Students at Lexington’s Jessie Clark Middle School have been encouraged to wear a UK shirt and “Jorts” in honor of Josh Harrellson on Friday
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Andrew Dansby of the Houston Chronicle gives a genealogy of jean shorts as they relate to Josh Harrellson
Terrence Jones and Brandon Knight have flipped roles and Josh Harrellson has turned into a legitimate weapon on both ends of the court
Rekalin Sims's charge of trafficking drugs within a thousand yards of a school has been sent to a grand jury
Ed Davender was sentenced on Thursday to 12 months in jail on a misdemeanor theft charge related to a NCAA Final Four ticket scam
ESPN senior recruiting analyst Dave Telep says Anthony Davis stated a powerful case to be considered as the top prospect in the class of 2011
Calipari, who always has been an aggressive, incredible personality, has developed into a terrific basketball coach
Still undecided about his college future, Kentucky fans are banking on Trevor Lacey becoming the Wildcats' next freshman phenom
All of Calipari's relationships are calculated and meant to give him an edge over his peers, especially when it comes to recruiting
An NBA scout tells Rick Bozich that if Josh Harrellson performs well on the NBA psychological tests after the season, he could creep into the bottom of the first round
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Darius Miller's family will have tickets behind the UK bench for Saturday's game, and Monday's if the Cats make it to the championship game
UK commitment Anthony Davis is as long, if not longer, than UNC big man John Henson and Kyle Wiltjer is as good of shooter as Austin Rivers
Josh Harrellson is a guy few of these schools would even recruit today- nobody's out there looking for the next Josh Harrellson
Marquis Teague is looking forward to playing with Kyle Wiltjer and they already starting to get some chemistry
With Kentucky set to play Connecticut and Walker in the Final Four on Saturday, DeAndre Liggins toned down the rhetoric
A Final Four at Kentucky that remains on the record books would help erase some of the stain that remains from Calipari's time at UMass and Memphis
The work ethic that drives Brandon Knight to excel on the court is the same one that pushes him to excellence in the classroom
Terrence Jones' willingness to restrain his shot has allowed his teammates to blossom and made Kentucky a better all-around team
No one back in Broward County is surprised by anything Brandon Knight does, not in the classroom and certainly not on the court
This year's UK team accomplished something John Wall and Co. couldn’t: add a Final Four banner to the rafters at Rupp Arena
Brandon Knight, DeAndre Liggins, and Josh Harrellson are named to the East All-Regional Team at the 2011 NCAA Tournament
The NBA plans to investigate New Jersey Nets part-owner Jay-Z for the rapper’s visit to Kentucky’s locker room after the Wildcats clinched a Final Four berth in Newark
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Kentucky is heading to its first Final Four in 13 years behind Josh Harrellson's energetic play and leadership
Calipari remains adamant that he's done nothing wrong, but knows there is a faction that remains unsatisfied with his answers
Regardless of the expenditures, devoted UK fans will find a way to Houston to cheer on the Cats on April 2
Mayor Jim Gray appointed a 42-member group Monday to study the future of Rupp Arena and Lexington Center
UK’s rematch with UCONN highlights two teams that share a seemingly mirror image of a season-long journey
Neither Connecticut nor Kentucky gave their fans many reasons to book flights to Houston as late as late February
Monday, March 28, 2011
Calipari doesn’t have this coaching thing all figured out, but he’s at least glad he solved his personnel puzzle
Calipari has already restored the shine to a program that's slowly slipped off its perch over the past decade
Those who dismiss him as nothing but an accomplished pitchman and recruiter ignore the whole truth: The man can coach both ends of the floor
DeAndre Liggins has learned to keep a cooler head, part of the maturity process that comes with being a leader
Brandon Knight was nearly speechless minutes after Kentucky earned its first ticket to the Final Four in 13 years
Sunday night wasn't about Calipari the rogue recruiter as much as it was about Calipari the brilliant motivator and strategist
UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. and Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart promised that this appearance on college basketball's grandest stage will not be vacated
Next year, Kentucky will feature arguably the nation’s best recruiting class and might start the preseason as the No. 1 team
On Sunday, Brandon Knight emphatically ensured his own UK basketball legacy will always stand in its own bright light
Part of what will fire up the Wildcats’ Final Four game against UConn on Saturday can be traced back a couple of decades
This young Wildcat group is busting through expectations and Calipari is shattering previous images of his coaching acumen
This is the perfect amalgamation of what Kentuckians love -- a team with a boatload of talent and even more, onions
Sunday, March 27, 2011
On Sunday evening, Calipari and his team delivered the final rebuttal: The Wildcats might be the best team in the country
Given the distance this Kentucky team has traveled, we may be witnessing the best work of Calipari's long and distinguished career
Learning has been one thing DeAndre Liggins has had to do repeatedly during his three years in Lexington
There will be plenty of opportunities to watch Michael Gilchrist, Marquis Teague, Anthony Davis and Kyle Wiltjer show off their talents on television over the next few weeks
What Kentucky and North Carolina have done in a span of three months is no less remarkable and every bit as unlikely
Out of the bathroom stall, the equipment truck, Twitter jail and the doghouse, Josh Harrellson is a step away from the Final Four
In a profession overrun with self-declared and mostly pseudo educators, Calipari hardly pretends to teach anything more elementary than Ball Movement 101 and a few life lessons on how to scuffle for survival in a predatory world
Calipari is sticking with his minimalist philosophy in hopes that it keeps the players mellow going up against one of their toughest challenges
UNC's John Henson anticipates Terrence Jones attacking him more often on Sunday rather than settling for the jump shot like he did in December
DeAndre Liggins has blossomed into one of the premier defenders in college basketball, in part because he spent last season wearing the white jersey of the second team in practice
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Josh Harrellson claims he has made jorts so popular in Lexington he even got Darius Miller to start wearing them
Terrence Jones isn’t looking to make a better showing this time against North Carolina and is more interested in extending the season for at least one more week
In an NCAA tournament full of upsets and newcomers, Kentucky and North Carolina have turned the East region into an oasis of sanity
If the past two weeks are any indication of things to come, UK's “Revenge Tour” will be a success and will conclude in Houston next weekend
In the season’s biggest game for Kentucky to date, Josh Harrellson did not just perform- he stole the spotlight from the big man whose star had previously shined the brightest
When UNC's John Henson, Tyler Zeller, and Harrison Barnes are all clicking- the Tar Heels look close to unbeatable
Ohio State coach Thad Matta says Josh Harrellson is the most underrated player in college basketball
Telling Brandon Knight not to shoot, especially at winning time, is like telling Tom Brady not to pass or Derek Jeter not to field
Outside of Anthony Davis, Kyle Wiltjer will be the most skilled big man in the 2011 McDonald's All-American game
Calipari and Thad Matta have talked of starting a regular-season series, but they're not close to an agreement
As Tubby Smith negotiates an extension, Minnesota looks as if it could be headed for another offseason of instability
Friday, March 25, 2011
Dave D 'Alessandro of the Newark Star-Ledger says Calipari is mostly a salesman who traffics in optimism, and nobody does it better
Whenever Kentucky wins a national championship, the Yankees follow suit with a World Series title seven months later
These Buckeyes are no more intimidated facing these Wildcats in an NCAA East Regional semifinal tonight than they would be facing Minnesota
If he continues to lift the Wildcats toward a national championship, jean shorts may become a staple in Lexington, and Josh Harrellson may very well become one of the most unlikely basketball legends to play at one of the elite programs in the nation
Other than the Ohio River, there isn’t much that separates these two schools when it comes to their chosen obsessions — Wildcats basketball for UK, and Buckeyes football for Ohio State
The chairman of the UK board of trustees says the board will create a committee to examine the governance and management of the UK Athletic Association at its meeting Tuesday
After more than 20 years of climbing the ladder in the coaching profession, Calipari is where he wants to be
Calipari likes the way his team is playing heading into tonight’s contest and is anxious to see how his team handles playing on a much bigger stage
Bloomberg News says UK spent more on recruiting last year than any public university in the six biggest conferences in college sports
Like major banks in the United States and Rome for over a millennium, Kentucky basketball is probably too big to fail
Friday looks like Kentucky's biggest underdog moment since the Wildcats played Duke in Philadelphia in 1992
Ohio State is strong enough that UK might take away its outside game and the Buckeyes still find another way to prevail
If the Wildcats give Josh Harrellson a shot to guard Jared Sullinger one-on-one, that may be exactly what the freshman wants
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Billy Gillispie will make $800,000 each year of his five-year deal at Texas Tech, according to his contract that was released Thursday
University of Minnesota athletics director Joel Maturi said that no school has contacted him seeking permission to talk with Tubby Smith
While there might be something magical about the way Josh Harrellson is finishing his college career, he reached this point through old-fashioned hard work and determination
The media says there is a big difference between Calipari and Thad Matta, but sometimes they don't get it
Besides divine intervention, Josh Harrellson is spurred by the thought that any game could be his last
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Calipari wants what every major college basketball coach in the nation wants -- Jamesville-DeWitt 6-foot-10, 280-pound junior center Dajuan Coleman
Both Thad Matta and Calipari are likely to have at least one freshman with an NBA decision to make at the end of the season and it's a spot in which both coaches are comfortable
Both Darrin Horn and Donnie Tyndall see reasons to believe that UK can advance into the East Regional final against either North Carolina or Marquette
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Morehead State Coach Donnie Tyndall says Brandon Knight is UK's best player and is the one edge he'd give the Wildcats over OSU
Though Ohio State is the top seed and favorite, Calipari said UK is unlikely to sneak up on the Buckeyes
If the Cats could play Carolina within two in Chapel Hill, they would have a strong shot on a neutral floor to initiate Roy Williams' traditional, season-ending cry
Say goodbye to Tennessee as a Southeastern Conference East Division contender for the next four or five years
Monday, March 21, 2011
DeAndre Liggins credits Calipari as the inspiration for making defense not only his role at UK but also his ticket to a basketball future
Doron Lamb's mom says there would have to be something concrete for her son to even contemplate putting his name in the NBA Draft
Tubby Smith will lend his expertise to the television coverage of the Kentucky-Ohio State game on the Big Ten Network Wednesday and Thursday
The financial stagnation of SEC basketball in the NCAA Tournament will be the central reason to finally get rid of divisions
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Calipari has flown up to watch 2012 five star recruit Dajuan Coleman twice in the last 30 days and has offered a scholarship
DeMarcus Cousins was ejected from the game against Minnesota on Sunday after shoving the Timberwolves' Martell Webster
Five star 2012 center Dajuan Coleman won a state championship today in front of Calipari, who flew to Glens Falls from Tampa
UK's transformation has even stretched to toughness – something Calipari has implored his team to develop throughout the year
UK has become a gritty group headed to a gritty place — Newark, N.J. — for an NCAA Sweet 16 game against either Ohio State or George Mason on Friday
Josh Harrellson is proving a pair of jean shorts really can make it in an Armani world of college basketball
Brandon Knight, Terrence Jones, and Doron Lamb will face tough decisions about their futures at the end of the season
Billy Gillispie confirmed he has agreed to a five-year deal to become the next coach at Texas Tech in a text message to ESPN.com's Andy Katz
Texas Tech is expected to announce later today that Billy Gillispie as the university’s next men’s basketball coach and will receive a five year contract
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Brandon Knight exudes the type of attitude that prevents him from ever getting caught up in the emotion of any situation
Calipari and Bob Huggins' players love them, and both coaches are great with media, funny and filled with stories, and they have 1,197 coaching wins between them and specialize in building something out of nothing
The starting lineups for UK and West Virginia from last year's game came to be worth more than $11 million
Kentucky's recent string of success has coincided with a rise in play from Darius Miller, who arguably is playing the best of his career
Patrick Patterson had 18 points and a career-high 12 rebounds in a victory against the Boston Celtics on Friday night
Although revenge against the Mountaineers would be sweet, DeAndre Liggins isn’t fixated on the revenge factor
Calipari told Brandon Knight that his learning curve is sharper than Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans and John Wall
Bob Huggins' 8-1 record vs. Calipari should be pitched as insignificant because most of those games occurred when Calipari was trying to establish his programs at Massachusetts and Memphis
Bob Huggins says the key to playing against the Wildcats is stopping their penetration by any means necessary
Bob Huggins says the key to playing against the Wildcats is stopping their penetration by any means necessary
UK boasts a better three-point shooting team, but the Mountaineers expect to show a 1-3-1 look for at least part of the game
Friday, March 18, 2011
If UK is to exact revenge on the Mountaineers, it needs not just a return to health from Terrence Jones, but also from his shot
Without Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia doesn't have that go-to player to make shots when the team is struggling to score
The Mountaineers deeper and more experienced, and UK figures that means West Virginia’s game plan will be to bump and batter the Cats
Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel says Big Blue Nation still has a love affair with Billy Donovan
Terrence Jones has been treated for bronchitis, Darius Miller has been coughing for weeks, and Doron Lamb tweaked his sprained ankle on Thursday
Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports says Terrence Jones is likely to enter the NBA draft because UK would want to change his position next year because of Michael Gilchrist
Jerry Meyer from Rivals.com says Alabama and Kentucky are the perceived leaders in the recruitment of Trevor Lacey
UK's young group is maturing and the once little-relied upon veterans are becoming more comfortable in their ever-important roles
Brandon Knight knew his team needed him when it counted the most and stayed focused on the task at hand
Daniel Orton doesn't have regrets, but admitted he wonders sometimes what might have been if he'd returned for another season of college basketball
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The only reason Brandon Knight was in a game-winning position and the only reason UK's season is still alive are the UK veterans
A good size crowd, decked out in blue and white, showed up at the St. Pete Times Forum for Wednesday's UK practice
Tubby Smith says he hasn't been contacted by Arkansas about their coaching opening, but would listen if they called
Despite the team’s lack of tournament experience and thin bench, the Cats have progressed instead of regressed throughout the season
Calipari hopes his Cats will handle the bright lights and the big stage, but he can’t be certain they will
In addition to the experience gained through a long season, Kentucky also brings an irritation to the NCAA Tournament
Orlando Antigua and Kyle Macy are two of several candidates for the Florida Gulf Coast University head coaching position
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
The Star-Telegram says Texas Tech will likely offer their head coaching position to Billy Gillispie on Monday
Enes Kanter tells Yahoo! Sports he cries when he watches UK games because he can't help his teammates
Calipari likes the way his team is playing going into Thursday’s NCAA Tournament opener against Princeton in Tampa
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
For Darius Miller, the SEC Tournament seemed to complete a blossoming process that began in Oxford, Mississippi, on February 1st
According to Jeff Goodman of FoxSports.com, UK next year will play Marist on November 11, Penn State on November 19, and Radford on November 23
Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones were named first-team Freshman All-Americans by the United States Basketball Writers Association
ESPN.com says the only notable omission from the list of 2011 John R. Wooden Award finalists is Terrence Jones
Peter Tiernan of bracketscience.com says both UK and Louisville are considered vulnerable No. 4 seeds in the first round
Everybody considers the Wildcats at least a three seed in the NCAA Tournament except the Selection Committee
SPORTSbyBROOKS says North Carolina State coach Sidney Lowe will be fired this week and two of their top choices are Tubby Smith and Mark Fox
Billy Gillispie has been tied to the now-vacant head coaching positions at Arkansas, Georgia Tech and now Oklahoma
Monday, March 14, 2011
Parker Executive Search, the search firm Wyoming is using, wouldn't place Billy Gillispie with a school that they are working with
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