SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Four-hundred and eighty-three days doesn’t seem like a lot of time for a seismic shift in one program. So it seems even more improbable for two programs to do the same.
On Nov. 29, 2008, UK and West Virginia, two programs struggling for an identity, clashed in an anti-climactic, TV-unfriendly brawl in Las [...]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — So much for that.
So much for the “smart vs. dumb” angle and the miniature societal clash that came with it.
So much for the Big Red’s big upset bid. Cornell has played well all season, but not against speed, size or strength comparable to UK’s — and yes, that includes Cornell’s near-shocker against [...]
If you’ve been hearing this word for the past couple of days, forgive me, but there’s only one way to describe UK basketball in the last 72 hours:
Sweet!
Quickly, name the last time both the men’s and women’s basketball teams were in the Sweet 16 of their respective tournaments since both expanded [...]
NEW ORLEANS — All in about a ten-hour span Saturday, a bunch of Kentucky kids across a handful of venues proved the state of the Commonwealth’s pastime may be better than ever.
Both UK men’s and women’s teams won NCAA Tournament games, a mountain team (Shelby Valley) won the Kentucky state high school [...]
NEW ORLEANS — Through one round of the NCAA Tournament, no team dominated its first opponent like UK did.
It’s also possible that in the second round, no team will face a more eye-to-eye matchup than the Cats.
All year, two things have undeniably played into UK’s favor: speed and size. Scout all you can and watch [...]
NEW ORLEANS — With as much ease as it disposed of East Tennessee State, UK seemed to do everything in its power Thursday to rid itself of the one wound critics have salted all year: inexperience.
At this point, how can anyone call a team inexperienced if it’s gone through just about every situation a team [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After watching John Wall play for three or four games, nothing he does surprises you any more. His speed continues to stun and his athleticism still never quite makes sense. But when he makes a play no other player on the floor (or anywhere else) can make, the element [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — DeMarcus Cousins called it “good, clean, competitive basketball.” Daniel Orton called it “competitive spirit.” Whatever “it” was, it made Cats-Vols III feel at times like it would boil over into World War III.
And “it” made UK play its best game of the year.
Of all the unexpected turns in Saturday’s de facto SEC [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When John Wall takes over, the results are staggering. If everything unfolds just right, UK can’t help but win despite its best efforts in out-bricking the opponent and winning the battle of futility on the glass.
Both of those scenarios played out as picture-imperfectly as possible Friday afternoon for UK. But because Wall [...]
How would you like to trade Memorial Coliseum for the Carrier Dome or another, better basketball locale?
With a few changes, like a new head coach and six super recruits, consider it done.
That is the difference between this time in 2009 and now.
One new ambassador head coach and six recruits to mesh with the holdovers.
It’s the [...]
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