Kentucky Basketball

Sorry Memphis, But John Calipari Has Been The Perfect Fit For Kentucky

... Kentucky’s latest Academic Progress Rate score was a perfect 1,000. It’s always great when you hire somebody who exceeds expectations. He certainly did. Former UK president Lee Todd on John Calipari. Yes, Calipari recruits one-and-dones. Now everyone does one-and-done. Blue bloods do one-and-done. Duke does one-and-done. UCLA does one-and-done. It’s not just for Calipari anymore. “And this job is more than just coaching,” Todd said. He remembers the last time he spoke at an athletic event while UK’s president. It was at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. Calipari was there. He ate a salad, spoke to the group, then went around the room signing autographs. When it was Todd’s turn to speak, he asked for a show of hands from people who had something signed by the basketball coach. “I think 80 percent of the room held up its hands. I’ve never seen a guy with his energy,” Todd said. “You hire somebody to do the job, but then some people own the job. He’s really owned the job.”. Maybe the job has changed Calipari. He’s older, so old (58) he jokes he repeats the same stories. Or it could be objects are often fuzzy ...

2017 Lexington Herald-leader All-state Boys’ Basketball Team

... at 22 nd (3,141). Bracken County’s Austin Crawford, a third-team member, ended his career as the state’s 16 th-leading scorer (3,192). Michael Moreno, a Scott County sophomore, was the only underclassman voted to the first team. It was a massive leap in recognition for Moreno, who didn’t receive a single All-State vote as a freshman. Tavin Lovan (Franklin-Simpson), Sean Mc Neil (Cooper), Torell Carter (Letcher County Central) and Pedro Bradshaw (Russellville) rounded out the coaches’ first-team choices. Lovan was a third-team selection last year, while Mc Neil and Carter both made the honorable mention list in 2016. Bradshaw had never received an All-State vote before this season. Lexington Catholic’s Luke Johnson was named to the second team one year after earning an honorable mention. He led the Knights to the 11 th Region finals this season, their second appearance in the last three seasons. Sayre star Jake Duby made the third team, rounding out the Lexingtonians who landed in the top 30. The senior ended his career as the school’s leading scorer and led the Spartans to their first 11 th Region Tournament win since 1998 and to a school-record 23 wins this season. ...

Sensory Bonanza? Uk Crammed Many Memories Into 2016-17

... on their face, so I started yelling at them,” Tar Heels Coach Roy Williams said. “But I was trying to yell positive messages.”. North Carolina went on a 12-0 run. UK did not wilt. Monk hit a pair of three-pointers, the second tying it at 73 with 7.2 seconds left. Monk and Fox acknowledged not defending the game’s final possession correctly. Left open, UNC’s Luke Maye made the game-winning shot. After Kentucky lost to West Virginia in the 2010 Elite Eight, Calipari said he needed to find the missing ingredient to get a freshman-dependent team past more experienced teams deep in an NCAA Tournament. Fox, who spoke as he fought back tears in the postgame locker room, did not feel Kentucky had a telling handicap. “We proved a lot of people wrong,” he said. “We left stuff on the table. But, like I said, North Carolina is great. I wish them the best.”. Some UK fans might question building a team on a foundation of one-and-done players. That same formula got Kentucky to four Final Fours in a five-year period, plus two other Elite Eight games in Calipari’s eight seasons. And, of course, UK won the 2012 national championship. Former Big East commissioner ...

Malik Monk Is Uk’s Sixth Wooden All-american In Calipari Era

... five finalists for the Wooden Award. Monk is the sixth Wildcat named a Wooden Award All-American in the John Calipari era. He joins Tyler Ulis (2016), Willie Cauley-Stein (2015), Anthony Davis (2012), De Marcus Cousins (2010) and John Wall (2010) as other UK players to earn the distinction. Monk finished his freshman season averaging 19.8 points per game, second among all freshmen nationally, and reached double-figure scoring in all but two games this season. With 14 points in the second-round game against Wichita State, he became UK’s all-time leading freshman scorer with 721 points, passing Jamal Murray’s output of 720 from a season ago. His record-breaking season ends with 754 points scored. That’s fourth all-time in UK’s history books regardless of class, trailing only Dan Issel (948; 1970), Jodie Meeks (854; 2009) and Jamal Mashburn (767; 1992). Monk produced 18 games of 20 points or more, including a Kentucky freshman record 47 points against North Carolina in December. Monk is the only freshman in program history with four 30-point games, and six times this season he scored at least 20 points in a half. Monk made 104 ...

Kentucky Basketball's 3 Seniors Reflect On Careers

... played more than 20 minutes in the loss to North Carolina. Mulder chipped in for 6 minutes on Sunday. “I’m really proud of what Dom and Derek were able to do the last four years, something really special that not a lot of people do,” Mulder said after the game. “They were part of history and I’m really proud of that. I wish it would’ve ended up better for them. They deserve more than that. It means a lot to me. I’ll always love the game, love the school, love the state for what it was.”. While Mulder came to UK as a transfer, Hawkins and Willis were beloved for their Kentucky roots. Sunday represented the end of a four-year stretch for both. “There’s not a lot of Kentucky kids playing for Kentucky,” Hawkins said. “It’s everybody’s dream. To be able to play for four years here has been a ...

Kentucky Fans Offer Insight For Mu Into Potential One-and-done Players Like Porter

... to come out and watch more basketball, it’s going to help the program and it’s going to help recruiting more. “But you better win.”. Five things to know about Mizzou basketball coach Cuonzo Martin. New Mizzou coach Cuonzo Martin: 'This is it for me'. Mizzou coach Cuonzo Martin responds to question about Porter family. Cuonzo Martin introduced as Missouri men's basketball coach. Two killed in KC house fire. Chiefs' Clark Hunt on the NFL's recent relocations and how they affect the Chiefs. KC-area shops selling hemp oil face uncertain legal landscape. At a loss for words, Frank Martin tries to describe 'surreal' experience of making first Final Four. Oregon Ducks bring heartbreak to Kansas Jayhawks. Share Video. Five things to know about Mizzou basketball recruit Michael Porter Jr., the nation's top-rated player in the Class of 2017. Jeff Patterson The Kansas City Star. Since his arrival in Lexington, Calipari has won the national championship once, in 2012. You may have heard of the one-and-done players on that team — Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Those are two of ...

Under Archie Miller, Could Iu-kentucky Rivalry Be Revived

... A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Under Archie Miller, could IU-Kentucky rivalry be revived. Teddy Bailey, Indy Star correspondent Published 5:49 p.m. ET March 27, 2017 | Updated 8 hours ago. "This is why you want to be at Indiana University, right here, if you're a basketball person." Clark Wade/Indy Star. Buy Photo. Fred Glass, athletic director at Indiana University, talks about Archie Miller, new head coach of Indiana University's men's basketball team, as Miller is introduced in Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Monday, March 27, 2017. (Photo: Robert Scheer/Indy Star)Buy Photo. 103 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE. BLOOMINGTON – It didn’t take long for Archie Miller to be asked about Indiana’s water-downed nonconference schedule. In fact, it was the first question Miller received as he was introduced as IU's new men's basketball coach. And anytime the Hoosiers' nonconference schedule comes up, the abandoned rivalry with Kentucky is at the top ...

White Privilege And Kentucky Basketball Are Synonymous

... who calmly nailed a long two-point shot that gave Carolina the victory. Every year, someone loses a heart-breaker in the NCAA tournament. And every year, the predominantly white student body at some of America's greatest institutions take to the streets to riot and show their disapproval of the game's outcome. This also happens a great deal during college football's bowl season as well. But for Kentucky, this has become something of a habit. Back in 2015, 31 people were arrested near their Lexington campus  after losing to the University of Wisconsin Badgers in the Final Four.  They also raised hell after a postseason loss in 2012. Lexington, Kentucky, the very city in which President Donald J. Trump spoke about how real Americans stand for the flag while dissing NFL QB Colin Kaepernick for his protest action, is itself a bastion for protest. The Lexington Herald Leader published several videos documenting what went down after the Kentucky loss. One was a scene ...

When Malik Monk Smiles, 'that's A Good Sign

... said. The beginning was slow for Monk against UCLA. He didn't find the net until nearly 14 minutes into the action. And then he scored 14 points, hitting 3 of 6 from beyond the arc in the second half and finished with 21 total. "I feel like we're unstoppable if he's hitting for us," Kentucky senior guard Dominique Hawkins said. Previously, Monk reached 20 points in a game only once since March 4 and twice was held below double figures. Even though he hit only 5 of 26 3-point attempts (19 percent) during that stretch of six games, he insisted nothing was wrong with his stroke and said he was healthy after taking two hard falls during the Southeastern Conference Tournament. He often explained the off-shooting as a lack of focus and energy and admitted he didn't know why that was missing and how he would get it back. Everything reappeared in the second half against UCLA. He hit his first two shots, a 3-pointer and a jumper after the break and didn't have to tell his teammates to keep feeding him the ball. "He didn't say nothing," Hawkins said. "He just smiled. When he smiles, that's a good sign.". He added a layup and another 3-pointer, ...

This Was A Team To Be Proud Of

... history. They gave their all for the program, and the tears in their eyes after Sunday’s loss shows just how much it meant for them. While they fell short of their goal, this year’s team gave us all a great ride down the stretch. The star freshmen showed why they were so highly touted, and why we will only get to enjoy them in the blue and white for one season. The seniors showed with every dive for a loose ball, every big shot to keep their team in the game, how much it meant to them to play for the program they’d cheered for their whole lives, and how badly they wanted to wear “Kentucky” across their chest for just one more game. You even had a player that nobody expected anything from, step up and play the biggest game of his life when his teammates needed it the most. In the process, they secured a place in our hearts and memories that will not soon fade. No player took more heat this season than Isaiah Briscoe. Many wanted him benched after a five game stretch saw him shoot just thirty-eight percent from the floor, while committing twenty-two turnovers during that time. However, ...