This team was different. After the star-studded 2009-10 edition of the Kentucky Wildcats met its end in the Elite Eight largely due to a paltry shooting performance against West Virginia, these Cats stormed their way to a Final Four berth. It was a different kind of team, one that made opponents pay from the perimeter. …
Dome spells doom again as cold-shooting Cats can’t overcome UConn
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Connecticut
Go here for boxscore. — Kentucky finishes its season at 29-9 on the season. Connecticut improves to 31-9. — The Wildcats are 1-3 all-time against Connecticut and 0-2 against the Huskies in the NCAA Tournament. — UK drops to 105-46 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 7-3 in national semifinal games. — John Calipari is…
Kentucky’s tourney run ends in a heartbreaker
When it’s win or go home, nobody’s better than Kemba and the kids. Kemba Walker scored 18 points Saturday night to lift Connecticut to its 10th straight victory since finishing off a .500 regular season, a 56-55 win over cold-shooting Kentucky that moved the Huskies a victory away from their third, and most improbable, NCAA…
Kentucky’s rally falls short in loss to UConn
Kentucky fought to the bitter end but could not pull out the win against UConn. After trailing by 10 at the half, Kentucky made a run for it in the second half, pulling ahead after a series of 3-pointers. The second half of this Final Four match-up saw a number of lead changes and ties.…
For Calhoun and Calipari, It’s The Frigid Four
Most of all, I remember the empty orange chair. Fifteen years have come and gone. Fifteen Roads to fifteen Final Fours. Fifteen shining moments. But that day at the Basketball Hall of Fame there was only the vacant chair. I was writing then for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the closest newspaper to the University of…
From boys to men: At the molding of Calipari, Wildcats grew up
John Calipari has been revered as a recruiter, praised as a motivator and lauded for his ability to put kids in the NBA. Three Final Four appearances and one startling one-month transformation later, maybe it’s due time the Kentucky coach gets the respect for what he really is first and foremost – a really good…
Darius Miller’s Grandmom ready for Final Four
No one will be cheering the Cats on this weekend more than junior guard Darius Miller‘s grandmother. But she won’t be doing it from Houston. As Sylvia Peters sits in her Maysville home, she recalls her grandson’s first time playing in Rupp Arena when … Read full article here.
Calipari eyes elusive national championship
As head coach John Calipari prepares for a historic third Final Four, his first with Kentucky, he has his blinders on and is only looking forward. If there is one thing he’s learned from his two previous Final Four appearances with Massachusetts in 1996 and Memphis in 2008, and even last year’s knockout in the…
Young, inexperienced Kentucky Wildcats have developed into title contender
Last year’s Kentucky team ascended to the No. 1 ranking in the country at one point. Next year, Kentucky will feature arguably the nation’s best recruiting class and might start the preseason as the No. 1 team. This year’s team came with plenty of question marks, was hindered by the ineligibility of a key recruit,…
Calipari’s brilliance has Kentucky in Final Four
This wasn’t supposed to happen. Not now. Maybe last season, when John Calipari had a record five first-round NBA draft picks on his roster. Or a year from now, when he’ll welcome in the nation’s top recruiting class (again) to Lexington.But this was supposed to be a year just to tread water, a bridge campaign…