by Kent Sterling Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari won a National Championship, and decided to flex his muscles by picking up his ball and going home. People achieve some success, and they get to decide to stop doing those things they feel are unpleasant, and the prospect of the Wildcats losing at Rupp Arena against [...]
by Kent Sterling Sure, they’re happy now. Write a little bit about how the University of Kentucky and its basketball fans love winning over all else, and get ready for misspelled and misstated invective. Big Blue Nation is a prickly bunch. They guarantee victory against Indiana tonight, and the rest of the way in the tourney. They say [...]
by Kent Sterling Rarely does sport, outside the suite in Indianapolis where the pairings are decided for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, give fans so obvious and perfect a matchup of polar opposites. Indiana vs. Kentucky is the Cold War of college hoops, and as Kentucky ponders abandoning the annual rivalry, the wonderful knuckleheads in [...]
by Kent Sterling Indiana Basketball beat their neighbor to the south 73-72. You know, the one that keeps kids around for nine months and turns them loose to the NBA. Yeah, those guys in blue and white. This is THE win that fans in Bloomington have waited for since disgraced former coach ran the SS [...]
By Austin Miller Tomorrow no.1 Kentucky and Indiana will square tomorrow in the annual border war. It will be the first time that both teams come into this game undefeated and the excitement has reached levels not seen in some time. IU has surprised people by their play to open the season, but some still [...]
by Kent Sterling [ed. note: With the recent firings of Syracuse basketball assistant Bernie Fine and Penn State legend Joe Paterno associated with alleged child molestation charges, it's hard to gin up a lot of moral outrage against Kentucky coach John Calipari. As the sub-basement of morality of college sports has been dredged, Cal looks [...]
By Austin Miller In what was once built as “No.1 vs. No.2″, Kentucky and North Carolina now face off as No. 1 vs. No. 5. These two teams will square off tomorrow in what could be a preview of the NCAA Championship in April. This could technically be the “unofficial” kick-off to the NBA season [...]
by Travis Schroering Monday night Cody Zeller took to the floor of the Hatchet House one last time. In front of his hometown fans Zeller put on a performance that had to make Tom Crean salivate and dream of better days ahead in his future. For those of you who are unaware of what the Hatchet House [...]
By Austin Miller twitter.com/mr_atm1215 In case you didn’t hear the Cavs won the lottery last night along with being awarded the 4th overall pick as well. Cleveland fans can rejoice because the future is starting to look better. Their fortunate luck will come during a historically weak draft, but if the Cavs are smart, they [...]
By Austin Miller twitter.com/mr_atm1215 Now that the early-entry deadline has past, next season’s top teams become a little more clear. Next season’s college basketball season promises to have a lot more star power and buzz than this past season. College Basketball looks to rebound to a level it has not seen since the 2006-2007 season. [...]
