UK was ranked, as expected, No. 2 in the coaches poll Thursday. (It’s the highest UK has been ranked since 1995-96, and UK plays six teams currently in the Top 25, and more nuggets of goodness here). But how much do preseason rankings indicate when compared to where teams end up? I went back 13 [...]
Brandon Knight hit the game-winner against Jared Sullinger’s Ohio State team in last season’s NCAA Tournament to advance UK to the Elite Eight. Knight’s gone to the NBA, and Sullinger came back. But Sullinger is keeping a picture of Knight’s shot for motivation. An excerpt from the Beacon Journal: That prompted Sullinger to tape a [...]
Earlier today, UK head coach John Calipari tweeted that Anthony Davis had thrown down a dunk on Michael Kidd-Gilchrist in the first Sunday practice session. Turns out, Kidd-Gilchrist returned the favor in the second practice of the day. Now there’s video evidence. Davis dunks on Kidd-Gilchrist: Kidd-Gilchrist dunks on Davis: The two players had some [...]
There’s always a lot of talk about who will dance at Big Blue Madness. Various names popped up from Media Day — Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist told KSTV they would (they didn’t), other players said Jarrod Polson would (he did). Sometimes it works out; sometimes it doesn’t. Just last year, Doron Lamb told me [...]
College basketball season is coming soon, and that means previews, projections and predictions. We’ll have our share, too. For now, it’s Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn ranking the best frontcourts and backcourts in the nation. Not surprisingly, UK ranks high in both. Winn ranks UK’s frontcourt of Anthony Davis, Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kyle Wiltjer and [...]
Getting student basketball tickets will work similar to last season, with the addition of group registration. Tickets will be distributed seven times this year: three distributions (first-come, first-serve) and four lotteries (which now include the new group registration). The key components of the student lotteries, via UK (full instructions for how to set up and [...]
The Big Blue All Stars tour has added a new face for the middle three stops. Rajon Rondo will be on the team for games in Knott County, Mason County and Pulaski County, according to a press release. Additionally, Ravi Moss has been added to the rosters for all five games. The full rosters are [...]
A Memphis Commercial Appeal report says John Calipari and Derrick Rose agreed to pay $100,000 combined to Memphis season ticket holders for devaluing their tickets after the vacated 2008 season. Calipari also paid his bonus, valued at $232,000 after taxes, to the University of Memphis scholarship fund. The agreement laid out a four-year payment plan [...]
Check out our slideshow of the 2011-2012 UK men’s basketball team. At photo day, the players had some fun posing for photos, doing group shots and joking with each other.
Enes Kanter will finally play in Rupp Arena. With the creation of the Big Blue All Stars vs. Villains exhibition game on Oct. 24, former UK players, including Kanter, and former “Villains” will take the court again. The biggest name is Kanter, who was a late addition to the Big Blue All Stars rosters, according [...]
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