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• Vanderbilt Stuns Kentucky 71-64 In SEC Tournament Championship

  March 11, 2012 3:18 PM

  Vanderbilt closed the game on a 16-2 run to stun Kentucky 71-64 in the SEC Tournament championship. The loss snaps Kentuck's 24 game winning streak, the longest in the country. A Darius Miller dunk put Kentucky ahead 59-54 but was Kentucky's final field goal of the game. Miller... more »

• Is The SEC In Awe Of Kentucky?

  March 8, 2012 5:34 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Three years into coach John Calipari's tenure at Kentucky, the Wildcats are once again the unquestioned kings of the Southeastern Conference. The No. 1-ranked Wildcats open this week's SEC tournament in New Orleans with a swagger reminiscent of the 1990s, when they won seven of eight... more »

• UK Softball Loses In SEC Tournament

  May 12, 2011 3:57 PM

  OXFORD, Miss. - A pair of two-run innings propelled the No. 8 Tennessee Lady Vols past the 20th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats, 4-1 in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament Thursday afternoon in Oxford, Miss. The Wildcats stranded nine runners and never could get the offense rolling while falling to... more »

• Lamb Plays Through Pain, Comes Off The Bench In Final's Win

  March 13, 2011 5:25 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - John Calipari wanted reporters to see Doron Lamb leave the Georgia Dome on crutches Saturday. Calipari wanted Lamb to know he would be playing on Sunday. Lamb was healthy enough to play in, though not start, No. 15 Kentucky's 70-54 Southeastern Conference tournament championship game win over... more »

• "Bring It On!" Cats Storming In To NCAA Tournament

  March 13, 2011 5:19 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - The Kentucky freshmen donned their championship caps, cut down the nets and hopped around like this something new to them. Which, of course, it was. For the Wildcats, though, this was just business as usual at the Southeastern Conference tournament. Brandon Knight scored 17 points, Darius Miller... more »

• Facts and Stats: Cal On Six Game Conference Tournament Final Winning Streak

  March 13, 2011 4:17 PM

  Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes Kentucky vs. Florida March 13, 2011 SEC Tournament Championship Georgia Dome - Atlanta, Ga. -- Kentucky wins its sixth-straight game and improves to 25-8 on the season. Florida falls to 26-7. --The Wildcats are 90-33 all-time against the Gators, 11-3 against Florida in the SEC Tournament... more »

• Cats Win Tournament Title No. 27, Miller Named MVP

  March 13, 2011 3:16 PM

  Kentucky beat Florida 70-54 in the SEC Tournament Final, capturing the school's 27th conference tournament championship. Darius Miller was named Tournament MVP after playing his third solid game in a row, notching 15 points and 6 rebounds in another performance by the Cats that suggested they're playing their best... more »

• SEC Tournament: Cats Lead Alabama 37-21 At The Half

  March 12, 2011 2:11 PM

  Kentucky leads Alabama 37-21 at halftime in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament in Atlanta. Similar to the first half of Kentucky's win Thursday in the tournament quarterfinals against Ole' Miss, Doron Lamb and Josh Harrellson carried Kentucky for most of the first twenty minutes. Lamb knocked down... more »

• Kentucky Ahead Of Ole' Miss 36-29 At Halftime

  March 11, 2011 4:49 PM

  Kentucky leads Mississippi 36-29 at halftime of their quarterfinal matchup in the SEC Tournament. Kentucky raced out to a 10-2 lead to start the game and never trailed in the first half. Doron Lamb leads Kentucky with 13 points. But it was Josh Harrellson who was the sparkplug... more »

• SEC Tournament Shaping Up As "Bubble Bowl"

  March 9, 2011 6:20 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - As soon as the regular season was over, Mark Fox spent some time going over his bracket. Who's already in with an automatic bid? Who's struggled down the stretch? Who's making a late push to grab a bid? As things stand now, the Georgia coach figures his... more »

• Defense Will Be A Focus In SEC Tournament

  March 8, 2011 10:53 PM

  They say defense wins championships. If UK's going to get one either in the SEC tournament or NCAA tournament, they have to be on their defensive game. That means getting contributions from everybody. We know DeAndre Liggins can play defense and that's not going to change. The rest of... more »

• No. 16 Kentucky Edges LSU 60-58 In SEC Tourney Quarterfinals

  March 4, 2011 6:00 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A'dia Mathies scored on a three-point play with 38.8 seconds left, and No. 16 Kentucky edged LSU 60-58 Friday in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals. The second-seeded Wildcats (23-7) will play Vanderbilt or Mississippi State on Saturday. LSU (19-13) will have to wait and... more »

• UK Women To Face LSU In SEC Tournament

  March 3, 2011 6:05 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The 16th-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team will face seventh-seeded LSU in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament Friday, March 4. The game will be carried live on FSN, ESPN3.com and the Big Blue Sports Network (radio) with Neil Price from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.... more »

• Beating Vandy Is A Must For Postseason Plans

  February 28, 2011 9:05 PM

  March is here. It's what True Blue fans have been waiting for since last year. While this season, so far, may not have provided the excitement of the 2010 squad, their work is far from over. This team has been bad on the road, there's no getting around that.... more »

• SEC Tournament Brings $12 Million In Revenue To Nashville

  March 16, 2010 12:42 PM

  Last week's SEC basketball tournament brought millions of dollars in revenue to Nashville. According to the Tennessean, basketball fans spent at least $12 million while visiting the city. Several downtown restaurants bars and hotels say they recorded record revenue, and had not seen similar sales since the last men's SEC... more »

• Calipari Hopes Young Team Now Understands "Intensity And Desire"

  March 12, 2010 4:56 PM

  John Calipari only hopes his young Kentucky Wildcats' first postseason game delivered the message he's been trying to send - tournament time requires more intensity and desire than the regular season. John Wall had 23 points, including seven straight in the second half to give the Wildcats the lead for... more »

• Wall Leads Cats Past Stubborn 'Bama, 73-67

  March 12, 2010 3:49 PM

  John Wall had 23 points, including seven straight in the second half to give the Wildcats the lead for good, and No. 2 Kentucky overcame an 11-point deficit Friday in beating Alabama 73-67 in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals. The win gave Kentucky its 12th 30-win season - the most... more »

• Game Day In Nashville, Cats vs. Tide

  March 12, 2010 11:16 AM

  Alabama is not afraid of Kentucky. The Tide have won three straight games, including Thursday's comeback from 18 down against South Carolina. They say they are a different team than when they lost to the Cats at Rupp by 11 points in February. Coach Cal said he didn't... more »

• Alabama Beats South Carolina, Will Face Cats Friday

  March 11, 2010 4:09 PM

  It was quite a comeback. Alabama trailed South Carolina by a whopping 18 points with just under 12 minutes to go in the opening game of the SEC Tournament. But the Tide wouldn't roll away. They continued to chip away at the lead. Led by Mikhail Torrance's 17 points,... more »

• Alabama First Up For UK After Tide Storms Back To Beat South Carolina

  March 11, 2010 3:15 PM

  Top-seeded UK's first SEC tournament game Friday will be against Alabama, which came back from an 18-point second-half deficit to beat South Carolina 68-63 in the first round of the tournament Thursday afternoon in Nashville. UK will play the Crimson Tide in the quarterfinals at 1 p.m. EST Friday.... more »

• Dunlap, Mathies Lead No. 19 UK Past Auburn In SEC Tourney Second Round

  March 5, 2010 5:09 PM

  DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Victoria Dunlap scored 24 points and A'dia Mathies added 15 to help No. 19 Kentucky beat Auburn 65-54 in the second round of the SEC tournament on Friday. Kentucky snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 2-5 against Auburn in the tournament. The Wildcats (24-6)... more »

• UK Women To Face Auburn In SEC Tourney On Friday

  March 4, 2010 8:02 PM

  The 19th-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team will face 10th-seeded Auburn in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament Friday, March 5. It marks the Cats' third game against Auburn this season, including the second meeting in less than a week. The game will be carried live on FSN and the... more »

• Pep Rally Set For Cats In Nashville

  March 4, 2010 7:58 PM

  Get ready for Wildcat action in the Southeastern Conference Tournament at the Greater Nashville UK Alumni Club Pep Rally March 12. The event will be held at the Wildhorse Saloon, located at 120 Second Avenue North, in downtown Nashville, and will begin start two and a half hours before tip-off... more »