Monday, January 31, 2011

Kentucky freshman Terrence Jones rounding out his game

Kentucky freshman forward Terrence Jones was 10 points off his scoring average in Saturday’s victory over Georgia, but coach John Calipari was not complaining—not after the defensive job Jones did against UGa star Trey Thompkins.


Jones had the primary responsibility to guard Thompkins and held him to 2-of-10 shooting from the field and nine points, the first time all season Thompkins did not score in double figures. Jones grabbed seven defensive rebounds, as well.
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Coach Cal talks about going to Ole Miss





UK Meeks and Prince make the Top 10 play from the NBA

Kentucky signee Marquis Teague

Highlight mixtape of Kentucky signee Marquis Teague of Pike HS (2011) in Indianapolis, Indiana.

AP TOP 25 1/31/11 Cat's up to #10

It only took one game last week for Kentucky to move up in the AP poll. The Cats jumped four spots to #10 in the AP with the win over Georgia. Vanderbilt is the only other SEC team to make the Top 25.

Rank Team  F/P Votes   W/L  Record           Votes            Last Week Position
1. Ohio St.  (65)                       22-0               1, 625           1

2. Kansas                                 20-1               1,519            6

3. Texas                                    18-3              1,500            7

4. Pittsburgh                              20-2              1,433            2

5. Duke                                     19-2              1,284            3

6. Connecticut                           17-3              1,275            5

7. San Diego St.                        21-1              1,218            4

8. BYU                                     20-2              1,159            9

9. Notre Dame                          17-4              1,116            15

10. Kentucky                            16-4              1,037            14

11. Purdue                                18-4               922               12

12. Villanova                             17-4               860                8

13. Georgetown                         16-5              806                21

14. Missouri                               17-4               790               11

15. Louisville                              17-4               740               23

16. Texas A&M                         17-3               660               13

17. Syracuse                              18-4                598                9

18. Minnesota                            16-5                487               16

19. Wisconsin                             15-5               387                17

20. Washington                           15-5               384                18

21. Arizona                                 18-4                358 -

22. Utah St.                                20-2                 176 -

23. North Carolina                       15-5                124 -

23. Vanderbilt                              15-5                 124               19

25. West Virginia                         14-6                 109 -

Kentucky's Schedule Update

DATE         OPPONENT TIME (ET) / Result record


11/12/10 vs. ETSU                               W, 88-65 1-0

11/19/10 at Portland                             W, 79-48 2-0

11/22/10 vs. Oklahoma                         W, 76-64 3-0

11/23/10 Washington                            W, 74-67 4-0

11/24/10 at Connecticut                         L, 67-84 4-1

11/30/10 Boston University                   W, 91-57 5-1

12/04/10 at North Carolina                     L, 73-75 5-2

12/08/10 Notre Dame                           W, 72-58 6-2

12/11/10 Indiana                                   W, 81-62 7-2

12/18/10 Mississippi Valley State          W, 85-60 8-2

12/22/10 Winthrop                                W, 89-52 9-2

12/28/10 Coppin State                          W, 91-61 10-2

12/31/10 at Louisville                            W, 78-63 11-2

01/03/11 Pennsylvania                           W, 86-62 12-2

01/08/11 at Georgia                                L, 70-77 12-3

01/11/11 Auburn                                   W, 78-54 13-3

01/15/11 LSU                                       W, 82-44 14-3

01/18/11 at Alabama                              L, 66-68 14-4

01/22/11 at South Carolina                    W, 67-58 15-4

01/29/11 Georgia                                  W, 66-60 16-4

02/01/11 at Mississippi                           7:00 pm

02/05/11 at Florida                                 9:00 pm

02/08/11 Tennessee                                9:00 pm

02/12/11 at Vanderbilt                            1:00 pm

02/15/11 Mississippi State                      7:00 pm

02/19/11 South Carolina                         4:00 pm

02/23/11 at Arkansas                              8:00 pm

02/26/11 Florida                                     4:00 pm

03/01/11 Vanderbilt                                9:00 pm

03/06/11 at Tennessee                          12:00 pm

03/10/11 SEC Tournament                    TBA

03/11/11 SEC Tournament                    TBA

03/12/11 SEC Tournament                    TBA

03/13/11 SEC Tournament                    TBA

For Wizards rookie John Wall, growth not limited to the basketball court

The problems posed by chasing the likes of NBA veterans Derrick Rose and Steve Nash around the court are unavoidable. But Wall has made every effort to simplify his life off the court.

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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Wildcats avenged a loss to the Bulldogs three weeks ago with a 66-60 victory

"Coach is always talking about being tougher, being more active on the court," Lamb said. "We did a great job today, but coach wants us to do way better."

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

ESPNU College Basketball 100 High School Players

While a few new names were inserted into the mix of the refreshed 2011 college basketball recruiting rankings, the top five remains unchanged.


The debate over the No. 1 player in the 2011 class is a healthy one involving guard Austin Rivers (Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park), power forward Anthony Davis (Chicago, Ill. /Perspectives Charter) and small forward Michael Gilchrist (Somerdale, N.J./St. Patrick), the top three overall players. No. 4 Quincy Miller (N. Chicago, Ill./Westchester CD), who suffered a season-ending knee injury, and No. 5 James McAdoo (Chesapeake, Va./Norfolk Christian) also stay put.




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Monday, January 24, 2011

Kentucky slips to 14 in latest AP poll with loss to Bama

Rank Team      Record     Pts      Pvs


1. Ohio St. (63) 20-0      1,623     1

2. Pittsburgh (1) 19-1      1,528     5

3. Duke (1) 18-1             1,490     4

4. San Diego St. 20-0     1,386      6

5. Connecticut 16-2        1,314      8

6. Kansas 18-1               1,293      2

7. Texas 16-3                 1,267     10

8. Villanova 17-2             1,199      7

9. BYU 19-1                   1,095      9

9. Syracuse 18-2              1,095     3

11. Missouri 17-3                887     13

12. Purdue 17-3                   881    14

13. Texas A&M 17-2            847   11

14. Kentucky 15-4                709    12

15. Notre Dame 16-4             691   16

16. Minnesota 15-4               656     15

17. Wisconsin 15-4               614      18

18. Washington 15-4             584      20

19. Vanderbilt 14-4               317        --

20. Illinois 14-6                      279       23

21. Georgetown 14-5             276        23

22. Florida St. 15-5                 218        --

23. Louisville 15-4                   203        19

24. Florida 15-4                      169         --

25. Michigan St. 12-7                97         17

More Honors for Knight

The SEC named Kentucky point guard Brandon Knight as Freshman of the Week. Knight averaging 18.5 points, 5.5 rebounds , 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals in games at Alabama and at South Carolina. The SEC named Vanderbilt’s Lance Goulbourne Player of the Week.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Kentucky Overpowers South Carolina

The Colonial Life Center - Columbia, S.C.
Kentucky improves to 15-4, 3-2 SEC on the season. South Carolina drops to 12-6, 3-2 SEC.
The Wildcats are 43-10 all-time against the Gamecocks and 17-6 in Columbia.
UK's first win in Columbia since the 2007-08 season. UK is now 522-176 against schools comprising the SEC's Eastern division. The Cats have gone 159-51 against SEC East teams since the league split into two divisions in 1992. Kentucky will be in action again Saturday, Jan. 29, hosting Georgia. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. p.m. ET with the game being televised on ESPN. Team game notes The Wildcats used the starting combination of Darius Miller, Terrence Jones, Brandon Knight, DeAndre Liggins and Josh Harrellson for the third straight game. Kentucky is 13-3 with that starting five. Doron Lamb was the first sub off the bench for Kentucky. It was Lamb's 14th time this season to be the first Wildcat off the bench.
Kentucky extended its streak of game with a three-pointer to 768 games, the third longest streak in the country. The UK defense forced its fifth shot-clock violation this season. The Wildcats shot 82.8 pct. (24-of-29) from the free-throw line, their highest percentage since league play began. Kentucky held the Gamecocks to 33.3 pct. (19-57) shooting.

#1 Darius Miller Finished with a season high 18 points. Has hit a 3-pointer in six straight games and 17 of 19 games this season. Has scored in double-digits in four-straight games and five of the last six. Has registered two blocked shots in three-straight games. Played a career-high 39 minutes.
#3 Terrence Jones Finished with 10 first-half points, the sixth time this season he's gone for double-digits in the first half. Shooting 74.5 pct. from free throw line (35-of-47) in SEC play.

#5 Jarrod Polson Saw three minutes of action in the first half, and SEC career high.

#12 Brandon Knight Finished with 23 points, his eighth 20-point game this season, tied for third most by a freshman, one behind leaders Patrick Patterson and Rex Chapman. Scored 11 first-half points, the 11th time this season he's scored double-figures in the first half. Has connected on 13 3-pointers in his last four games.
Has hit a 3-pointer in 17 of 19 games this season. Has four-straight multi-3-pointer games.

#20 Doron Lamb Finished 7-of-8 from the free throw line.

#55 Josh Harrellson Has four-straight multi-block games and has blocked 17 shots in the last six games.

UK and Terrance Jones rebound for the win at SC

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Calipari must find way to make Cats more physical

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Kentucky's rally stemmed by Tide- Cats lose 68-66

A laugher for Alabama turned serious down the stretch Tuesday night. But a furious Kentucky comeback fell two points short as the Tide won 68-66.




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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Coach Cal working with Enes Kanter

Alabama's Super Bowl is tonight in Tuscaloosa.

Big Oil Company Texaco not a Fan of Big Blue? How can that be???

Next week's headlines: All Texaco Stations in Kentucky are feeling the pain at the pump!

Texaco has donated 10,000 shirts to the Alabama Crimson Tide fans that will be in attendance at the gane tonight scheduled to tip-off at 9pm eastern on ESPNfor the Game today in Tuscaloosa.




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Josh Harrellson pre Alabama interview

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Brandon Knight, Terrence Jones help No. 15 Kentucky steamroll LSU

Brandon Knight scored 19 points, Terrence Jones added 17 in his second game coming off the bench and the Wildcats (14-3, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) wasted little time putting away the Tigers. Kentucky led by 11 less than eight minutes into the game, was up 29 at the half and kept right on going.

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Kentucky's long-range shooting scorches LSU 82-44

With LSU playing the representative from the Mild, Mild West, Kentucky rolled to an 82-44 Southeastern Conference victory Saturday.
Kentucky enjoyed its widest margin of victory against a league opponent in four seasons in beating LSU.
The Cats (14-3 overall, 2-1 SEC) shot holes in LSU's zone with three-point marksmanship. Relieved of any concern about winning, Kentucky made it seem like a glorified workout.

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Friday, January 14, 2011

Calipari to take part in ESPN's 'town hall' discussion in honor of MLK Day

 As a part of ESPN's 25th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari will make a guest appearance Friday night on ESPN's National Town Hall Meeting.
The two-hour show, which will air Friday from 6-8 p.m. on ESPN, will include a "town hall" discussion about the current image of the black athlete with director Spike Lee and other prominent panelists.
Hosted by Good Morning America's Robin Roberts and Outside the Lines' Bob Ley, Calipari will join athletes, coaches and entertainers, including ESPN commentator Michael Wilbon, WNBA player and world champion track and field athlete Marion Jones, and football coach Randy Shannon, to focus on the topic of the current image of the black athlete.

UK cheerleading seeks its 19th national title this weekend

The Kentucky cheerleading team will be in search of its unprecedented 19th national title when it heads to the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando, Fla., this weekend for the 2011 College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships.

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Darius Miller talks about practice leading up to LSU game.

John Calipari Press before the LSU game.

Jon Hood talks about the extra practice with Coach Cal

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Terrence Jones 35 Points - UK Freshmen Record

John Wall vs Demarcus Cousins Round 1

The Wizards blew a 20-point, first-quarter lead, a six-point lead in the final 14 seconds of the fourth quarter and nearly lost a five-point lead in the final half-minute of overtime. They committed crucial, fundamental mistakes - fouling 3-point shooters, turnovers under the basket, missed free throws in the final seconds - before finally walking away with an exhausting 136-133 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

John Wall contributing 22 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Demarcus Couisins 10 points 8 rebounds.


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John Calipari post-Auburn

Darius Miller Post Auburn Interview

Cats crush Auburn : Jones sets a freshman scoring record with 35

Terrence Jones, coming off the bench for the first time in his brief career, one-upped his classmate by scoring 35 points on Tuesday night as the Wildcats (No. 15 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) rolled by Auburn 78-54.

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Monday, January 10, 2011

What has UK 2011 recruit Michael Gilchrist been up to?

Michael Gilchrist and St. Patrick hold off Garden State rival St. Benedict's Gray Bees

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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Coach Cal speaks about the Georgia upset in Athens

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Hot free-throw shooting leads Georgia to 77-70 upset of Kentucky

The up-and-coming Bulldogs claimed their biggest victory of Mark Fox's two-year coaching tenure, upsetting Kentucky (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 10 AP) 77-70 on Saturday for their ninth straight win the school's longest streak since its 1983 Final Four season.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

First RPI Ranking Out

FIRST OFFICIAL RPI RELEASED

The first official RPI was released today and some of the numbers are mind-boggling.
Let’s start right at the top – where Georgetown sits at No. 1 despite three losses already, including one on Monday at St. John’s. UConn is at No. 5, but after losses on the road against Pitt and Notre Dame, the Huskies are no longer a Top 5 team. Duke is at No. 7 and Ohio State sits at No. 19.

1. Georgetown
2. Kansas
3. Syracuse
4. BYU
5. UConn
6. Kentucky
7. St. John’s
8. Duke
9. San Diego State
10. Pittsburgh
11. Purdue
12. West Virginia
13. Florida
14. Notre Dame
15. Vanderbilt
16. Central Florida
17. Temple
18. Villanova
19. Ohio State
20. Washington
21. UNLV
22. Old Dominion
23. Miami
24. Cleveland State
25. Boston College
26. Butler
27. Illinois
28. Princeton
29. Texas A&M
30. North Carolina

Monday, January 3, 2011

Wildcats sweep SEC Player of the week and Freshman of the week


Senior Josh Harrellson and Freshman Brandon Knight win top honors for the week.


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Kentucky Moves Up To 10th, 11th in national rankings

John Calipari's Kentucky Wildcats move up one spot in the latest AP & ESPN/USA Today coaches Top 25 polls.
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The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball

poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan.
2, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one
point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
                             Record     Pts    Pvs
1. Duke (31)           13-0      775     1
2. Ohio State          14-0      742     2
3. Kansas               13-0      714     3
4. Syracuse             15-0      678    5
5. Pittsburgh            13-1      639    6
6. San Diego State   15-0     600     7
7. Villanova             12-1     577     8
8. Missouri              13-1     536    10
9. Connecticut         11-1     516    4
10. Purdue              13-1     489    11
11. Kentucky          11-2     477    12
12. Texas                11-2     424    14
13. Georgetown      12-2     417      9
14. BYU                 14-1     356    16
15. Notre Dame     12-2      316    15
16. Texas A&M     12-1      285    18
17. Kansas State     11-3      271   17
18. UCF                 13-0      204    21
19. Michigan State     9-4      203   19
20. Illinois                12-3      142   25
21. Minnesota          11-3      128   13
22. Memphis             11-2     110   22
23. Louisville            11-2        73   20
24. Vanderbilt          11-2        71 -
25. Cincinnati            14-0       56 -

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Josh Harrellson's Career Day Sparks Kentucky

Harrellson's contribution was by no means the only reason for Kentucky's victory. In fact, the entire game showcased just how large a gap currently exists between the Cats and its arch rival. Louisville looked tentative, slower and most significantly, substantially less-talented than their Kentucky opponents and at no point seemed likely to win the game. Kentucky's Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones not only played better than Louisville, they looked to be on a different level than their Louisville counterparts. Kentucky stopped Louisville's transition game by controlling tempo from the outset, thereby negating the Cards' best chance to pull off an upset and ensuring that the team with the best talent would win. If Friday showed us anything, it is clear that team resides in Lexington.




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Harrellson's double-double powers Cats over Cards 78-63

The smothering defense of DeAndre Liggins, a stunning 23-point, 14-rebound outburst from Josh Harrellson, and the calm control and 25 points from Brandon Knight guided Kentucky past archrival Louisville 78-63 on Friday at the KFC Yum Center.






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