Kentucky basketball fans, get ready. He…is…coming. Just under two weeks ago, several Kentucky outlets reported that another one of these NBA lockout-induced games was in the works, this time one that would pit a squad of former Kentucky players against a team comprised of guys considered “villains” of the UK program. We’re talking about players like Kemba Walker, who, along with the rest of…
In Kentucky, the ability to hold a basketball grudge resides in the very bone marrow of its citizens
Terrence Jones named to Wooden top 50
You’re not going to believe this, but a Kentucky men’s basketball player has received preseason recognition. With less than two weeks before Big Blue Madness,Terrence Jones was recognized by the Los Angeles Athletic Club as one of 50 top pre-season candidates for the John R. Wooden Award. The Wooden Award annually recognizes the best player in…
Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb return with a purpose
A case can be made that Kentucky’s biggest rival isn’t Louisville or North Carolina or Florida. It’s the NBA, which plucks off the best players each year, leaving UK as college basketball’s Sisyphus pushing that one-and-done rock back up the hill every season. So it came as a pleasant surprise last spring when Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb chose…
A conversation with Kentucky guard Twany Beckham
Q: What will be your role? A: I really don’t know. I’m just going to go in every day and work hard and do whatever Coach asks me to do. Hopefully, I’ll fit into my role. Q: When you were transferring from Mississippi State, what did John Calipari say about how they could use you?…
Calipari on this year’s team: “Believe the hype.”
In assessing another freshman-dependent Kentucky basketball team, Calipari had a familiar message for fans: Believe the hype. At this ultra-early stage, Anthony Davis is further along in basketball development than John Calipari‘s former big-man star at Massachusetts, Marcus Camby. Calipari foresees nothing preventing Marquis Teague from claiming his rightful place among the coach’s star-studded parade…
Kevin Grevey was taught about the responsibility of playing Kentucky basketball
Former Cat and Bullet Kevin Grevey Sr. has found success on the court at nearly every stage. He was named Mr. Basketball in Ohio while playing for the Taft High School Tigers in 1971. He twice earned All-American honors at the University of Kentucky, where he was also SEC player of the year in 1973…
Darius Miller will play “vital role” for Calipari’s talented Cats
He no longer plays for Kentucky, but former Wildcat Mark Krebs says one thing has not changed since he last played — senior Darius Miller still remains underrated. “I think he is very underrrated. Then again, his seasons have always been a lot of hype — and he’s a great player — but there has…
Where are they now: Family-first Chapman reflects on his former UK family
The majority of Rex Chapman‘s time at Kentucky was spent in the air. Usually he was either rising straight up for a majestic 3-pointer or soaring over defenders for an athletic dunk. His athleticism and nose for the basket were a big part of why he enjoyed a 12-year NBA career after being the eighth…
Archie Goodwin commits to Kentucky
Archie Goodwin, a five-star shooting guard in the Class of 2012, committed to UK Tuesday night, according to ESPN’s Dave Telep and Goodwin’s Twitter. Telep, ESPN’s recruiting analyst, first reported the news on Twitter. Minutes later, Goodwin confirmed the news himself on his Twitter page. Goodwin, a Little Rock, Ark., native, had a final three…
Some called them the Kentucky Mildcats
For months now, basketball fans in Kentucky have been wondering how a program with the biggest and best of everything can lose to a Middle Tennessee in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. That’s what happened, of course, to the Kentucky Wildcats—Mildcats, some called them—last March. Inevitably, a lot of fingers were pointed at…