Kentucky freshman John Wall scored 19 points–including the game – winning jumper with 0.5 seconds remaining – to lift the fourth-ranked Wildcats to a 72-70 win over Miami of Ohio on Monday night. After Miami’s Kenny Hayes hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 70 with six seconds left, Wall raced down the floor…
John Wall’s jumper with 0.5 remaining pushes Kentucky past Miami
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Miami (OH)
Go here for boxscore. Men’s Basketball Game Notes KENTUCKY 72, MIAMI 70 Team Records and Series Notes Kentucky is 2-0 on the season while Miami is 0-2. Kentucky is 22-4 all-time against Miami and has won 20 in a row. Kentucky returns to action against Sam Houston State on Thursday at 7…
Eric Bledsoe named SEC Freshman Of The Week
Kentucky’s Eric Bledsoe scored 24 points in his Wildcat debut, becoming the first Wildcat player since Sam Bowie in 1979 to score 20 or more points in their UK opener. Bledsoe also pulled down seven rebounds while coming up with two blocks and finished the game shooting 90 percent from the free throw line in…
Eric Bledsoe circus shot from the Morehead State game
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Eric Bledsoe’s schoolboy toughness will go a long way
From James Pennington of the Kentucky Kernel, “Since Eric Bledsoe was an elementary schooler playing ball with high school seniors, he said baskets haven’t come easy. He had me fooled. It sure seemed easy Friday. Often the shortest player on the court even since he’s moved up a few rungs from elementary school, Bledsoe doesn’t…
Bledsoe thrills in season-opening win, but Patterson steadies the ship
It took two exhibition games, but we finally saw the real Patrick Patterson Friday night. Patrick, although it may be a bit overdue, welcome to the Cali-party. After a somewhat head-scratching preseason, an exhibition season in which Patterson seemed to be lost in the flow of the Dribble Drive Motion Offense, the preseason All-American emerged…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Morehead
For Official Boxscore go here. UK opened its 107th season of basketball winning its NCAA leading 1,989 game. Kentucky Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart presented senior forward Patrick Patterson with a game ball before the game for eclipsing the 1,000-point mark at the end of last season. This was the ninth meeting all-time between the…
The Race to 2000 Wins
The race to 2000 wins begins Friday for Kentucky. It’s already begun for North Carolina. Although meaningless in all other regards, reaching the 2000 win milestone will certainly give one school some serious bragging rights. I’ve put together a chart to track the progress of both teams along with projections and my predictions. You can…
The Sporting News picks Patrick Patterson for its preseason All-American team
He joins Willie Warren of Oklahoma, Luke Harangody of Notre Dame, Sherrod Collins of Kansas and Devin Ebanks of West Virginia. Read article.
Kentucky assistant coach Orlando Antigua was a Globetrotter
Larry Vaught of VaughtsViews.com brings up a little known fact. Kentucky assistant coach Orlando Antigua was the first Hispanic and the first non-black player to play for the Harlem Globetrotters in 52 years. He played in 48 countries during his seven years with the Globetrotters following his collegiate career at Pittsburgh and was nicknamed “Hurricane”…