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December 2003 WildcatZone.Com News Archive
(12-31-03)
Basketball
- Kentucky Outlasts Austin Peay, 61-53 Gerald Fitch scored 14 points and No. 8 Kentucky withstood
a second-half rally to beat Austin Peay 61-53 Wednesday.
- Lady Govs stop Helm but can't slow other Cats Austin Peay's scouting report was clear. The Lady Govs knew if they were going to have a chance
against Kentucky, they had to stop senior center SeSe Helm.
- UK routs Austin Peay to win third straight The University of Kentucky women's basketball team cruised to an 82-56 victory over visiting Austin Peay last
night for its third straight victory.
- Kentucky vs. Austin Peay - Women's Post-Game Quotes Head Coach Mickie DeMoss On the victory… “I thought it was a great win for us. It was a
good team effort. We had some people that stepped up when we needed them. Danyelle Payne came in and had a career high of 15 points. With Jenny Pfeiffer getting injured, Danyelle stepped up big for us, tonight. It was good to see Sara Potts get that three-point stroke in gear. I thought we
played hard on both ends of the floor. We’re seeing some signs of improvement on our defense with the exception of our second-half post defense. All in all, I thought our team defense was good.”
- Wildcats Say They're Looking Ahead For the first 15 minutes of Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith's press conference Tuesday, he fielded question after question about
the Wildcats' loss to Louisville on Saturday. Then he politely changed the subject.
- UK done worrying about past After answering questions about the loss to the University of Louisville for 10 minutes yesterday,
University of Kentucky men's basketball coach Tubby Smith asked to change the subject
- UK tries to shake bad loss Talk about a cruel twist of fate.
- Austin Peay (3-6) vs. (8) Kentucky (7-1) Two snapped streaks and a significant drop in the poll -- it all ties into the negative momentum Kentucky is contending with as it hosts
Austin Peay at Freedom Hall on Wednesday.
- Govs not intimidated by No. 8 Wildcats After road games against Memphis, Alabama, Louis-ville, Belmont, Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State have
all produced losses, Austin Peay (3-6) will try one more time at 3 p.m. today against the No. 8-ranked Kentucky Wildcats (7-1) at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky.
- Cats clear minds for Austin Peay UK STEADIES ITS PLAN TO GET ON TRACK New Year's Eve isn't
associated with sobering experience. But that's how Kentucky enters tonight's game against Austin Peay. In its self-appraisal, UK paid a price for over-indulgence in last weekend's loss to Louisville. And if the Cats learned their lesson, it can be a Happy New Year.
- Lafayette grad Lewis stands in Cats' way
Tall. Quick jumper. Shot blocker. Lexington native Josh Lewis gives Austin Peay just the type of player that messes with Kentucky's bread and butter on offense, its inside game. UCLA and Louisville made UK struggle for its points by having shot blockers.
Football
- It's too early to say Brooks best fit for UK It's the trendy corporate code word used by all athletics directors. When speaking about an upcoming
hire, refrain from saying you are looking for the best person for the job. Instead, say you are looking for the best fit.
- Wildcats land defensive end Northmont's Nii Adjei Oninku can tell you firsthand about the strange twists and turns along the
recruiting trail for high school football.
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(12-30-03)
Basketball
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(12-29-03)
Basketball
- Huskies return to No. 1; UK drops to 6th The final ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll of 2003 looks a lot like the first one. Connecticut and Duke returned to the top two spots Monday.
- UK Women Close Out 2003 With Austin Peay The Kentucky women’s basketball team returns to the
friendly confines of Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday, Dec. 30 when the Wildcats play host to Ohio Valley Conference opponent Austin Peay at 7 p.m. ET. Free Scratch antenna balls will be given to the first 500 fans.
- One Kentucky point guard disappoints; another steps up The one point guard that Kentucky expected to play well lost his poise. The Kentucky point guard that some thought might
lose his poise kept his.
- Wildcats' flaws exposed by Pitino's plan For a team that wasn't supposed to have any weaknesses, Kentucky certainly got exposed by Louisville.
- ESPN Top 25 Poll
- Cardinals say their pressure took its toll on Wildcats It didn't matter how much people were talking about Kentucky's lack of depth, Louisville guard Francisco Garcia knew that
if the Cardinals continued to throw pressure at them, sooner or later they would wear down.
- UK soft spots exposed The man dubbed "Traitor Rick" orchestrated a 65-56 victory against the school he coached for eight seasons
in the building where he was once revered but is now booed by forcing the tempo and beating the No. 2 University of Kentucky at its own game.
- Wildcats try to keep loss in perspective The sky falls fast in Kentucky, where the Wildcats suddenly find themselves No. 1 in the nation but No. 2 in the state.
- To UK, Pitino holds Cards It's pretty obvious why so many rabid Kentucky fans dislike Rick Pitino.
- Kentucky suffers on Pitino's return Before a stunned capacity crowd at Rupp Arena, the Louisville Cardinals upset the No. 2-ranked Kentucky Wildcats, 65-56, giving a satisfying victory to Rick
Pitino, the Louisville coach who led Kentucky to the national championship in 1996.
- UK has been down this road before On the bright side, the University of Kentucky men's basketball team knows how to bounce back from a loss to the
University of Louisville.
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(12-28-03)
Basketball
- Kentucky vs. Louisville Post-Game Quotes Head Coach Tubby Smith
“I’m very disappointed in our play. We seemed to once again not play with the poise and the patience that we needed to. Rick (Pitino) had his team ready to play. I was worried about us getting off to the great start because we were using a lot of energy."
- Stockton makes strong bid to be in Cats' future For those who have taken to calling transfer Patrick Sparks the point guard of the future at
the University of Kentucky, Brandon Stockton issued his rebuttal yesterday.
- Basketball Notebook For the first time since the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville renewed their football series in
1994, the team that won the football game also won the basketball game. The football Cardinals beat UK 40-24 at Commonwealth Stadium on Aug.31.
- Louisville cuts down 2nd-ranked Kentucky Kentucky's year-long regular-season winning streak is over and Louisville has started a streak of its own
against the Wildcats.
- Bluebloods get a view of Red Heaven One of the most profound theological questions
ever to vex mankind stands settled. Indisputably, there is a heaven. After yesterday, anyone bearing even a remote tie to the University of Louisville can tell you exactly what paradise looks like.
- Rivalry in the red The sign asked: Et tu, Pitino? The game answered: And two, Pitino!
Rick Pitino, forever labeled a back-stabber by Kentucky fans for his roundabout move to archrival Louisville, beat UK for a second straight season yesterday.
- Seniors shoulder weight of another loss to Cards
FITCH BLAMES SELF FOR MISFIRING ON LATE THREE-POINTERS Gerald Fitch stared at his feet in defeat. He shifted uncomfortably from side to side. The Kentucky senior mumbled inaudible answers to questions.
- Cards leaves Cats with that Deja vu feeling The Kentucky Wildcats might be feeling a little Déjà vu.
- Comeback Cards stun UK in Rupp In a single, stunning evening, Rick Pitino restaked his claim
to the building where he once worked, the Dream Game rivalry and the entire commonwealth. You get the feeling that he'll add all of college basketball to the acquisition list pretty soon.
- Rick's arena once again It wasn't typical running, pressing, high-scoring Rick Pitino basketball that got the
University of Louisville a 65-56 upset victory over the University of Kentucky yesterday in Rupp Arena.
- Nightmares and dreams finally have come true This is why University of Kentucky fans refused to believe the rumor that Rick Pitino,
the coach they loved like a rock star, was taking the controls of the University of Louisville basketball program.
- Packer stands by assessment of Wildcats
On the bus ride home from Indianapolis last weekend, Kentucky players watched a tape of the CBS telecast of their victory over Indiana. A statement by commentator Billy Packer caused the joy ride to hit a pothole
- rise in stockton As Kentucky lost 65-56 to Louisville yesterday, sophomore
Brandon Stockton shed a cumbersome knee brace and perhaps his status as an afterthought.
- 'Otis the Great' picks ideal time for world debut
LOUISVILLE BENCH OUTSCORES UK'S 33-10 BEHIND GEORGE'S 13 POINTS If they handed out awards for practices and scrimmages, Louisville's Otis George would be an All-America candidate. But unfortunately for the Cardinals, the practice floor was the
only time "Otis the Great" popped up. Coming into yesterday's game against Kentucky, the forward/center had a career average of 2.3 points with three double-figure scoring efforts in 59 games.
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(12-27-03)
Basketball
- Louisville Stuns No. 2 Kentucky 65-56
No. 20
Louisville limited No. 2 Kentucky to one field goal over the final 5:47 in a 65-56 victory Saturday, snapping the Wildcats' 27-game regular-season winning streak.
- Big Second Half Pushes Cards Past Cats No. 20 Louisville limited No. 2 Kentucky to one field goal over
the final 5:47 in a 65-56 victory Saturday, snapping the Wildcats' 27-game regular-season winning streak.
- UK blots out painful memory If only the fans would let it go.
- Cards try to beat UK at own game After reviewing film of archrival Louisville all week, University of Kentucky junior forward Chuck Hayes
noticed that the two teams have a lot in common.
- Pitino's old fans can't forget, but some forgive When Rick Pitino
walks into Rupp Arena today, he will face a sea of blue. Will it also be a sea of boo? It certainly was two years ago, when he took his first University of Louisville basketball team to play the University of Kentucky, his old team.
- Throw out the records — whatever they might be A version of the pregame notes published by the UK media relations office
earlier this week listed the Wildcats' record as 8-0 even though they have played only seven games. School officials corrected it to 7-0 in the notes that were handed out to the media yesterday in Lexington.
- Garcia's the wild Card in the matchup game It's doubtful that the University of Kentucky's defenders will find the same joy in
the University of Louisville's leading scorer, Francisco Garcia.
- Only Rick Pitino could make a mere entrance so entrancing I've heard tons of talk about the game within the game: the path
Rick Pitino will take through his former Rupp Arena fan club as he walks from the locker room to the Cardinals' bench for tipoff.
- Centers or not, paint could prove pivotal
It will be easier to locate an empty seat in Rupp Arena today than to find a traditional big man on the court.
- He's a Fitch in time with game on line
One teammate describes Gerald Fitch as a man on a mission. Another says he's the consummate senior leader who scores, defends and does whatever else the team might need.
- 'IT'S PAYBACK TIME' Second-half debacle a year ago all
too fresh in Cats' minds The last time Kentucky played Louisville also is the last time Kentucky lost a regular-season game. That's 27 games and almost exactly one year ago.
- Last year's emergency wasn't what it seemed The night of 12-28-02 the call went out to
911. After the jarring events that afternoon inside Freedom Hall, Big Blue Nation had climbed out on the proverbial ledge, toes curling over the jagged edge.
- UK or Rick? You don't have to choose
SOME FANS APPLAUD THE SUCCESS OF BOTH You wouldn't know it by the partisan atmosphere in Rupp Arena today, but it's possible to root for Kentucky and Louisville, to cheer for Rick Pitino as UK coach in the 1990s and as U of L coach now.
- PITINO RECEIVED NOTE FROM AILING EX-PLAYER Louisville Coach Rick Pitino attended the
funeral of a former player from Boston University last night. Steve Wright died at age 45 of acute lylmphatic leukemia.
- LINEUPS, STATISTICS Louisville Probable starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. 24 Luke
Whitehead F 6-6 220 Sr. 32 Francisco Garcia F 6-7 185 So. 1 Kendall Dartez C-F 6-10 225 Sr.
- UK a formidable mountain to climb, Pitino says HOW
CARDS' GUARDS HANDLE HAWKINS, FITCH WILL BE KEY Kentucky is unbeaten in seven games, yet the press release for today's UK-Louisville game mistakenly listed the Wildcats' record as 8-0.
- UK-U of L Series Season Score UK in the post-season U of L in the post-season 13-14
Kentucky 34, Louisville 10 None None 14-15 Kentucky 22, Louisville 17 None None
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(12-26-03)
Basketball
- Men's Basketball Press Conference Quotes Head Coach Tubby Smith On Kentucky's preparation for Louisville… "The players and staff have been working during
the holidays. We've had a few practices, and the practices have gone well. Brandon (Stockton) has had a chance to mend his knee and he's played well. Kelenna (Azubuike) took a knee to a thigh, but that was a couple of days before we played Eastern Kentucky. I think the Eastern Kentucky game was one
where we did some things better than we did against Indiana."
- 'Cats excited to go bird hunting Realizing that guaranteeing a victory against archrival Louisville wasn't a wise thing to say,
University of Kentucky senior guard Gerald Fitch carefully amended his words.
- Louisville will test Wildcats' depth If there is one game that could test Kentucky's depth, it should be the one Saturday against Louisville.
- UK players know what rivalry means to fans Since he's from California, Chuck Hayes didn't know a lot about the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry when he
signed with the Wildcats.
- Relentless pressure is Cards' trademark No matter what success Kentucky might have against Louisville's pressure defense, UK assistant coach David Hobbs
knows the Cardinals won't alter their style for Saturday's game.
- Freshman center learning fast about rivalry He may not be a Kentucky native, but Lukasz Obrzut is relatively well-versed on the Kentucky-Louisville
rivalry.
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL Love is lost when Cats, Cards meet
- Bulked up Daniels a force inside for UK It's funny how basketball has turned out for Erik Daniels.
- For Cats, small forwards are big providers
University of Kentucky men's basketball coach Tubby Smith is no mad scientist, but he probably wouldn't mind experimenting with the talents of his two small forwards, Kelenna Azubuike and Antwain Barbour.
- Cardinals must have thick skin in Rupp
The party line this week at the University of Louisville is business as usual. Tomorrow is just another big game in a season full of them. The Rupp Arena atmosphere will be heated — just as it is at Cincinnati, Marquette and Memphis.
- Kentucky Wildcats Report Eastern Kentucky University coach Travis Ford was asked after his team's 101-72 loss to the University of Kentucky (7-0) on Tuesday what
kind of advice he would give Louisville coach Rick Pitino.
- Garcia gets UK's attention AZUBUIKE, BARBOUR LIKELY TO
BE THE ONES TO DEFEND CARDS' STAR As leading scorer and top assist man, Franciso Garcia does the work of two players for Louisville. Fortunately for the home team in Saturday's showdown of in-state rivals, Kentucky has not one but two versatile players to alternate against
Garcia at the small forward position.
- Even better than advertised GARCIA HAS EXCEEDED
EXPECTATIONS, TURNED INTO STAR Not many people made much of a fuss when U of L Coach Rick Pitino announced the signing of a 6-foot-7 wing player from New York. Two years ago, Francisco Garcia was rated respectably by most of the recruiting services, but he was viewed as a
typical signee that comes in the early regimes of a new coach -- a player who would be a nice fill-in until Pitino upgraded the Cardinals' national profile enough to bring in elite-level talent.
- Have fans forgiven Pitino yet? No way
My, my. This time around, aren't we putting on an adult face over the whole Rick-Pitino/Turncat thing. Ron in Elizabethtown admits he was unhappy at first, but now has moved on.
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Merry Christmas!
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(12-23-03)
Basketball
- UK Rolls Past Eastern Kentucky, 101-72 Second-ranked Kentucky shot 64 percent and took advantage of 25
Eastern Kentucky turnovers en route to a 101-72 win over the Travis Ford-coach Colonels on Tuesday night.
- Eastern's style may help UK The focus is supposed to be on Eastern Kentucky, but even Kentucky coach Tubby Smith acknowledges that tonight's game could help
his Wildcats Saturday against Louisville.
- Smith added Eastern game for a reason Tubby Smith might make a mistake once, but he's not going to let it happen twice.
- Colonels set to face top-ranked Kentucky During his standout career at the University of Kentucky, Ford and his teammates got used to playing big games against highly-ranked opponents.
The Wildcats took center stage in front of large crowds and national television audiences and regularly made appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including a trip to the 1993 Final Four.
- Ford's Colonels Face Blue-Hot Cats After nearly a month of play away from home, Kentucky returns to the friendly confines of
Rupp Arena Tuesday to host Eastern Kentucky. The Colonels, who will travel the 30 miles from nearby Richmond, are coached by former UK standout Travis Ford.
- News flash! Cats play tonight Kentucky Coach Tubby Smith put the news in news conference yesterday.
- Smith says Wildcats can be much better Despite Kentucky's record-setting 80-41 blowout over Indiana last Saturday, Coach Tubby Smith said his team is far from reaching its full
potential.
- Men's Basketball Press Conference Quotes Head Coach Tubby Smith “Good afternoon and happy holidays to everybody. I hope everyone is set to have a good Christmas. After going
through the Indiana game and evaluating it with the team and the staff, I realized, as I tell the team, that you are never as good as you think you are and you never as good as you think you look."
- Smith has 'Cats focused Even some of the most devout fans seem to have forgotten that the University of Kentucky plays a game against
Eastern Kentucky tonight at Rupp Arena.
- Cats not taking Eastern lightly University of Kentucky coach Tubby Smith wants his players more worried about basketball and less
focused on candy canes and sugar plums this week.
- In world according to Sagarin, UK No. 8
The Wildcats might be No.1 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll and No.2 in The Associated Press media poll, but they're not even tops in the Southeastern Conference in Jeff Sagarin's computer rankings. Huh?
- Helm leads UK past Western Kentucky SeSe Helm returned to her hometown and tallied 22 points and 13 rebounds to lead the University of Kentucky women's
basketball team to a 76-63 victory over Western Kentucky last night in front of 2,432 fans at E.A. Diddle Arena.
- Helm's homecoming sweet After the game, Kentucky senior SeSe Helm patted the name on her chest.
- Louisville's attention is on Keydets not 'Cats Louisville head coach Rick Pitino wants his team to do one thing in tonight's game
against VMI.
- Kentucky vs. Eastern Kentucky
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- Caudill, Seitze to Play in the Blue-Gray Game
Wildcat fans who want to watch some
football on Christmas Day can catch UK senior defensive lineman Jeremy Caudill and senior center Nick Seitze in the 2003 Blue-Gray All-Star Game on Dec. 25 in Troy, Ala.
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Basketball
- Wildcats top Western 76-63 SeSe Helm scored 22 points, and added 13 rebounds in a 76-63 victory over Western Kentucky in
Bowling Green. Sara Potts tossed in 17, and Jenny Pfeiffer and Keiko Tate each added 13 for Kentucky.
- Connecticut, Kentucky, Duke stay as top three For a change, there was no change at the top of The Associated Press men's college basketball poll.
- ESPN Top 25 Poll
- Azubuike responds to challenge Kelenna Azubuike was more than ready for Saturday's game here against Indiana.
- Cats make their case Kentucky had the most first-place votes last week.
- Kentucky answers all questions against IU Remember a few days ago when Kentucky coach Tubby Smith said that his team needed to improve on every aspect of its game?
- Coach finding ways to motivate senior
What new Kentucky Coach Mickie DeMoss thought would be a short course in team psychology has turned into an entire doctoral program.
- FRESHMAN POPE RECOVERING FROM A BRAIN TUMOR One player is missing from Western
Kentucky's bench tonight, but the players and coaches always have her on their minds. Instead of being on the bench or on the court, freshman forward Casie Pope is back home in Lakewood, Calif., fighting another kind of battle.
- Wildcats show IU who's No. 1 If there was any doubt who the No. 1 team in the country is, the question was emphatically answered in the
mind of Indiana University forward Sean Kline.
- Little big men lead UK The team's strength is supposed to be its veteran backcourt, not its depleted frontcourt.
- All the Answers Travis Ford the player radiated feistiness and competitive zeal.
- Cats' calling card has been fast starts If the University of Kentucky's future basketball opponents spin their wheels early in the
game, they're likely to find themselves eating the Wildcats' dust.
- Hoosiers no rivals for Cats these days With one major regional-rivalry game down and one to go for the University of Kentucky basketball team, the disparity between the
two is startling.
Football
- Wildcats land a big recruit When highly sought offensive lineman Micah Jones took his official visit to the University of Kentucky last
weekend, he didn't see a struggling program coming off a 4-8 season.
- Mayfield's Jones commits to Kentucky For months the University of Kentucky football coaching staff has been hoping that Micah Jones would verbally commit to
the Wildcats.
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(12-21-03)
Basketball
- Kentucky Takes On Intrastate Rival Western Kentucky It’s the final game for Kentucky women’s basketball before Christmas
break and the Wildcats are looking to keep their win streak alive when they take on intrastate rival Western Kentucky on Monday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. in Bowling Green, Ky. at the E.A. Diddle Arena.
- Woo wows 'em Polish import Lukasz Obrzut logged double-digit minutes for the third straight game. He contributed two rebounds and two blocks in his
12-minute stint.
- Destruction in the Dome A satisfied Chuck Hayes walked off the RCA Dome court for the final time yesterday, raised his hand to
high-five his partner in the post, Erik Daniels — and missed connections. It was about the only time during the University of Kentucky basketball team's stunningly easy 80-41 victory over Indiana University (4-4) that Hayes and Daniels weren't on the same page.
- UK's layup drill turns rivalry into a rout It felt like a pick-up game inside Memorial Coliseum in July to Kentucky senior guard
Cliff Hawkins.
- UK gets it right on Wright in second half When Indiana high-scoring guard Bracey Wright had the ball in the second half of
Saturday's 80-41 rout by second-ranked Kentucky in the RCA Dome, he found either Gerald Fitch, Cliff Hawkins or Antwain Barbour in his way.
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Kentucky trounces Indiana 80-41
Kentucky was too quick, too strong and just too good for Indiana on Saturday.
- As IU will attest, Cats can handle being No. 1 College basketball has been waiting for someone to step up and act like the No.1 team in the country. Yesterday the
University of Kentucky complied. Photo gallery
- Blowout leaves Hoosiers in position to cry for help The last time Indiana University and the University of Kentucky played basketball in the RCA Dome, the Wildcats danced
away with an 11-point victory.
- Spill doesn't faze Hayes University of Kentucky forward Chuck Hayes took a hard spill midway through the second half of the Wildcats' 80-41 victory over Indiana
University yesterday when he jumped to grab a lob pass.
- In terms of execution, Hoosiers shot blanks One shot, and that was that.
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Hoosiers hit bottom in rivalry
Indiana University basketball fans suffered through the two longest hours in the history of the IU-Kentucky rivalry Saturday afternoon at the RCA Dome.
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Davis shouldn't coach this game
It was early in the second half, Kentucky administering its now-annual spanking on Indiana University, and Mike Davis was livid, screaming with Knight-like fervor at his own players, railing at officials, stomping around the floor like a man heading, once again, beyond the pale of self-control.
- Hayes, Daniels are unexpected Twin Powers
Guards Gone Wild. That
was supposed to be the slogan for Kentucky Basketball 2003-04. Marquis Estill -- the missing MAN IN THE MIDDLE -- was supposed to be the separation between great Cats (last season) and Good Cats (this season).
- Worth a second look 'Guy with the UK glass eye' passes
on, but his vision might endure in hoops museum There are literally millions who would stake a claim as the University of Kentucky's No. 1 sports fan. Myself, I've always thought Bob Jenkins had the strongest case for the title.
- Cats put hurt on Hoosiers Kentucky's 80-41 rout of Indiana yesterday gave forward Chuck
Hayes a familiar feeling. That made the most lopsided game in the history of this storied series a bad news bearer for future UK opponents.
- Hoosier Hysteria takes on new meaning at IU So that wasn't really Indiana was it? Surely
that was IU as in Impostors are Us. Or IUAWOL, as in Absent Without Leave. Or IUPU, as in Indiana, well, stinks.
- Azubuike gets aggressive It didn't take Kelenna Azubuike long yesterday to surpass his
production of last weekend. Azubuike made his first shot -- a jumper from the right side -- less than a minute into Kentucky's 80-41 rout of Indiana yesterday. That was enough to top his scoreless outing against Michigan State.
- Rupp's five not so fabulous playing outside
From the nothing-new-under-the-moon file: For Kentuckians of a certain age, last weekend's much ballyhooed BasketBowl had a been there-done that quality.
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- 'Cats Crush Hoosiers, 80-41 Second-ranked Kentucky improved to 6-0 and won its 26th consecutive regular season game with an impressive
80-41 rout of Indiana on Saturday in Indianapolis.
- Hayes helps Wildcats extend regular-season run Kentucky (No. 1 ESPN/USA Today; No. 2 AP) handed Indiana its worst defeat in nearly 20 years, overpowering the Hoosiers 80-41 on Saturday.
- Kentucky 80, Indiana 41 Chuck Hayes scored 22 points and Erik Daniels added 19 to lead No. 2 Kentucky to an 80-41 rout of Indiana on Saturday.
- No. 2 Kentucky Embarrasses Indiana 80-41
No. 2
Kentucky held Indiana to its lowest point total in nearly 20 years, overpowering the Hoosiers 80-41 on Saturday.
- UK Defeats Miami in Late Second-Half Rally The Kentucky women's basketball team used a late second-half rally, led by senior SeSe Helm's
21 points and 11 rebounds and sophomore Jenny Pfeiffer's 16 points, to snap a two-game losing streak and defeat the Miami RedHawks 64-58 on Saturday in Oxford, Ohio.
- Cats aim to avoid No. 1 whammy Tubby Smith doesn't give the appearance of a coach whose team just ascended to No.1 in the nation. Or maybe
the furrowed brow is how all coaches look when they learn their teams are No.1, especially this early in the season.
- Hoosiers' coach has toughness to beat UK Mike Davis never led the Southeastern Conference in scoring or assists. You won't find his name on the
All-SEC first, second or even third teams in any of the four seasons he played at Alabama.
- Hoosiers aren't novices at facing top-shelf talent Kentucky this, Kentucky that. All this week, Indiana University players and coaches were
subjected to more than their fair share of questions regarding today's opponent, ranked No.1 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll and No.2 in The Associated Press' media poll.
- Kentucky provides yardstick There is plenty of motivation for both sides in today's annual border war between Indiana and Kentucky at the RCA Dome.
- Davis, Indiana ready for fight with rival Wildcats
The way the University of Kentucky handed Indiana University its
first loss of the season last year, an emotional 70-64 win at Freedom Hall, will probably standout as one of the most memorable games in this series.
- Smith sees imperfect team, not No. 1 halo As he walked toward his office after a news conference this
week, Kentucky Coach Tubby Smith spoke of his team possibly being softened, if not killed, with kindness.
- UK TO TRACK IU SOPHOMORE OUT OF REGULAR DEFENSE Sophomore Bracey Wright does it all for Indiana. Because
he's so productive, opponents stack their defenses against him. Vanderbilt used a box-and-one defense in beating Indiana earlier this season. But Kentucky Coach Tubby Smith all but ruled out a box-and-one today.
- LINEUPS, STATISTICS Kentucky Probable starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. 14 Erik Daniels F 6-8 214 Sr. 44
Chuck Hayes F 6-6 247 Jr. 24 Kelenna Azubuike G-F 6-5 208 So.
- Kentucky leads series 25-21 Year Result Site 1924 Indiana 20, Kentucky 18 Lexington 1926 Indiana 34,
Kentucky 23 Bloomington 1926 Indiana 38, Kentucky 19 Lexington
- Cats coming into focus Sweep of Saturdays still a tough task
With today's final horn, Kentucky completes 60 percent of this Super Saturday spectacular series, pitting the now numero uno Cats against past rulers of the college court.
- Lady Cats hit road to face the RedHawks
The Kentucky women's basketball team will be looking for its first win on the road when it meets Miami of Ohio at 2 today. The Wildcats (4-4) have lost two straight, falling to Atlantic 10 opponents Xavier and Temple in their past two games. The Miami RedHawks (4-3) are riding three-game win streak
after defeating Wichita State, Indiana State and Butler.
- Women's Basketball Put Three-Game Winning Streak on the Line RedHawks face rival Kentucky Wildcats in non-conference clash
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Football
- Wildcats tap into junior college ranks Kentucky has climbed deeper into the junior college football recruiting ranks than it ever has, a sign that UK coach Rich Brooks knows he had
to have immediate help at some positions next year
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