With a win over Cornell on Thursday, Kentucky will go into a regional final as the favorite to make it to the Final Four. Thirty-five years ago this month, the Wildcats were about as far on the other end of the spectrum as a team could be. They were facing an undefeated juggernaut from Indiana,…
There’s an interesting parallel between the 1975 Kentucky team and the current edition
On this day in history: Fab Five wins Kentucky it’s first NCAA title
From This Season Never Ends 2010 Calendar: “Before a crowd of over 16,000 in New York’s Madison Square Garden, #1 Kentucky gave Adolph Rupp his first NCAA Championship, 58-42 over Baylor. The outcome of this one was never in question. Kentucky had the tallest man on the floor, 6-7 Alex Groza, who led all scorers…
Quiet Darius Miller sparking explosive Wildcats
The conversation has taken place so many times this season, even Darius Miller has lost count.
Darius Miller’s mother had a feeling her son might have a big night
Before Saturday’s game, Nicole Miller said she had a feeling she was going to have a big night on the town. She probably did, too, after watching her son — Kentucky sophomore Darius Miller — played perhaps his best game of the season to help UK down Wake Forest 90-60 in the NCAA East Region…
An unleashed Kentucky is the new tournament favorite
Camera flashes dotted a sea of blue at New Orleans Arena as Eric Bledsoe flew down the lane and took flight five feet from the rim to throw down a one-hand tomahawk jam. Kentucky head coach John Calipari had nothing. What could he say? He headed back to the bench and scratched his head. Calipari…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Wake Forest
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 34-2 on the season while Wake Forest is now 20-11. UK is 5-0 in the series against the Demon Deacons and 3-0 against the Deacons in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats are 100-44 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UK is 5-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in…
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Cats grab 100th NCAA victory by rolling Wake Forest 90-60; Sweet 16 next
Darius Miller scored a career-high 20 points and top-seeded Kentucky made easy work of No. 9 Wake Forest during a 90-60 rout Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament. It was the second blowout in two games for the Wildcats (34-2), who crushed East Tennessee State 100-71 in their opener. Miller scored…
Patrick Patterson enjoys his NCAA debut
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…
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?…