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Kentucky Wildcat Basketball: A 20 Game 'Cat-valuation
The Kentucky Wildcats, with its 77-71 win over Alabama on Saturday (UK's 11th straight win), accomplished something very few UK teams have ever done in the unparalleled history of Kentucky basketball, which is to win 19 of the team's first 20 games. To bring into perspective the rarefied air the...
Coach Bob Huggins Gets Career Win Number 700
School Win Totals Walsh 71 Akron 97 Cincinnati 399 Kansas State 23 West Virginia 110 Total 700 Congratulations Coach!!! We're so proud that you were able reach this historic milestone with the Mountaineers!!! NCAA Division 1 Basketball Coaches with 700 victories: Mike...
RBR Reading Room: The Basketball Tide
Even when Alabama basketball’s star has shined the brightest, it has been understandably obscured by the glare of Crimson Tide football. Yet, make no mistake, Alabama basketball has shone quite well indeed. In the Southeast Conference the Crimson Tide trail only Kentucky in basketball wins,...
UK Basketball: My Kingdom for an Orange Crush
In the longer-then-I'd-like-to-admit, not-so-distinguished annals of my Kentucky Wildcat "fandom" (which covers roughly 35 years), there has never been an opposing school I so thoroughly and vehemently root against as much as the Tennessee Volunteers. My dislike for all things orange even...
Is an NBA championship more desirable than an NCAA basketball title?
I have seen several people comment that John Calipari's tweet that he will be at Kentucky next year, now supplemented by this Lexy audio where you can hear him say it in his own words, with his own voice, is essentially a deception. That's what you mean when you say you don't believe a person when...
UK Basketball: Fiddlin' Around
"I had it in my mind to attend UK after watching the Fiddlin' Five in 1958. I told my dad, 'If I ever play college ball, I want to go to UK.'" Former UK great, and Shelby County native Mike Casey, as told to A Sea of Blue on February 28, 2009. Adolph Rupp's "barnyard fiddlers" who morphed...
UK Basketball: Four Critical Questions for the 2009-2010 Season
With Jodie Meeks finally discovering his draft fate (41st to the Bucks), the question UK fans are now attempting to answer is: What will constitute a successful 2009-2010 Kentucky Wildcat basketball campaign? After talking with fellow 'Cat fans, and reading via the Internet the thoughts of the...
UK Basketball: The 'Cat's Finally out of the Bag
With the historic (some say "unprecedented") recruiting haul perpetrated by UK basketball savior coach John Calipari, capped off by the signing of the ridiculously-talented point guard John Wall, an excited Big Blue Nation is once again on the brink of enjoying a season of round-ball victories. Or...
The NIT: Gameday Breakdown
Tonights 7:00 EST Kentucky versus Notre Dame (20-14, 8-11) quarterfinal NIT match-up revives a once intense rivalry dating back to 1929. UK and the Irish have battled on the hard-wood a total of 58 times, with the 'Cats prevailing in 41 of those contests. UK and Notre Dame last played in 2004,...
The 10 Best UK Squads to not win a National Championship/Open Thread
I was not planning on posting this evening, but our fearless leader is on a 24 hour road trip, so I thought an Open Thread (with a twist) was called for. Something that me and my UK friends discuss from time to time are the best teams in Kentucky history that didn't win a National Championship. ...
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