In most college towns, any day in which the home team staples down a conference championship, clinching an undefeated home season in the process, is a pretty good day. At the very least, it should yield some sort of celebration. Not in Lexington. In Lexington, who has time to celebrate a hard-earned Southeastern Conference title? […]
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It’s Senior Day at Rupp Arena as the Cats will be saying goodbye to Ramon Harris, Perry Stevenson, Mark Krebs and junior Patrick Patterson. The Cats have already clinched their 44th Southeastern Conference title, so today is just for the seniors. Follow along with writers Metz Camfield and James Pennington as they cover the action. […]
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The No. 19 Cats (25-6, 11-5 Southeastern Conference) erased an 11-point halftime deficit and turned it into an 11-point margin of victory, with a 76-65 win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs (19-12, 9-7 SEC) to advance to the SEC final for just the second time in school history. In recent seasons, the Cats had been close […]
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UK (24-6, 11-5 Southeastern Conference) snapped its two-game losing streak with a 65-54 win against the Auburn Tigers (15-16, 5-11 SEC) in its opening game of the SEC Tournament. The 10th-seeded Tigers entered Friday’s quarterfinal following their opening round victory over Florida, and upset UK on the final weekend of the regular season. However, UK […]
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Three seniors and a junior will be honored on Sunday afternoon at Rupp Arena, and the Cats (28-2, 13-2 Southeastern Conference) will attempt to clinch the outright SEC regular season championship. Junior forward Patrick Patterson, who will graduate this year, will take part in Senior Day festivities with his decision about foregoing his senior season […]
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There are as many players from France — two — as there are native Kentuckians on the UK men’s tennis team. But for sophomore Eric Quigley, a graduate of South Oldham High School, a December trip to France was just what he needed to propel himself into the spring season. Quigley, the No. 8 singles […]
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Let’s stop the charade we’ve been playing in college basketball for the past few years when it comes to the last home game of the season. You know what I’m talking about — Senior Day. The event that once celebrated the fact that college kids stayed four years, completed degrees and more all while playing […]
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ATHENS, Ga. — All the talk since Saturday’s loss has been that, well, UK’s all talk. From the perimeter, it can’t hit shots even though UK head coach John Calipari has insisted that this is not a poor shooting team. The talk was also that UK can’t rely on its shooters if DeMarcus Cousins isn’t […]
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ATHENS, Ga. – A tale of two halves for the Cats was enough to give UK at least a share of their 44th Southeastern Conference regular season crown, and their first since 2005. A 12-0 run to begin the second half was enough to give UK a comfortable 16-point lead, and a season-high 14 blocked […]
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