In an NCAA tournament filled with stunning upsets and unlikely party crashers, the East region has provided an oasis of sanity. Kentucky. North Carolina. College basketball bluebloods whose gyms are ringed with national championship banners and whose fan bases are disappointed any time a season ends without confetti and celebratory newspaper fronts on the first…
Perennial powers Kentucky, North Carolina to meet
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North Carolina edges Kentucky, 75-73
Tyler Zeller scored a career-high 27 points and hit the go-ahead free throws with 47 seconds left, helping North Carolina edge past No. 10 Kentucky 75-73 on Saturday. Zeller scored 12 of the final 16 points for the Tar Heels (5-3), who earned a needed victory against a big-name opponent after struggling the first month of the season. John Henson added 13 points and 12 rebounds, giving North Carolina its sixth win in the past seven games against the Wildcats (5-2).
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. North Carolina
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. North Carolina
Kentucky and North Carolina – Two of the Winningest Programs Battle
Two of the winningest teams in college basketball face off Saturday when the Wildcats (2,028 wins – 1st) take on the Tar Heels (2,007 wins – 3rd) in Chapel Hill in a nationally televised contest on CBS. Kentucky enters the match-up having won five of its first six games, including a second-place finish in the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. North Carolina
Go here for boxscore. Game notes coming shortly. Team Records and Series Notes With the win Kentucky improves to 8-0, and with the loss, North Carolina falls to 7-2. Off to an 8-0 start, UK has jumped out to the best start to a season since the 1992-93 campaign when UK opened 11-0. UK…
No. 5 Kentucky edges No. 10 North Carolina 68-66
John Wall wasn’t going to let anything stop him from playing North Carolina, not even the superstar point guard’s biggest fear: needles. The Kentucky freshman bounced back from a bout with dehydration and a queasy encounter with an IV drip to finish with 16 points – including the clinching free throws with 4.3 seconds left…
The two winningest teams in college basketball collide Saturday at Rupp
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JosJ2FM7Og Kentucky versus North Carolina. The two winningest teams in college basketball face off Saturday when the Wildcats (1,995 wins) take on the Tar Heels (1,991 wins) in Rupp Arena in a nationally televised contest on CBS. Kentucky enters the game on a seven-game winning streak to open the year, its best start since the…
The Kentucky Wildcats are chasing history
Kentucky has long trumpeted itself as the program with “the greatest tradition in college basketball.” Now the Wildcats are closing in on another piece of history: the first program with 2,000 victories. Read article. See my chart tracking the chase
Kentucky dominates 2nd half, pastes North Carolina 93-76… 9 years ago today
From the “Kentucky Basketball: The Season Never Ends” Calendar: Unranked Kentucky ended its worst start in 16 years with a surprising 93-76 victory over sixth ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill. UK trailed 21-11 when Marquis Estill, Cliff Hawkins and Erik Daniels entered the game. The sophomore and two freshmen combined for 11 points in…