The four finalists for the Naismith National Player of the Year award were announced during the North Carolina/Creighton game: Anthony Davis of Kentucky, Draymond Green of Michigan State, Thomas Robinson of Kansas, and Doug McDermott of Creighton. You can vote for Anthony Davis by texting VOTE to 34763. Wait for a reply. Once you’ve received…
Anthony Davis one of four finalists for national Player of the Year
Teague takeover: Freshman point guard dominates in third-round win
Playing point guard on a team full of future lottery picks, there isn’t a role Marquis Teague hasn’t been asked to fill this season. At times, he’s been solely focused on facilitating. Others, he’s been a scorer first and foremost. There have even been games in which Teague retreated into the background on offense only…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Iowa State
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Iowa State
Future Cat Alex Poythress captures Tennessee Class AAA Boys’ Mr. Basketball award
Northeast basketball star Alex Poythress captured the city’s third straight Mr. Basketball award this afternoon at the conclusion of the boys’ Class AAA state championship game in Murfreesboro. Poythress is the first from the city to win the award in 3A. Clarksville Academy’s Malcolm Smith won the award the previous two years in Class A.…
‘Unforgettable’ Feldhaus can’t forget his memories as a Kentucky Wildcats
Deron Feldhaus is as content in this historic town 62 miles upriver from Cincinnati as was Simon Kenton, the 6-foot redhead who founded it. Kenton cut a similarly impressive figure, being a point forward in his own sort of way. Like Kenton, the 43-year-old Feldhaus very much favors Mayville’s northern Kentucky location. The former University…
Kentucky shattered the glass slipper with an emphatic stomp
The clock struck midnight on Western Kentucky‘s Cinderella run, as Kentucky shattered the glass slipper with an emphatic stomp of its Nikes. The Cats navigated the first of what it hopes will be six road blocks on the way to a NCAA championship, overwhelming Western Kentucky 81-66 in NCAA Tournament Second Round at the KFC…
Kentucky’s thoroughbreds find their stride, pick up the pace
John Calipari made sure his team heard about it. Following Kentucky’s semifinal win over Florida in the Southeastern Conference Tournament, Patric Young said that his Gators had intentionally picked up the pace against the Wildcats because they saw an opportunity. “It started wearing the guys out a lot because we don’t think they’re in the…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky
Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb lead Kentucky over WKU, 81-66
Terrence Jones had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Doron Lamb scored 16 and top-seeded Kentucky began its quest for an eighth national title with a staggering display of athleticism in an 81-66 victory over Western Kentucky on Thursday night. On a day when Syracuse nearly became the first No. 1 seed ever to lose to…
John Calipari one of four Coach of the Year finalists
University of Kentucky head men’s basketball coach John Calipari has been named one of four finalists for the Naismith College Coach of the Year the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Thursday. A two-time winner of the award in 2008 and 1996, Calipari is looking to become only the second coach to earn the honor three…