Freshman point guard John Wall set a school record with 16 assists and No. 3 Kentucky crushed Hartford 104-61 on Tuesday night. Wall added nine points and four rebounds as the Wildcats (14-0) matched their best start in 32 seasons. Wall broke the record of 15 assists, set by Travis Ford against Eastern Kentucky on…
John Wall’s record night pushes Kentucky past Hartford
December 29, 2001: Pitino gets mixed welcome in return to Rupp
From the “Kentucky Basketball: The Season never Ends Calendar” – Gettysburg. D-Day. The Battle of the Bulge. Rick Pitino‘s return to Rupp Arena… as Louisville‘s head coach. The rebuilding Cards came in unranked and the crowd smelled blood. Kentucky won the closer than expected game 82-62. With dozens of homemade signs poking fun at “Traitor…
Kentucky Wildcats All-Decade Team
From BleacherReport.com, “The Gregorian Calendar says this shouldn’t be done—not until next year—but pop culture disagrees, and that seems like a decent enough barometer when deciding the best time to assemble an All-Decade team for the Kentucky Wildcats. In case you forgot: Recent successes aside, the early 2000s didn’t treat Kentucky too well in the…
DeMarcus Cousins has been named SEC Freshman of the Week
Kentucky’s DeMarcus Cousins was named SEC Freshman of the Week after he averaged 16.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in leading the Wildcats to wins over Drexel and Long Beach State. Cousins had 33 points and 23 rebounds in only 27 minutes on the week. Read full article here.
John Calipari honors Adolph Rupp
Obtained from Kentucky Sports Radio: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjFW8BtoAKM
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Long Beach State
Go here for boxscore. With the win, Kentucky improves to 13-0 and with the loss, Long Beach State is 6-6. Off to a 13-0 start, UK has jumped out to the best start to a season since the 1977-78 team opened 14-0. The 1953-54 team opened a school-record 25-0. UK won the first meeting…
Kentucky avoids post-2,000 hangover with 86-73 win over Long Beach State
John Wall scored 19 points and No. 3 Kentucky pulled away in the second half for an 86-73 victory over weary Long Beach State on Wednesday. DeMarcus Cousins shook off early foul trouble to finish with 15 points and 10 rebounds as the Wildcats (13-0) continued their best start in more than 30 years. Read…
2000 win milestone belongs to Cats past and present
“This is for the greatest fans in the history of college basketball,” UK Coach John Calipari said. What a trek UK2K has been. Win No. 108 (1921) came when Bill King’s free throw with no time left gave Kentucky its first major tournament championship, 20-19, over Georgia in the finals of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic…
The reinvention of DeAndre Liggins
DeAndre Liggins wasn’t doing something right. That much was clear. The second-year guard, once hailed as the future point guard of the Kentucky basketball program, rode the pine for the first eight games and didn’t even make the trip to New York City to face Connecticut. Neither John Calipari, Liggins nor UK officials will say…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Drexel
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 12-0 while Drexel is 6-6. Kentucky’s 12-0 start is its best since the 1983-84 squad that opened with 12 consecutive wins. This is the eighth time in school history that the Wildcats have begun a season with at least 12 straight wins. John Calipari is the only coach…