2013 five star point guard Kasey Hill verbally commits to the Florida Gators

Rick Pitino endorsed the continuation of the UK-Louisville game

Mark Story calls Anthony Davis a one-man S.W.A.T. team

Having his mother Cindy in the stands was an added Christmas present for Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

Chane Behanan’s performance against UK typified University of Louisville freshmen in the rivalry game

Terrence Jones feels like he’s making strides to get back into the flow of the game and mentally overcoming the injury

Josh Harrellson was extremely effective as Amar'e Stoudemire's enormous stand-in against Sacramento

Eric Crawford says Calipari is playing with blue chips and Rick Pitino, with some notable exceptions, is playing with blue-light specials

If the LSU-Alabama football matchup can be all about great D, so can a high-level basketball game

Calipari has not let Rick Pitino forget who’s the boss these days

Bragging rights belong in Lexington for at least another year and credit Michael Kidd-Gilchrist as the main reason why

UK in the top five for 2013 four star point guard Aquille Carr

UK beats Louisville 69-62- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has 24 points and 19 rebounds

Alex Poythress scored 46 points and had 18 rebounds in the Hickman County tournament championship third-place game

Since becoming the Louisville coach in 2001-02, Rick Pitino has coached four players who went on to become first-round NBA Draft picks, while Calipari produced five first-round picks his very first season at UK

Assistant general manager Allan Houston doesn't foresee the New York Knicks sending Josh Harrellson down to the Erie BayHawks anytime soon

Peyton Siva doesn’t believe Anthony Davis’ presence will greatly alter his game and says trying to finish over and around Gorgui Dieng is kind of the same

Marquis Teague is thankful that this time the game against Louisville is at home

CBS' Seth Davis says he's always sensed there’s more of a hostility coming from Calipari toward Rick Pitino, whereas Pitino has looked at Calipari as more of a nuisance

Calipari would welcome continuing good shooting by Darius Miller

UK makes the final five list of 2013 five star small forward Troy Williams, who will be in Lexington for today's game

Doron Lamb knows the Louisville game is one of high stakes for fans of both teams, but is taking an even-keel approach to the yearly showdown

Patrick Patterson was cleared to make his season debut tonight against the Memphis Grizzlies

Chane Behanan and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist remain good friends

The UK-Louisville rivalry is as much about the two rabid fan bases as it is the players

Saturday's high-noon showdown at a rabid Rupp Arena marks year three of the Calipari-Pitino era of the UK-U of L basketball rivalry

Calipari and Rick Pitino don't exchange Christmas cards

Darius Miller admitted that the Wildcats had a few mental mistakes against Lamar, but remains confident the Cats will recover against the Cardinals

ESPN's Andy Katz says the players that Calipari knows will likely produce on a given night are Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Doron Lamb

From a personnel standpoint, Chane Behanan views the game against UK like many he’s played before

ESPN draft analyst Chad Ford says everyone agrees Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is a lottery pick now

Eric Crawford would give UK the edge at every position except point guard and predicts they will defeat Louisville 81-69

Shabazz Muhammad said he noticed Mike Krzyzewski sitting courtside inside the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Thursday

ESPN's Jimmy Dykes says Louisville will extend pressure and try to wear down Marquis Teague

Terrence Jones knows things have to change and do so in a hurry by Saturday afternoon

ESPN's Doug Gottlieb predicts Perry Jones will be the number one pick in the NBA Draft and Anthony Davis will be fourth

The spotlight is always on Shabazz Muhammad these days

Detroit Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said Brandon Knight won't start Friday's game in Boston and will continue to come off the bench for the immediate future

2014 recruit Theo Pinson says he’s being courted by UK

Terrence Jones admitted he’s still playing cautious because of the injury

For this Kentucky team to be all that this Kentucky team can be, Terrence Jones has to play to his potential

Calipari sounded practically Billy Gillispie-ish in tearing down most of what his players did in this game as they improved to 12-1 heading into Saturday’s matchup with Louisville

Khem Birch told CBS that he will transfer to Florida, UNLV, Gonzaga, Washington, Xavier or New Mexico State

There is plenty of time for John Wall to be great, but he'll have to do most of it on his own, unlike other recent elite point guards

Calipari's words were incisive and his tone was annoyed after the Louisville game

Darius Miller is trying to downplay the significance of the Louisville game to the freshmen, even as he realizes how much attention it garners

Terrence Jones' mysterious performance at Indiana 18 days ago remains just that: a mystery

Several NBA scouts tell Rick Bozich the only first-round NBA draft picks on the KFC Yum! Center court last night played for Georgetown

Willie Cauley is a finalist for the Get Busy Livin’ kpreps.com Kansas player of the year award

Now that he’s back in the floor, Terrence Jones is looking forward to Saturday’s showdown against instate rival Louisville

Lamar coach Pat Knight, whose team played Louisville earlier this season, said UK will have an edge in athleticism over the Cardinals at every position

UK beats Lamar 86-64- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scores 18 points

DeAndre Liggins is developing a reputation as a tenacious player

2013 recruit Julius Randle says Calipari sees similarities between himself and Terrence Jones

Former St. Johns commitment Ricardo Gathers has talked with Archie Goodwin about playing together at UK

Patrick Patterson was able to get back to practice as he recovers from ankle surgery during the offseason

Like the rest of his teammates, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is ready to return to the court

Some of the NBA's biggest stars and other veterans have shared bits of wisdom with DeMarcus Cousins

Calipari is looking for his Kentucky Wildcats to play harder on a more consistent basis and play with more toughness- mentally and physically

UK isn't looking past Lamar to their Saturday showdown with fourth-ranked Louisville

UK is one of nine schools that 2013 recruit Chris Walker is considering

Patrick Patterson is still experiencing pain in his left ankle with the Rockets citing no timetable for him to play

Anthony Davis is just starting to get comfortable inside his taffy physique -- his version of a superhero suit

Kentucky needs to get past this Lamar Cardinals tuneup on Wednesday to set the stage for a real Cardinals throw-down

Pat Knight says his father Bob will not attend Lamar's game at Kentucky Wednesday night and that he's not a big fan of UK

Calipari attributed Michael Kidd-Gilchrist's effectiveness to diligence

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is focused on a different sort of "Tebowing"

Kentucky has one final tuneup before a major showdown for which it hopes Terrence Jones will be ready

Rick Pitino says he won't coach past the 2016-2017 season when his current contract ends at Louisville

Sam Malone has an upbeat attitude about his knee injury and has a great support system

UK has 15 players in the NBA, which is tied with UCLA for the second largest amount

The cameras may have been rolling, but Calipari either forgot about them or didn’t care about their presence

UK's online practice is almost like an unofficial visit without the expenses- it's innovative and wise

Southern Miss senior guard Darnell Dodson was named a Co-Conference USA Basketball Player of the Week today

Brandon Knight will come off the bench for Detroit in their opening game against Indiana

DeMarcus Cousins knows all improvements for the Sacramento Kings begin with him

New York Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni says he will give Josh Harrellson more than the nine minutes he saw against Boston in their next game against Golden State

UK plans to stream its basketball practice live on Monday

Daniel Orton and DeAndre Liggins did not dress Sunday for Orlando's game against Oklahoma City

John Wall has learned a few things about what it takes to win

No matter how the circumstances may have changed around John Wall, he hasn’t lost focus

2014 sophomore recruit Jahlil Okafor doesn't appear to have UK in his top four list of schools

Enes Kanter is shy, but loosening up around his Utah Jazz teammates

Bob Knight’s son Pat is bringing his team Lamar to Lexington on Wednesday

The smart money would be on Kentucky ending its series with North Carolina

The holiday season has been recruiting season for Rick Pitino and Calipari

John Clay predicts Terrence Jones will be on the floor Wednesday night

Sacramento Kings coach Paul Westphal said that while Chuck Hayes was gone, players broke huddles by saying "Chuck," to remind everybody what he brought to this team and the attitude you have to bring to work every day

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has been the glue of UK's team

Jabari Parker's father believes Calipari benefits from being sort of a basketball celebrity

Contract extension talks between Tubby Smith and Minnesota are on a prolonged hiatus

Billy Gillispie purchased 500 turkeys today and is giving them away at a United Food store in Lubbock

Jarnell Stokes committed to Tennessee

Chuck Hayes' new contract with the Sacramento Kings will pay him $1 million more than his previous deal

Rick Pitino and Calipari were at the UIC Pavillion Thursday night to watch 2013 recruit Jabari Parker

John Clay says Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has been UK's pre-Christmas MVP

NBAdraft.net projects Andre Drummond and Jeremy Lamb as the top two picks in 2012

Jerry Meyer from Rivals.com says UK is the current leader for Shabazz Muhammad

Thousands of UK basketball fans cheered as some of America's heroes were honored at halftime of Thursday's game between the Wildcats and Loyola

It looks like DeAndre Liggins will be on the Orlando Magic’s roster to open the season

After seeing Kentucky in person, Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos thinks the Wildcats are definitely an Elite Eight team

Brandon Knight has the potential to be a star in the NBA

While he's unlikely to get many starts with Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups ahead of him, Eric Bledsoe's still expecting big things from himself

The Washington Wizards are in no danger of losing John Wall soon

Kyle Wiltjer is an offensive asset, but also a defensive liability

Chuck Hayes was cleared by doctors from the Cleveland Clinic after a series of heart tests

New York Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni announced last night that Josh Harrellson will be a part of his regular-season rotation

UK beat Loyola (Md.) 87-63 on Thursday for the Wildcats' 42nd straight win at home- Kyle Wiltjer scored 24 points

Getting Terrence Jones fully healthy may be one thing Calipari will want during the Christmas break

Four star shooting guard Torian Graham has re-committed to North Carolina State

Brandon Knight has blended in well with his teammates

Sam Malone is still performing his primary function for the Wildcats: keeping things light

Anthony Davis can't wait to go home for Christmas

All that’s left standing between UK and a happy holiday is this afternoon’s matinee against Loyola (MD)

Orlando Antigua was in the house at King of the Bluegrass championship game taking in Bullitt East and Ballard

Twany Beckham is playing catch up with the rest of his Kentucky teammates

Tubby Smith's son G.G. was hired onto the staff at Loyola, which plays UK on Thursday

Sam Malone put a fourth major knee injury into perspective

Darius Miller could make a second straight start in place of Jones after scoring 17 points Tuesday

Doron Lamb has emerged as UK’s best offensive option

Like postal service employees and Santa's elves, the Christmas season is a time of extra work for the Kentucky basketball team

Alex Poythress was named State Farm Holiday Tournament MVP for Clarksville Northeast after averaging 37 points per game and playing every minute of the State Farm Classic tournament

CBSSports.com's critical examination of UK's transition offense

Shabazz Muhammad says he's looking at Kentucky, Duke, UCLA, Arizona, Kansas and UNLV

Terrrence Jones did not practice with the team on Wednesday and is unlikely to play in the Wildcats' game against Loyola (MD) on Thursday

Darius Miller has tweaked his shooting form, which also has resulted in better production from the perimeter

Brandon Knight has shown great promise in two exhibition games against the Cavs

Nerlens Noel says he's 90 percent sure that he won't reclassify to the class of 2012

On the day he learned he'd gotten all A's for the fall semester, Sam Malone tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Anthony Davis were at least a couple of the early risers of the Breakfast Club

Kentucky rolled to an 82-50 victory over outmanned Samford Tuesday night in Rupp Arena- Doron Lamb scored 26 points

Sam Malone tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee at the end of Saturday’s game against Chattanooga

Jarnell Stokes plans to announce his college decision next Monday and is reportedly trying to decide between Florida, Memphis and Tennessee

Doron Lamb has been putting in the extra time to get better and its showing

Alex Poythress had a career-high 47 points, 18 rebounds and blocked nine shots in Northeast's 79-69 double-OT win over LaVergne in the State Farm Holiday Tournament

The city of Lexington is pressing on with a plan to renovate Rupp Arena

Enes Kanter certainly surprised in his Utah Jazz debut

While his team is on holiday break from classes and thus allowed by the NCAA to have unlimited practices, it’s all about Kentucky

The Breakfast Club is Calipari's attempt to create dialogue

A career 38 percent three-point shooter going into this season, Darius Miller is only averaging 24.2 percent this year

Josh Harrellson is hoping to bring a little country to the Big Apple

Nerlens Noel's teammates think he should go to UK, but the No. 1 center in the Class of 2013 wants to take his time

Samford has never faced Kentucky, which improved to 18-0 all-time against Southern Conference teams with Saturday's win over Chattanooga

Calipari doesn't expect Terrence Jones to practice on Monday and is unsure if he will play on Tuesday

Chuck Hayes failed his physical exam and his contract with the Sacramento Kings has been voided

Calipari tells ESPN's Andy Katz Terrence Jones had swelling and the finger is black and blue, but he should be fine

Although Terrence Jones appears to be in a sophomore slump, Michael-Kidd Gilchrist believes he will return at full force when he recovers from the injury

SEC rivals will now come into Nashville confident that they can win unless Vanderbilt does something to change that fast

The Orlando Magic have until January 25th to determine whether they will pick up their third-year option on Daniel Orton

Calipari lauded the point guard play of Marquis Teague in the Wildcats' victory over Chattanooga on Saturday night

Calipari wants to give Kyle Wiltjer more options to score rather than settling for perimeter baskets, but he also wants the freshman to pull the trigger when he's open from long range

UK says Terrence Jones is day-to-day, and Calipari said he didn’t know how long Jones might be out

2013 recruit Derek Willis attended the Memphis-Louisville game on Saturday

UK beats Chattanooga 87-62- Doron Lamb scores 24 points

The final seven weeks of the regular-season figure to dramatically improve Kentucky's strength of schedule

Jeff Sheppard fears he is responsible for discombobulating Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball fans everywhere

If history is any guide, UK fans will find something to bemoan

Duke, Kentucky, UCLA and UNLV are the four schools that stand out to Shabazz Muhammad

Anthony Davis can't wait to get back on the court

Two sources tell the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette they would not be surprised if Khem Birch is talked out of his decision to transfer once he returns home

Calipari simply hopes to see signs that his young team learned some lessons from its Hoosier heartbreaker

Recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer says UCLA is losing ground in Shabazz Muhammad's recruitment as a result of its struggles

The Chicago Bulls waive Keith Bogans

UK Basketball (8-1) is a 32 point favorite hosting Chattanooga

Calipari likened Terrence Jones to DeMarcus Cousins, whose missteps two seasons ago prompted many questions

Calipari says several good things have come from the Cats' loss to Indiana, which served as a wake up call

Calipari says Twany Beckham will not play point guard position and Jarrod Polson has a better grasp of that role

UK is involved with Chris Obekpa, the 6-foot-9 shot-blocker from Our Savior New American

Calipari isn't worried about Terrence Jones' bad game

Calipari doesn't answer any mail that doesn’t have a return address with a name on it

Khem Birch is leaving Pittsburgh after just 10 games and informed CBSSports.com that he does not have a new list and has not decided on his next destination

Practices leading up to the game against the Hoosiers weren’t tough enough — so Calipari fixed that this week

The Orlando Sentinel says it's doubtful that Daniel Orton gets on the floor much this season, if at all

Southern Miss men’s basketball player Darnell Dodson has been reinstated to the team

Eric Bledsoe's chances of becoming more than an NBA journeyman just tripled because of the Chris Paul trade

Brandon Knight isn't concerned about Kyrie Irving

Chattanooga will bring its 3-7 record to a lion’s den filled with Wildcats on Saturday night

It appears that Daniel Orton will receive another redshirt season in Orlando

DeMarcus Cousins is ready to make opponents the only punch-line this season

NBA veteran and analyst for ESPN Radio Will Perdue says as of today Terrence Jones made a mistake by not going in the NBA draft last year

A recent heart exam on Chuck Hayes shows an abnormality that will require further testing

Two former Pittsburgh standouts took to Twitter to address rumors of Khem Birch's rumored transfer to Kentucky

Charles Barkley says he isn't sold on Anthony Davis as the number one pick in next year's NBA Draft and would instead choose Harrison Barnes

Alex Poythress made the preseason watch list for the Naismith High School Player of the Year

If words of encouragement from Ashley Judd herself aren't enough to get Jones out of whatever funk he was in at Indiana, nothing will

UCLA is strong in the hunt for Shabazz Muhammad

Jeff Overton, a former Indiana University golfer and 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup team member, was reportedly arrested after the Indiana-Kentucky basketball game on Saturday by Bloomington police

New York Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni says Josh Harrellson has looked really good in practice thus far

Shabazz Muhammad says there are no changes on his college list

Former UK commitment Michael Avery verbally commits to Sonoma State University

After racking up 18 turnovers and only 11 assists in his first four games, Marquis Teague has 27 assists and only eight turnovers the past five games

Brandon Knight is already making an impression on a Detroit team eager for a fresh start

Mississippi State transfer Twany Beckham is eligible to play in Kentucky's next game, Saturday night against Chattanooga

One source close to the recruitment tells Zagsblogs they believe Jarnell Stokes will land at Tennessee

Alex Poythress is averaging more than 30 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks this season

A source within the athletic department said Darnell Dodson will be in uniform for Southern Miss in their game against Ole Miss

Detroit Pistons scouts, coach Lawrence Frank and Platinum Equity partner Bob Wentworth were transfixed by Brandon Knight's work ethic and endurance

Tom Crean attended 2013 recruit Derek Willis' game on Tuesday

Similar to his game, there is something decidedly old school about DeMarcus Cousins

3.5 million people watched Saturday's tilt between the Wildcats and Indiana, which is a massive pull for college basketball

Jeff Goodman from CBSSports.com says NBA scouts are divided on Terrence Jones, largely due to his inconsistency and also his body language on the court

ESPN's Chad Ford polled a number of top NBA executives over the weekend after the Indiana game and Anthony Davis was still number one on all of their draft boards

Tim Tebow is so big that Rick Pitino is getting asked about him

Steve Masiello has already exceeded last season's win total at Manhattan and we're not even midway through December

UK Senior associate AD/communications DeWayne Peevy says Calipari often reminds his players to conduct themselves properly

Patrick Patterson, who would be in line to be the Rockets' starting power forward, is being held out of training camp indefinitely while recovering from offseason surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle

Calipari acknowledged that, the lack of production aside, Terrence Jones did not make a good impression on anyone who watched the game on Saturday

Enes Kanter’s willingness to learn and receptiveness to hard work are early positives

Calipari says UK's mentality in Saturday’s loss at Indiana was a result of poor preparation

Rick Bozich says Louisville figures to be 13-0 when they arrive in Rupp Arena on New Year’s Eve, but there’s considerable debate about how good Rick Pitino’s team is

Whatever is next for Rupp Arena, UK apparently won’t be involved in raising the money to fund it

2013 five star recruit Chris Thomas now lists Xavier, Kentucky, Florida, Missouri and Iowa State as his top five

It looks like DeAndre Liggins quickly caught Stan Van Gundy's attention