On Oct. 15, 2009, freshman forward DeMarcus Cousins had a message to the doubters: “We’ll show you.”
It was Media Day at that time, and Cousins was more known for his nicknames, dancing and staggering size than anything else. With the Southeastern Conference Tournament beginning on Friday and the NCAA Tournament beginning the week after that, [...]
Now that the weather’s turning, I can use the excuse of spring cleaning to get rid of some things I don’t ever want to see again.
I need to get rid of one particular document burning a hole in my hard drive: my preseason top 25, as published in October.
My picks weren’t awful. I aced the [...]
Ben Jones
Sports Editor
SEC Tournament champion: Tennessee
Why they’ll win: No one in the SEC had a better mindset for big games than the Volunteers, who rose to the occasion to beat UK and Kansas. They’re still in the fight for a high seed, and a deep SEC Tournament run could mean as much for them as [...]
Freshman forward DeMarcus Cousins talks about the SEC awards and the upcoming SEC Tournament. Apologies for sound quality (that gym is loud with people shooting around).
Another video (hopefully better sound) from Cousins talking about the SEC awards handed out Tuesday, and the upcoming SEC Tournament. Plus, listen to what Cousins has to say about UK [...]
The coaches of the Southeastern Conference have spoken, and the John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins are tops in the conference.
Wall was named the SEC Player of the Year on Tuesday by the coaches, and Cousins was named SEC Freshman of the Year.
The award for Wall doesn’t come as much of a surprise to many, but [...]
Add a car to the list of things with Coach Cal’s name on it.
According to a news release, the new “Coach Cal Edition 2010 Roush 427R Mustang” is exclusively designed and released by Paul Miller Ford, Lexington, Kentucky’s Largest Ford Dealership.
“J.P. Miller asked if I wanted to drive a Mustang for a while,” said Coach [...]
They finished the Southeastern Conference as the No. 1 team, but they finished the regular season as the No. 2 team in the Associated Press top 25.
After defeating Georgia in Athens, Ga., on Wednesday night, the Cats (29-2, 14-2 SEC) closed out the regular season on Senior Day with a 74-66 win over Florida to [...]
If you missed the Academy Awards last night, have no fear. The awards season has just begun for the UK men’s basketball team.
UK freshman guard John Wall has been named the Yahoo! Sports National Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Joining Wall on the Yahoo! Sports first-team All-America list is UK freshman [...]
- UK’s 74-66 win over Florida moved the Cats to 29-2 on the season, and 14-2 in the Southeastern Conference. The Gators drop to 20-11 and 9-7 in the SEC.
- The Cats sealed up the outright SEC regular season championship on Saturday, their 44th all-time, but the win over Florida will help UK in their [...]
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? The Cats have [...]
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