Patrick Patterson had played 93 games in his University of Kentucky basketball career. He’d made 600 baskets and scored 1,521 points. And until Thursday, none of them had come in the NCAA Tournament. Patterson made up for lost time in UK’s 100-71 first-round win against East Tennessee State on Thursday at New Orleans Arena, scoring…
Patrick Patterson enjoys his NCAA debut
The Wildcats may be a young team, but they aren’t inexperienced
With as much ease as it disposed of East Tennessee State, UK seemed to do everything in its power Thursday to rid itself of the one wound critics have salted all year: inexperience. At this point, how can anyone call a team inexperienced if it’s gone through just about every situation a team can face?…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. East Tennessee State
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 33-2 on the season while East Tennessee State is now 20-15. UK is 3-0 in the series against the Buccaneers. The Wildcats are 99-44 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UK is 4-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in the New Orleans metro area. UK also is 40-10…
Cats coast to easy win in New Orleans, beat East Tennessee State 100-71
Eric Bledsoe’s eight 3-pointers set a Kentucky record for an NCAA tournament game, and the top-seeded Wildcats dominated throughout in a 100-71 victory over East Tennessee State on Thursday night in the first round of the East Regional. Scoring 29 points in all, Bledsoe started 8 of 8 on 3s before finally missing his first…
Kentucky brings the legacy of Adolph Rupp to New Orleans
Just when our town needed a March Madness spike in ticket sales, the NCAA came through. It sent us the Kentucky Wildcats. Or, to be more accurate, it sent us the “legacy” of a man named Adolph Rupp. It’s a legacy carved in concrete. You leave such a legacy when you’re around long enough to…
Kentucky’s freshmen will ultimately be judged by their postseason run
There are times when Kentucky coach John Calipari boasts like he has the best team in college basketball. He even encourages comparisons to Michigan’s great Fab Five teams. Then there are other times when Calipari sounds like his young team is turning him into a full-blown neurotic. Even this late in the season, with the…
President Obama’s NCAA picks: Kansas over Kentucky
President Barack Obama’s full NCAA tournament bracket has been unveiled on ESPN.com, and he breaks down how he put Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova into his Final Four. Last year, Obama correctly picked North Carolina to win the national championship. This year, the president once again is going with the tournament’s top seed, taking…
Kentucky right back where it belongs
This is the way the University of Kentucky basketball team is supposed to travel: Faster than John Wall dances downcourt. Less than two hours after the Wildcats left Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., with the Southeastern Conference championship trophy Sunday, they were outfitted in blue “Refuse to Lose,” T-shirts, sitting in John Calipari’s new Kentucky home, celebrating their East Regional top seed in the NCAA basketball tournament.
President Obama picks Kentucky in his Final Four
The First Fan’s NCAA’s men Final Four: Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova. Obama Tuesday taped his entire NCAA men’s and women’s brackets for ESPN, which will air those picks on SportsCenter at noon ET Wednesday. Last year, Obama picked men’s brackets for ESPN — correctly picking North Carolina to win the tournament — but…