Kentucky Basketball

Kentucky Working On Three-point Plan To Solidify Offense

... ratings percentage index (No. 14) might be the reason. While it’s good to know where it stands, Mitchell said the team hasn’t been discussing its March plans in January. “We were 15 out of 16,” he said of the seeding. “We’ve got a much easier chance to slide out than we do to work our way up. Again if you’ve got your mind on that, in my estimation, you’re in the wrong spot.”. On the mend. Reserve guard Jessica Hardin, who has missed seven straight games while working through the concussion protocol, is unlikely to play Thursday night, but she has been cleared to return to practice for non-contact drills which is “huge,” Mitchell said. “For a while, she was not even attending practice because the movement bothered her,” he said. “She looked really good yesterday, fresh. You know, she had good explosive quickness. So now, just continue to go through the non-contact piece.”. Mitchell did not rule out Hardin returning for the Missouri game Monday. Memorial Coliseum return. A familiar face will return to Memorial ...

Calipari Asks Pointed Question About The Many Fouls Called

... and we recruit to that. That’s important to us.”. Martin is a disciple of Bob Huggins, whose West Virginia team is known as “Press Virginia.” As in pressure making the opponent uneasy. Kentucky forward Tai Wynyard was asked Friday about all the fouls that are being called in college basketball. Wyatt Thompson, the play-by-play announcer for Kansas State, saw Martin’s K-State teams close a talent gap against powerful opponents. “I believe toughness can make up, at least a little bit, for lack of skill,” Thompson said. “And I think that’s kind of what he did here. When we played Kansas and Texas, truthfully, more times than not, we were out-athlete-ed. They had better players. Somehow, you have to make up for that.”. Mark Whitehead, the head of officials for the Southeastern Conference, attended the UK-Mississippi State game. He saw 52 fouls called and 46 free throws shot. The officiating this season reflects an attempt to create greater freedom of movement and reduce physical play, ...

No. 1 Villanova, No. 2 Kansas And No. 4 Kentucky Lose In Night Of College Basketball Upsets

... firepower to complete the comeback. Corey Sanders scored 15 points for Rutgers and Nigel Johnson had 14. Trimble and L. G. Gill each made a 3-pointer in the final 55 seconds of the first half to give the Terrapins a 34-29 lead. Rutgers trailed 18-11 before Johnson drilled a 3-pointer to spark a 9-1 run that forced Turgeon to call a timeout. Minutes later, Sanders connected from beyond the arc to give the Scarlet Knights their largest lead, 25-22. No. 23 South Carolina 98, Auburn 69. As South Carolina's senior leaders were coming off the court in Saturday night's loss at powerhouse Kentucky , Gamecocks coach Frank Martin gave them a message. "It's over," Martin told them, explaining how the pouting, the sluggish practices and lack of attention after last year's defeat to Kentucky lingered far too long. "And it cost us at Missouri.". The leadership core of Duane Notice, Sindarius Thornwell and Justin Mc Kie made sure it didn't Tuesday night, combining for 62 points and 14 3-pointers as the Gamecocks put away Auburn 98-69 in Columbia , S. C. A year ago, South Carolina (16-4, 6-1 Southeastern ...

Kansas May Be Kentucky’s Last Chance To Wow Tournament Committee

... was 3-4 in the SEC. UK allowed the Vols to shoot 53 percent from the floor in the second half. The Cats made careless errors on offense and failed to make big stops on defense. “We can’t play the way we’re playing right now and win,” Calipari said. Let this be said about the Kentucky coach: He warned us this was coming. Even as his team tallied victories over inferior competition, Calipari’s postgame comments fell well below unconditional praise. He freely voiced concerns about his young team’s lapses into “AAU mode” on offense, its failure to focus on defense and its inability to always follow directions. Road signs pointed toward danger. Vanderbilt is hardly a juggernaut this season yet the Commodores pushed the Cats to the final horn before falling 87-81 in Nashville. Ben Howland’s young Mississippi State team stormed back from a large deficit before losing 88-81 to Kentucky in Starkville. Where Vandy and MSU came up just short, Tennessee finished the job. ...

30 Years Ago, Navy’s David Robinson Arguably Had The Best Performance Rupp Arena Has Ever Seen

... the only player from the Naval Academy to play in the NBA, would finish the game 17 of 22 from the floor, 11 of 12 from the foul line. Poor shooting and turnovers from the rest of the Midshipmen doomed the team. With fourteen seconds left in the game and the outcome decided, Herrmann decided to give his star player a tribute. He called time-out and sent in a substitute for Robinson. The Navy coach would say later, “I thought that David deserved the applause of the Kentucky people who are real basketball followers.”. The crowd of more than 23,000 stood and applauded, along with a UK bench that included Sutton and freshman Rex Chapman, who countered Robinson’s gem with 22 points. The UK coach later said he had often asked a coach for permission to go into the opposing locker room to congratulate a player, but he had never stood and applauded an opposing player from the sideline. “I just thought it was a sensational individual performance,” Sutton said. Robinson, a future NBA Hall of Famer, was ...

Kentucky's Dominance Over Kansas Has Resulted In Record-setting Games

... on the verge of defeat. But Scott Padgett received a pass with Kentucky down 3 with under 25 seconds to go. He lift faked to get his defender in the air and hit a step back 3-pointer to tie the game at 79 with 18.7 seconds to go. UK won in overtime as Padgett finished with 29 points and 10 rebounds in the second-round matchup. 1. Dec. 9, 1978: Kentucky 67, Kansas 66 (OT). It was the most improbable Kentucky win in the series, considering the hole the Wildcats had to crawl out of. Joe B. Hall’s 10 th ranked Wildcats trailed No. 5 Kansas 66-60 with 31 seconds left in overtime before Kyle Macy played hero for Kentucky. A Dwight Anderson steal led to a Macy shot that locked the score at 66 with 3 seconds left. But that was just the beginning of a bizarre ending. A Kansas player called timeout after Macy’s tying shot, but the Jayhawks didn’t have any stoppages left. Macy nailed the technical shot and the clock expired as Kansas threw in the ball. It capped a 7-0 game-winning Kentucky run in ...

Kentucky Basketball Previews Tennessee

... to hear. That’s all I’ve got on him.”. On what Fox means to the team …. “A lot. I think you saw a little bit of the adjustment that we had to make. We went through a spell where, without him, we were a little confused and discombobulated, but we got it together, which is a great sign of a good team that – with any missing piece – can win games.”. On what made him recommend playing Dominique Hawkins at the point guard position to Coach Calipari …. “I think the fact that he doesn’t turn the ball over. I think Isaiah (Briscoe) has done a great job, but I also think that he can play both on and off the ball. If turnovers are the issue, which – in spells – has been an issue, we go through a four- or five-minute stretch where we’re turning the ball over and give it to somebody that doesn’t turn it over. It stabilizes us.”. On how Hawkins has always found a way to be ready when he is needed …. “He’s been really, really steady and the most important thing that he does for this team is put pressure on the ball. That’s where we need him the most. He’s been good for us. I’d like to see him get more shots and ...

3 Things To Know From The Loss To Tennessee

... worst thing happened: the Tennessee Volunteers shot way above their average. They were red-hot, and Kentucky struggled to defend or shoot well. The ‘Cats shot just 25% from the 3-point line, and Malik Monk scored 25 points but shot 3-13 from 3-point range and 7-19 in total. Really, the only good thing from this was that De’Aaron Fox was healthy and Kentucky only lost by 2 points despite playing in one of the toughest venues in the SEC. Here are three takeaways from the game. De’Aaron Fox seems healthy. His stats weren’t amazing, but Fox started and played more minutes than the bench rotation despite having foul trouble. De'Aaron Fox up and under in midair. #BBN __link__/cf OG 93 u Yh W. — Scott Charlton (@Scott_Charlton) January 25, 2017. He was also able to put together some great athletic moves, which is a great sign for Kentucky going into the Kansas game. He ended the game with 17 points, going 4-9 from the field and 2-2 from 3-point range; he also had 4 assists. Points and efficiency combined, Fox was easily Kentucky’s best offensive player. Kentucky had more ...