In most college towns, any day in which the home team staples down a conference championship, clinching an undefeated home season in the process, is a pretty good day. At the very least, it should yield some sort of celebration. Not in Lexington. In Lexington, who has time to celebrate a hard-earned Southeastern Conference title? [...]
ATHENS, Ga. — All the talk since Saturday’s loss has been that, well, UK’s all talk. From the perimeter, it can’t hit shots even though UK head coach John Calipari has insisted that this is not a poor shooting team. The talk was also that UK can’t rely on its shooters if DeMarcus Cousins isn’t [...]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Against UK, everything is big. The Cats are used to the magnifying glass. For them, Saturday’s loss wasn’t much more than any other loss. Even though they, the nation’s No. 2 team (and No. 1 among the ranks of overachievers), faltered for just the second time this season they left Thompson-Boling Arena with [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Since 2005 — UK basketball’s last win in Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium — the Cats’ football program has won four times in Nashville. Fittingly, it took a Rich Brooks-esque game to break the streak. Somewhere buried in the combined 47 personal fouls (28 in the second half), an Eric Bledsoe technical foul (that could’ve been [...]
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STARKVILLE, Miss. — Getting over The Hump isn’t easy. Humphrey Coliseum, referred to by its full name about as often as Tubby Smith is called “Orlando,” is small and seems unimposing if you get there early enough before the game. Then again if you get there early enough, you’d be sure to see the thousands [...]
Sometime in the first half Saturday night (or is that GameNight?), Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl threw something at UK it wasn’t expecting: The 3-2 zone. The Cats know they’re going to go up against a lot of zone this year, because of the nature of their personnel. John Wall said UK was well-versed in running [...]
Now more than halfway through the Southeastern Conference schedule, the likely top three candidates pushing for league Coach of the Year are in a unique position: None of the three have ever so much as received a single vote for the honor. Makes sense, I guess. All three are brand new to the conference. Two [...]
After just about every game at Rupp Arena, opposing players and coaches tend to address the 24,000 fans and tell them how it’s unlike anything in college basketball. Sometimes, players admit to gawking a bit before the game. Since it’s happened regularly here since 1976, Lexingtonians can lose sight of how staggering such a gathering [...]
As the season has unfolded, the conclusion has become more and more definite: No matter what, John Wall will be the No. 1 pick in June’s NBA draft. But I can imagine one scenario where Wall — gasp — is picked second. What if DeMarcus Cousins goes first? I know, I know. After Saturday’s win [...]
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