sec-basketball-2008--09 Stories - A Sea Of Blue
Kentucky Basketball: Can somebody get me a beer so I can put these flames out?
Crashing and burning is something that happens to other teams, not to Kentucky. Not until now. In the parlance of fighter pilots, Kentucky "augered in" last night. Cratered. Dug a hole. Nothing left now but the flaming wreckage of the season and a divided and angry fan base. Did I say...
Kentucky Wildcats vs. Georgia Bulldogs: Gameday Breakdown
Senior Night at Kentucky (19-10, 8-6) is always special. This year it's not only special, but a win versus SEC East cellar-dweller Georgia (11-18, 2-12) is an absolute necessity if UK is to have any chance at all of making the NCAA Tournament. A loss tonight would most certainly relegate UK to...
LSU 73, Kentucky 70: Postmortem
Another day, another frustrating loss for Kentucky. I said this was the biggest game of the year for the 'Cats, and it was. It was a great college basketball game by both teams, incredible intensity and tenacious defense -- the kind of game you expect to see at the end of February, but not the...
Kentucky Wildcats vs. LSU: Gameday Breakdown
If heat shrinks, then UK head honcho Billy Gillispie must stand 5'5" about right now. "Honey, We Shrunk the Coach" is the next Rick Moranis masterpiece headed to movie theater's across the Commonwealth. It's only February, but the Craft Center must feel like a sauna in the Sahara, with no...
Kentucky Wildcats @ South Carolina: Gameday Breakdown
Sole possession of first place in the SEC East is all that's at stake tonight in Columbia, South Carolina. With LSU defeating the Florida Gators 81-75 in a terrific game in Baton Rouge last night, UK and South Carolina (19-6, 8-4) find themselves tied at 8-4 in SEC play. And with only...
Pondering the Kentucky Wildcats
So here we sit, a day removed from an impressive UK sweep of the Tennessee Volunteers. For UK fans, this one is doubly sweet after all the pre-season angst over Scotty Hopson and Bobby Maze, who then added insult to injury be declaring Tennessee a high-performance sports car and UK an expensive...
SEC Basketball: A statistical look at the teams and players
I realize it's still early in the year, but most SEC teams have played eight to ten games, so I thought this was a good time to see where UK stands within the conference. And also, how Kentucky stacks up against their upcoming opponents. We begin with a look at the SEC team rankings, followed...
Kentucky Wildcat Basketball: As Midnight Madness creeps ever nearer ...
I have mostly eschewed basketball news lately in favor of football. There has really not been that much to tell except some comments on recent pick-up games, which I and most of the Big Blue Faithful have learned to place very little stock in. Thus, at most, you have a few links to news...
