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UK Hoops clinches share of SEC title with Senior Night win

UK Hoops endured an imperfect script of interior defensive breakdowns, a late-game technical foul and no production from the seniors in their final home game, but still managed to compose a storybook ending. The Cats finished off an undefeated home season and secured at least a share of its first SEC regular-season title since 1982 [...]

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Cumbess, Weaver give Cats young talent now, in future

By Cody Porter | cporter@kykernel.com The names of seniors Rachel Riley and Chanda Bell are well known among softball players in the Southeastern Conference, but their younger teammates, sophomores Lauren Cumbess and Ellen Weaver, are yet to be as recognized by conference opponents. “Without question, the cornerstone of our program has been our pitching staff,” [...]

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UK in the NBA

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UK in the NBA

By: David Schuh | dschuh@kykernel.com   Eric Bledsoe, now back from his knee injury, is helping to fill the void left by Chauncey Billups’ season-ending achilles injury. Sacramento Kings center Demarcus Cousins has showed noticeable consistency since Keith Smart took over as head coach. SB Nation breaks down the playing time of Enes Kanter compared [...]

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Matthew Mitchell’s UK Hoops team will honor three departing seniors and continue to fight for an SEC regular-season title against the South Carolina Gamecocks Thursday at Memorial Coliseum.

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The phone calls to DeMarcus Cousins, the water bottles thrown onto the court — Twany Beckham remembers the peripherals of UK’s six-point overtime win at Mississippi State two years ago. He remembers it from the other side, when he was a member of the Bulldogs and UK rolled in with a No. 2 ranking. “It was [...]

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UK softball takes 3 of 5 in Florida

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During Wednesday’s media day, UK softball head coach Rachel Lawson said she liked having a schedule that placed her team in warmer weather to prepare for conference play in the south.

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Baseball cruises in opening weekend

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The UK baseball team traveled to Spartanburg, S.C., to open its 2012 season this weekend.

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List of ways to beat UK dwindling

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Teams are running out of ways to try and beat UK. It’s been 18 games since a team found a way to do it. Since Dec. 10, UK has found itself on the winning side of the scoreboard every single time. Saturday against Ole Miss was the latest in that line, a 77-62 win that [...]

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UK not distracted by Ole Miss’ distractions

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UK not distracted by Ole Miss’ distractions

Notes and quotes from Friday’s press conference. UK’s last game: a 69-63 win at Vanderbilt. Ole Miss’ last game: a 102-76 loss to Vanderbilt. That score didn’t make the players sound overconfident, though. “We know that doesn’t matter because when anybody plays us we get their best game,” Marquis Teague said. “We know when they [...]

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Snowcats provide big adventure

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Snowcats provide big adventure

By Paul Martin UK has a wide variety of student clubs to pick from, but only one hits the fresh snow each year. As a freshman, Jared Greco packed up his ski gear and headed west with the Snowcats. “Our trip to Big Sky, Mont., got me hooked,” Greco, who is a mechanical engineering major, [...]

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