VIDEO:  Coach Cal previews the Bama game

Calipari says this is no time to play it cool

Calipari says he's not bothered by award snub

CJ's Rick Bozich writes about the Cats upstaging the action at the SEC Tourney

SEC team struggle at 3-point line at Bridgestone Arena

Sea of Blue's Q & A w/ former Cat Cameron Mills

Former Cat Winston Bennett to discuss sex addiction on ESPN

 

Bama's Justin Knox believes Kentucky is "beatable"

H-L's Jerry Tipton noticed how Cats fans cheered themselves at today's game

Defense does it for Bama in win over South Carolina

John Calipari has seen plenty of examples of the tremendous passion of Big Blue fans and yet, he still might be surprised at how big the turnout is for his team at this week's SEC Tournament here in rainy Nashville.  And that serves to drive home the point that the Cats have plenty to play for in this tournament.  Win it--and if Kansas loses in the Big 12 Tournament--and UK could be the overall number one seed for the NCAA Tournament.  And that would likely put the Cats in St. Louis if they advance to the regional and wouldn't it be nice to own the arena while playing for a Final Four?  A good number of Cat fans will turn out whereever the team is sent but it would be nothing like the crowd in St. Louis.

 

I told a friend last week that the best thing for Kentucky was the eight-day stretch from the end of the Georgia game to the trip to Nashville in which the Cats would play just one home game.  Players looked fresher and more upbeat on the trip to Music City than I had seen them in the past few weeks and if that translates to the court, we may see some of Kentucky's best basketball--which was the way it used to work when the Cats came to the SEC Tournament (10 titles between 1992 and 2004 but none since).

 

As for today, I'm taking South Carolina to beat Alabama and face UK in tomorrow's quarterfinal round.

Devan Downey is a John Wall fan

Nashville columnist Climer thinks Stallings deserved coach of the year honor

Nashville columnist Biddle says Calipari excels with one-year wonders

Coaches say guard play is key in SEC Tourney

Knoxville columnist Adams says Pearl puts program before self at UT

H-L's John Clay thinks Darius Miller or Darnell Dodson could play a key role in postseason

Kentucky back in royal role

Tennessee's Chism talks about Cousins

Tasmin Mitchell says experience is important in postseason

Kentucky's back but SEC still struggling to get more than 3 bids

Profile of former UK star Derek Anderson

Click here to see videos from the ukathletics.com website from today's Pro Day at UK, where last year's seniors worked out for NFL scouts.

 

Click here for Pro Day notes from KSR

Vaught's Views notes a couple of position changes for UK (Matt Lentz, Moncell Allen)

Vitale picks John Wall as Player of the Year in college bball

Cousins says he's misunderstood

Cousins says he "made a little noise" in the SEC

Rivals writer can't believe SEC coaches voted for Stallings over Calipari
CJ's Rick Bozich wonders about the motivation of the SEC coaches

Wildcat Blue blog says Cal will have the last laugh on SEC coaches

Demand for tickets is high in Nashville

Computers say Cats' strength of schedule doesn't match up with ranking

Immaturity remains coach Cal's biggest worry

VIDEO:  Cousins, Wall, Patterson, Bledsoe on awards & tourney

CBS' Parrish says Turner is an easy pick for Player of the Year

Only one Wildcat on Sporting News' 1st-team All-America team

Fox Sports' Goodman tabs Turner as Player of Year;  Wall is top freshman

Four of ESPN's six highest-rated games involved UK

SEC coaches pick Wall as Player of Year, Cousins as top frosh and Stallings for top coach

US BB writers pick Wall, Calipari for District 4 honors

KSR's Matt Jones vents on Jerry Tipton's negativity

 

Click here to listen to the Mingua Beef Jerky podcast of Tom's interview with Jim O'Connell, the veteran college basketball writer for the Associated Press.  If you have listened to Tony Kornheiser's radio show over the years, you'll recognize Jim better as "the OC."  Jim was a courtside at Madison Square Garden to see John Wall leads UK past UConn.  He calls Wall a "once in a generation-type player" and we also get him to analyze how the Cats would match up with either Kansas or Syracuse.

Sea of Blue weighs pros and cons of Cats as a national title contender

Frankfort writer says Cats have shown national title type of play only one time

Forbes magazine says college basketball coaches are overpaid

MrSEC.com lobbies in favor of a different SEC Tournament format

Calipari talks about the MVP debate for UK basketball

SEC coaches debate Wall v. Cousins

Calipari does not think UK has locked up a number one seed yet

Kentucky Ink looks at the Cats' top SEC Tourney performances

 

UK football blogger predicts which freshmen will be redshirted

Click here to listen to the Mingua Beef Jerky podcast of Tom's interview with CBS college basketball analyst Greg Anthony.  He talks about the UK win over Florida as well as the issue of inexperience for this Kentucky team.  And Greg wants fans to send their NCAA questions to  him via twitter-- @GregAnthony50.

 

Yahoo Sports named Wall as Player of the Year and he  joins Cousins on 1st-team AA

CBS' Parrish tabs Cal, Wall for SEC honors

Sporting News names John Wall as national Freshman of the Year

Kansas gets all but two number 1 votes in AP poll

No first-place votes for Cats in new coaches poll but they're still #2

Sporting News' Mike Decourcy says the Cats need a challenge

CBS' Greg Doyel says Kentucky will spend the postseason on the brink

 

H-L's John Clay asks is talent or experience more important?

Larry Vaught says John Wall continued his knack for making big shots

Pratt, Hall praise Patrick Patterson's contribution

KSR's Senior Day thoughts

Touching article from H-L's Story on Mark Krebs' Senior Day experience

Cats still have trouble with the pick-and-roll

Wall improving in many ways

Post-Florida notes and quotes from KSR

 

UK WOMEN fall to Tennessee in SEC Tourney finals

 

Just a few quick thoughts on Kentucky's 74-66 Senior Day win over Florida...

 

*John Wall's ability to seize control of games at key moments is not only his best argument for Player of the Year but it may also be Kentucky's best asset as a national title contender.  I don't see any other guys doing that as regularly as he does.  Sometimes it's subtle, like this game, where he scored two consecutive baskets when Florida was on the verge of taking its first lead of the day

 

*Patrick Patterson is also becoming more assertive at crunch time over the last few weeks

and his ability to switch on defense and guard perimeters players is arguably this team's most under-appreciated strength

 

*if this team can ever defend for somewhere close to a full 40 minutes, they may be untouchable.  We saw it in the first 10 or so minutes against Florida.  Then, in the second half, after UF had hit 10 of its first 17 shots, UK cranked up the D and the Gators missed five of their next seven and the rally had been quashed

 

*it's a welcome sight to see Bledsoe, Miller and Dodson hitting shots again.  I thought Bledsoe was particularly impressive in this game because he didn't let his defensive obligation of locking down Erving Walker impact his game at the offensive end.

Cousins' mom talks to Larry Vaught about NBA decision-making process

H-L's John Clay says one year makes a big difference for Big Blue

The SEC Tournament bracket is set;  Cats will face either SC or Alabama

Patterson used to wonder what it might have been like at Florida

Florida fans wonder what might have been had Patterson chose the Gators

Future Cat Stacey Poole's team wins a state title in Florida

 

H-L's Chip Cosby looks at key position battles for spring

 

UK WOMEN rally their way to SEC Tourney title game