Darius Miller, last year’s SEC Tournament MVP, has yet to score through two games in this year’s tournament. He missed two shots against LSU and three shots against Florida. Against the Gators, head coach John Calipari was more mad than I can remember seeing him. I know, I know — Calipari’s always furious on the [...]
Continue reading …UK (32-1) fought back and held on to beat Florida (23-10) 74-71 on Saturday to advance to the SEC Tournament championship game. The Cats swept Florida all three games this season for the first time since the 2004 season. “They defended, they were physical, they got us inside,” UK head coach John Calipari said, “and [...]
Continue reading …Head coach John Calipari makes no reservations about his distaste for conference tournaments. But, hey, “now that you’re in the championship game, you might as well play it to win it,” Calipari said Saturday after beating Florida to advance to the finals. “I mean, you’re here, you got to play the game, let’s go for [...]
Continue reading …Key player: The sluggish start from freshman Anthony Davis didn’t find its way to New Orleans Arena on Saturday. From start to finish, Davis’ impact was felt on the game. In the first half when Florida continued to stretch out its lead, it was Davis that had the ball in his hands for a momentum-killing [...]
Continue reading …Three things to watch for in UK’s game against Florida in the SEC semifinals: 1. What can Florida do to make up 35 points? — This will be the third time in just over a month that UK plays Florida. The Cats beat the Gators at home by 20 points and one the road by [...]
Continue reading …NEW ORLEANS — Marquis Teague had struggled so much in his first postseason game that head coach John Calipari felt compelled to pull him aside for a one-on-one chat after UK beat LSU. “Look,” Calipari said he told him, “I got all the faith in the world in you.” Calipari’s belief was unshaken despite Teague’s [...]
Continue reading …UK will play No. 4 seed Florida in Saturday’s SEC tournament semifinal after the Gators beat No. 5 seed Alabama 66-63 on Friday. This will be the third time in just over a month the two teams have met. In the regular season, the Cats beat the Gators by 20 at home and by 15 [...]
Continue reading …Les Johns and Cody Porter provide commentary and reaction from sports writers and fans, capturing the magical moments from championship week across the country. Join them for live-blog style coverage of each day’s action, television schedules and analysis of which 68 teams will make the Big Dance.
Continue reading …No. 1: Will Davis remember? – LSU forward Malcolm White committed a flagrant foul against F Anthony Davis by pulling him down from behind on a breakaway dunk in the team’s regular-season meeting. White apologized for the play, but will Davis and the Cats still have it on their mind? White thinks so — “I [...]
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