If you’ve been hearing this word for the past couple of days, forgive me, but there’s only one way to describe UK basketball in the last 72 hours: Sweet! Quickly, name the last time both the men’s and women’s basketball teams were in the Sweet 16 of their respective tournaments since both expanded to 64 [...]
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No. 16 East Tennessee State Buccaneers (20-14) Game time: Thursday, 7:15 p.m. Location of school: Johnson City, Tenn. Conference: Atlantic Sun Common opponents: at Louisville (L, 69-56), at Arkansas (W, 94-85), at Tennessee (L, 78-66). Players to watch: Forward Tommy Hubbard (14.1 points, 8. 3 rebounds a game), guard Micah Williams (12.5, 3.3.) and guard [...]
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New Orleans Distance from Lexington: 748 miles, 12 hour drive. Stadium: New Orleans Arena, Home of NBA’s New Orleans Hornets Capacity: 17,000 Where to go: Bourbon Street: Need to say more? Magazine Street: For all your shopping needs. French Quarter: The trifecta of NOLA. Food, shops and music. Harrah’s Casino Where to stay: Hilton Garden [...]
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Follow along with Kernel writers as they live chat during the NCAA Selection Show at 6 p.m. tonight. We’ll talk about who should be in, who shouldn’t be, snubs, bad seeding and everything else that comes with it. We’ll also talk about where the Cats are heading. If you want to join in on the [...]
Continue reading …How would you like to trade Memorial Coliseum for the Carrier Dome or another, better basketball locale? With a few changes, like a new head coach and six super recruits, consider it done. That is the difference between this time in 2009 and now. One new ambassador head coach and six recruits to mesh with [...]
Continue reading …Raise your hand if you saw this one coming: a basketball team going from National Invitation Tournament regular to an NCAA Tournament top-four seed? Matthew Mitchell, put your hand down. Obviously, you don’t count. To tell you the truth, my hand is one of those not raised. Before the season, I would have never guessed [...]
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