Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Dillard
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Dillard
Kentucky cruises past Pikeville, 97-66
Freshman point guard Brandon Knight scored 22 points and Darius Miller added 21 points and nine rebounds as No. 11 Kentucky cruised past Pikeville 97-66 in an exhibition game on Monday night. Knight, the latest in a long line of high-profile point guards recruited by coach John Calipari, added seven rebounds and had little trouble getting to the lane while operating Kentucky’s dribble-drive offense.
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Pikeville
Go here for boxscore. Tonight’s attendance: 21,127 Kentucky leads the exhibition series with Pikeville, 2-0. The Wildcats also defeated the Bears, 99-64, on Oct. 31, 2007. Kentucky has its second preseason game Friday, Nov. 5, vs. Dillard University in Rupp Arena. Game time is 7:00 p.m. and it will be televised by Fox Sports South…
Terrence Jones shows his skills in Blue-White scrimmage
Perhaps Brandon Knight is a bit biased. Perhaps he’s just trying to be a good teammate. Whatever it is, the Kentucky freshman certainly likes new teammate Terrence Jones. Jones put on a superb show during Tuesday’s Blue-White game by scoring 29 points on 13-of-26 shooting from the field. He had eight rebounds, three assists, three blocked shots and only two turnovers.
Boxscore and Game Notes: Blue-White Scrimmage
Boxscore and Game Notes: Blue-White Scrimmage
Terrific story on Terrence Jones – Kentucky is home
The moment he picked up the phone, Kentucky coach John Calipari could sense Terrence Jones was crying. Less than an hour earlier, during a press conference at Jefferson High School in Portland, Ore., the 6-foot-9 Jones had revealed his plans to sign a basketball scholarship with the University of Washington.
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Windsor
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Windsor
Kentucky is the definition of big time when it comes to college basketball
Kentucky is college basketball royalty. The Wildcats have been to the Big Dance a record 50 times and have won 101 games in the tournament. They have been to 41 Sweet 16’s, 32 Elite 8’s, and 13 Final Fours. They rank second only to UCLA with 7 national championships. Kentucky’s 23,000 plus seat arena is packed every single night during the basketball season and the who’s who of the region such as Ashley Judd can be seen at court side during games. There are also another million or so fans who aren’t in the arena who are big time followers of the program. It is easy to see why a kid like Portland’s Terrence Jones would choose to attend school there.
The commitment of Terrence Jones gives UK a blockbuster recruiting class
Terrence Jones completed one of the more stunning recruitments in recent memory Wednesday night when he signed with Kentucky after initially making a verbal commitment to Washington. “We chose Kentucky,” Linda Mashia-Jones, Terrence’s mother, wrote by text at 11:37 p.m. She later added that Terrence just signed financial aid papers, not an NLI. “Just fin[ancial]…
Brandon Knight named to USA TODAY’s 2010 All-USA team
Brandon Knight was named to the USA TODAY’s 2010 All-USA team today. Knight, a two-time Gatorade National Player of the Year, was joined on the first team by North Carolina signee Harrison Barnes – the Player of the Year by USA Today. Also on the first team was Duke signee Kyrie Irving, Ohio State signee Jared…