Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is now 10-0 on the season. Indiana falls to 4-5. UK is 30-23 against the Hoosiers. Kentucky is 93-56 against the Big Ten. The Wildcats are 3-8 all-time in Assembly Hall, claiming their first win the arena since the 1981 season. UK’s 10-0 start is its best start since…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Indiana
Eric Bledsoe scores 23 as Kentucky beats Indiana 90-73
Eric Bledsoe scored 23 points and Patrick Patterson had 19 and 11 rebounds to lead No. 4 Kentucky to a 90-73 victory over Indiana on Saturday. The Wildcats have won an all-time leading 1,998 games, and John Calipari matched Adolph Rupp’s record start for a first-year Kentucky coach by improving to 10-0. Read article.
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Connecticut
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is now 9-0 on the season. UConn falls to 6-2. UK is 1-1 against the Huskies. Kentucky is 164-70 against the Big East. The Wildcats are 10-3 all-time in Madison Square Garden. UK is 39-16 in the New York metro area. UK’s 9-0 start is its best start since…
In just eight games, Wall proves he’s college hoops’ biggest star
John Wall was last in Madison Square Garden a little less than eight months ago, for the Jordan Brand Classic, a messy high-school All-Star game in which he had eight points, six assists and five turnovers, and two big men, Georgia Tech-bound Derrick Favors and Mississippi State-bound Renardo Sidney, were named co-MVPs. Read article.
John Wall is head and shoulders above rest of nation
Nearly two years ago to the day, John Calipari took an ultra-talented freshman point guard named Derrick Rose into Madison Square Garden and watched him defer when the game was on the line. It was the seventh game of his collegiate career at Memphis, and Rose didn’t want any part of taking the game-winning shot…
Kentucky Wildcats stay perfect, down UConn 64-61
Freshman John Wall scored a season-high 25 points, including 12 of Kentucky’s last 15 in the game, and the fourth-ranked Wildcats beat No. 14 Connecticut 64-61 on Wednesday night in the SEC/Big East Invitational. Wall lived up to his billing in his first appearance at Madison Square Garden, overcoming first-half foul trouble and dominating the…
Daniel Orton exceling while flying under the radar
Freshman forward Daniel Orton isn’t getting the national publicity and respect of his fellow freshman teammates, but he’s fine with that. Orton, who didn’t score against North Carolina on Saturday and only averages 4.4 points a game, has been singled out throughout the season by UK head coach John Calipari. Read article.
John Wall moves into No. 1 slot for Player of the Year
Jeff Goodman, with the injury to Ohio State’s Evan Turner, moves John Wall into the No. 1 slot for his Player of the Year candidate . Read article.
John Wall named SEC Freshman of the Week for 3rd consecutive week
Kentucky’s John Wall was named SEC Freshman of the Week after he averaged 14.0 points, 10.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds in leading the Wildcats to wins over UNC Asheville and 10th-ranked North Carolina. He recorded a double-double with 12 points and 14 assists to go with six steals against UNC Asheville. Read article.
Kentucky is ESPN’s team of the week
The much-talked-about Wildcats had by far their toughest test to date on Saturday in Lexington — and they passed. UK put together a stirring 28-2 run in the first half and held off a furious UNC rally to win 68-66 in front of a record crowd at Rupp Arena. Read article.