Patterson/Gillispie press conference notes

Perry Stevenson and Ramel Bradley started the conference off. They basically talked about what the loss of Patrick Patterson means and how they plan to play without him.

Perry Stevenson said they were going to be all right - just watch us. Read more

Patrick Patterson out for season

Terrible news indeed for Kentucky today. Freshman Patterson Patterson will miss the rest of the season because of a stress fracture in his left ankle. Read more

Headlines: Who’s saying what?

UK/Mississippi

• ESPN: Mississippi vs. Kentucky - Recap
• Ole Miss almost stuffs Kentucky’s Yin up their Yang
• Patrick Patterson, Joe Crawford help Kentucky hold off Ole Miss
• 31-8 lead shrinks to almost nothing
• Comeback falls short for Rebels

Not Enough, Yet

10 conference wins may not seal an NCAA Tournament bid.

Top Players

Jody Demling ranks the Top High School basketball Players from the state of Kentucky in each of the upcoming classes.

Keep Winning

Continue to win and they’re in — The ‘Cats are on the verge of a remarkable in-season turnaround.

Be Ready

The Tennessee Vols better be ready for an improved Kentucky team.

Scott Padgett

Louisville’s Wave 3 did a piece on former Wildcat Scott Padgett. You can find a video and accompanying article here.

Doesn’t Get Any Bigger

With the SEC Championship at stake, Tennessee plans on being ready for Kentucky this Sunday.

Once Ridiculous To Imagine

Despite early setbacks, Kentucky has chance at the NCAAs.

Kentucky vs Ole Miss random thoughts

I was shaking my head with disbelief, but then again, this is something that’s been the norm. If we ended up giving that game away I don’t know what I would have done. Pull my hair out, put a hole in the wall…something.

I thought Kentucky had a great start, but they just lack that killer instinct. (We just can’t play with a big lead) When we started building a decent lead I thought we were tentative for a little stretch there. Just passing the ball around, not looking to take shots etc. You have them on the ropes, go for it!

Mark Coury does not look comfortable at all out there.

More erratic turnovers, many were simply unnecessary.

Ole Miss looked T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E in the first half (It was hard to believe that team started the season 13-0) and Kentucky’s defense was a large reason why. The ‘Cats were contesting everything, they had hands and arms all over the place.

Perry Stevenson looked great out there, doing a bit of everything. (The second half was a different story) If we could only get that out of him on an regular basis.

I knew that the Rebels were bound to come out better in the second half. How could they not, with how poorly they were in the first. That’s why there’s two halves of basketball!

Kentucky looked lost early in the second half. Started with more turnovers, one and done shots, we simply got killed on the boards.

At the end, a win is a win and one that we’ll gladly accept. I don’t know how we keep on winning down the wire like this, but we do.

Next up..Tennessee this Sunday in Knoxville. This should be a fun one with the Vols all fired up and ready to seek revenge.

Wildcats hold off Rebels 58-54

Kentucky looked well on their way to an easy victory, but Ole Miss decided on putting up a fight.

After charging to a 23 point lead in the first half, the ‘Cats nearly give it away at the end. Read more

Gameday: UK vs Ole Miss News and Notes

Tonight’s SEC matchup between Kentucky and the Ole Miss Rebels is set for 8:00 pm EST.

KENTUCKY WILDCATS (15-10, 9-3 SEC) vs. Ole Miss Rebels (18-8, 4-8 SEC)
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 27
Time: 8:00 p.m. EST
Site: Lexington, Ky. - Rupp Arena
TV: Raycom (Affiliate Stations) Game Audio: UK: [link] Yahoo!: [link]
Live Stats: [link] Read more

Hump Links

Don’t count us out yet

After the lack of notice in Kentucky’s victory over Arkansas. CSTV’s Brian Curtis, points out that Kentucky still has a shot of making the NCAA Tournament.

Preview

Over at the UKmadness Blog, ibleedblue040 gives a preview of tonight’s UK vs Ole Miss game.

Another game preview, this time from Wildcats Thunder Blog.

Billy Ball

The Sporting News with an article into how the team has made a turnaround, after learning to play ‘Billy Ball’.

Field Projection

The Sporting News projects the field of 65, as of right now.

No. 11 seeds: Kent State (MAC), Florida, Kentucky, Arizona State.

Thing of Beauty?

Despite the ugliness of it’s winning, Kentucky is capable of beauty, too.

“It’s very, very difficult to look beautiful,” Gillispie conceded, “but you can do it. It takes repetitions.”

Juco

The Wildcats are one of four schools looking to land Juco guard Kevin Galloway.

Blah Blah

After this article from the other day. We get another hoghead article questioning Billy Gillispie’s future with UK. (Is there a lack of “real news” in Arkansas, or what?)

More headlines concerning tonight’s game can be found on the Gameday: UK vs Ole Miss News and Notes post.

Seth Davis wants to disappoint

It seems there is always someone who tries to knock down “Big Blue Nation”. If we’re happy, they’re not!

In his ‘Hoop Thoughts‘ article, dUKie Seth Davis says he’s hearing that Patrick Patterson is seriously considering turning pro.

On the other hand…

Matt Jones says not so fast! Unless there is a drastic change and he’s believed to be a top 5 pick, he’ll be back.

Let’s face it. The majority know that Patterson will likely leave early at some point, but after this year? I also don’t see this happening. At the earliest it would most likely be after next season.

Judging by Billy Gillispie’s response yesterday, he knows Patterson will have a decision to make also.

You would like to keep everyone for four years, but that’s not realistic in today’s world.

But I don’t think he meant after this season. From all takes, Patterson, along with his family are loving their time at UK.

Bottom line…No guarantees, but I don’t see it happening after this year.

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