If the recruiting gurus have it right this time around, then the incoming class debuting at Kentucky this fall may be the best of John Calipari‘s coaching career. No, Marquis Teague has not directed his first half-court set. Anthony Davis hasn’t dunked over SEC-caliber big men. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist hasn’t defended an explosive scorer on the…
Kentucky is loaded with talent and blessed with depth
On this date in Kentucky basketball history…
Sam Bowie, Kentucky’s 7-foot-1-inch center, has been walking around on a broken leg and did not know it.
Catching up with former Cat Scott Padgett
“Where are they now” is a periodical series that will take a look back at the careers of former Kentucky basketball stars and John Calipari-coached players and find out what they’re doing post-college. Today we catch up with Scott Padgett, a two-time national championship winner at Kentucky. Ever since Scott Padgett won a national championship…
Why college hoops fans hate Kentucky
If you don’t mind the fact that BleacherReport.com spreads this story out over 7 pages to increase their page views, this isn’t a bad read at all: “Every story needs an antagonist. Every sport needs a villain. There are some teams that sports fans just love to hate. Schools such as Duke, North Carolina, Connecticut…
The urbane Baron concocts another surprise
From 1964: “Among the less recognized but most unstinting of the sportswriters of Lexington, Ky. is Nancy Meade, who writes by hand under the auspices of Melissa Fagan’s Red Flash News, Grade 4, Sayre School. In her editorial last week, Miss Meade pointed out that she was “born here in Lexington and grew up to…
Athlon Sports puts Terrence Jones on the cover; picks Final Four of UK, UNC, Ohio State, Syracuse
Here is today’s college basketball question from Rick Bozich of the Louisville Courier Journal: Is there anybody out there who is NOT going to pick Kentucky and North Carolina to make the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans next season? Athlon put UK sophomore forward Terrence Jones on the cover of one of its regional…
A video tribute to Kentucky legend Cawood Ledford on the 10th anniversary of his death
In His Old Kentucky Home, Far Away
Ever since you were old enough to drink water after 6 p.m., you’ve probably understood that Adolph Rupp ranked right up there with Colonel Sanders, Man o’ War, Mammoth Cave and other great Kentucky inventions. You’ve known it and believed it, another legend to help you through those desultory days when you needed a push every 15 minutes to get…
A barnburner in the old barn
The Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. stood gray and gloomy, matching the drizzly December afternoon. Inside, where there should have been fans yelling and pompons shaking and a basketball floor gleaming, there was nothing but darkness and wet gravel. For more than three years construction men have been blasting out limestone and piecing together concrete slabs, preparing this…
Terrence Jones makes the cover of Sporting News; names Anthony Davis first team All-American
The Sporting News College Basketball Yearbook likes what is going on at the University of Kentucky. UK forward Terrence Jones is the dominant face on a cover that also includes Will Barton of Memphis as well as Glen Rice Jr. of Georgia Tech. As for the first-team all-Americans? Anthony Davis, the UK freshman, made the…