March 2002 WildcatZone.Com News Archive

(3-31-02)

      Baseball

      Basketball

  • Barbour's sacrifice shows he's a team player     By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Player with immediate NBA ambition willingly moves out of position to help his team win. That refreshing scenario unfolded at Wabash Valley Community College this past season and it suggests an attitude upgrade is in store for Kentucky next season.

      Football

  • Receiver Bernard feels difference of playing in SEC    Chris Bernard didn't need long to find out the difference between playing junior college football in California and the Southeastern Conference
  • Unlikely friendship cut short    They were the most unlikely of friends. Trent DiGiuro was a white kid from just outside Louisville; Antonio O'Ferral was a black kid from Long Island, N.Y.
  • Bernard hurts ankle, may be out all spring    By Chip Cosby, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
    The University of Kentucky completed its first scrimmage of the spring yesterday with a 40-play workout at Nutter Field House. The most significant play of the scrimmage came when wide receiver Chris Bernard came down on his right ankle after safety Mike Williams broke up a pass headed in his direction.
  • Current roster a 'who's that?' of UK football    By Chip Cosby, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
    Quick test for the die-hard UK football fan: Pick up a copy of the 2002 Spring Football prospectus, and count how many names you don't recognize.

(3-30-02)

      Baseball

      Basketball

      Football

  • Pinner should come out running    By Chip Cosby / HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
    Memo to Artose Pinner: You wanted carries, you're about to get them. Pinner, a 5-foot-11, 223-pound running back from Hopkinsville, has shown flashes during his career at UK. But he's never been able to claim the role of No. 1 back.

(3-29-02)

      Basketball

  • Cats, Hoosiers in Maui field    Kentucky and Indiana highlight the field for the 2002 Maui Invitational in November. Two other teams in this year's NCAA Tournament, Gonzaga and Utah, will play in Maui as well.
  • Pre-Draft camp not fit for this Prince    By Jerry Tipton / HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Pre-Draft camp not fit for this Prince UK SENIOR's stock high enough to skip portsmouth tryout It seems every college basketball standout is eager to get to -- sound the trumpets -- the next level. But not that eager.
  • 'Scoring machine' likes Cats     By Jerry Tipton / HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    One of the most prolific scorers in Oklahoma high school basketball history. A London-born player whose parents immigrated from Nigeria to Great Britain and then moved to Oklahoma.

      Baseball

  • Kentucky and No. 15 Ole Miss to Play Doubleheader Saturday    Friday night's game moved due to heavy rainfall in the Bluegrass
  • Wildcats to Play Host to No. 15 Ole Miss    The University of Kentucky baseball team will play host to No. 15 Ole Miss this weekend in a three-game Southeastern Conference series at Shively Field. The series between the Wildcats (11-12, 2-4 SEC) and Rebels (18-7, 2-4 SEC) will open on Friday, March 29 at 6 p.m. ET, when UK will play its first night game in the newly constructed Cliff Hagan Stadium

      Football

(3-28-02)

      Basketball

  • DUKE'S WILLIAMS REPEATS, BUT WILDCAT PRINCE DOES NOT    Kentucky swingman Tayshaun Prince, a John R. Wooden Award All-American last year, was not named to this year's 10-player team. This year's top five vote-getters for the Wooden Award All-American team were, in alphabetical order: Dan Dickau of Gonzaga; Juan Dixon of Maryland; Drew Gooden of Kansas; Steve Logan of Cincinnati and Jason Williams of Duke
  • Former UK stars boost Hornets    Jamaal Magloire is making the most of his opportunity with the Hornets. Magloire, subbing for injured center Elden Campbell, scored 21 points on 8-for-11 shooting to lead the Hornets to their seventh straight win, 111-104 over Orlando last night.

      Football

  • Wildcats thin on linemen    Kentucky can't afford injuries    By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter  They may have to be the ''Five Blocks of Granite'' for the University of Kentucky football team, and not just because it will be their responsibility to open holes in the running game and protect the quarterback.
  • UK tries to get over proverbial hump     By John clay, HERALD-LEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST
    The mark was 2-9, but it was close to being better. Kentucky lost to eventual conference champ LSU by four points (at the heartbreaking end), to Mississippi State in Starkville by three (blowing a late, makeable field goal), to always-top-notch Tennessee by three more.
  • Bernard catching on at Kentucky    By Chip Cosby, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
    Chris Bernard was born and raised in Southern California. So when University of Kentucky offensive coordinator Brent Pease made his first recruiting call to Bernard, the wide receiver admitted the call seemed foreign.
  • Kentucky student athletic trainer Matthew Summers was given the eighth-annual...    Kentucky student athletic trainer Matthew Summers was given the eighth-annual Trent DiGiuro Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship fund was established by friends and family of former UK offensive guard Trent DiGiuro, who died on July 17, 1994.
  • Man found guilty of killing UK player    Jurors convicted Shane Ragland of murder Wednesday in the 1994 sniper-style slaying of a University of Kentucky football player, a crime that went unsolved for more than five years.

(3-27-02)

      Basketball

  • Turmoil starts again for Wildcats    It took less than 72 hours from the end of the 2001-2002 basketball season at the University of Kentucky to end before the problems for the 2002-2003 season began.
  • Carruth compares numbers    By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Players unhappy with their playing time usually ponder the opportunity for greater minutes in future seasons. But Kentucky freshman Rashaad Carruth apparently also has looked into the past to compare his minutes against other first-year UK players.
  • Questions surround Wildcats    Although he'll never again step on the court in a University of Kentucky jersey, Tayshaun Prince expects big things from the Wildcats -- starting next season.

      Football

  • Summers Awarded Trent DiGiuro Memorial Scholarship    University of Kentucky student athletic trainer Matthew Summers has been chosen as the winner of the eighth-annual Trent DiGiuro Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship fund was established by friends and family of former UK offensive guard Trent DiGiuro, who died on July 17, 1994. Trent's parents, Mike and Ann DiGiuro, officially established the fund on Oct. 24, 1994.
  • Pulling his weight    By Chip Cosby, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Just call it another episode of "As the Scale Turns," with Jared Lorenzen playing the lead role. In other words, the on-again, off-again saga involving the weight of the Kentucky quarterback is back in full force.
  • The lefty is once again looking hefty    The University of Kentucky opened spring football practice yesterday, which means a weighty topic is back in the news. The Hefty Lefty, quarterback Jared Lorenzen, is overweight. Again. But this time coach Guy Morriss says it's no big deal.
  • Lorenzen in weight fight again    Still, UK names him starting QB     By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter    Academics are no longer a problem for Jared Lorenzen, but eating too much still is.
  • Boyd puts baseball career on hold    By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter     Shane Boyd is putting his idea of having a baseball career on hold for a month to participate in spring football practice for the University of Kentucky.
  • Cats open spring drills with enthusiasm    University of Kentucky running back Artose Pinner is looking forward to this year's spring practice more than any other he can remember.
  • Numbers will determine UK's placekicker, as Begley, Ruth to compete in spring drills    Numbers will decide who emerges from spring practice as the University of Kentucky's No. 1 placekicker

(3-26-02)

      Basketball

      Football

  • UK FOOTBALL  By Chip Cosby, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Guy Morriss won't have many bodies to work with, but the second-year coach is expecting a productive spring practice when the football team begins drills today.
  • Spring Football Press Conference Quotes    Coach Guy Morriss and many players met with members of the media Tuesday to discuss the upcoming spring practices. Coach Morriss is pleased with the winter conditioning and looks forward to a good spring workout.
  • Redshirt players necessary for Kentucky's football future    Kentucky's top priority in spring football practice is to find out what 15 freshmen who did not play last season can do to help the team next year.

(3-25-02)

    Basketball

    Baseball

  • Morris Homers Again in 13-3 Loss to Mississippi State    Junior center fielder Seth Morris smacked his third home run in two days to extend his team-leading hit streak to eight games, but it was not enough as Mississippi State overpowered Morris and the Kentucky baseball team, 13-3, at Cliff Hagan Stadium Sunday afternoon.
  • UK Sports: Mississippi State drills Bat Cats 13-3    Matthew Maniscalco and Chad Henry homered and Ron Polk won his 900th game at Mississippi State as the Bulldogs beat host Kentucky 13-3 yesterday.

(3-24-02)

    Basketball
  • Bogans' play not enough to carry UK past Maryland    Keith Bogans didn't want to talk about the future, not when the present hurt so much.
  • Off-court and off-season changes key    For Kentucky to have a better season next year than it had this season, Tayshaun Prince says the Wildcats have to avoid the off-court distractions they had this year.
  • Offensive struggles cost Kentucky a promising season    Amid all the preseason expectations, Tubby Smith sounded a quiet warning that few heeded.
  • Wildcats' off-season could be a bit turbulent, too    Bogans not alone in having some decisions to make    By Rusty Hampton, The Courier-Journal     One of the best players in University of Kentucky basketball history bid the Big Blue Nation adieu Friday night, bowing out with a 17-point performance in a 78-68 loss to Maryland in the NCAA East Region semifinals.
  • Cold numbers show all's not well    By John Clay, HERALD-LEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST    Not to intrude on the sanctity of hoops, but it was the football coach Bill Parcells who once said if you want to know how well you are doing, look at your record. Right now, Big Blue Nation might be a little uneasy about the view.
  • Smith plans all-inclusive UK review    By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    In what promises to be a headline-grabbing spring and summer, Kentucky Coach Tubby Smith predicted many changes before the start of UK's next basketball season.
  • Notebook : Pre-Draft camp not fit for this Prince    By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Pre-Draft camp not fit for this Prince UK SENIOR's stock high enough to skip the Portsmouth tryout It seems every college basketball standout is eager to get to -- sound the trumpets -- the next level. But not that eager.
  • UK president heaps praise on Smith    By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    After Kentucky's basketball season ended Friday night, university president Lee Todd spoke glowingly of Coach Tubby Smith.
  • Several never learned what it meant to be a Cat    Mark Mathis, Messenger-Inquirer    J.P. Blevins was shooting daggers with his eyes to the corner of his locker room in the wee hours of Saturday.

    Baseball

  • Comeback Cats!!!    Morris and Graeter combine for three home runs and seven RBIs to lift UK past MSU
  • Cats and Dogs Split in Doubleheader at Cliff Hagan Stadium    The University of Kentucky baseball team opened its new .2 million Cliff Hagan Stadium with a split in a doubleheader with Mississippi State on Saturday, March 23. The Bulldogs (11-7-1, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) won the opener, 4-2, and the Wildcats (11-11, 2-3 SEC) answered with an 8-7 come-from-behind victory in the second game of the three-game weekend series.
     

(3-23-02)

    Basketball

  • Ex-UK player Pelphrey to coach South Alabama    The Associated Press     MOBILE, Ala. - Florida assistant John Pelphrey, a former University of Kentucky player, was named head basketball coach Friday at the University of South Alabama.
  • Terps end UK's run     Wildcats fade in second half    By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter     A season in which the University of Kentucky basketball team faltered down the stretch of several of its losses came to a close in a game in which it faltered down the stretch.
  • Wildcats are headed home    Column by The Post's Lonnie Wheeler     If only they were back in their old Kentucky home.   The wintry night before the University of Kentucky basketball team endeavored to salvage its season against top-seeded Maryland, the Wildcats were tucked into their toasty hotel rooms, out of the snow, watching the wild events that were taking place on their home floor and wishing they were there, doing that.
  • UK's turbulent season ends    Tayshaun Prince (21), Rashaad Carruth and Marquis Estill watched from the sideline as the final seconds of their season ticked away.
  • Wildcats' season ends    No jumping around, no excited hugs, no pointing to the stands.
  • Same old problem sends Wildcats home    Mark Mathis, Messenger-Inquirer    The University of Kentucky had so many chances, tons of them, in fact, to upend Maryland and get a chance to play for the Final Four.
  • UK's exit caps off season    Say goodbye to Team Turmoil. Say goodbye to the hot-and-cold shooting, the hotter-and-colder effort, the lack of steady help for Tayshaun Prince and the yo-yo expectations.
  • Wildcats Come Up Short In 78-68 Loss To Terrapins    Juan Dixon scored 19 points in the Terrapins' 78-68 victory over Kentucky in the East Regional semifinals Friday night. Tayshaun Prince scored 17 points to lead Kentucky while Keith Bogans added 15 for the Wildcats.
  • Team Turmoil fails to take advantage of its opportunities     By John Clay, HERALD-LEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST    It ended in a final four, but not the right Final Four. It ended, for all intents and purposes, with 10:09 left in the second half of the East Regional semifinal last night. It was there Marquis Estill made a pair of free throws, tying this Sweet 16 contest at 53. And it was there that Kentucky's tumultuous season came to a close.
  • Prince never got to wear the crown    By Mark Story, HERALD-LEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST    In the end, the load was more than his narrow shoulders could bear. Tayshaun Prince finally stumbled beneath the burdens Kentucky placed upon him last night.
  • Guts, but no glory    Cats stay close, still fall to Maryland in East    By Jerry Tipton,  HERALD-LEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST    Kentucky cemented its claim on redemption in this NCAA Tournament last night.

(3-22-02)

    Basketball

  • Kentucky's season rides on one game    One game will define Kentucky's season.
  • Estill pays the price to play for Wildcats    He sits in a corner of a vast locker room in the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, ice taped around his left knee.    It's not uncommon for Marquis Estill to have both knees getting chilled.
  • Cats embrace role as underdog    By JEFF D'ALESSIO, News-Enterprise Sports Editor    Kentucky has won seven national championships and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament seven of the last eight years.
  • Cats feel good about Carrier Dome     No Kentucky player had ever taken a shot in the Carrier Dome until Thursday
  • Bilas likes renewed Kentucky purpose in NCAA     Jay Bilas knew better than to think Kentucky could not beat Maryland tonight, even hours before Indiana upset Duke, another NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed, Thursday night.
  • UK needs more than Prince to win    Experience has taught Tayshaun Prince one thing about the NCAA Tournament.
  • Prince topped expectations    Column by The Post's Lonnie Wheeler     We never thought we'd find Tayshaun Prince in this position. The senior. The leader. The heart, soul and substance of the University of Kentucky basketball team.
  • Terps' beef worries UK    'Cats smaller on front line    By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter University of Kentucky junior centers Jules Camara and Marquis Estill were a formidable duo against most opposing post players this season, but not usually against ones who were more physical than they were.
  • Prep buddies college foes tonight     Hawkins, Blake played together     By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter    They were backcourt mates in high school, but tonight they will find themselves guarding each other.
  • What-could-have-beens    Maryland senior forward Byron Mouton was almost a University of Kentucky Wildcat, while UK junior swingman Keith Bogans could have been a Maryland Terrapin.
  • Terps stand alone    Seven schools - Arizona, Cincinnati, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland and UCLA - have been in every NCAA men's basketball tournament since 1994.
  • Will Cats follow Tar Heels and go from rags to riches?    By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Dynasty program slogs through difficult regular season. Dynasty program sees sky-high expectations erode into get-it-over-with resignation. Dynasty program redeems itself by advancing deep into the NCAA Tournament.
  • Pitino's departure changed player's mind    By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
    Maryland small forward Byron Mouton considered not once, but twice to play for Kentucky. Mouton, a top 30 national prospect, committed to UK while a senior at Rayne (La.) High School.
  • SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The story's been told    JOHN CLAY, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    The story's been told. The story got told when he first came to Maryland. The story got told when Maryland went to the Final Four. The story got told when Juan Dixon set the school scoring record, when he was named All-American, when he was crowned conference Player of the Year.
  • Coaches generally frown    By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Coaches generally frown on teams playing to the level of the competition. But Kentucky Coach Tubby Smith probably would welcome his team continuing that season-long trend tonight in the NCAA Tournament.
  •  Spring snowstorm hitting Syracuse    Think it's gotten colder around Kentucky? If you're heading to Syracuse, N.Y., to watch the Cats play today, you should be prepared for a strong dose of winter.
  • Wildcats have been big-game hunters    And they've got their sights set on the Terrapins     By Rusty Hampton , The Courier-Journal    Slapstick pratfalls threatened to ruin its basketball season, but the University of Kentucky also has shown a knack for seeking out the spotlight.
  • Terrapin wanted to attend UK    By Rusty Hampton and Rick Bozich, The Courier-Journal     When Maryland takes the court for tonight's NCAA East Region game against the University of Kentucky, Terrapins guard Byron Mouton expects to see a sea of blue in the Carrier Dome seats.
  • Blevins- UK will have 'hands full'    University of Kentucky senior J.P. Blevins maybe had the best take on his team's chances tonight against No. 1 seed Maryland in the East Regional semifinal.
  • No. 1 seed Maryland doesn't lack confidence    Mark Mathis, Messenger-Inquirer    Maryland's Juan Dixon looks at the University of Kentucky and understands the team he sees standing in front of him.
  • Barbour leads Wabash to semis    Antwain Barbour's hopes for a second-straight national title are alive and well

    Baseball

  • SEC Home Opener vs. Mississippi State Moved to Saturday    The University of Kentucky baseball team will wait another day to open the newly constructed Cliff Hagan Stadium as its game with Mississippi State on Friday, March 22 has been moved to Saturday, March 23 due to winds and cold temperatures in the Bluegrass, Coach Keith Madison announced this morning
  • Wildcats Open New Cliff Hagan Stadium this Weekend vs. Mississippi State    The University of Kentucky baseball team will open its new $4.2 million Cliff Hagan Stadium on Friday, March 22 when it plays host to Mississippi State in a three-game Southeastern Conference series this weekend.

(3-21-02)

    Basketball

  • Inside, outside guys are keys for Cats    If Tayshaun Prince and Keith Bogans continue their recent trend, Kentucky should have a chance to beat Maryland.
  • UK assistant: Maryland has few weaknesses    Finding a weakness in Maryland has been an almost impossible task for David Hobbs.
  • Duke players say UK-Maryland clash should be 'a great game'    Duke players have seen both Maryland and Kentucky up close and personal
  • Sorry, no sale here. Wins over seeds 12 and 13 didn't seal the deal...    Sorry, no sale here. Wins over seeds 12 and 13 didn't seal the deal, even if they did get you to the Sweet 16, and even if you are the last Southeastern Conference team left standing. At Kentucky, to simply be on your feet midway through March Madness is not quite enough.
  • Tayshaun Prince has enjoyed a week of tribute    By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Since "Goose-ing" Kentucky past Tulsa, Tayshaun Prince has enjoyed a week of tribute. "Everybody's saying great things," he said yesterday. "Walking around campus, people say, 'Continue doing the same thing. You guys will be fine.'"
  • Tubby's suddenly all warm and fuzzy     The scowl is gone. So is the searing stare and the bug-eyed glare. It was a new Tubby Smith who prowled the sideline during last week's NCAA Tournament games for the University of Kentucky basketball team.
  • Cats need encore from Prince    The last time Tayshaun Prince scored his career high in an NCAA Tournament game, the next contest wasn't pretty for the University of Kentucky's versatile forward -- or for the Wildcats.
  • Cats will have to crank up the defense against Terrapins    University of Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith said in the preseason that the Wildcats had the potential to be the best defensive team in the nation.
  • Sizing up the Sweet 16 Heading into this week's NCAA basketball tournament regionals, my bracket sheet looks as if my cats have walked over it with ink on their paws. It's such a disaster area that I'm thinking about applying for federal relief. And if anybody mentions Missouri or the Southeastern Conference to me, my stomach will start feeling like it does when I've had too many chili dogs
  • Prince focus of defense    By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter     It was in this round of the NCAA Tournament last season that the University of Kentucky's opponents, the Southern California Trojans, decided they weren't going to let Tayshaun Prince beat them, so they double-teamed him whenever Prince touched the ball. Based on his performance Saturday, Prince expects much of the same.
  • New image doesn't fit well    Adjustment is tough for Tubby    By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter    While much has been made of the softer, gentler side of University of Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith being the reason for UK's surprising run to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16, Smith said it is tough for him to be that way.
  • Wildcats ride roller coaster    By Don Markus, The Baltimore Sun     University of Kentucky fans are often an emotional barometer for their team, so when most of the tickets for last week's NCAA Tournament games in St. Louis were returned to officials running the sub-regional site, it seemed telling of how the Wildcats had been playing.

(3-20-02)

    Basketball

  • Prince's last stand keeps Final Four dream alive    When Michigan State ended Kentucky's season in the Midwest Regional final in 1999 in St. Louis, Tayshaun Prince never imagined he would go into the 2002 NCAA Tournament without having played in a Final Four.
  • Bogans' defense critical in Maryland matchup    Keith Bogans came into this season known for his offense and NBA aspirations.
  • UK turning its game up notch    By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter    As much as the improved scoring of senior forward Tayshaun Prince and junior swingman Keith Bogans led the University of Kentucky basketball team to its two NCAA Tournament wins last week, it was in some often overlooked categories that UK benefited as well.
  • Making shots makes UK's attack look good    A few thoughts on the world of sports from 26,000 feet, somewhere over Indiana in the middle of March.    Kentucky's offense is alive again after making shots in NCAA Tournament wins over Valparaiso and Tulsa last week in St. Louis.
  • Top-seeded Terrapins displaying top form    By Josh Barr, The Washington Post     To anyone who thought Maryland might have peaked during its recent 1 1/2-month winning streak, the Terrapins had a message Sunday. With guard Juan Dixon leading the way, Maryland put on a show, turning a close game into a blowout and advancing to the NCAA Tournament round of 16 for the fourth time in five seasons.
  • She didn't plan on this    She didn't plan on this. Come on, back in her own '70s show, when Debbie Yow was women's basketball coach at Kentucky, the landscape was altogether different. Women were just then becoming college coaches, thanks to Title IX. That was the glass ceiling. No one expected more.
  • The Terrapins have come a long way   By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
    In 1989, Gary Williams inherited a Maryland program shaken by the death of Len Bias and burdened by severe NCAA sanctions. The Terrapins have come a long way to Friday night's NCAA Tournament regional semifinal game against Kentucky. Williams has not only returned Maryland to its former glory, he's exceeded it.
  • Bogans back, and so are Cats    Junior guard again attacking basket in NCAA tourney    By Rusty Hampton, The Courier-Journal     Tayshaun Prince was Mr. Everything for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team in Saturday's 87-82 victory over Tulsa in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

(3-19-02)

    Basketball

  • Wildcats Prepare for Top-Seeded Maryland in Regional Semifinals    With its second-round win over Tulsa, UK advanced to the Sweet 16 for the seventh time in the last eight seasons to face the top-seeded Maryland Terrapins. It's UK's 11th Sweet 16 appearance since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. UK owns an 8-2 record in the regional semifinals during that time. All-time in regional semifinals, Kentucky is 27-9, with last year's loss to Southern Cal snapping an eight-game win streak in regional semifinal action
  • Bogans' revival keyed by new life in NCAAs    Welcome back Keith Bogans.    We knew your dreams were your ticket out, but you should know there is a sigh of relief from Paducah to Prestonsburg that in the cavernous Edward Jones Dome, you rediscovered the shooting touch that made you a very good player last year.
  • A copy of the report that should have been filed late Saturday night...    A copy of the report that should have been filed late Saturday night with Lexington's Urban County Police: MISSING PERSONS REPORT Name of the missing: 2002 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Team Turmoil has given way to Team Triumph     By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER     Team Turmoil has given way to Team Triumph. Why? Maybe because Kentucky basketball changed its Cat-mosphere from tough love to loving support.
  • Cats, Terps will tip off about 9-55 p.m. Friday    The University of Kentucky's East Region semifinal basketball game against top-seeded Maryland will tip off at about 9:55 p.m. EST Friday in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., NCAA Tournament and CBS-TV officials announced yesterday.
  • Kentucky clubhouse    With six of seven SEC teams eliminated eliminated from the NCAA Tournament and making excuses for their early exits, Kentucky is left to carry the conference banner.
  • Head to Head Analysis - Kentucky V. Maryland

    Baseball

(3-18-02)

    Basketball
  • Cats justify Vitale's pre-NCAA confidence    While others were wondering if Kentucky would even win a game in the NCAA Tournament, Dick Vitale was trying to send a different message.
  • Just like '78, No. 21 lights up St. Louis -- but this was bigger    The more he scored, the more it seemed like 1978.
  • Prince's classic may have Cats back on championship track    The route for a repeat trip to the third round of the NCAA tournament was simple for Kentucky: Get the ball to Tayshaun Prince.
  • Suddenly fearsome foursome    John Clay Herald-Leader Sports columnist    As much as the Road to the Final Four, this NCAA Tournament has become the Road to Redemption. Of the 16 sweet survivors headed into regional semifinals, at least four were predicted powerhouses who suffered chronic brownouts during their tumultuous seasons. For each, grand expectations soured into sweeping disappointments.
  • Reborn Bogans gets shot at Terps    His inspired play rejuvenating UK     By Kevin Goheen, Post staff reporter    Keith Bogans grew up in Alexandria, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., and not much farther away from College Park, Md., home of the University of Maryland. In his three seasons at the University of Kentucky, Bogans has had just one chance to play against the Terrapins, a loss at College Park in his freshman season.
  • Prince now linked with Givens    By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter    Tayshaun Prince only had to go back to his high school days to recall such a prolific scoring day, but University of Kentucky basketball fans have to harken back to 1978 to recall an NCAA Tournament performance as riveting as the career-high 41 points Prince scored Saturday.
  • Maryland awaits rejuvenated Wildcats    By Richard Skinner, Post staff reporter     A 2-0 record in its ''new'' season, the one that matters most, now has the University of Kentucky basketball team thinking it can reach the potential for greatness many analysts had predicted for it before this season began.
  • East Region Tickets/Game Times    The University of Kentucky shares its allotment of tickets to the East Region between students, UK administration and athletics. There will be no public sale of tickets in Lexington. The Cats will take on top-seeded Maryland on Friday, March 22 at approximately 9:55 p.m. ET
  • Terps ride Dixon's 29 to Syracuse    Slender guard a HEAVYWEIGHT AGAIN AS badgers routed 87-57 By David Ginsburg WASHINGTON -- Once deemed too frail to play major college basketball, Juan Dixon proved strong enough to carry top-seeded Maryland back to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen.

    Baseball

  • Uk sports    24th-ranked Auburn shuts out Bat Cats 5-0 Auburn right-hander Colby Paxton pitched a one-hit shutout and the No. 24 Tigers beat UK 5-0 in the rubber match of the teams' SEC opening series.

(3-17-02)

    Basketball

  • Prince comes out of slump with authority    The Associated Press     A career-high 41 points didn't satisfy Tayshaun Prince, who broke out of his shooting slump with authority.
  • Prince the real hurricane    Tayshaun Prince, left, got a hug from teammate Keith Bogans after the Wildcats beat Tulsa to advance to Friday's East Region semifinals in Syracuse, N.Y.
  • Call him 'Goose, Jr.' after this    The game ended with the ball exactly where it belonged: in the hands of Tayshaun Durell Prince, king of all indoors yesterday
  • Prince was the difference    By C. L. Brown,The Courier-Journal     Tayshaun Prince's career-high 41 points was not only enough to lift the University of Kentucky into the Sweet 16. It was enough to overshadow arguably the most complete game played by the University of Tulsa this season.
  • Donna Smith goes with Wildcats, gets phone-in on son's game    The Courier-Journal     Donna Smith was torn between attending two games yesterday. The wife of University of Kentucky coach Tubby Smith had to choose between the Wildcats' NCAA Tournament game against Tulsa and son Brian's game in which his Lexington Catholic team played Paducah Tilghman in Lexington's Rupp Arena for the state high school title.
  • Too much, by almost half     By John Clay, HERALD-LEADER SPORTS COLUMNIST
    The numbers are the same, but it was different, much different. A different time, a different team, a different set of circumstances.
  • With Bogans back, duo is dynamic again    By Mark Story, HERALD-LEADER Sports columnist    Tayshaun Prince knew who he needed to hug. The long, lanky Californian had completed one of the great performances in the glorious history of Kentucky basketball.
  • Princely sum: 41    Cats ride senior's hot hand past Tulsa, 87-82 UK could face Maryland in next round     By Jerry Tipton,  HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER Call it Kentucky basketball's ultimate left-handed compliment

  • East: Prince rescues Kentucky    Tayshaun Prince scores career-high 41 points as Wildcats edge Tulsa 87-82.

  • Repentant Fitch has Georgia on his mind    By Jerry Tipton, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    Repentant Fitch has Georgia on his mind UK guard eager to redeem himself if cats make final four trip As homecomings go, Gerald Fitch found Kentucky's trip to Atlanta for the Southeastern Conference Tournament a house arrest.
  • Crisp Cats shaking inconsistencies    By Jerry Tipton , HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER    In beating Tulsa 87-82 in the NCAA Tournament second round yesterday, Kentucky continued to distance itself from an inconsistent regular season.

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  • Kentucky Postgame Notes    Tayshaun Prince led the Wildcats with a career-high 41 points against Tulsa. The 6-9 senior drained 14-of-21 shots and became the first player in more than 12 years to pass the 40-point mark at UK.
  • Prince springs for 41 as Kentucky downs Tulsa    Prince becomes king       Kentucky star scores 41 to help put away Tulsa    A career-high 41 points didn't satisfy Tayshaun Prince, who broke out of his shooting slump with authority.
  • Prince Has Day Fit for a King    Kentucky senior makes six three-pointers and scores career-high 41 points to lead fourth-seeded Wildcats past Tulsa, 87-82.
  • Prince Powers 'Cats Past Tulsa, 87-82    To say Tayshaun Prince's shooting slump is over is an understatement. Kentucky's lone senior starter went 14-for-21 from the field to score a career-high 41 points, leading the fourth-seeded Wildcats to an 87-82 victory over Tulsa in the second round of the East Regional on Saturday
  • Kentucky 87, Tulsa 82    By R.B. FALLSTROM,AP Sports Writer    To say Tayshaun Prince's shooting slump is over is an understatement.    Kentucky's lone senior starter went 14-for-21 from the field to score a career-high 41 points, leading the fourth-seeded Wildcats to an 87-82 victory over Tulsa in the second round of the East Regional on Saturday.
  • 'Cats Smell "Sweet" Victory    Tayshaun Prince had a career-high 41 points en route to a 87-82 Kentucky win against No. 12 Tulsa. The Wildcats advance to the Sweet 16 for the sixth time in seven years.
  • UK seeks repeat performance    The real key for UK might not be how it boxes out or defends but how it overcomes its tendency to follow a good performance with a clunker -- especially against teams it's favored to beat.
  • UK's focus back on basketball    The best soap opera in college basketball this season has been the University of Kentucky. It has been dubbed Team Turmoil and been the subject of numerous stories coming out of this first-round NCAA Tournament site.
  • Smith gives his Wildcats a warning    By Mark Mathis, Messenger-Inquirer    Tubby Smith has given his University of Kentucky team the speech. The one about when he was at Tulsa in 1994 and was going up against UCLA in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
  • Hurricane wins big with different coaches    When Kentucky takes the floor today against Tulsa in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats will face a team that is no stranger to success.
  • Hurricane upset with disrespect    By Kevin Goheen, Post staff reporter     The word ''upset'' does just that to Greg Harrington. The Tulsa senior guard doesn't want to hear how the 12th-seeded Golden Hurricane weren't even supposed to be playing No. 4-seed Kentucky in today's East Regional second-round game at the Edwin Jones Dome.
  • TULSA- Looking to stun Kentucky    By Larry Lewis, The Oklahoman    Since Tubby Smith started Tulsa’s remarkable success in the NCAA Tournament, perhaps it is fitting that he continues to be linked with the Golden Hurricane.
  • The only way Tulsa guards have come up short is in height    BY STU DURANDO, St. Louis Post-Dispatch    The defensive assignments for Tulsa's five starters were written on a board in the locker room when the Golden Hurricane faced Texas A&M, just as they are before every game.
  • Fond memories for Smith at Tulsa    By Richard Skinner,