In January 2010, John Calipari was on SportsCenter with anchor John Buccigross and caused a little controversy with his comments. Friday, Calipari was back on SportsCenter with Buccigross. This time, it was a very cordial interview on UK basketball. “Nice, polite conversation between the two of you,” said the other anchor after the interview concluded. [...]
Three things to watch for when No. 2 UK plays No. 13 Kansas as part of the Champions Classic event at 9 p.m. on ESPN: 1. Terrence Jones vs. Thomas Robinson – Both Sports Illustrated cover boys, this will be the premier matchup on the court. Robinson is listed a t 6-foot-10, 237 pounds and [...]
He sat in a blue chair about 16 hours after he was a passenger in a highly publicized incident, the swarm of media around him, waiting for the questions to come. The first: How was your day? “It was all right,” Jones said, and he couldn’t resist a smile after that one. Not because he [...]
The point margin was not quite 85 points, but UK charted its first regular season victory against Marist 108-58 Friday night at Rupp Arena. The Cats got off to a quick start, scoring early in the first half and causing Marist to call its first time out after three minutes of play. Their run didn’t [...]
Terrence Jones speaks about his early Friday morning car accident: “Well honestly, I take full responsibility for being out late. That really let down my team by making us have curfew.” Jones denied the reports that he had been drinking. “When it comes to me drinking and all that other stuff, none of that’s true. [...]
Our basketball preview special section came out Thursday. Links to all our stories: Next in Line: Teague follows in Calipari point guard lineage. 6 starters, 5 spots. Who’s it going to be? Veteran players will be driving force. Don’t overlook UK’s defense. Nonconference schedule preview.
A full transcript of John Calipari’s press conference after UK’s 125-40 exhibition win over Morehouse. Q. What did you think? COACH CALIPARI: We were better. That’s what I was looking for. I was looking for more intensity, a team that was a little more athletic and a little bigger. I wanted to see how we [...]
Notes and quotes and video from Sunday’s media session. UK head coach John Calipari said Michael Kidd-Gilchrist will be in the starting lineup in UK’s exhibition game against Morehouse Monday. “There’s no question for anybody in the nine states who watched it” that Kidd-Gilchrist should start, Calipari said. Kidd-Gilchrist came off the bench in UK’s [...]
After UK’s exhibition game against Transylvania, the Cats walked away knowing the defensive press needed to be adjusted. The start of last week’s exhibition was slow, with players trying to adapt to playing with opponents wearing colors other than blue and white. “Our first exhibition, just playing another team, probably had a little bit of nerves, [...]
Four Cats were named to a list of 50 Naismith Award candidates. Anthony Davis, Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague were each placed on the watch list, according to CBS’ Jeff Goodman, who obtained an early copy. UK and North Carolina each had the most players on the list, with four apiece. The full [...]
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