Kentucky guard John Wall has been selected National Freshman of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for the 2009-10 season. The 6-4, 195-pound Wall, from Raleigh, N.C., has averaged 16.8 points, 6.5 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game for the Wildcats. He is a first-team USBWA All-American as well as the Southeastern Conference…
John Wall named National Freshman of the Year by USBWA
In the rapper Drake, Kentucky has a natural fan
After Kentucky’s 90-60 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday night sent the Wildcats to the N.C.A.A. tournament’s Round of 16, the Grammy-nominated rapper Drake raised two of his fingers in celebration from his second-row seat behind the Wildcats bench. Drake, who was at the game with the basketball power broker known as Worldwide Wes, wore…
Ashley Judd prefers Calipari to Gillispie as her leading man
Afterward, Judd raved about Calipari and what he has accomplished this season in his first year at Kentucky. “He’s perfect for Kentucky,” she said. “He has a personality as big as our program. It’s a really good fit. We love him.” Judd was not nearly as fond of his predecessor, Billy Gillispie, who was fired…
Darius Miller’s mother had a feeling her son might have a big night
Before Saturday’s game, Nicole Miller said she had a feeling she was going to have a big night on the town. She probably did, too, after watching her son — Kentucky sophomore Darius Miller — played perhaps his best game of the season to help UK down Wake Forest 90-60 in the NCAA East Region…
An unleashed Kentucky is the new tournament favorite
Camera flashes dotted a sea of blue at New Orleans Arena as Eric Bledsoe flew down the lane and took flight five feet from the rim to throw down a one-hand tomahawk jam. Kentucky head coach John Calipari had nothing. What could he say? He headed back to the bench and scratched his head. Calipari…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Wake Forest
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 34-2 on the season while Wake Forest is now 20-11. UK is 5-0 in the series against the Demon Deacons and 3-0 against the Deacons in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats are 100-44 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UK is 5-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in…
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Cats grab 100th NCAA victory by rolling Wake Forest 90-60; Sweet 16 next
Darius Miller scored a career-high 20 points and top-seeded Kentucky made easy work of No. 9 Wake Forest during a 90-60 rout Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament. It was the second blowout in two games for the Wildcats (34-2), who crushed East Tennessee State 100-71 in their opener. Miller scored…
Daniel Orton provides story of loyalty, sacrifice
John Calipari, the loquacious, lovable and laudable head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, has never met a story he didn’t like to tell. So when asked to explain how reserve forward Daniel Orton ended up in Bluegrass Country, in the same recruiting class with NBA-ready freshman phenoms John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins, Calipari…
Patrick Patterson enjoys his NCAA debut
Patrick Patterson had played 93 games in his University of Kentucky basketball career. He’d made 600 baskets and scored 1,521 points. And until Thursday, none of them had come in the NCAA Tournament. Patterson made up for lost time in UK‘s 100-71 first-round win against East Tennessee State on Thursday at New Orleans Arena, scoring…