Oscar Tshiebwe has become UK’s first two-time All-America selection since Tayshaun Prince after being named to The Sporting News All-America Third Team.
Oscar Tshiebwe Named Third-Team All-America by Sporting News
Tayshaun Prince selected for 2022 So. Calif. Basketball Hall of Fame
Tayshaun Prince has been selected for the 2022 class of the Southern California Basketball Hall of Fame (SCBBHOF)
‘Little things’ made Chuck Hayes a big contributor for Kentucky
For ex-Wildcat Chuck Hayes, doing the “little things” took him to a fruitful NBA career and induction in UK Athletics Hall of Fame.
Final rosters for Big Blue All Stars vs The Villains announced
Jeff Sheppard, former University of Kentucky basketball player and current organizer of the State Farm Big Blue All Stars, is very excited to announce the fi nal team roster of the game on October 24, 2011 at Rupp Arena. BIG BLUE ALL-STARS Coach Rex Chapman Keith Bogans DeMarcus Cousins Josh Harrellson Chuck Hayes Brandon Knight…
More than a century of glorious Kentucky basketball sights and sounds…
When one sport, one school, one supreme program so dominates a state, you can take its measure with sounds alone. Cock an ear to the sound track of more than a century of basketball in the Bluegrass State and you’ll hear: The buzz of the Hyatt lobby in advance of a game at Rupp…
Former Cat Tayshaun Prince got the ovation he deserved on Saturday
It made me smile to see the huge ovation former Kentucky basketball star Tayshaun Prince got when he was introduced along with the other UK Athletics Hall of Fame inductees during UK’s football win over Western Kentucky. Commonwealth Stadium erupted much like Rupp Arena did a few years ago when Prince put on that marvelous…
Former Cats Tayshaun Prince and Mike Casey head new class in UK Hall of Fame
The University of Kentucky announced six 2010 inductees into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame. The class includes former UK student-athletes Mike Casey (men’s basketball), Steve Flesch (men’s golf), Nancy Napolski Johnson (rifle), Billy Ray Lickert (men’s basketball), Valerie McGovern Young (cross country, track and field) and Tayshaun Prince (men’s basketball). The class will be…
Former Cat Tayshaun Prince named to USA Basketball team
Top NBA rookies Tyreke Evans of Sacramento and Golden State’s Stephen Curry were among four players added to the USA Basketball team. Also selected were Detroit’s Tayshaun Prince and Oklahoma City’s Jeff Green, giving the men’s national team roster 31 members for 2010-12. The squad will compete in this summer’s World Championship in Turkey. Read…
December 29, 2001: Pitino gets mixed welcome in return to Rupp
From the “Kentucky Basketball: The Season never Ends Calendar” – Gettysburg. D-Day. The Battle of the Bulge. Rick Pitino‘s return to Rupp Arena… as Louisville‘s head coach. The rebuilding Cards came in unranked and the crowd smelled blood. Kentucky won the closer than expected game 82-62. With dozens of homemade signs poking fun at “Traitor…
Kentucky Wildcats All-Decade Team
From BleacherReport.com, “The Gregorian Calendar says this shouldn’t be done—not until next year—but pop culture disagrees, and that seems like a decent enough barometer when deciding the best time to assemble an All-Decade team for the Kentucky Wildcats. In case you forgot: Recent successes aside, the early 2000s didn’t treat Kentucky too well in the…