With as much ease as it disposed of East Tennessee State, UK seemed to do everything in its power Thursday to rid itself of the one wound critics have salted all year: inexperience. At this point, how can anyone call a team inexperienced if it’s gone through just about every situation a team can face?…
The Wildcats may be a young team, but they aren’t inexperienced
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. East Tennessee State
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 33-2 on the season while East Tennessee State is now 20-15. UK is 3-0 in the series against the Buccaneers. The Wildcats are 99-44 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UK is 4-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in the New Orleans metro area. UK also is 40-10…
Cats coast to easy win in New Orleans, beat East Tennessee State 100-71
Eric Bledsoe‘s eight 3-pointers set a Kentucky record for an NCAA tournament game, and the top-seeded Wildcats dominated throughout in a 100-71 victory over East Tennessee State on Thursday night in the first round of the East Regional. Scoring 29 points in all, Bledsoe started 8 of 8 on 3s before finally missing his first…
Calipari has been named a finalist for Naismith Coach of the Year
The University of Kentucky’s John Calipari, one of only two multiple Naismith winners, is among four finalists for the 2010 Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today. He is joined by three would-be first-time Naismith honorees in Steve Alford (New Mexico), Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) and Frank Martin (Kansas State).…
Kentucky brings the legacy of Adolph Rupp to New Orleans
Just when our town needed a March Madness spike in ticket sales, the NCAA came through. It sent us the Kentucky Wildcats. Or, to be more accurate, it sent us the “legacy” of a man named Adolph Rupp. It’s a legacy carved in concrete. You leave such a legacy when you’re around long enough to…
Kentucky’s freshmen will ultimately be judged by their postseason run
There are times when Kentucky coach John Calipari boasts like he has the best team in college basketball. He even encourages comparisons to Michigan’s great Fab Five teams. Then there are other times when Calipari sounds like his young team is turning him into a full-blown neurotic. Even this late in the season, with the…
Why Kentuckians are so crazy about basketball
No one who has followed University of Kentucky basketball down through the years should ever be surprised at what the Big Blue Nation’s fans do. Many Kentuckians used to buy Vanderbilt season tickets just for the one game when the Wildcat played Vandy in Nashville. The school was embarrassed when so many UK fans would…
President Obama’s NCAA picks: Kansas over Kentucky
President Barack Obama‘s full NCAA tournament bracket has been unveiled on ESPN.com, and he breaks down how he put Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova into his Final Four. Last year, Obama correctly picked North Carolina to win the national championship. This year, the president once again is going with the tournament’s top seed, taking…
Demarcus Cousins makes the cover of Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is releasing six regional covers this week for the magazine’s March Madness preview issue. Sharing the honor this year are Ohio State’s Evan Turner, Syracuse’s Wesley Johnson, Gonzaga’s Matt Bouldin, Kansas‘ Sherron Collins, Kentucky’s DeMarcus Cousins and Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds.
Kentucky right back where it belongs
This is the way the University of Kentucky basketball team is supposed to travel: Faster than John Wall dances downcourt. Less than two hours after the Wildcats left Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., with the Southeastern Conference championship trophy Sunday, they were outfitted in blue “Refuse to Lose,” T-shirts, sitting in John Calipari’s new Kentucky home, celebrating their East Regional top seed in the NCAA basketball tournament.