- After being named No. 1 in the country on Monday, the Cats lost their first game of the season 68-62 to South Carolina (12-8, 3-3 Southeastern Conference). UK is now 19-1 and 4-1 in the SEC. – UK has lost their last three games against South Carolina. – Former Western Kentucky head coach and [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — From here on out, this is what it’s going to be like for UK. Even if the Cats are no longer undefeated — which, by the way, was that really going to last all the way to the Final Four? — the intensity opposing teams bring won’t change. Every aspect of the [...]
UK head coach John Calipari talks about the play of South Carolina guard Devan Downey and the No. 1 Cats’ first loss of the season. More Calipari on the play of the Cats against South Carolina. Calipari and Cousins talk about the play of the Cats, no longer being undefeated, the play of Cousins, and [...]
Columbia, S.C. – Join Kernel writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington for a live blog of the UK-South Carolina game at Colonial Life Arena. The Cats (19-0) are looking to remain perfect against the Gamecocks (11-8) and hold on to their new No. 1 ranking. The point guard matchup figures to be one of the [...]
On Monday, the women’s basketball Associated Press poll was released and the Cats have still yet to convince voting members of the Associated Press that they are worthy of a place in the top 25. However, the Cats did receive 53 votes, an improvement on the 13 votes they received last week. The 53 votes [...]
President Barack Obama and the White House will take part in a conference call with the UK basketball team on Tuesday afternoon, UK athletics announced this morning. The White House initiated contact with the team. Obama wants to thank the team for their fundraising efforts in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti. The team [...]
Everything has changed for the UK men’s basketball team, yet everything is the same. For the first time since the end of the 2002-03 regular season, the Cats (19-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) are the No. 1 team in the land. But the players don’t think being No. 1 will be any different than it has [...]
In some of the more obvious news in recent memory, the unanimous No. 1 Cats are also the No. 1 overall seed, according to three bracketologists. ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi, CBSSports.com’s Jerry Palm and Sport Illustrated’s Andy Glockner all have the Cats as the No. 1 overall seed. The three bracketologists also all have the [...]
Calipari talks about being No. 1 and going up against South Carolina. Calipari talks more about UK’s new ranking and the Gamecocks. And one more video on Calipari previewing UK’s upcoming game against South Carolina. John Wall talks about playing on the road in the SEC, Devan Downey and South Carolina. Daniel Orton talks about [...]
It was a mere formality that it would happen. UK is the unanimous No. 1 in the Associated Press top 25 (and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll). After previous No. 1 Texas (17-2) lost two games last week, and the Cats (19-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) throttled Arkansas to the tune of 101-70, the Big Blue [...]
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