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Brown Bag it, Baby
Kentucky is already hard to beat on the court, and now they’re going to be even tougher to top off of it. A video was posted to John Calipari’s website last week of the coach giving a tour of the school’s newly constructed …
Kentucky won the national championship in college basketball last season and is the program that will be most strongly represented at the NBA Draft. They have two players expected to go in the top five (and possibly top three), and four others …
When all of Kentucky’s national title-winning starting lineup bolted for the NBA in April, you assumed they would abandon their academics, right? School would simply be a necessary casualty to the suddenly new priority of preparing for the most …
Kentucky’s basketball team has gone on a tour throughout the state to celebrate the national championship they won last week. At their stop in Pikeville, coach John Calipari was awarded a key to the city. The only problem is the plaque …
With the amazing amount of talent Kentucky has in its starting five, talk of them beating NBA teams has spiraled out of control over the past few weeks. The Wildcats aren’t the first dominant college team that is loaded with NBA talent and they …
Just when you thought the “How would Kentucky do against an NBA team?” debate had ended, coach Larry Brown had to go ahead and restart the conversation. Brown, who is in New Orleans watching the teams of his former staff members John …
How Kentucky would fare against an NBA team has been a popular topic of debate this week. The Wildcats are in the Final Four and favored to win the national championship in the coming days. They have at least four players expected to make it in the …
If Kentucky doesn’t win the 2012 NCAA men’s basketball championship, they’re going to leave a lot of people disappointed and confused. The Wildcats are loaded with NBA talent. That doesn’t always translate into a championship, …
Bob Knight, in an apparent show of disrespect, refused to mention the University of Kentucky by name when discussing the NCAA Tournament Saturday. According to Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio, when asked on “SportsCenter” which No. 1 …
ESPN has a commercial advertising its mobile platforms, and the ad features an exciting clip from the Indiana-Kentucky game in December. Most people probably don’t think twice about the ad, but apparently it’s motivated the Wildcats. …
One of the best parts of college basketball’s Midnight Madness is the coaches dancing. For the most part, it’s a train wreck. Coaches generally can’t dance. They give it a try after championships when they’re in a good mood …
We told you in April that John Calipari was considering coaching the Dominican Republic national team. Cal has agreed to coach the team and he’s preparing them for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship. In fact, he’s arranged a game between …
Kentucky celebrated coach John Calipari’s 500th win on February 26th after the Wildcats beat Florida in an SEC game last season. The celebration was nice (even if Calipari’s barely been at the school), but it was also inaccurate. See, …
Kentucky big man Josh Harrellson went from insignificant bench guy a year ago to becoming a valuable post presence during the Wildcats’ Final Four run this season. His career at UK is really an amazing story — he was in Billy …
A couple weeks ago, Jay-Z was seen celebrating with the Kentucky basketball team in their locker room after they punched their ticket to the Final Four. At the time, we wondered if the NBA would levy a fine against the Nets, since it’s illegal …
In less than six hours, UConn and Kentucky will tip off the second of two Final Four match-ups in Houston. Jim Calhoun and John Calipari, two coaches who have hated each other for more than 20 years, will lead their squads in an effort to play for …
