The Cats have streamrolled through the NCAA Tournament so far, downing ETSU, Wake Forest and Cornell. But the toughest matchup has yet to come, as John Calipari and Co. face a coach (Bob Huggins) that Cal hasn’t had a lot of success against. West Virginia is battling injury and the Cats are young. The winner [...]
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 that [...]
NEW ORLEANS – Join Kernel writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington for tonight’s live chat of UK’s second round game between UK and Wake Forest.
UK, led by a career-high 29 points from freshman guard Eric Bledsoe, defeated 16-seeded East Tennessee State on Thursday, 100-71. Ninth-seeded Wake Forest took down Texas in their first round matchup, [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Join Kernel sports writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington for the live blog of today’s Southeastern Conference championship game between UK (31-2, 14-2 SEC) and Mississippi State (23-10, 9-7 SEC).
The Cats won their lone meeting this year, an overtime thriller in Starkville, Miss., 81-75 on Feb. 16.
In that game MSU was missing [...]
Join Kernel writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington as they cover the action from Nasvhille as Day 3 of the Southeastern Conference Tournament rolls on. The Cats will face off against rival Tennessee for the third time this season. Each team won on their home courts, so today’s “neutral” court battle will be the rubber [...]
Follow along with staff writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington as they cover the action live from Nashville as the Cats take on Alabama in the SEC Quarterfinals. Bama overcome a large second half defict against South Carolina to make it into the second round.
UK vs. Alabama — SEC Quarterfinal
Join Kernel sports writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington for Wednesday night’s game between UK (27-2, 12-2 Southeastern Conference) and Georgia (13-14, 5-9 SEC).
The Cats will be looking to clinch at least a tie of the SEC regular season title on the road in Athens, Ga. The Bulldogs record may not be sparkling but they [...]
Follow along with Kernel writers James Pennington and Metz Camfield as they cover the action live in Knoxville, Tenn. as UK makes the return trip to Tennessee. A win would promise UK a share of its 44th Southeastern Conference championship. Fresh in the minds of both teams is Jodie Meeks’ 54 point outburst last year [...]
The Cats are looking forward to avenging their lone loss of the season Thursday night against South Carolina. The storylines are plentiful and the blood is starting to get bad. Follow along with Kernel bloggers Metz Camfield and Kenny Colston as they provide game insight from Rupp Arena starting at 8:30 p.m.
UK vs. South [...]
Join Kernel writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington for the live blog of tonight’s game between No. 2 UK (24-1, 9-1 Southeastern Conference) and Mississippi State (18-7, 6-4 SEC). The two programs were the preseason favorites to win their respective divisions in the SEC, and possess two of the best big men in the conference [...]
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