Until a week ago, Josh Harrellson‘s NCAA tournament experience consisted largely of towel waving. The Kentucky senior center admits he grew pretty good at it while spending most of last season on the bench watching soon-to-be NBAers DeMarcus Cousins, John Wall and Patrick Patterson revitalize the Wildcats. Harrellson even admitted last month a part of…
Holdovers Harrellson, Liggins and Miller guiding inexperienced Wildcats in NCAAs
What Kentucky will be facing in No. 1 Ohio State
Ohio State appears to have no deficiencies. None. And it’s not only that they aren’t weak in most aspects — they are strong in almost every aspect. A look at their KenPom ratings gives a visual to this statement. The darker the green, the better they are in that category. The Buckeyes are good at…
Losses provided lessons that are now coming into play
It was the kind of game UK might not have won in January, that gritty, comeback win against West Virginia. Not when they didn’t value the importance of every possession, no matter the stage of the game. “We let certain balls get away,” Brandon Knight said of the team’s play earlier in the season. “I…
Josh Harrellson has become one of those special NCAA tournament stories
If somebody told you the story, you wouldn’t believe it. Kid goes from being banished to the bathroom by a coach during halftime as a sophomore — and being forced to drive home from that away game in the equipment van — to surrounded by reporters after an NCAA tournament game that he played a…
The mark of toughness
Sewn through Josh Harrellson‘s sweaty brow with blood still oozing from the seams, four stitches above Harrellson’s left eye symbolized the full-out war the senior forward has just been through. Harrellson scored 15 points and recorded eight rebounds, and freshman guard Brandon Knight scored a career-high 30 points to lead the Kentucky men’s basketball team…
Deandre Liggins’ intensity inspired his teammates
In the first half of Saturday’s East Region third-round game between No. 4 seed Kentucky and No. 5 seed West Virginia, Mountaineers guard Joe Mazzulla was lighting up the Wildcats, just like he did in the Elite Eight a year ago. Mazzulla, who scored a career-high 17 points in the Mountaineers’ 73-66 upset of UK…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. West Virginia
Go here for boxscore. — Kentucky moves to 27-8 on the season. West Virginia finishes its season at 21-12. –The Wildcats are 14-5 all-time against West Virginia and 1-1 against the Mountaineers in the NCAA Tournament. — UK moves to 103-45 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 6-1 in NCAA Tournament games held in the…
Brandon Knight scores 30, Kentucky beats West Virginia 71-63
Freshman Brandon Knight scored a career-high 30 points and Josh Harrellson delivered eight of his 15 during a pivotal stretch of the second half, helping fourth-seeded Kentucky beat No. 5 seed West Virginia 71-63 in the NCAA tournament Saturday. Knight made six free throws in the final minute as the Wildcats (27-8) pulled away to…
Brandon Knight called it the biggest shot of his career
As the clock wound down to possible overtime, Kentucky’s Brandon Knight broke down the lane, jumped into the air and flipped the basketball and the Wildcats into the third round of the NCAA Tournament. UK center Josh Harrellson went into the air to collect the ball then saw it slither through the net. Immediately he…
Josh Harrellson keeps shining in NCAA play
For a player who got in for only six meaningless minutes in three NCAA Tournament games last season, senior Josh Harrellson certainly looked comfortable in Thursday’s NCAA atmosphere. He had 15 points and 10 rebounds — his seventh double-double of the year — in a 59-57 win over Princeton that…