After a Kentucky team’s final game of the season, win or lose—and Kentucky was so close to the ultimate goal, ending a season with a win—the question always has to be asked to whichever star players also double as NBA Draft candidates. The answers are always the same, as they largely were in the specific […]
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Clutch Run Ends for Kentucky in Title Game Loss
ARLINGTON, Texas — What could have been hung over Kentucky’s locker room like a storm cloud. The Wildcats had just lost in the national championship game, and only when Connecticut was up six and dribbling out the clock in its final seconds did it seem possible that Kentucky couldn’t conjure any more magic. Aaron Harrison […]
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Clutch Run Ends for Kentucky in Title Game Loss
ARLINGTON, Texas — What could have been hung over Kentucky’s locker room like a storm cloud. The Wildcats had just lost in the national championship game, and only when Connecticut was up six and dribbling out the clock in its final seconds did it seem possible that Kentucky couldn’t conjure any more magic. Aaron Harrison […]
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Aaron Harrison Cements UK Legacy, Propels Wildcats to Title Game
ARLINGTON, Texas — Few questions remain about this Kentucky team. The main one will be answered Monday—Can a bunch of freshmen win a national championship?—and in a way, the Wildcats’ legacy still has a lot on the line five-sixths of the way through what, to this point, may be the most idyllic run through the […]
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Aaron Harrison Cements UK Legacy, Propels Wildcats to Title Game
ARLINGTON, Texas — Few questions remain about this Kentucky team. The main one will be answered Monday—Can a bunch of freshmen win a national championship?—and in a way, the Wildcats’ legacy still has a lot on the line five-sixths of the way through what, to this point, may be the most idyllic run through the […]
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Fans’ Superstitions to Help UK Win
Having raised a son who wore the same pair of boxers in every soccer game from age 10 through college and a daughter who believes you can actually jinx a team into losing, it’s no surprise to me that people are superstitious when it comes to sports. In truth, my children come by their superstitiousness […]
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Fans’ Superstitions to Help UK Win
Having raised a son who wore the same pair of boxers in every soccer game from age 10 through college and a daughter who believes you can actually jinx a team into losing, it’s no surprise to me that people are superstitious when it comes to sports. In truth, my children come by their superstitiousness […]
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Judy Clabes: Observations from Big Blue Nation & the “Mom Factor”
I have watched with seasoned amusement this year the mercurial nature of UK basketball’s diehard fans, coupled with the officiousness of the sports-writing pack and the talking heads who have to fill air time – even if with hot air. Really, don’t you have to ask, “Don’t these people have a life?” I have been […]
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Judy Clabes: Observations from Big Blue Nation & the “Mom Factor”
I have watched with seasoned amusement this year the mercurial nature of UK basketball’s diehard fans, coupled with the officiousness of the sports-writing pack and the talking heads who have to fill air time – even if with hot air. Really, don’t you have to ask, “Don’t these people have a life?” I have been […]
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Calipari: “We ain’t dead yet, boys!”
LEXINGTON – An emerging pattern in John Calipari’s public personality over the past five years may not necessarily be a giant leap to take logically, but here goes: When his teams are winning, he lights up. He’s no stranger to hyperbole to begin, and when he’s feeling good, he’ll go wherever he wants to go to […]
