Kyle Wiltjer‘s jumper with 1:57 left put Kentucky ahead to stay, and the Wildcats kicked off their Southeastern Conference schedule Thursday night by holding off Vanderbilt 60-58 after blowing a 16-point lead. The Wildcats (10-4) also seemed to get a bit of help from officials in the final seconds. Nerlen Noel hit a jumper with…
Kentucky fends off late Vanderbilt charge to win 60-58
Willie Cauley-Stein named SEC Freshman of the Week
Willie Cauley-Stein, a 7-foot, 244-pound freshman forward from Olathe, Kan., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after scoring 11 points and gathering 11 rebounds against Eastern Michigan last week. Cauley-Stein made the most of his second career start en route to leading UK to a domination final non-conference action of the season. Cauley-Stein logged his…
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…
Archie Goodwin named SEC Freshman of the Week
Kentucky’s Archie Goodwin, a 6-foot-4, 198-pound freshman guard from Little Rock, Ark., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 25.0 points 7.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists in wins over Morehead State and LIU Brooklyn. Goodwin logged a career-high 28 points in a win over Morehead State to begin the week. It is the seventh-most points…
Alex Poythress named SEC Freshman of the Week
Kentucky’s Alex Poythress, a 6-foot-7, 239-pound freshman forward from Clarksville, Tenn., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after scoring 21.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in games against 9th-ranked Duke and to Lafayette. Poythress had 20 points and added a team-high eight rebounds in a loss to No. 9 Duke. He then topped that performance with…
Kyle Wiltjer named SEC Player of the Week
Sophomore Kyle Wiltjer has been named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week after scoring 19 points and recording six rebounds, three blocks and two assists in a72-69 victory over Maryland. Wiltjer led the Wildcats with 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting including a 4-for-6 clip from 3-point range. The four 3-pointers rank as a career…
Two Wildcats selected preseason All-SEC by coaches
In a vote by Southeastern Conference head coaches, Nerlens Noel and Alex Poythress were named to the preseason All-SEC teams as announced by the league office on Friday. Noel was voted to the first team, while Poythress was named to the second team. Noel averaged 16.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in UK‘s two-game exhibition schedule…
Anthony Davis tabbed SEC Athlete of the Year
Kentucky basketball player Anthony Davis has been named the 2011-2012 Roy F. Kramer Southeastern Conference Male Athlete of the Year per a vote by the league’s athletics directors, Commissioner Mike Slive announced Thursday. “When you consider how competitive the Southeastern Conference as a whole has been in all sports, it’s a complete honor to be…
SEC holds welcome party for new members Missouri, Texas A&M
It’s not often Texas A&M fans in Georgia have the chance to pose for photos with Reveille, the collie mascot. It’s a similar rarity to see Missouri mascot Truman the Tiger high-stepping through the halls of an Atlanta hotel. LSU? Auburn? No, this is a different cat. Reveille and Truman have a new conference home,…
It has become part of Kentucky lore that believed Pitino tanked the 1996 SEC tourney final
Cue the comparisons to 1996. As soon as the Wildcats lost to Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament final on Sunday, the members of Big Blue Nation suffered a collective case of déjà vu. The Untouchables, the Rick Pitino-coached group that included Derek Anderson, Tony Delk and Antoine Walker, dropped the SEC tournament final to Mississippi…