October 14, 2013
According to The Tennessean, the Southeastern Conference’s “historic announcement” will be that Nashville will host 12 consecutive SEC basketball tournaments beginning in 2015. A source told the newspaper Bridgestone Arena will host nine men’s conference tournaments and and three women’s tournaments over the 12-year span. The 2015, 2016, and 2019 men’s tournaments were already scheduled…
Five years in, John Calipari has this Women’s Clinic thing down. Give the women what they want, right? Cal treated the record 651 ladies in attendance to a full practice. For almost two hours, the crowd perched on the edges of their seats in rapt silence, drinking in the first public viewing of the preseason…
Tickets are still available for Kentucky basketball’s Blue-White game. The annual intrasquad scrimmage is scheduled for Tuesday, October 29 in Rupp Arena and it may be the Wildcats’ toughest game of the season. If you’re interested in attending, and you should be, purchase your ticket for $5.00 by calling 1-800-928-2287 or visiting the Blue-White game page…
In a press release sent out to people who receive press releases this morning, the Southeastern Conference announced that it will announce a “historic announcement” tomorrow morning at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Speculation is that the big news will be a permanent spot for the SEC Tournament in the Music City; or maybe Sunkist and…
Alabama put it on Kentucky in Commonwealth Stadium Saturday night. The top ranked Crimson Tide rolled into Lexington and whooped up on the Wildcats, 48-7. A win was never a realistic possibility, but we had hoped to see a better performance from UK, with fewer injuries. On this morning’s edition of Kentucky Sports Radio…
Some breakdown of the play calling and UK’s success against Alabama. And by success, I mean struggle. 1st Down Pass: 8 plays (4-6, 56 yards, 1 TD, 2 sack for -14 yards) Run: 14 rushes for 66 yards Analysis: I understand the offense was ineffective for most of the game, but if there was any bright spot, it was on…
October 13, 2013
The selection is large, but not varied I have now been a spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife for almost 15 months. They are the title sponsor to our show and thanks to the good folks there, I know more about hunting, fishing and the great outdoors in the state of Kentucky…
Finally, a little bit of breathing room for the Cats. The streak of ranked opponent after ranked opponent to start the season for Kentucky is over. The first half of the schedule featured opponents who are now a combined 25-5, if you take away the win-less Red Hawks of Miami. Now, entering the second half…
UL fans are a bizarre, but fascinating group. We have explored their type often over the years here on KSR, but nevertheless they still find ways to amuse us. Take the below video by the good folks over at CN2 Sports. Andrew Bishop (who came through the second KSTV Casting Call back in the day…
Above you see the short clip of the hit Randall Cobb took today to his right knee during the second quarter of the Green Bay Packers game against the Baltimore Ravens. Cobb was carted off the field, and later returned to the sideline on crutches in the second half. Following the game Coach Mike…
February 27, 2021
For nine minutes, it was going so well. Kentucky started this game like the team we’d started to believe in, sprinting out to a 13-5 lead and leading Florida by ten with 10:52 to go until halftime. From there, it unraveled. The Gators’ zone completely stymied the Cats, who turned into the old versions of…
What did John Calipari, Jacob Toppin and Olivier Sarr have to say about Kentucky’s loss to Florida on Senior Day? What’s the locker room morale going into the SEC Tournament? Check out the complete transcripts and video replays below. John Calipari Q.Obviously you all started well offensively, scored a bunch of points, were playing fast.…
Just how disappointing was Kentucky’s home loss to Florida? What does it mean for the Wildcats as they look ahead to the final week of the regular season? Check out the official game notes and statistics, courtesy of UK Athletics: Final Score: Florida 71, Kentucky 67 Team Records and Series Notes Kentucky fall to 8-14…
Kentucky reverted in Saturday’s loss to Florida after a three-game win streak injected some optimism in everyone. With extra down time slowing momentum between games thanks to Texas A&M’s ongoing COVID problems, maybe the week off had something to do with it? Was too much time off to blame? “It wasn’t,” John Calipari said in…
Sitting at 8-14 on the year with just two games remaining on the schedule in Ole Miss and South Carolina next week, Kentucky’s opportunity for earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament are officially gone. Better yet, the ever-so-slight chance UK could put together an argument that they may be deserving of an at-large…
Alabama isn’t satisfied with all of its football trophies so now the basketball team is claiming titles for the mantle in Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide clinched the Southeastern Conference’s regular season championship tonight with a win at Mississippi State. The win moved Bama to 14-2 in conference play, two games ahead of Arkansas in the…
Olivier Sarr and Jacob Toppin represented the Kentucky players in the postgame press conference after Kentucky’s loss to Florida. Sarr spoke of that final play and what it was like seeing his family on the video board for his Senior Day. Jacob Toppin talked about Florida’s suffocating zone defense and more from the loss. Tune…
Kentucky didn’t come away with the win against Florida on Senior Day, but the pregame festivities were still special moments for the veteran players. Olivier Sarr, who transferred from Wake Forest during the offseason to spend his senior year of college in Lexington, was one of three Wildcats who were honored during Senior Day on…
John Calipari took questions from the media as he explained what went wrong in Kentucky’s loss to Florida on Senior Day in Rupp Arena. “We weren’t the same team today,” he said of the Wildcats. Calipari also teased a non-conference game Kentucky considered for next week, a “top-ranked” opponent, he said, but it’s unlikely another…
Kentucky is no longer expected to add a non-conference opponent to close out the regular season. Originally hoping to add at least one new opponent to the schedule following the cancellation of UK’s matchup against Texas A&M earlier this week, John Calipari now says that his team will focus on the final two games against…