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Kentucky Vs. Kansas… Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk? or … On, On, U of K?
It’s not easy to get to the last game of March Madness. Sixty-two teams were not able to overcome the chaos of the first five rounds.
To win five games in a row is a remarkable feat, and the teams who are here should be commended to even have made it this far.
Kentucky was able to make it by overmatching a pesky Louisville team. The Wildcats on occasion seemed primed to blow the game open, but the Cards continued to hang in the game until the very end.
UK finally made their clutch shots and defensive plays when it counted, winning the first Final Four match of the day 69-61. Read More >>
First Of Six Potential Major Awards, Anthony Davis “Brow Downs” The USBWA
In less than one season, Anthony Davis has made an indelible mark on Kentucky basketball.
The star freshman became the first player in UK history to earn college basketball’s oldest player of the year award when he was named the winner of the 2012 Oscar Robertson Trophy by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Davis joins John Wall, who won the Adolph Rupp Trophy, as the only Wildcat to be honored with one of the six major player of the year awards.
Davis came to Lexington as the consensus top overall player in the class of 2011, and has only exceeded the high expectations that accompanied his arrival. Helping Kentucky to the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed and, most recently, a berth in the Sweet 16, Davis leads the Wildcats in scoring, rebounding, blocks, steals and minutes played. Read More >>
In SEC Men’s Basketball, Kentucky always rules
Throughout its history, SEC basketball has really been about one team: the Kentucky Wildcats. If you don’t quite understand the above video, you probably have not watched a lot of Kentucky basketball (fans hold a sign of the number 3 everytime they make a 3-point shot… I.E. so they make a lot of 3′s). Wildcat Men’s Basketball has had a dominant presence in a portion of every decade since the SEC’s inception in 1932. Only one coach that coached multiple seasons at UK finished with an overall losing record in his tenure: W.W.H. Mustaine, UK’s first ever men’s basketball coach. And no coach, after Kentucky’s first joined the original SEC, has left the university with an overall losing record.
There is no doubt the standard of excellence is high at basketball university USA. Perhaps, where Kentucky has shined most has been in the tournaments. Kentucky has won over half of SEC tournaments in history (27 of 52), owns 7 total NCAA tournaments Titles (Second most to UCLA in history), the most appearances (51) and wins (105, currently tied with North Carolina) in NCAA tournament history. If those stats were too much for you, then know UK also owns 2 NIT Titles in its history too (the only school with multiple NCAA and NIT tournament Titles). It’s no wonder Rupp Arena in Lexington, where the Wildcats play, is the biggest basketball arena in the nation, and regularly leads college basketball in attendance. More often than not considered the Yankees of basketball, fans annually expect a Sweet 16 and Final Four appearances from their Wildcat basketball squad. This year’s crop talent, despite their youth, is not letting expectations fan expectations down. Considered by many the best team in the nation, and tied with the Syracuse Orange for the best record in the NCAA so far this year, the Wildcats are a virtual lock for one of the four tournament #1 seeds. Barring an early exit in this year’s SEC tournament, they are in best spot to grab the overall #1 seed of the tournament’s field of 68. Read More >>
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