By: David Schuh | dschuh@kykernel.com NBA veterans Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups gave John Wall some advice as he tries to lead a struggling team. Rajon Rondo’s return from a wrist injury has sparked the Celtics to back-to-back wins. Patrick Patterson had 12 points and 7 rebounds in only 23 minutes in Houston’s win over [...]
Enes Kanter looked down the line of seats on the Rupp Arena sidelines. Which one was he confined to last year, when he was forced to sit the bench all season after the NCAA ruled him ineligible?
Continue reading …The finalized rosters for the upcoming Big Blue All Stars exhibition tour featuring former Kentucky players were announced today in a release. Multiple former UK players, as well as two others with local ties, will be playing in the games. Additionally, DeMarcus Cousins and Rajon Rondo are still deciding, but Jeff Sheppard says Cousins will [...]
Continue reading …The five former UK players who will be taking the floor for the Pros on Monday night? DeMarcus Cousins, Tayshaun Prince, Jodie Meeks, Rajon Rondo and John Wall will play in Rupp Arena, as voted by the fans and announced by men’s basketball head coach John Calipari Saturday. Calipari has set up another voting process [...]
Continue reading …Note: For the table of statistics, see below Earlier today, John Clay of the Herald-Leader had an interesting statistical roundup of the shots per minute of various UK players from the last four years. It placed Terrence Jones at the top, averaging a shot every 2.13 minutes of play. I decided to take that research [...]
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Jodie Meeks will enter the NBA Draft but will not hire an agent, according to a release from UK Athletics. Not hiring an agent allows Meeks the opportunity to return to school if he so chooses. The draft is on June 25, and players without agents have until June 15 to remove their names from [...]
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By BW Jones They almost made it look easy. With a season-high attendance of 24,249 at Rupp Arena on Saturday afternoon, the UK men’s basketball team rallied from an early deficit to built a 20-point lead before narrowly holding of the Vanderbilt Commodores 70-60. The Cats (12-4, 1-0) fell behind the Commodores (12-4, 0-1) in [...]
Continue reading …RELATED STORIES: Game recap Replay the game’s live blog LOUISVILLE — UK needs a third scoring option. Or the Cats need to learn how to handle the ball in order to stop committing so many turnovers. Maybe tougher defense would be the solution. But honestly, none of that may be the solution. This UK squad [...]
Continue reading …The UK men’s basketball team hopes the problems and controversy that arose in Las Vegas, stays in Vegas. While out West, the Cats (4-2) committed an enormous amount of turnovers — 54 in a two-game span — and freshman guard DeAndre Liggins refused to re-enter a game in UK’s Vegas opener. However, UK was able [...]
Continue reading …For junior guard Jodie Meeks, the honors just keep rolling in. After being named tournament Most Valuable Player after UK won the Findlay Las Vegas Invitational, Meeks was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week by the league office Monday. Meeks averaged 28.5 points in two games in Las Vegas, including his second 30-point effort [...]
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