Talks have begun in Lexington on the possible renovation of Rupp Arena

Kentucky has a 7-0 record in games DeAndre Liggins scores 10 or more points

Calipari sees UK as having the potential to develop into one of those teams that other teams are scared to draw in the NCAA Tournament

Calipari says this year's UK team is executing better than last year’s team, but has fewer pieces

DeMarcus Cousins has been good and just keeps getting better

Calipari is considering cutting down on the minutes for Darius Miller, who came out blazing against UGA before hitting a rough patch in the second half

Darius Miller’s semi-hidden talents parallel UK in its entirety; everyone knows that potential is present, but it’s yet to be expressed in full

Calipari’s asking the veterans on his second UK squad to seize the moment

The one area of college basketball in which Terrence Jones has not demonstrated a great proficiency is performing on the road

2012 five star guard Ricardo Ledo is withdrawing his commitment to Providence not even two months after announcing he would join the Friars

UK's trip to Ole Miss is strictly business

It's almost as if John Wall is the second coming of Jason Kidd

UK's focus now shifts to the way it finishes, after letting both South Carolina and Georgia close relatively large gaps in games they would eventually win

UK isn’t mature enough to handle prosperity

John Wall has made every effort to simplify his life off the court

DeAndre Liggins had seven family members at yesterday's game — his mother, who was watching her son play for the first time since his freshman year, along with two sisters and four cousins

Calipari has said all along that his team needs to see better play from Harrellson, Miller and Liggins, and now we have no choice but to believe him

Calipari has not been kidding when he's said he'll sink or swim with six players

Calipari is still wondering where is UK's toughness

UK's chief compliance officer Sandy Bell is confident that no violation of NCAA rules occurred during Larry Brown's visit, but couldn't rule it out with 100 percent certitude

Doron Lamb had both knees iced down in the locker room following the UGA game, but is ready for the team’s next challenge

Darius Miller acknowledged that the veterans weren’t making the plays necessary to close the games

DeMarcus Cousins was the best big man on the floor at Staples Center Friday night, looking more like Pau Gason than Gasol did in the Kings' 100-95 win

UK beats UGA 66-60- Doron Lamb scored 19 points

There is a revenge factor today for UK against Georgia

Jerry Tipton says Larry Brown's apparent interaction with UK players would seem to be a violation of NCAA rules, but DeWayne Peevy denies this occurred

To prepare for UGA, UK has been staging tougher practices and changed its weight-lifting routine

The longer Trevor Lacey puts off his visits, the longer it may take him to make a decision

For all of Calipari's whistle-swallowing during scrimmages, there's only so far he can push

Larry Brown will be at Saturday’s game against Georgia, but not sitting on the bench

UK commitment Anthony Davis was selected Friday to participate in the 2011 McDonald's All-American Game

Gary Parrish from CBSSports.com predicts a final four of Ohio State, Kansas, Duke, and UK

Josh Harrellson says Larry Brown told the Wildcats to be aggressive and not back down when challenged

Calipari said Friday that a renovated Rupp Arena or a new downtown arena would be fine with him as long as the plan befitted college basketball’s winningest program

During the past three years, Georgia has proven it can beat UK at home and on the road

Patrick Patterson moved ahead of Jordan Hill in Rick Adelman's rotation, a switch the coach said may continue

UK has a 92 percent chance to beat UGA according to Ken Pomeroy’s website

Calipari's coaching — the tirades and the tough love — is exactly what Terrence Jones signed up for

There is a possibility that Eric Bledsoe cashes in on all of his athletic gifts and becomes a fantastic drive-and-kick point guard who borders on stardom in the NBA

John Wall is one of eight finalists for the four remaining spots in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge during all-star week

For what UK is trying to accomplish and playing in the dribble-drive system, so far Brandon Knight has been better than John Wall

If Boston College wins at Duke tonight, UK will take the nation’s longest-active home winning streak into the game against Georgia on Saturday

The Wildcats displayed a dose of mental and physical toughness in a win at South Carolina last weekend, but Calipari still isn’t happy

Daniel Orton is not expected to play for the Orlando Magic at any point this season

UK may be losing another four players out of the six that get significant minutes and Calipari could have another team with little depth that relies mostly on freshman

If the Cleveland Cavaliers pick number one, it could come down to the Joneses- Perry or Terrence

Calipari expects the Wildcats to be involved in a number of close games the rest of the season so execution will be key

This yin and yang of nervousness and composure fits the dual approach Jarrod Polson takes to being on the Kentucky team

South Carolina coach Darrin Horn had high praise for the UK played defense on Saturday

Former UK star and L.A. Lakers scout Kevin Grevey says Terrence Jones, Brandon Knight and Doron Lamb will all probably end up in the NBA and Josh Harrellson could play in the D-League or Europe

2012 UK recruit Perry Ellis will join a slew of talented recruits this weekend as Kansas welcomes in ESPN’s College Gameday for the KU-Kansas State game

Some reports have it that 2011 UK recruit Trevor Lacey will be in Coleman Coliseum for an unofficial visit during the Alabama-LSU game on Saturday night

Jamal Mashburn called Wednesday for state lawmakers to approve a proposal that would gradually raise the minimum high school dropout age from 16 to 18

Darius Miller finally showed that he is capable of playing to the expectations of his coach

Calipari has a good team in January- it'll only get better by March

UK commitment Anthony Davis has a great shot at being No. 1 when the final ESPN recruiting rankings are updated in the spring

Lexington Mayor Jim Gray called for a study to determine the feasibility of redesigning and renovating Rupp Arena and the Lexington Center, but did not mention building a new downtown arena

Eric Bledsoe may be the biggest beneficiary of Eric Gordon's bone chip injury

DraftExpress.com NBA Analyst Matt Kamalsky doesn't envision Doron Lamb leaving UK after this season

Calipari knows his team’s next encounter against Georgia won’t be an easy task

UK is likely to keep getting better all the way through February and March

UK is one of over a dozen schools that 2012 five star guard Kyle Anderson is considering

John Wall is indeed a player on the rise in the NBA

Calipari wants Darius Miller to continue advancing, and he wants other players to make similar strides

Kansas adds guard Christian Garrett, who is a teammate of DeAndre Daniels, to their team as a walk-on

A good interview with five star 2012 point guard recruit LJ Rose

Calipari thinks this could be a special season for UK if his players progress the way he believes they can

The maturation process for UK can be bumpy and sometimes painfully slow

Calipari says that some UK players are playing with not much more than half their capability

Calipari is finding out more about his team on a daily basis

UK is one of seven schools hot on the trail of 2012 five star recruit DaJuan Coleman

Calipari doesn't think any team in America has more upside than UK

Brandon Knight on Monday was named Southeastern Conference men’s Freshmen of the Week

What Darius Miller and DeAndre Liggins did against South Carolina was remind the SEC that this UK team is more than three freshmen on a fast track to the NBA

Calipari says he is comfortable playing Jarrod Polson because he plays hard and doesn’t make mistakes

Jerry Meyer says Anthony Davis will likely move up on the Rivals.com top 150 rankings

Calipari is confident the Wildcats are on track

If we see more of this kind of Darius Miller, then this team can be very good – not only in the SEC, but in the NCAA Tourney as well

DeAndre Liggins’ shut-down defense was an important in keying the Cats’ 67-58 victory in UK’s first game in Colonial Life Arena

Calipari says the Cats might be better suited to play a more deliberate style

Members of the commonwealth's sports media have elected John Wall the 2010 Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky Sportsman of the Year

Cursing is business as usual for athletics in general and for UK basketball in particular

UK beats South Carolina 67-58- Brandon Knight scores 23 points

John Wall's rookie season has been flashy at times, but on the whole underwhelming, as the rookie point guard has faded fast in the race for Rookie of the Year this season

Patrick Patterson is not looking to get technical fouls, even though the CEO of his shoe company has agreed to pay the fines

UK, struggling to find their footing on the road, return to the site of an aural assault, hoping to tune out the din and walk away with a win against the Gamecocks

Calipari is still searching for someone to lead and he's looking squarely at DeAndre Liggins, Darius Miller and Josh Harrellson

Calipari says the Cats need a leader to emerge among the players

Former UK player Darnell Dodson has transferred to Southern Miss

Dick Vitale believes UK will content for the SEC Championship and be a dangerous team come NCAA Tournament time

Patrick Patterson right now is no substitute for The Chuck Wagon

USC player Sam Muldrow could be a problem for the Wildcats on Saturday

Calipari says South Carolina’s hustling style makes the Gamecocks a dangerous opponent on Saturday

Josh Harrellson says Calipari apologized to the players for the use of his foul language on Tuesday night

Calipari is expecting his veteran players to contribute more to help the team’s talented freshman make the transition to road winners

Calipari says he isn't talking anymore about his profanity-laced tirade against Terrence Jones

There is plenty of time for John Wall to make a late-season charge to win NBA Rookie of the Year

Calipari still isn't happy with Terrence Jones, but he's apologized for his latest criticisms

The Wildcats must find a way to turn near-misses into successful finishes

UK's crop of youngsters hasn’t yet displayed mental toughness

The rest of UK's schedule makes the Tide look like relatively easy pickings

2011 recruit Anthony sat out his second straight game Thursday afternoon with a sprained right thumb

Twany Beckham could have an immediate impact for the short-handed Wildcats because he can practice

John Wall plans to incorporate parts of other prominent point guards' games into his own

DeAndre Daniels remains in limbo and is still at IMG for the moment

Calipari isn’t surprised by the obvious balance in the Southeastern Conference

John Wall credited his newfound focus on getting his teammates more involved to a conversation he had with Milwaukee Bucks second-year guard Brandon Jennings

2012 recruits Kaleb Tarczewski and Perry Ellis will be attending the KU-K-State game on Jan. 29 as part of unofficial recruiting visits

UK has gotten involved with God's Gift Achiuwa, a 6-foot-8 power forward from Port Harcourt, River States, Nigeria, who competes at Erie Community College in Buffalo, NY

The road doesn’t get any easier for Kentucky

Calipari took one more chance to needle both Brandon Knight and Doron Lamb by suggesting he won't call their number in clutch situations again soon

Via phone and e-mail, blogs and social networks, UK followers have been particularly outspoken, flooding the NCAA president with so much vitriol they were compelled to block posts by outsiders

Terrence Jones' aunt says Calipari need not apologize for the profane scolding he gave the freshman near the end of the Alabama game

For those that say UK's season is over- it's not

The buzz around the Wildcats centered less on their 68-66 loss to the Tide than on Calipari's language

It doesn't appear Terrence Jones' Twitter rights will be revoked like Josh Harrellson's

Kentucky hasn’t shown it can win away from home and gave no signs of reversing that trend

Kentucky is not a good road team yet

John Wall has asked to be fined whenever he starts to pout, sulk or show frustration during games

Calipari has apologized for his profanity-laced tirade toward Terrence Jones

Alabama beats UK 68-66- Terrence Jones scores 17 points

Calipari will be interviewed by ESPN at the second TV timeout of the first half of tonight's game

Calipari is a fire-breather with an insatiable appetite for improvement

Twany Beckham has decided to walk on at Kentucky

Multiple sources are reporting that former UK forward Darnell Dodson will end up at Southern Miss

Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan is very impressed with John Wall's game

Jon Hood calls Enes Coach Kanter

No one can question the toughness of John Wall

UK is working on getting Terrence Jones to not be so predictable in shooting the ball

Changes have been monumental ever since John Calipari came to Lexington

There’s parity in the SEC, but the Wildcats remain the measuring stick

DeAndre Liggins is the glue that has held the Wildcats together

There is nothing average about the 12th-ranked Wildcats' offense or the Crimson Tide's defense

UK is jumping in with both feet when it comes to the recruitment of Kaleb Tarczewski and Alex Murphy

Doron Lamb's overall game has improved since the beginning of the season and is making strides on a daily basis

Alabama is unbeatable at home

UK is one of seven schools in the hunt for 2012 five star center Andre Drummond

Being peppered with crowd cries to shoot the ball virtually every time he touches it is getting a little old for Jarrod Polson

The SEC named Terrence Jones its Freshman of the Week for last week

Calipari seems to feel an obligation to try to teach the players about some basics of how to handle their money

UK commitment Anthony Davis injured his right thumb in a Hoophall Classic showcase game today

The Wildcats are hitting their stride

Kentucky seems content to stick with Terrence Jones coming off the bench for the time being

Calipari doesn't think college basketball should have summer recruiting

6-foot-2 Canadian point guard Tyler Ennis has pulled interest from Kentucky

John Wall is playing hurt

Anthony Davis, Marquis Teague, and Michael Gilchrist were picked for the 2011 USA Junior National Select Team

UK is interested in 2013 guard Aquille Carr

Calipari watched Anthony Davis play in Kettering, OH and couldn’t leave without doing a little coaching

Patrick Patterson is listed as day-to-day after flulike symptoms forced him to leave Philips Arena in an ambulance

Kentucky simply looks awfully, awfully good right now

DeMarcus Cousins said he talks to John Wall and Eric Bledsoe on a regular basis

LSU coach Trent Johnson said Kentucky’s versatility at every position creates a tough matchup for opposing teams

DeAndre Liggins took credit for helping Jon Hood's game against LSU

Brandon Knight can really shoot the ball

The question becomes whether Terrence Jones’ current role lasts for the extended future

Calipari planned to leave after the LSU game to watch Anthony Davis play in the Flyin' to the Hoop Invitational in Dayton Saturday night

Patrick Patterson was taken to Piedmont Hospital during the Rockets' 112-106 victory over Atlanta because of chest pain and congestion

UK beats LSU 82-44- Brandon Knight scores 19 points

Freshman Ralston Turner, LSU's leading scorer, will not play against UK

As if beating Kentucky on the road isn't challenging enough, LSU will have to do it with a bruised and battered roster

LSU Coach Trent Johnson has joined such colleagues as Rick Pitino and Mark Fox in expressing the opinion that UK is harder to defend this year than last

Sacramento Kings swingman Francisco Garcia is among those who’d like Calipari to lead the Dominican national team at next summer’s Olympic qualifying event

Calipari sees a team that still hasn't created enough depth or a consistent post game and is playing sporadically

Ed Davender pleaded guilty Friday to an amended theft charge for allegedly accepting $4,000 from a Louisville man for college basketball game tickets and not providing the tickets

The veteran leadership — and consistent play — of the older, wiser Wildcats gives Kentucky a more legitimate shot at going to the Final Four than it did last year

Jon Hood saluted Enes Kanter as an example of how to handle adversity

Calipari would like to have more production from Jon Hood, but isn't questioning his effort or desire

Calipari is frustrated that his role players try to do too much during their limited playing time

The NCAA Legislative Council has defeated a provision that would have disallowed offering a prospect a scholarship before July 1 between the prospect’s junior and senior year of high school

Calipari doesn’t know what to expect from LSU

Calipari is confident that Eloy Vargas will be a productive player before the end of the season

Calipari hopes bloodying a nose to get a loose ball and such selfless zealotry becomes habit-forming for his Kentucky team

Calipari yesterday watched 2011 commitment Marquis Teague score 15 points in Pike’s 97-58 win over Speedway

Calipari did not rule out the possibility of bringing Terrence Jones off the bench against LSU on Saturday

UK has shown interest in class of 2014 center Dakari Johnson

Stacey Poole is waiting his turn to play

Calipari hopes Terrence Jones doesn't begin to rely on the 3-point shot too much

Calipari needs to keep pushing this team and putting as much pressure on it as possible so it will get better

Following his father's advice, Stacey Poole tries to shoot 400 shots in a workout

Auburn coach Tony Barbee was impressed by UK's speed

UK fans may recognize the need for a bench player to emerge as a consistent presence

Stacey Poole Jr. is putting in his own time in the gym in hopes of being ready when he's called upon to make a major contribution

Brandon Knight is among the 20 finalists for the Cousy Award, which goes to college basketball’s top point guard

Terrence Jones doesn't expect his UK freshman scoring record of 35 points to stay in the record books for long

Former LSU Coach Dale Brown plans to accompany the Tigers on their trip to play at Kentucky on Saturday

Calipari envisions Darius Miller as an all-conference performer

This deep in the season and Calipari still doesn't have his starting lineup and rotation set

If Darius Miller can improve just a bit more and play more consistently, and DeAndre Liggins continues to play good defense, there’s hope for UK to make an NCAA run

Terrence Jones has the green light from Calipari to launch 3-pointers

John Wall's progress puts him about two years ahead of DeMarcus Cousins

Calipari still isn't getting what he wants out of the rest of that four-man UK bench

Eric Crawford says Calipari and UK have no legitimate beef with NCAA's process regarding Enes Kanter

UK beats Auburn 78-54- Terrence Jones scores 35 points

Auburn coach Tony Barbee says competing against his former coach doesn’t have a bearing on the relationship between the pair

Darius Miller could be so much more as a basketball player

John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins will finally square off for the first time as the Wizards host the Kings on Tuesday at Verizon Center

Calipari will work to convince his Wildcats that a team that scored six points can hand his squad its fourth loss

The NCAA did not respond to The Courier-Journal's request to interview president Mark Emmert

Calipari let Auburn coach Tony Barbee watch UK's practice on Monday

In order to connect with his team in the clutch, Calipari may have to revert to using timeouts instead of depending on media stoppage to bail his team out

UGA coach Mark Fox says Brandon Knight is a better player in the halfcourt than John Wall was last year

Recruiting ratings haven't inflated the ego of UK commitment Anthony Davis, who remains a very humble kid

Calipari reiterated Monday that Enes Kanter will stay in school for the spring semester before submitting his name in the NBA draft

Neither Calipari nor UK spokesman DeWayne Peevy say the option for Enes Kanter to seek a court injunction blocking the NCAA ruling is dead

Enes Kanter’s first assignment is simply to understand that the job of student assistant coach entails

DeMarcus Cousins seems to have a firmer grasper of the realities in the NBA and what it will take to reach his potential

NCAA president Mark Emmert has opened up a new set of questions regarding Enes Kanter that likely need to be answered

Orlando Antigua was on hand to watch Michael Gilchrist play at Kean University’s Harwood Arena

UK needs Darius Miller to be its best scorer from the wing if the Wildcats expect to win at South Carolina, Florida or Vanderbilt

Calipari expected UGA's best shot and his team failed to overcome the proverbial punch

In his last five games, Demarcus Cousins is averaging 21.8 points on 55 percent shooting

Recruiting analysts believe DeAndre Daniels is awaiting word on how much financial aid he will receive before committing to Kansas or deciding to remain at IMG Academies

UK's plan to have Kanter serve as a student assistant coach the rest of the season raises a few questions

UGA beat Kentucky 77-70- Terrence Jones scored 24 points