March 8, 2020
I wasn’t alive for the comeback against LSU in 1994. Sure, I have heard stories and seen replays and points-wise, that comeback may never be topped. If we are talking sheer doubt before the comeback happened? I am rolling with yesterday’s win over Florida. Down Ashton Hagans and with Immanuel Quickley on the bench after…
Of all the great SEC road wins in Kentucky’s history, you won’t find many as impressive as the improbable comeback the Cats pulled off down in Gainesville today. UK trailed the Gators by 18 points in the second half and held a lead for only 12 seconds in the entire game, yet somehow escaped with…
March 6, 2020
What’s going on in Kentucky’s locker room right now? John Calipari dismissed the drama from the Tennessee game, but Keion Brooks acknowledged there’s been some tension between his teammates, which is “just part of the game.” “It’s been great like usual,” Brooks said of the locker room this week. “We’re competitors. We’re not always going…
February 11, 2020
Ever wonder what the players do in the hotel the night before a big road game? They’re probably watching film on their iPads or doing walk-throughs in empty conference rooms, right? Wrong. According to Ashton Hagans’ Triller video, he and his teammates were dancing in the hallway of the team hotel in Nashville last night.…
February 3, 2020
Keion Brooks and Nate Sestina were the two players available for friendly conversations prior to Kentucky’s Monday afternoon basketball practice in Lexington. Brooks was asked about the challenge ahead in Mississippi State’s Reggie Perry, the physicality of the game at Auburn and more: Sestina also weighed in on physicality, his mindset at this point…
January 28, 2020
If you thought Keion Brooks looked a step slow in Kentucky’s win at Texas Tech, you’re right. According to John Calipari and Joel Justus, Brooks was suffering from an illness during Kentucky’s trip to the Lone Star State, which explains why he only played seven minutes and finished with zero points, zero rebounds, and a…
January 20, 2020
Keion Brooks played arguably his best game of the season at Arkansas, finishing with ten points, seven rebounds, a block, and a steal in 17 minutes. For the first time in almost a month, Brooks didn’t start, but was an integral part of Kentucky’s second half surge, scoring five points in the final 2:44 to…
January 19, 2020
With the game looking to be heading down the same route as Wednesday night’s loss to South Carolina, head coach John Calipari picked up a double technical foul and was ejected. From that point on, the Cats rolled and survived a massive road test at Arkansas by a final score of 73-66. Here is the…
January 17, 2020
Buzzer-beating defeats can only be defined as demoralizing. Go ahead and recreate the final two possessions of Kentucky’s most recent loss to South Carolina in your head (I know, I know. I’m sorry). The Wildcats tied the game up with a beautiful mid-range jumper from Immanuel Quickley in a dangerous road environment. The Gamecocks quickly…
Coming off a puzzling loss at South Carolina and heading into another dangerous game at Arkansas, John Calipari is making his players face some hard truths. While watching the game tape on the ride home from Columbia, he noticed how poorly his guys defended in the second half vs. the Gamecocks and was so upset…