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Starting over

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Starting over

Patterson leads Cats back to .500 with career-high 28 points in rout Back to square one. That’s where the UK men’s basketball team (2-2) finds itself with its 91-57 rout of Longwood (3-3) on Monday night in Rupp Arena. With an 0-2 start behind them and a fresh slate of non-conference games still looming, the [...]

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The Cats rode a strong performance from Patrick Patterson to a 91-57 victory over the Longwood Lancers in the first game of the Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational. Patterson finished with 28 points, 12 rebounds and six assists after scoring 22 points and pulling down nine boards in the first half.  The UK offense appeared [...]

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Play alters element of Suprise Theatre

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By Margaret Barr With its latest play, Surprise Theatre is removing one of its standard elements of shock for audience members. “There is no audience participation unlike past plays,” said Gene Williams, co-owner of Natasha’s Café and board member for Surprise Theatre. “We give the audience a program and a curtain call after the play [...]

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UK v. Longwood Live Blog – Second Half

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Carter, Slone check in. Kentucky natives Jared Carter and Landon Slone are set to check in the game following the final television timeout of the evening.  The Cats lead 83-51 and look well on their way to avoiding another embarrassing loss in an early-season tournament.

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UK v. Longwood Live Blog — Halftime

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Cats Lead 51-24 Patrick Patterson scored 22 points to pace the Cats in the first half as they jumped out to an early 24-7 lead.  Patterson added nine rebounds and three assists with two blocks in the half.  Patterson received the ball in the post on six of the Cats’ first nine possessions.

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Cats can’t avoid talk of 23-game losing streak

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For the next five days UK head coach Rich Brooks and his players expect to be consistently asked about the streak. Sprinkled in will be questions about Phillip Fulmer Day, various UK players that hail from or near Knoxville and UK’s bowl fate. But the streak, the one in which Tennessee has beaten the Cats [...]

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UK v. Longwood Live Blog — First Half

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Lead shrinks, but Cats holding on. Longwood is on a 17-11 run, but still trails the Cats 40-24.  Longwood guard Ryan Bogan is doing his best Keith Bogans impression with five threes in the first half.

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UK v. Longwood Live Blog — Pre-game

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The Cats will look to even their record tonight with a victory against the Longwood Lancers in the first game of the Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational.  There will be no repeat of last season when UK failed to advance past the opening rounds of its early-season tournament.  All teams advance in the Los Angeles [...]

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Businesses hope consumers buy into Black Friday

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By Brooke McCloud The economy may not be so cheery, but local businesses are hoping that this Black Friday will make for a profitable holiday shopping season. Taking place the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday is the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season.With stores offering longer hours, doorbusters and limited-time sales, Black Friday has [...]

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By Laura Edelen UK recently combined the Commission on Diversity and Commission on Women to form the new Commission on Excellence, Diversity and Inclusion. Vice President for Institutional Diversity J.J. Jackson will head the new commission, which will go into effect July 1, 2009. “My goals for the commission are to continuously identify as clearly [...]

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