Sunday, February 28, 2010


Darnell Dodson and perhaps DeAndre Liggins are the prime suspects that Calipari accused of napping against Tennessee

Freedom Hall has been talking with athletics officials at UK about them playing more contests there each year

Gregg Doyel from CBSSports.com says Evan Turner is having a better year than John Wall

In addition to Devan Downey, John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins have emerged as the leading candidates for the SEC Player of the Year honors

Darius Miller continued a recent upswing against Tennessee

If UK is to attain the lofty aspirations that the Kingdom of the Blue has for it, it cannot afford to slumber into games as it did Saturday

Bruce Pearl continues to coach circles around Calipari

Saturday, February 27, 2010


The Wildcats showed they are mortal against Tennessee

Calipari says UK had two players that he wouldn't name who were sleeping during the entire Tennessee game

Josh Selby had to reschedule his official visit to UCONN because of car trouble- no date has been set yet

By squandering chances to help his team claw all the way back in the second half, John Wall did his part to help UK lose, revealed himself as a potential chink in the Wildcats' armor and might have lost ground in the Player of the Year race, too

Tennessee beats UK 74-65- UK shoots 2-22 from three-point range

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Patrick Patterson heads to Tennessee coming off a string of All-American-like performances

After a couple of forgettable seasons, the Big Blue planet of UK basketball seems to be spinning perfectly on its axis again

Friday, February 26, 2010


The Wildcats’ hopes for an eighth national championship probably hinge on the recent surge of Patrick Patterson continuing into the post season

Calipari thinks the NCAA tournament should stay how it is

Although Kentucky plays at Tennessee on Saturday for the first time since Jodie Meeks' memorable game, don't expect the Vols to mark the occasion

Bruce Pearl says the success of Tennessee seasons are based on how they do against Kentucky

Calipari visited the Murray State Racers and coach Billy Kennedy during practice on Friday

Moses Abraham will be in attendance for the UK-Tennessee game

In the second half against South Carolina, UK showed some of its best offensive discipline of the season

Calipari recently checked up on 2011 recruit Nick Johnson

Calipari says DeMarcus Cousins wants to return for his Sophomore year and he expects him to return

Calipari knows never to look past Vols coach Bruce Pearl

Syracuse is the frontrunner for 2011 recruit LaQuinton Ross

Gorgui Dieng visited the UK game last night, but will likely commit to Louisville soon

Once again UK will be catching Tennessee at a time when their star big man Wayne Chism isn't 100 percent healthy

The Wildcats have all but locked up a top seed for the Big Dance, but can’t afford to get complacent

Wayne Chism will play against Kentucky even though he did not participate fully in practice

Josh Selby is scheduled to visit UK on March 7th, but that date could possibly conflict with Lake Clifton’s bid to repeat as state champion

DeMarcus Cousins is one of college basketball's biggest targets

Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning complained that Senate business last night was causing him to miss the UK basketball game with South Carolina

2011 recruit Marquis Teague says nobody is really in the lead right now and he may make an unofficial visit to Kentucky on March 7

The Cats insisted they will have plenty left in the tank for Tennessee

Recently, it's been Darius Miller Time again

Magic Johnson is in awe of UK's first season under Calipari and particularly the performance of John Wall

Thursday night was just another instance of Patrick Patterson stepping up his presence

Over its past six games, UK's outside shooting has been so arctic, it belongs in the Winter Olympics

Thursday, February 25, 2010


UK beats South Carolina 82-61- Patrick Patterson scores 23 points and has 8 rebounds

Magic Johnson said he plans to attend the basketball game tonight in Lexington and predicts a victory for the Wildcats over South Carolina

Rick Pitino and Tom Crean watched 2011 recruit Marquis Teague on Wednesday night

UK officials and Calipari rightly wonder why Patrick Patterson wasn't last week's SEC Player of the Week

Calipari says UK's earlier loss to South Carolina was beneficial for his team

Patrick Patterson admits he didn't do anything during the first South Carolina game- he has since done extra work with Calipari on various frontcourt skills

Brandon Knight says he's still considering signing with Kentucky, Kansas, Connecticut, Miami or Florida and is hoping to make his decision pretty soon

The South Carolina student smack-talk will be in the back of the minds of UK players on Thursday night

Tuesday and Wednesday's UK basketball practices included box-out drills to prepare for South Carolina

Calipari said he spoke to the entire team about maintaining poise

Calipari has created new schemes this time around in order to stop Devan Downey and his band of teammates