Tell Me When It’s Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: former basketball player Rick Robey. Robey was a fourth-year senior when Kentucky beat Duke 94-88 on March 27, 1978, to win its first national championship in 20 years. Teammate…
Former Kentucky star Rick Robey: “Physically, I Just Didn’t Have It Anymore”
Jarrod Polson makes Cosmos’ list of the Hottest Guys of March Madness 2012
Jarrod Polson makes Cosmos’ list of the Hottest Guys of March Madness 2012
Anthony Davis graces cover of Sports Illustrated March Madness preview
Anthony Davis graces cover of Sports Illustrated March Madness preview
Former Cats named to inaugural Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame class
Kentucky high school basketball is getting its own Hall of Fame. It will not only have a brick-and-mortar structure, but also a mission of conveying the “essence” of the game to the state’s young people. The Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches made that announcement on Tuesday and named the Hall of Fame’s first inductees. The…
President Barack Obama unveils 2012 NCAA tournament Final Four picks
President Barack Obama has Kentucky, Ohio State, Missouri and North Carolina in the Final Four of his NCAA mens basketball bracket, which will be unveiled in its entirety Wednesday on ESPN.Obama filled out a bracket for the fourth consecutive year. He picked North Carolina to win the 2009 title — and was correct.Hes gone with…
Anthony Davis wins CBSSports.com Player of the Year award
An All-American team should kind of look like an actual basketball team. We have no idea why people can’t grasp this concept, but not everybody does. So you see All-American teams with five forwards or four guards, and no team should ever have five forwards or four guards (unless, of course, Frank Haith is coaching…
Anthony Davis named USBWA Freshman of the Year
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) has selected Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis as the men’s National Freshman of the Year in conjunction with the 2012 Wayman Tisdale Award. The Chicago, Ill., native was selected as a first-team All-America selection by the USBWA on Monday. He averaged 14.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game en route…
Despite loss, Kentucky ends season on top of AP poll
Even after a week in which the top four teams lost, The Associated Press’ final poll looks a lot like it did for the last two months of the season. Kentucky and Syracuse, which both lost in their conference tournaments, were Nos. 1 and 2 in the Top 25 for a seventh straight week Monday. …
It has become part of Kentucky lore that believed Pitino tanked the 1996 SEC tourney final
Cue the comparisons to 1996. As soon as the Wildcats lost to Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament final on Sunday, the members of Big Blue Nation suffered a collective case of déjà vu. The Untouchables, the Rick Pitino-coached group that included Derek Anderson, Tony Delk and Antoine Walker, dropped the SEC tournament final to Mississippi…
Kentucky’s Davis, Calipari sweep AP SEC honors
After a dominating run during the regular season, top-ranked Kentucky made it a clean sweep of the awards on The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference team. Freshman forward Anthony Davis was a unanimous choice Monday for player of the year and newcomer of the year, while John Calipari took the coaching honor for the second time…