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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eric Bledsoe scored a career-high 25 points, Patrick Patterson added 15 and No. 2 Kentucky stayed unbeaten with an 89-77 victory over Florida on Tuesday night.
John Wall chipped in 19, including the team’s final seven points.
The Wildcats (17-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) ended the game with a 17-5 run [...]
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Kentucky passed its initial SEC test and moved up in the rankings this week after another undefeated team lost.
The No. 2 Wildcats‘ first road trip in conference play, however, presents a potential stumbling block they prepare to face a hostile environment at Florida on Tuesday night.
Kentucky (16-0, 1-0) beat Georgia 76-68 [...]
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Patrick Patterson, who finished with 17 points.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — This time, DeMarcus Cousins threw his headband — not his elbows — when he got angry.
Good thing. No. 3 Kentucky needed its freshman center — and his elbows — to hold off Georgia.
Cousins scored seven of his 16 points in the [...]
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Coach John Calipari feels his team has been far from perfect, even though that's the record the third-ranked Wildcats bring into their SEC opener Saturday against visiting Georgia.
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Kentucky was the runaway preseason pick to win the SEC. Non-conference play certainly couldn’t have made anyone think that was the wrong choice.
Coach John Calipari [...]
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Rick Pitino kept waiting for John Wall to lose his cool.
Moments after Louisville quieted a record Rupp Arena crowd by taking a one-point lead over No. 3 Kentucky midway through the second half on Saturday, Pitino thought for a second maybe — just maybe — the freshman superstar would finally blink.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — John Calipari doesn’t mind a good feud.
This is the same coach who recalls his infamous postgame run-in with Temple’s John Chaney 16 years ago — in which Chaney challenged Calipari to a fight in front of reporters — with a smile.
Yet the Kentucky coach insists there will be no such fireworks [...]
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Freshman point guard John Wall set a school record with 16 assists and No. 3 Kentucky crushed Hartford 104-61 on Tuesday night.
John Wall set the school record for assists in a game with 16
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Wall added nine points and four rebounds as the Wildcats (14-0) matched their best [...]
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Kentucky coach John Calipari was understanding of his team’s sloppy performance in its final game before Christmas.
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He probably won’t be as tolerant of another one in the third-ranked Wildcats‘ return from the holiday break.
In its final game before the schedule begins to get tougher, Kentucky will try to remain unbeaten Tuesday night [...]
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky coach John Calipari knew the hangover was coming. And he knew he couldn’t stop it.
Kentucky coach John Calipari yells to his players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Long Beach State in Lexington, Ky.
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So rather than yell and scream after the [...]
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — John Calipari spent weeks downplaying Kentucky‘s pursuit of 2,000 wins, saying his team needed to be focused on getting better, not making history.
Moments after the third-ranked Wildcats routed Drexel 88-44 to become the first NCAA team to reach 2,000 victories, Calipari admitted it’s pretty good when you can do both.
“We weren’t [...]
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