Cousins Dominates in Wildcat Win

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - DeMarcus Cousins had 27 points and 18 rebounds to help No. 4 Kentucky outlast Sam Houston State 102-92 on Thursday night in the Cancun Challenge.   Full Story

Patterson was especially impressed with the way the freshman class, led by Wall, Eric Bledsoe and DeMarcus Cousins, stepped up under pressure.   Full Story

LEXINGTON — He didn’t hit the game-winning shot like John Wall. He didn’t have as many points as Wall or Patrick Patterson. He didn’t play as many minutes as four other teammates.   Full Story

It was a nailbiter, with a John Wall jumper with less than one second to go sealing the win for Kentucky, 72-70 over Miami (Ohio)--but it also inched UK one win closer to the magic 2000 victories. A win by a bucket is as good as a win by 40 in the race to 2000.   Full Story

John Wall provided plenty of excitement in his first official collegiate game. The freshman pre-season All American led the Wildcats in scoring with nineteen points, and hit the game winning shots to propel the Wildcats to a 2-0 start on the season.   Full Story

Kentucky entered Monday night's contest with Miami University expecting to welcome superstar freshman John Wall to college basketball. But the ending was more like a story book than a regular season game.    Full Story

Kentucky started off the season with a victory over Morehead State, 75-59. Now the Wildcats come in at full strength and take on the Miami University Redhawks.   Full Story

It's a fun game we play each year; simply named the KSR Game Contest. Each basketball game we ask contestants to predict three different areas of the game, and a tiebreaker. The first two are always the same--margin of victory (or loss), and the game high scorer (whether UK player or opponent) and the total points. The third one varies from game to game, and the tiebreaker varies as well.   Full Story

I like all the kids on this year’s team. When I have introduced myself to them, they all knew who I was and were very polite. I have really been impressed with all the new guys not only on the court, but also off the court.   Full Story

Finally I’ve found something Patrick Patterson is not good at.   Full Story

The early signing period for basketball does not end until Wednesday, November 18, but in all likelihood, Kentucky has signed its only player in the early period, Stacey Poole, Jr. Poole is the son of former Florida Gator star, Stacey Poole, Sr.   Full Story

Tony Delk, a Covington, Tennessee native and former star shooting guard for the University of Kentucky has now come full circle back to the Wildcats as Assistant Director of Basketball. He is restricted from being on the floor but he is able to talk to the players and help them out in many ways, sort of like being a liaison.   Full Story

I know people worry about the 3-point shooting and how the dribble-drive offense will work, but I think all that will eventually be fine.   Full Story

Patrick Patterson probably is not going to play as many minutes this year and maybe even his numbers won’t look as good because of that and Kentucky’s overall talent. But he’s not a player to worry about that.   Full Story

Kentucky began the season with a 4-game lead over the # 2 all-time winningest program, North Carolina. The Wildcats finished last year with 1988 wins; North Carolina 1984. With last night's opening victory over Morehead State, the Cats move to just 11 victories short of the mark. North Carolina has already played two games this year, winning both, to cut into the Wildcat lead.   Full Story

Although the Wildcats are missing one of their top players in John Wall, the Wildcats open the season tonight against instate opponent, the Morehead State Eagles.   Full Story

Patrick Patterson probably is not going to play as many minutes this year and maybe even his numbers won’t look as good because of that and Kentucky’s overall talent. But he’s not a player to worry about that.   Full Story

Daniel Orton is a kid that has impressed me already. He is probably the most fundamentally sound of the big guys coming in. He already reminds me a lot of Randolph Morris with some of his moves.   Full Story

Midway of the second half of Kentucky’s first exhibition game, it looked like Perry Stevenson was in John Calipari’s nowhere land.   Full Story

There are a lot of things I already like about freshman DeMarcus Cousins starting with his big body. I think coach Calipari wants him to be a player that can dominate every practice and dominate every game.   Full Story

Former Clarion College coach Joe DeGregorio says Kentucky coach John Calipari never forgot his Pennsylvania roots.   Full Story

Sophomore Randall Cobb, who went 1-3 as a starting quarterback last year, says the team still has confidence in Newton.   Full Story

Calipari said sophomore Darnell Dodson was one of the wing players who didn’t run wide enough in transition and often pulled up to take shots rather than driving inside as the offense is designed to do.   Full Story

LEXINGTON, Ky. - It was only an exhibition game, but Coach Calipari's heralded recruiting class--even without # 1 recruit John Wall--served notice that it would be a force to be reckoned with. Newcomers Darnell Dodson (19 points) and Demarcus Cousins (11 points) led a balanced attack in the victory.   Full Story

Maybe Tennessee fans don’t understand why there has been so much preseason hype about Kentucky basketball, but the Vols’ best player — Tyler Smith — does.    Full Story