Kentucky coach John Calipari made one simple adjustment to his game plan Tuesday night. He scrapped the zone. The Wildcats didn’t need it. Instead, a fierce man-to-man defense got No. 5 Kansas out of sync and No. 1 Kentucky ran away with its most impressive win of the season- a 72-40 victory in the State […]
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Wildcats’ Date With Kansas Should Be Key Early Test
Even though the 2014-15 college basketball campaign has just begun, the classic matchup of Kentucky and Kansas on Tuesday night in Indianapolis promises to be an early useful test for both clubs, which are ranked among the Top 5 in the Associated Press preseason poll. Top-ranked Kentucky’s neutral court date with the No. 5 Jayhawks […]
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Wildcats’ Date With Kansas Should Be Key Early Test
Even though the 2014-15 college basketball campaign has just begun, the classic matchup of Kentucky and Kansas on Tuesday night in Indianapolis promises to be an early useful test for both clubs, which are ranked among the Top 5 in the Associated Press preseason poll. Top-ranked Kentucky’s neutral court date with the No. 5 Jayhawks […]
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Calipari Not Satisfied Despite Cats’ 40-Point Win Over Grand Canyon
A 40-point victory for Kentucky and John Calipari was being asked afterwards how he felt about dealing with adversity. That’s this year’s Kentucky basketball team for you. After holding Grand Canyon to 16 first-half points, the Wildcats “let go of the rope,” according to Willie Cauley-Stein. And although Kentucky ended up with an 85-45 victory […]
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Calipari Not Satisfied Despite Cats’ 40-Point Win Over Grand Canyon
A 40-point victory for Kentucky and John Calipari was being asked afterwards how he felt about dealing with adversity. That’s this year’s Kentucky basketball team for you. After holding Grand Canyon to 16 first-half points, the Wildcats “let go of the rope,” according to Willie Cauley-Stein. And although Kentucky ended up with an 85-45 victory […]
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Towles is Becoming a Star at UK
In 1997 we had Heisman Trophy candidate Peyton Manning of No. 5 Tennessee and Tim Couch of unranked Kentucky in a passing shootout, tossing for nearly 1,000 yards at Commonwealth Stadium. In 2014 we had Heisman Trophy candidate Dak Prescott of top-ranked Mississippi State and Patrick Towles of unranked Kentucky in a combined passing/running attack, […]
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Towles is Becoming a Star at UK
In 1997 we had Heisman Trophy candidate Peyton Manning of No. 5 Tennessee and Tim Couch of unranked Kentucky in a passing shootout, tossing for nearly 1,000 yards at Commonwealth Stadium. In 2014 we had Heisman Trophy candidate Dak Prescott of top-ranked Mississippi State and Patrick Towles of unranked Kentucky in a combined passing/running attack, […]
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UK Football Has Homecoming Date with #1 Mississippi State
When the University of Kentucky scheduled its homecoming festivities for the week of the Mississippi State game, it probably didn’t expect the Bulldogs to be the No. 1 ranked team in America. That is the case, though, and the Wildcats will face their greatest challenge of the year when Heisman favorite Dak Prescott and his […]
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UK Football Has Homecoming Date with #1 Mississippi State
When the University of Kentucky scheduled its homecoming festivities for the week of the Mississippi State game, it probably didn’t expect the Bulldogs to be the No. 1 ranked team in America. That is the case, though, and the Wildcats will face their greatest challenge of the year when Heisman favorite Dak Prescott and his […]
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Kentucky Football is 5-1 After Rolling ULM with “Catch of the Day”
Patrick Towles did not crack a smile. “I would say I expected us to be 6-0,” he said, after a reporter asked him if, at the beginning of the season, he would have expected Kentucky to be 5-1 after six games. “For sure,” Towles continued. “No doubt.” The Kentucky quarterback, after his sixth career start […]