DeMarcus Cousins posted his 12th double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds as No. 1 Kentucky bounced back from an upset loss to South Carolina with a 85-72 win over No. 21 Vanderbilt on Saturday. Darnell Dodson added 16 points in a rare start for the Wildcats (20-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference), who played like the…
Kentucky Downs Vanderbilt 85-72
King James holds court at Rupp Arena
Lebron James never went to Kentucky and never really even considered going to college. But kind of like the son a father never had, James is the player Kentucky never had. Or didn’t have. Because after Saturday’s Kentucky-Vanderbilt game, it’s become apparent that James has become UK‘s adopted son. Had King James ever gone to…
From the Wall Street Journal: Kentucky and the Last of the Unbeatens
As the last undefeated team in the country before it lost Tuesday to South Carolina, Kentucky is in good company. Of the teams in the prior 13 seasons that were the last to drop a game, five made it to the NCAA tournament’s championship game and two — UConn in 1999 and Florida in 2006…
Kentucky and John Wall are human and mortal after all
No one is ready to handle the bull’s-eye. A year ago, it was North Carolina and everyone else. Two years ago, there were four elite teams in a class of their own to begin the season — and the same quartet made the Final Four. In 2007, it was the defending champion Florida Gators who…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. South Carolina
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky suffered its first loss and is now 19-1, 4-1 SEC on the season. South Carolina improves to 12-8, 3-3. UK is 41-10 against the Gamecocks and 16-6 in Columbia. Kentucky will be in action again Saturday, returning home to host Vanderbilt. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. with the…
Stunner in Columbia: South Carolina topples No. 1 Kentucky
For the first time in the history of the University of South Carolina men’s basketball, the Gamecocks have defeated the top team in the country. And they did it almost entirely on the back of Devan Downey. Downey, a senior guard, had 30 points and five rebounds in the Gamecocks’ stunning 68-62 win over undefeated…
The 10 best Kentucky Wildcats of All-Time
From BleacherReport.com, “A program that was built on the success of one coach and turned into a tradition that is one of the most coveted in the sport today. It has featured many All-Americans and many fantastic coaches. The Wildcats have had seventeen consensus All-Americans. Many of these players lead the Wildcats to a National…
Kentucky has won a SEC conference record 10 weekly awards
Kentucky men’s basketball player DeMarcus Cousins was named the SEC Freshman of the Week as announced by the league office on Monday. Cousins, a 6-11 forward from Birmingham, Ala., scored 16 points and pulled down 14 rebounds in only 17 minutes of action in helping lead Kentucky (19-0, 4-0 SEC) to a 101-70 win against…
Kentucky regains its place atop college basketball world
Well lookie who is back on top of the college basketball world. Kentucky has turned back into Kentucky under John Calipari, running to a 19-0 record — the last undefeated team in the country. The Wildcats are off to their best start since the 1965-66 team opened 23-0. They are certain to be No. 1…
Demarcus Cousins takes shot to mouth, breaks front teeth
It takes a lot to rattle — or knock out — Kentucky freshman DeMarcus Cousins. He took an elbow to the mouth from Arkansas guard Courtney Fortson less than two minutes into Saturday’s game here that appeared to break off part of his two front teeth. However, less than two minutes later he was back…