Tag: Rivals.com

Cats reach No. 1 spot for second time this season

Kentucky is back on top, but getting there hasn’t been the Wildcats’ problem. Staying has been the tricky part.   The Wildcats (19-1, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) are the new No. 1 in the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN coaches polls, their second stint in the top spot this season and their third in three seasons…

Once again Kidd-Gilchrist’s will to win helps lift Kentucky to victory

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - photo by Jonathan Palmer

Maybe Kentucky’s not tough enough for John Calipari’s tastes. Maybe the Wildcats aren’t yet the rough-and-rugged outfit their coach would prefer.  But in a rollicking Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday, No. 2 UK proved just tough enough to outlast Tennessee 65-62 in a bruising game that came right down to the wire.  “We have a will to…

The Harrison Twins expected to be at Big Blue Madness

Andrew and Aaron Harrison

The father of five-star 2013 twins Andrew Harrison and Aaron Harrison said his sons are also likely to attend Big Blue Madness, according to Steve Jones of Rivals.com. Know what that means?  That means 10 total blue-chip recruits will be making the trip to Lexington to attend Kentucky’s much heralded first official practice, Big Blue…

Kentucky winning another recruiting battle over Louisville recruit

Louisville lost an epic recruiting battle to Kentucky when Marquis Teague, the No. 1-ranked point guard in the 2011 class, turned down Louisville and committed to the Wildcats. History might very well repeat itself in the recruitment of Michael Chandler. The center already decommitted from Louisville earlier this spring, and now it looks like Kentucky…