Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Notre Dame
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Notre Dame
Terrence Jones learned to play basketball from his aunt
Kentucky freshman Terrence Jones enters Wednesday night’s clash with Notre Dame coming off his worst performance in his short college career. Freshmen, by nature, are somewhat inconsistent, but Jones has bucked that trend for the most part, posting double-doubles in four of his first seven games. Jones is 6-foot-8 and weighs around 240 pounds. But while the body says he should be a power forward, the skills clearly indicate a player just as comfortable on the perimeter.
Kentucky signee Anthony Davis is 6-10 and still growing
A year ago, Anthony Davis looked in the mirror and saw a 6-foot-3 guard in search of a college scholarship. At the time, Davis owned a common name and a common basketball frame. He was watching guards to pick up tricks to use on the floor and hoped he could play in college. It would be months until Cleveland State would come see him play and make his first scholarship offer.
Youth, Jones power the Wildcats
When the quartet of John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe and Patrick Patterson left Kentucky for the NBA following a 35-3 season in 2009-10, John Calipari’s Wildcats lost 57 points and 25 rebounds per game. Try not to shed too many tears for poor ol’ Coach C. The dynamic Kentucky head coach went out and landed perhaps the top freshman class in the country, and through seven games, it’s showing itself well.
Kentucky’s floor installed in Freedom Hall (with time lapse video)
The tile goes down, panel by panel, starting with one square spot on the floor and expanding outward. The blue sidelines remain ringed by red seats, and the words ‘Freedom Hall’ remain on the scoreboards. But those words don’t mean much after the UK logo is placed down, a dominating visual in the center of the Louisville arena.
North Carolina edges Kentucky, 75-73
Tyler Zeller scored a career-high 27 points and hit the go-ahead free throws with 47 seconds left, helping North Carolina edge past No. 10 Kentucky 75-73 on Saturday. Zeller scored 12 of the final 16 points for the Tar Heels (5-3), who earned a needed victory against a big-name opponent after struggling the first month of the season. John Henson added 13 points and 12 rebounds, giving North Carolina its sixth win in the past seven games against the Wildcats (5-2).
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. North Carolina
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. North Carolina
Kentucky and North Carolina – Two of the Winningest Programs Battle
Two of the winningest teams in college basketball face off Saturday when the Wildcats (2,028 wins – 1st) take on the Tar Heels (2,007 wins – 3rd) in Chapel Hill in a nationally televised contest on CBS. Kentucky enters the match-up having won five of its first six games, including a second-place finish in the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
Terrence Jones was nation’s best freshman for November
When you beat Duke’s Kyrie Irving (who has seamlessly replaced and remade the Blue Devils’ point guard spot) and Jared Sullinger (whose interior offensive efficiency might win Ohio State a national title this year) you know you’re doing something right. Jones is. The Kentucky freshman gets the nod over Irving, Sullinger and a handful of other frosh for not only excelling but doing so without the help of a team full of skilled veterans surrounding him.
‘Mother hen’ Josh Harrellson embracing ‘garbage man’ role
Josh Harrellson preferred people call him the “garbage man” for his suddenly changing role. Boston coach Patrick Chambers had a different idea after Harrellson’s 12-point, 11-rebound performance in Kentucky’s 91-57 win over Boston on Tuesday: mother hen. “I love that kid,” Chambers said postgame. “He does everything that you want a center or a big man to do. He plays ball screens great, he rebounds the basketball, he blocks shots. He’s the mother hen out there.”