Heading into his senior season, what was left for Terrence Jones to do? Jones already had two Class 5A state championships and a player of the year honor from the 2008-09 season. As one of the country’s top-rated prospects in the class of 2010, Jones had every relevant college coach chasing him with a scholarship…
Kentucky recruit Terrence Jones named Oregon 5A player of the year
Kentucky recruit Brandon Knight named to Parade Magazine All-American team
Pine Crest’s two-time Gatorade National Player of the year Brandon Knight has been selected to the Parade Magazine All-American team. Knight, a 6-4 guard, was joined on the first team by Ohio State signee 6-9 Jared Sullinger (Parade Player of the Year and Naismith Player of the Year) and North Carolina recruit Harrison Barnes (Morgan Wootten Player…
Kentucky freshmen lead AP All-America team
Kentucky’s John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins are the first freshmen teammates to be selected to The Associated Press’ All-America team. The other players on the team announced Monday are Ohio State junior Evan Turner, Syracuse junior Wes Johnson and Villanova senior Scottie Reynolds. This is the third time in four years two freshmen were on…
John Wall didn’t want to take his uniform off after the game
John Wall, the most decorated freshman in University of Kentucky basketball history, sat in front of his locker after Saturday’s stunning 73-66 NCAA East Regional loss to West Virginia and could not believe it was over. “I don’t want to take the uniform off,” he said as managers started to pack equipment away. “… One…
Despite the loss, Kentucky is back
Kentucky basketball seemed to be back to its royal status as soon as John Calipari was hired a year ago. The rock star stature of its coach within the Commonwealth and the Wildcat diaspora spread throughout the world believed that the program had returned to its rightful place among the elite as soon as the…
Cats won’t be remembered for falling short
Standing on the precipice of greatness, perspective is easy to lose. So when the Cats stunningly fell just short of the Final Four, they fell hard. A team whose 13 players had combined to play in six NCAA Tournament games before this year’s go-around often struggled to find the right reaction this year but before,…
Cold shooting ices Cats, fall to West Virginia 73-66 in Elite 8
Joe Mazzulla scored a career-high 17 points in his first start of the season to help West Virginia beat top-seeded Kentucky 73-66 in the East Regional final Saturday to advance to its first Final Four since 1959. Da’Sean Butler scored 18 points for the second-seeded Mountaineers (31-6), who won their 10th straight game. Mazzulla started…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Cornell
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky moves to 35-2 on the season while Cornell is now 29-5. UK is 1-1 all-time against the Big Red and 1-0 against Cornell in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats are 101-44 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UK is 1-1 in NCAA Tournament games played in Syracuse. UK also is…
Cats disciplined defensive effort best of the season
Chants of “Go Big Red” bounced down from the overhead dome. “Overrated” even echoed from a few thousand leftover West Virginia fans. Boos berated the Kentucky players every 30 seconds. This was every bit a road game. In hostile territory, nearly 85 percent of the 22,271 fans in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., wanted…
Kentucky downs Cornell, 62-45, and advances to Elite Eight
John Wall and top-seeded Kentucky overcame an early deficit with a swarming defense, stopping Cornell‘s captivating NCAA tournament run with a 62-45 win Thursday night in the East Regional semifinals. With much of the Carrier Dome crowd – and the country – pulling for an upset by the 12th-seeded Ivy Leaguers, Cornell bolted to a…