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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Louisville

Go here for boxscore. Kentucky falls to 8-4 while Louisville improves to 12-1. The Wildcats are 30-15 all-time against Louisville and 11-8 against the Cardinals in Louisville. Entering the game UK had won four-straight against Louisville and seven of the last nine. Today’s loss to Louisville is the first in the John Calipari era. Calipari…

No. 4 Louisville holds off Kentucky, 80-77

Nerlens Noel - photo by Michael Clevenger/The Courier-Journal

Russ Smith scored 21 points and Chane Behanan had 20 and No. 4 Louisville ended a four-game losing streak against rival Kentucky with an up-and-down 80-77 victory on Saturday. Peyton Siva added 19 points as the Cardinals (12-1) won a hard-fought Battle of the Bluegrass. Though the Cardinals trail the series 30-15, their victory followed…

Joe B. Hall finds unlikely friend in Louisville’s Denny Crum

In the radio studio, they form the Bluegrass State’s version of the Odd Couple. Joe B. Hall and Denny Crum have been talking sports on the radio in Kentucky for nearly a decade, the rare occasion when Wildcats and Cardinals can co-exist. Hall, the former Kentucky coach who succeeded the legendary Adolph Rupp and won…

Derek Anderson’s dunk on Louisville in 1996 was one of the best of all-time

From Eamonn Brennan of ESPN.com:  “In 1996 and ’97, Kentucky went to back-to-back title games and Derek Anderson was one of Rick Pitino’s top players. Anderson’s slam against rival Louisville in 1996 was arguably the play of the year for the program. Anderson leapt over Nate Jones on a fast break as Jones tried to…

Kentucky on the verge of winning a national title

Kentucky head coach John Calipari reacts during the first half of an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game against Louisville Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

“THAT WAS A THROW!” Kentucky coach John Calipari screamed at sophomore forward Terrence Jones during the first half of Kentucky’s 69-61 national semifinal win over intrastate arch-rival Kentucky. Jones had just chucked a weak shot at the basket, and gave it no chance to go in.  On the sidelines, Calipari cartoonishly mimicked Jones’ ugly form,…

The biggest game in the history of basketball’s nastiest bout never got boring

Louisville guard Peyton Siva (3) passes around Kentucky forward Terrence Jones (3), left, forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14) and forward Anthony Davis (23), right, during the first half of an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) 3l, 23r

That was Kentucky vs. Louisville. All of it. Every possession iteration and mood swing that transpired in Saturday night’s national semifinal was this rivalry, defined.  A little underwhelmed? If you are, then it just goes to show how Kentucky vs. Louisville remains a war in that state that most inside of it understand, while few…

Anthony Davis at center of Kentucky’s title drive

Kentucky Wildcats forward Anthony Davis dunks against the Louisville Cardinals during the second half of an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 31, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Steppig-NCAA Photos/POOL (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL)

Basketball fans from Kentucky filled up Bourbon Street late Friday night.  Decked out in Louisville red and Kentucky blue, they yelled and they spelled.  C-A-R-D-S!  Oh yeah, well, C-A-T-S!  By Saturday evening, Kentuckians had made the Big Easy the Big Electric.  The first Final Four matchup ever between Kentucky and Louisville filled the Mercedes-Benz Superdome…

Terrence Jones offers to buy flowers for injured Louisville cheerleader

Kentucky's Terrence Jones (3) dunks the ball over Louisville's Jared Swopshire (21) during the first half of an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

The most painful part of Louisville cheerleader Jerica Logue’s night wasn’t watching her Cardinals lose to their most hated rival in the Final Four.  Instead it was a collision with Kentucky forward Terrence Jones that left her bloodied and in tears.  Jones was trying to chase down an errant transition pass (you can see here)…