How the John Wall Sports Illustrated cover was created
Hat tip to Clay Jackson of ClaysDaze.com. Go here for full article.
Eric Bledsoe’s career night propels Kentucky over Florida
Eric Bledsoe scored a career-high 25 points, Patrick Patterson added 15 and No. 2 Kentucky stayed unbeaten with an 89-77 victory over Florida on Tuesday night. John Wall chipped in 19, including the team’s final seven points. The Wildcats (17-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) ended the game with a 17-5 run and snapped a five-game losing…
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.…
John Wall leads Jay Bilas’ Mid-season All-America team
From Jay Bilas of ESPN, “At the start of conference play, we have a body of work from the nation’s best players, albeit an incomplete one. Instead of projecting which players will be on our final All-America team or projecting which players will be the top picks in the NBA draft, let’s select our first-team…
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…
John Wall on the cover of Sports Illustrated for January 2010
Stolen from SI’s Facebook page.
Patterson and Wall make the John Wooden Award Midseason Top 30 List
There are six players from the Big East, and a handful from the Big 12 and ACC. Kansas has a trio and Duke and Kentucky both have a pair. They also added a 31st spot for Ohio State’s Evan Turner – who is expected to return soon from a back injury. For complete list go…
John Wall playing beyond his years, stakes claim for national honors
John Wall knows when its winning time. In what had been his worst game as a collegian to that point, Kentucky’s star freshman showed why he’s the odds-on favorite for national Player of the Year as soon as Louisville had taken its first lead of the game at 42-41 midway through the second half. Read…