Florida head coach Billy Donovan tried to find as many ways as he could to say, essentially, “THEY ARE SO GOOD!” after his top-10 Florida team lost to a top-ranked UK team by 20 points.
When Anthony Davis took the court, 24,000 posters depicting him and his oustretched arms encircled him in the Rupp Arena seats. “Indescribable, really,” Davis said. “I was laughing. I think ESPN was holding a camera on Marquis (Teague) and Doron (Lamb) sitting down, and Marquis was holding the poster and the camera was on it.” [...]
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Kernel staff writers make their predictions for Tuesday’s UK vs. Florida game. Leave your own in the poll at the bottom. David Schuh: UK 77, UF 68 Florida is a very good team. They have a big frontcourt, quick guards, and athleticism across the board. They shoot just over 26 three-pointers per game, and will [...]
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Florida will shoot 3-pointers on Tuesday. A lot. I know it, you know it, John Calipari knows it. “Now, you just know that they’re going to take 30,” Calipari said. Maybe not 30. Florida averages 26 threes per game and has eclipsed 30 four times, none since Dec. 17. But they’re going to be in [...]
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UK (23-1, 9-0 SEC) will face Florida (19-4, 7-1 SEC) and its threatening 3-point shooters on Tuesday. The Gators as a whole shoot 40.2 percent from behind the arc, led by junior guard Kenny Boynton, who averages 17.6 points per game and 43.8 percent from long range. “You just know that they’re going to take [...]
Continue reading …UK was only technically playing a road game against South Carolina on Saturday. In Colonial Life Arena, 16,527 fans attended the game, but blue outnumbered red. It wasn’t just visually that Cats fans dominated. It was sonically, as well. The Gamecocks received more boos than cheers when they came onto their own floor for pre-game [...]
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By: David Schuh | dschuh@kykernel.com Clipper’s guard Eric Bledsoe returned to the team Sunday in Denver after a 3-game rehab stint in the NBA developmental league. Chuck Hayes re-aggravated his left shoulder in his first game back from injury. He originally separated the shoulder on Jan. 5, causing him to miss 11 games. The Bleacher Report [...]
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Three things to watch when UK plays Tennessee on Tuesday (7 p.m., ESPNU): 1. Jarnell Stokes — Tennessee’s freshman forward played his first college game against UK in their first matchup. He had nine points and four rebounds in 17 minutes (all while, according to Jimmy Dykes’ now infamous repetition, hardly knowing what the game [...]
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UK’s new platinum jerseys will debut on Tuesday against Tennessee. But the players brought them out for Monday’s practice. Here’s Eloy Vargas modeling the front and Ryan Harrow modeling the back (click for full size): I had been wondering how the jerseys would look on real people and under real lighting, as opposed to the [...]
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The Cats were a unanimous No. 1 in the coaches poll for the second straight week, receiving all 31 first-place votes.
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