Terrence Jones isn’t going to spontaneously change this season into some unstoppable, basketball-like robot, capable of turning his arms into mechanical scoring machines like some Hollywood blockbuster (although his new biceps might lead some to believe otherwise). But this is undoubtedly a different Terrence Jones. Something about him is not quite the same. Underneath the same laidback exterior…
Terrence Jones has new focus, different body
Terrences Jones voted preseason SEC Player of the Year; Kentucky picked to win SEC
The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team was picked by the media to win its 45th Southeastern Conference championship this season as announced by the SEC on Monday. Each SEC school selected media members that cover their team and additional media from across the nation were selected by the conference office to form the voting…
Terrence Jones (@TerrenceJones1) on the cover of USA Today College Basketball preview
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Terrence Jones named to Wooden top 50
You’re not going to believe this, but a Kentucky men’s basketball player has received preseason recognition. With less than two weeks before Big Blue Madness,Terrence Jones was recognized by the Los Angeles Athletic Club as one of 50 top pre-season candidates for the John R. Wooden Award. The Wooden Award annually recognizes the best player in…
Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb return with a purpose
A case can be made that Kentucky’s biggest rival isn’t Louisville or North Carolina or Florida. It’s the NBA, which plucks off the best players each year, leaving UK as college basketball’s Sisyphus pushing that one-and-done rock back up the hill every season. So it came as a pleasant surprise last spring when Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb chose…
Athlon Sports puts Terrence Jones on the cover; picks Final Four of UK, UNC, Ohio State, Syracuse
Here is today’s college basketball question from Rick Bozich of the Louisville Courier Journal: Is there anybody out there who is NOT going to pick Kentucky and North Carolina to make the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans next season? Athlon put UK sophomore forward Terrence Jones on the cover of one of its regional…
Terrence Jones makes the cover of Sporting News; names Anthony Davis first team All-American
The Sporting News College Basketball Yearbook likes what is going on at the University of Kentucky. UK forward Terrence Jones is the dominant face on a cover that also includes Will Barton of Memphis as well as Glen Rice Jr. of Georgia Tech. As for the first-team all-Americans? Anthony Davis, the UK freshman, made the…
Terrence Jones named to Dick Vitale’s First-Team All-Solid Gold team
Terrence Jones named to Dick Vitale’s First-Team All-Solid Gold team
Terrence Jones ready to play leading role for Kentucky
He’s the leading returning scorer on what could be the best team in recent Kentucky memory. Still, heading into the 2011-12 season, forward Terrence Jones said he doesn’t feel any more pressure than he did a year ago, when he helped lead the Wildcats to the Final Four. “Actually,” Jones said Tuesday, “I feel less…
Terrence Jones has announced that he will remain at Kentucky
Kentucky freshman Terrence Jones has decided to return to Kentucky for his sophomore season and remove his name from the NBA Draft. Jones, a 6-foot-9 forward from Portland, Ore., was named Third Team All-America by Yahoo! and received Freshman All-America status by several media outlets. He was also named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the…