Trees are beginning to bloom, the weather is warming up, Keeneland’s spring meets are at the gate and the futures of a few 19-, 20-, and 21-year-olds are on the minds of the entire Big Blue Nation. Many believe John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Patrick Patterson have seen their final playing days at UK and [...]
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It’s a new season, a new head coach and a new pace on the field for the UK football team. With the head coaching reins now in the hands of Joker Phillips, the Cats took the field Wednesday morning for their first spring practice of the year. “It’s a lot more intense,” said junior-to-be wide [...]
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For a season which tipped off with a dance that swept the Commonwealth and an inaugural address that reenergized the Big Blue Nation, a locker room filled with tears and mourning was not what the UK men’s basketball team (35-3, 14-2 Southeastern Conference) had in mind as the final chapter. The Cats won their first [...]
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – He was only a senior in high school when he first heard he could be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft. “I was shocked,” UK freshman guard John Wall said. “That’s a dream come true for anybody.” Now that dream seems to becoming more clear with each passing day, and [...]
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Cats (35-2) aren’t sure who the favorite is to win the NCAA Tournament, and they’re not all that worried about it either. A week after the tournament’s top seed Kansas fell to Northern Iowa, the Cats were skeptical as to if they were the new team to beat. Some said yes, [...]
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UK Men’s Basketball vs. Cornell – Images by Kentucky Kernel SYRACUSE, N.Y. – It wasn’t as easy as 1-2-3, but it wasn’t calculus, either. In a game billed as David vs. Goliath, experience vs. inexperience and academic school vs. athletic school, UK’s speed and athleticism came out on top, 62-45. With a packed crowd favoring [...]
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Join Kernel sports writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington for a live chat during tonight’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup between No. 1 UK (34-2) and No. 12 Cornell (29-4). Two contrasting schools, two contrasting styles and two contrasting program histories will be going head-to-head in a football venue holding a basketball game (see, even [...]
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To her residents, it means everything. It’s as much a part of the state’s identity as horse racing and bourbon. In Kentucky, basketball is the sport of all sports, and the UK men’s basketball team is king. Whether you’re a family in Eastern Kentucky that’s never been to a game, a bar owner in Northern [...]
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The youthful Cats’ birth certificates may still say they are 19 and 20 years old, but the way they’re playing basketball says anything but that. After 29- and 30-point demolitions of East Tennessee State and Wake Forest in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament, the Cats are flying high going into the [...]
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