NEW ORLEANS – Join Kernel writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington for tonight’s live chat of UK’s second round game between UK and Wake Forest. UK, led by a career-high 29 points from freshman guard Eric Bledsoe, defeated 16-seeded East Tennessee State on Thursday, 100-71. Ninth-seeded Wake Forest took down Texas in their first round [...]
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NEW ORLEANS – Wake Forest is up next for the Cats, but when circling around the UK locker room Friday afternoon, much of the talk circled back to South Carolina. The Gamecocks, led by senior guard Devan Downey and 44 team rebounds, handed UK their first loss of the season on Jan. 26. UK is [...]
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NEW ORLEANS – Next up for UK are the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest. A jump shot by Wake Forest guard Ish Smith with just over one second left on the clock gave the Deacs an 81-80 victory over Texas. Back-to-back 3-pointers by J’Covan Brown and Jordan Hamilton and two free throws from Damion James [...]
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NEW ORLEANS – Playing in the city nicknamed the Big Easy was only fitting for UK (33-2) on Thursday against East Tennessee State. The Cats shot 59.4 percent in the first half and 51.7 percent for the game, coasting to a 100-71 victory over the 16-seeded Buccaneers. “(East Tennessee State) hit a buzzsaw,” UK head [...]
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Freshmen John Wall and Eric Bledsoe are two of UK’s starting five who have never played in an NCAA Tournament game before. Photo by Britney McIntosh | Staff NEW ORLEANS – On Oct. 16, the UK men’s basketball team (32-2) took the court at Rupp Arena for Big Blue Madness. The crowd welcomed the youthful [...]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The buzzer sounded and DeMarcus Cousins raced to the other end of the court with arms spread wide after hitting what he called the biggest shot of his career. Pandemonium erupted throughout a tense Bridgestone Arena and John Wall was in hot pursuit of his teammate. The end result was a strong [...]
Continue reading …NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Join Kernel sports writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington for the live blog of today’s Southeastern Conference championship game between UK (31-2, 14-2 SEC) and Mississippi State (23-10, 9-7 SEC). The Cats won their lone meeting this year, an overtime thriller in Starkville, Miss., 81-75 on Feb. 16. In that game MSU [...]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The final has come, and it will pit the top team from the Southeastern Conference’s eastern division and the SEC’s western division. UK (31-2, 14-2 SEC) and Mississippi State (23-10, 9-7 SEC) battled in one of the SEC’s best games of the regular season on Feb. 16. The Cats rallied from a [...]
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