Just getting wins in a difficult stretch of games is all the Kentucky Wildcats can be focused on after another disheartening loss.
Kentucky Wildcats show fight, not enough cohesiveness in loss at UNC
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at North Carolina
Kentucky dominated North Carolina on the boards, pulling down 44 rebounds to UNC’s 32.
President Barack Obama unveils 2012 NCAA tournament Final Four picks
President Barack Obama has Kentucky, Ohio State, Missouri and North Carolina in the Final Four of his NCAA mens basketball bracket, which will be unveiled in its entirety Wednesday on ESPN.Obama filled out a bracket for the fourth consecutive year. He picked North Carolina to win the 2009 title — and was correct.Hes gone with…
Anthony Davis’ game-saving block nominated for GEICO Play of the Year
Kentucky freshman forward Anthony Davis‘ game-saving block against then-No. 5 North Carolina on Dec. 3 is nominated for the GEICO Play of the Year, Intersport announced Monday. Each week for eight weeks, four incredible college basketball plays will be nominated as the GEICO Play of the Year. Each week’s winner will be determined by fan…
Cats take advantage of learning experience, top Tar Heels
On Friday, University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari said Saturday’s game against North Carolina was a great opportunity to learn about his team. He was right. After grinding out a 73-72 victory in front of the eighth largest crowd in Rupp Arena history, what we learned about the 2011-12 Kentucky Wildcats is that they…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. North Carolina
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 8-0 and North Carolina is 6-2. North Carolina leads the series, 22-13, and UK is 125-62 all-time against teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference. UK returns to action with an away game Saturday, at 5:15 p.m. ET against Indiana. The game will be televised on ESPN. First…
Cats edge Heels in early season blockbuster
Pushed and pressured all day, Anthony Davis finally went somewhere else no one could on the floor. Up. The Kentucky freshman soared to block John Henson’s shot in the final seconds and No. 1 Kentucky held on to beat No. 5 North Carolina 73-72 on Saturday to extend the Wildcats’ home winning streak to 39…
Memorable Kentucky-North Carolina games
For all of the tradition between Kentucky and North Carolina, are you surprised to know that Saturday’s game at Rupp Arena will mark the first time since 1995 that the two programs will square off when both are ranked in the top five in the nation? That matchup came in 1995, in the South Regional…
Kentucky will be the No. 1 team in the country when they face North Carolina
UNLV stunned No.1 North Carolina 90-80 in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational tonight. In the polls on Monday, North Carolina will surely drop and Kentucky will likely take the top spot in the polls. That means Kentucky will be the No. 1 team in the country when they face St. John’s on Thursday,…
Athlon Sports puts Terrence Jones on the cover; picks Final Four of UK, UNC, Ohio State, Syracuse
Here is today’s college basketball question from Rick Bozich of the Louisville Courier Journal: Is there anybody out there who is NOT going to pick Kentucky and North Carolina to make the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans next season? Athlon put UK sophomore forward Terrence Jones on the cover of one of its regional…