To call someone the “same player” as someone else isn’t usually much of a compliment, but Auburn‘s Rob Chubb only meant praise for Nerlens Noel after facing the Kentucky freshman forward for the first time Saturday night. Just to be compared with last year’s national player of the year, the No. 1 pick in the…
Nerlens Noel living up to huge expectations left by his predecessor
Nerlens Noel named SEC Freshman of the Week
Freshman Nerlens Noel became the fourth Kentucky freshman to earn a Southeastern Conference weekly award when he was tabbed the league’s top performing freshman it was announced on Monday morning. With Noel’s honor today, all four of UK‘s freshmen have been tabbed the league’s freshman of the week recipient at least once this season. Noel averaged 11…
Future Cats Andrew and Aaron Harrison named to USA Junior National Select Team
USA Basketball today named the roster for its 2013 USA Junior National Select Team that will take on the World Select Team in the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit, and the USA will be led by two coaches and four players with prior international basketball experience, including USA medalists and prep standouts Aaron Gordon (Archbishop Mitty…
Cats prove their coach wrong, show they can dominate by smashing Auburn
John Calipari often jokes that he hasn’t been wrong since 1978 or 1977. If that truly is the case, his unbelievable steak ended Saturday night in Auburn, Ala. Just a game after saying his team wasn’t capable of being up 20 on anyone and wasn’t going to “whomp” on anyone this year, the Wildcats proved…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Auburn
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 12-5 overall and 3-1 in Southeastern Conference action with the win. Auburn falls to 8-9 overall and 2-2 in league play. UK now leads the series with Auburn 87-17 and 29-13 when the game is played in Auburn, Ala. The Wildcats have won 14-straight in the series and…
Kentucky routs cold-shooting Auburn 75-53
Kyle Wiltjer scored 17 points for the second straight game and Kentucky held Auburn without a 3-pointer in a 75-53 victory on Saturday night. The Wildcats (12-5, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) turned a five-point halftime game into a rout for their 14th consecutive win over the Tigers (8-9, 2-2) and 28th in 29 meetings. Kentucky made…
Willie Cauley-Stein has knee surgery, status to be determined
As CatsPause.com first reported, Kentucky could be without one of its starters for an undetermined amount of time. A UK spokesperson has confirmed that Willie Cauley-Stein had been bothered by a previously existing injury to his left knee and had a minor procedure done Thursday. His status for Saturday’s game at Auburn is still to…
A record was smashed on this date in Kentucky basketball history…
On this date in 2012, Anthony Davis had a career-high 27 points with 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots. His seven blocks put him at 89 for the year to break the mark previously held by Andre Riddick (1993-94) and Melvin Turpin (1982-83), who needed 34 and 31 games to get to 83 blocks, respectively.…
On this date in Kentucky basketball history, the Cats scored 86 points in one half…
No. 2 Kentucky set a school record on January 16, 1996 with 86 points in the first half and finished with the highest-scoring road game in its 93-year history, a 129-97 Southeastern Conference victory Tuesday night over Louisiana State at Baton Rouge, La. Forward Antoine Walker scored 28 of his game-high 32 points in the…
Calipari’s Kittens put on their man mittens
For a team that was in desperate need of a win to halt a midseason panic and quiet any talk about missing the NCAA Tournament, Kentucky’s 75-65 win over Tennessee was somewhat huge. “I’m happy for them,” John Calipari said after the game. “I said, ‘Be happy you won. You won a game.’ ” During…