Ever a fighter, Reggie Warford loses his final battle
Reggie is gone. After years of battling, Reggie Warford is gone. He died Thursday morning at his home in Pittsburgh, surrounded by family after a brief period of hospice care. The former UK guard was 67. I’ve always known exactly how old Reggie was because we share a...
Whether it’s KU or UNC winning it all, at least UK fans are done with Coach K
In the Big Easy, a city the Big Blue Nation owned 10 years ago, a new national championship will be crowned Monday night. Sadly for Wildcat fans, it will not be Kentucky. Unfortunately, it could be the team that now claims the mantle as the all-time wins leader in...
Tshiebwe wins Jabbar Award
(From UK Athletics) NEW ORLEANS – Kentucky junior forward Oscar Tshiebwe was named the winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award which honors the nation’s best center by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday. The award began being given annually in...
UK’s Big O wins award named for original Big O
NEW ORLEANS – The first winner of the United States Basketball Writers Association’s most outstanding men’s college basketball player was Oscar Robertson in 1959. Sixty-three years later its most recent recipient is Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe. Tshiebwe is the 2022...
Cats’ season comes to stunning, premature close
By Lizzie Hull INDIANAPOLIS -- The Kentucky Wildcats basketball season came to a surprising end Thursday night as they fell to 15-seed Saint Peters 85-79 in overtime. Tied at 37 going into the half, and again at 71 going into overtime, one team had to break away to...
15 beat a 2? It’s happened before – I’ve seen it. Twice.
America had to wait 33 years for a 16 seed to shock a number 1 in the NCAA Tournament, which expanded to its current 64-team (now plus-4) format in 1985. There were some close calls but not until UMBC stunned Virginia, 74-54 (game was tied at 21 at halftime) in 2018...
No Big O means bitter L for Cats in SEC Tourney
By Lizzie Hull Photos by SEC Digital TAMPA -- Oscar Tshiebwe played just 25 minutes Saturday afternoon as the third-seeded Kentucky Wildcats lost to Tennessee, 69-62 in the semifinal round of the SEC Tournament. The Cats missed him when they needed him the most....
Washington comes through for Cats in SEC tourney win over Vanderbilt
By Lizzie Hull TAMPA -- Oscar Tshiebwe scored only a dozen points but the third-seeded Kentucky Wildcats still managed a 77-71 victory over number 11 Vanderbilt in the quarterfinal round of the SEC Tournament in Tampa. Tshiebwe’s 12 points and 14 rebounds added up to...
Shocker! Wildcats rally to beat #1 South Carolina, win SEC Tournament championship
(UK Athletics) Dre'una Edwards hit a three-pointer with 4.2 seconds remaining, lifting Kentucky past No. 1 South Carolina 64-62 on Sunday in the championship game of the Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament. Kentucky claimed just its second SEC...
Wildcats finish sweep of Gators, head for SEC Tournament
By Lizzie Hull Photos courtesy SEC Digital For the 11th time in coach John Calipari's 13 years at Kentucky, the Wildcats have finished with 25 wins or more heading into the SEC Tournament. The Cats will be the No. 3 seed down in Tampa after sweeping the Florida Gators...
Wildcats finish perfectly in Rupp with Senior Night win over Ole Miss
By Lizzie Hull The Kentucky Wildcats finished 18-0 at home in their 2021-22 regular season after defeating the University of Mississippi 83-72 on Senior night, sending off seniors Davion Mintz and Kellan Grady with another victory. In nearly 46 years in Rupp Arena,...
Return of Wheeler, Washington not enough in loss to Hogs
By Lizzie Hull Kellan Grady and Davion Mintz, the stand-in backcourt duo for the Kentucky Wildcats combined for just three points in a 75-73 loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks Saturday afternoon in Fayetteville. The game marked the return of injured guards Tyty...