All of John Calipari‘s tactics over the last week have been geared towards making his team work harder. Nobody was working harder Saturday than Coach Cal on the sidelines. He screamed, he stomped, he jumped and he gyrated. He even swatted assistant coach Orlando Antigua’s hand away during a sequence on the bench. It was…
Harrow emerges, gains confidence in rout of Portland
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Portland
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 6-3 on the season and Portland is 3-6. Kentucky leads the series 4-0, including 3-0 in Lexington. UK is now 7-1 all-time against teams from the current alignment of the West Coast Conference. Following this week’s final examinations, UK continues its five-game homestand Saturday against Lipscomb. The game will…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Samford
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 5-3 on the season and Samford is 2-8. Kentucky leads the series 2-0, with both games in Lexington. UK is now 20-0 all-time against teams from the current alignment of the Southern Conference. UK continues its five-game homestand Saturday against Portland. The game will be at noon and will…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Baylor
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 4-3 on the season and Baylor is 5-2. Kentucky leads the series 7-1, including 4-1 in Lexington. UK is now 59-10 all-time against teams from the current alignment of the Big 12 Conference. UK continues its five-game homestand Tuesday against Samford. The game will be at 7 p.m. and…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs Notre Dame
Go here for boxscore. — Kentucky falls to 4-2 while Notre Dame improves to 7-1. — The Wildcats are 42-19 all-time against Notre Dame and 5-3 in Purcell Pavilion. — The Wildcats are 172-74 all-time against the Big East. — Ranked Kentucky teams are 31-4 all-time versus Notre Dame and have won 12 of the…
Ryan Harrow returning home to attend to a family matter
John Calipari took to twitter this morning to update us on the strange case of Ryan Harrow. He won’t be on the bench tonight and has headed out of town to deal with a family matter. He may not return in time for Friday’s game.
Ryan Harrow may be battling more than flu
Former University of Kentucky basketball star John Wall is entering his third season with the Washington Wizards, but he still tracks the Wildcats the way weathermen track storm fronts. “Every game,” Wall said by telephone Friday. “Come on, man. I don’t miss a game.” But Wall, like the rest of the nation, has been unable…
Jarrod Polson the hero in season-opening win
Player of the game: Jarrod Polson. With Kentucky having trouble taking care of the ball in spurts during both the first half and second half, Polson came in and played 22 minutes as point guard Ryan Harrow struggled to get things going for UK after battling illness this week in practice. Polson came in and immediately…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Transylvania (Ex.)
Go here for boxscore. This was Kentucky’s final exhibition game. This was the second-straight year that Kentucky and Transylvania played an exhibition. From 1903-11, the teams played 14 regular-season games and split seven each. Kentucky has won its last 20 exhibition games. UK opens the regular season Fri. Nov. 9 against Maryland in the Barclays…
Cats cruise past Transylvania in final exhibition
Julius Mays spurred a 19-4 second-half run with three 3-pointers before leaving with a leg strain, freshman Nerlens Noel scored 15 points and No. 3 Kentucky held Transylvania to 10 points after intermission for a 74-28 exhibition victory Monday night. The Wildcats’ high-profile freshmen combined for 42 points with Willie Cauley-Stein getting 12, Archie Goodwin 10 andAlex Poythress five. Sophomore Ryan Harrow added 12 points…