ST. LOUIS — The NCAA Tournament does funny things to people, not that Kentucky’s players knew much about that before Friday. Seven of the eight players that got in the game for the No. 8 Wildcats in their 56-49 win over No. 9 Kansas State had never played on an NCAA Tournament team, and the […]
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Cov Cath Beats Bardstown, Moves on to Semifinals at Sweet 16
Gritty wins like the ones Covington Catholic has pulled off in consecutive nights at Rupp Arena are just what the Colonels are built for. “This is why you schedule a hard schedule,” Cov Cath head coach, Scott Ruthsatz said after the 61-54 win over Bardstown in the quarter-final round of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Basketball […]
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Cov Cath Beats Bardstown, Moves on to Semifinals at Sweet 16
Gritty wins like the ones Covington Catholic has pulled off in consecutive nights at Rupp Arena are just what the Colonels are built for. “This is why you schedule a hard schedule,” Cov Cath head coach, Scott Ruthsatz said after the 61-54 win over Bardstown in the quarter-final round of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Basketball […]
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Norse Women Pick Up Post-Season Win Over McNeese State
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team’s lone senior, Kayla Thacker, proved she was not ready for her career to be over Thursday night as she led the Norse to an 84-72 victory over McNeese State at The Bank of Kentucky Center. Thacker finished with a career-high 25 points, eight rebounds and three assists to lead […]
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Norse Women Pick Up Post-Season Win Over McNeese State
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team’s lone senior, Kayla Thacker, proved she was not ready for her career to be over Thursday night as she led the Norse to an 84-72 victory over McNeese State at The Bank of Kentucky Center. Thacker finished with a career-high 25 points, eight rebounds and three assists to lead […]
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8-Seeded Wildcats Realize Missteps are Behind them at NCAA Tournament
On March 1, Kentucky lost to South Carolina. The Gamecocks were not a good team—they’re in the past tense, because their season is over—and at the time, neither was Kentucky. It was jarring when Aaron Harrison took to the post-game news conference and defiantly held on to a sliver, however tiny, of optimism. “It’s frustrating […]
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8-Seeded Wildcats Realize Missteps are Behind them at NCAA Tournament
On March 1, Kentucky lost to South Carolina. The Gamecocks were not a good team—they’re in the past tense, because their season is over—and at the time, neither was Kentucky. It was jarring when Aaron Harrison took to the post-game news conference and defiantly held on to a sliver, however tiny, of optimism. “It’s frustrating […]
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Beshear Places Bet with US Cabinet Secretary on UK, EKU Games
The Kentucky Wildcats face the Kansas State Wildcats while the Eastern Kentucky Colonels take on the Kansas Jayhawks in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, so Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has placed a friendly bet with former Kansas Governor and current Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. From Governor Beshear: Here’s […]
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Beshear Places Bet with US Cabinet Secretary on UK, EKU Games
The Kentucky Wildcats face the Kansas State Wildcats while the Eastern Kentucky Colonels take on the Kansas Jayhawks in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, so Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has placed a friendly bet with former Kansas Governor and current Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. From Governor Beshear: Here’s […]
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Covington Catholic Escapes Clay County in Sweet 16
Covington Catholic 80, Clay County 78 Perhaps because they are battle-tested—having climbed over the likes of Holmes, Newport Central Catholic and Madison Central already this season—Covington Catholic showed its grit by fighting off a rugged and beefy opponent in Clay County, 80-78, in the first-round of the 2014 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16 State Tournament […]
