Junior forward Patrick Patterson talks about going against West Virginia and compares last season to this season. Freshman guard John Wall talks about facing West Virginia in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Here’s another video of Wall. Here he talks about whether the Cats are the favorites in the Tournament and talks about [...]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – It wasn’t as easy as 1-2-3, but it wasn’t calculus, either. In a game billed as David vs. Goliath, experience vs. inexperience and academic school vs. athletic school, UK’s speed and athleticism came out on top, 62-45. With a packed crowd favoring the Big Red of Cornell over the Big Blue of [...]
Freshman guard John Wall talks about moving on to the Elite Eight and enjoying the moment. Junior forward Patrick Patterson talks about UK’s win over Cornell in the Sweet 16 and facing West Virginia in the Elite Eight. Freshman guard Eric Bledsoe talks about UK’s defense against Cornell and moving on to the Elite Eight [...]
- UK defeated Cornell 62-45 in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. The win moves UK’s record to 35-2 on the season, while Cornell fails to advance to their first Elite Eight in program history. – UK will face West Virgina in the Elite Eight on Saturday [...]
Join Kernel sports writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington for a live chat during tonight’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup between No. 1 UK (34-2) and No. 12 Cornell (29-4). Two contrasting schools, two contrasting styles and two contrasting program histories will be going head-to-head in a football venue holding a basketball game (see, even [...]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – For the last two weekends, I’ve felt like I have lived out of my not-so-sexy duffel bag. Two weekends ago it was Nashville, Tenn., a fun, really cool city with great night life and awesome music. Then last weekend it was New Orleans – need I say anything more? The basketball has [...]
To her residents, it means everything. It’s as much a part of the state’s identity as horse racing and bourbon. In Kentucky, basketball is the sport of all sports, and the UK men’s basketball team is king. Whether you’re a family in Eastern Kentucky that’s never been to a game, a bar owner in [...]
The youthful Cats’ birth certificates may still say they are 19 and 20 years old, but the way they’re playing basketball says anything but that. After 29- and 30-point demolitions of East Tennessee State and Wake Forest in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament, the Cats are flying high going into the [...]
UK freshman guard John Wall and UK head coach John Calipari continue to bring in the hardware. Wall was named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Freshman of the Year. Wall had already been named a USBWA first-team All-American and USBWA District IV Player of the Year. Wall was a unanimous choice for the award [...]
- UK defeated Wake Forest 90-60 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to advance to the Sweet 16. The win improves UK’s overall record to 34-2, and ends Wake Forest’s season at 20-11. – UK will face either Cornell or Wisconsin in Syracuse, N.Y. on Thursday, March 25. UK is 0-1 against Cornell [...]
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