For Kentucky, the nightmares of the free throws missed won’t go away anytime soon, but neither will the moments that brought them to within one win of its ninth national title.
Title bid for Kentucky Wildcats falls short, but memories last
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs Connecticut
Kentucky ends the season 29-11 overall and is now 18-3 (.857) in NCAA Tournament games under John Calipari.
Improbable run ends one win short as Kentucky Wildcats fall to UConn
Kentucky’s storybook NCAA Tournament run fell one comeback short with a 60-54 loss to Connecticut in the championship game.
Dome spells doom again as cold-shooting Cats can’t overcome UConn
This team was different. After the star-studded 2009-10 edition of the Kentucky Wildcats met its end in the Elite Eight largely due to a paltry shooting performance against West Virginia, these Cats stormed their way to a Final Four berth. It was a different kind of team, one that made opponents pay from the perimeter. …
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Connecticut
Go here for boxscore. — Kentucky finishes its season at 29-9 on the season. Connecticut improves to 31-9. — The Wildcats are 1-3 all-time against Connecticut and 0-2 against the Huskies in the NCAA Tournament. — UK drops to 105-46 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 7-3 in national semifinal games. — John Calipari is…
Kentucky’s tourney run ends in a heartbreaker
When it’s win or go home, nobody’s better than Kemba and the kids. Kemba Walker scored 18 points Saturday night to lift Connecticut to its 10th straight victory since finishing off a .500 regular season, a 56-55 win over cold-shooting Kentucky that moved the Huskies a victory away from their third, and most improbable, NCAA…
Kentucky’s rally falls short in loss to UConn
Kentucky fought to the bitter end but could not pull out the win against UConn. After trailing by 10 at the half, Kentucky made a run for it in the second half, pulling ahead after a series of 3-pointers. The second half of this Final Four match-up saw a number of lead changes and ties.…
For Calhoun and Calipari, It’s The Frigid Four
Most of all, I remember the empty orange chair. Fifteen years have come and gone. Fifteen Roads to fifteen Final Fours. Fifteen shining moments. But that day at the Basketball Hall of Fame there was only the vacant chair. I was writing then for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the closest newspaper to the University of…
Calipari says selfish play doomed Cats against UConn
It had been a long time since John Calipari took a beating as thorough as the one given to Kentucky by Connecticut Wednesday night in the finals of the Maui Invitational. Selfish play by a young team that has not learned how to handle adversity was the driving force behind the Cats 84-67 loss, according to the coach, who discussed the game during an audio tweet released Thursday.
Kentucky falls to UConn in Maui Finals
Kemba Walker scored 29 points and Connecticut beat a Top 10 team for the second straight day, knocking off No. 8 Kentucky with an 84-67 rout to win the Maui Tournament on Wednesday night. Connecticut (5-0), the 2005 Maui champions, wore down second-ranked Michigan State in the semifinals and steamrolled the Wildcats with a massive run to close the first half. Alex Oriakhi had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the Huskies shot 57 percent against one of the nation’s best teams to leave paradise with a big trophy and bigger expectations.