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CELEBR 8


 

What makes Kentucky, Kentucky?
Doron Lamb's simple answer:
"Kentucky is a great basketball program.
We get the best players and we've got the best coach.
You can't beat that."

 

Cats Finish Job/Season With Championship
Defeat Kansas 67-59
Bring Home #8

Finish Season As National Champions, 38-2; 18-1

 

 

Cats Move Into Championship Game By Sending Cards Home
Cats Face Kansas For #8; Calipari To Exorcise 2008 Demons

Cats Will Put Their 37-2 Record On The Line For The Trophy

 

 

Cats Handle Baylor With Relative Ease,
Advance To Final Four


Final Four Is Packed With Marquee Programs
With Scores To Settle

Cats Advance To Play In-State Rival, Louisville; 36-2

 

 

Cats Get Full Measure Of Revenge On Hoosiers In Sweet 16

Cats Advance To Elite 8 Third Year In A Row; 35-2

 

 

Cats Dominate Iowa State
From 42-42 Tie To Win 87-71


Cats Get Rematch With Indiana; Opportunity To Avenge Only Regular Season Loss
Sweet 16 In Atlants; 34-2

 

 

Cats Handle Western Kentucky In NCAA First Round
Terrence Jones Is Leading the Way

Cats' Record Advances To 33-2

 

 

Davis On Cover of Sports Illustrated March Madness Issue

 

 

Cats Fall To Vanderbilt In SEC Championship Game by 7

Loss Ends 24 Game Win Streak, Drops Cats To 32-2
As NCAA Selection Sunday Arrives

 

 

Cats Put Florida Away For Third Time
In SEC Tournament; Jones-Davis Rule On Inside

Cats Move To Championship Game Against Vanderbilt
Advance Record To 32-1; 18-0

 

 

Cats Win Ugly In SEC Tournament Opener
Beat LSU by 9, 60-51

Cats Advance to 31-1; 17-0

 

Darius Miller Named Captain Of
SI.com's All-Glue Team

Coach Calipari "He doesn't compete. He completes ."
Florida coach Billy Donovan
"When it's the moment of truth, he makes so many critical plays."
Prior Honorees include: Derrick Jasper, 2008

 

ESPN The Magazine Features The Cats

On Its Cover

 

Kentucky's Anthony Davis is Sporting News Player of the Year



First Team All American;
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Second Team All American

 

 

Cats Finish Regular Season
With 30 Wins; One Loss; Perfect 16-0 in SEC
Throttle Florida by 15 in Gainesville

Finish Season with 22 Straight Wins, 30-1; 16-0

 

 

Cats Complete Third Season With Coach Calipari
Unbeaten At Rupp
Fans Say Farewell To Vargas and Miller
Cats Win By 30

Cats Protect #1 Ranking, Move to 29-1; 15-0
For Season Finale on Sunday

 

 

Cats Sweep Vanderbilt in 2012

Clinch SEC Title Outright, 28-1; 14-0
Probability of 16-0 SEC Record rises to 63%

 

 

Cats Handle Mississippi State In Starkville By 9

Cats Lock Up Tie For SEC Title with 3 Games Remaining
Advance Record to 27-1; 13-0

 

Kentucky Overpowers Mississippi In Weakest Effort In A Month

Advance To 26-1; 12-0

 

 

Cats Take Huge Step Toward Perfect SEC Season
Defeat Vanderbilt by 6 In Nashville
Jones Leads Team To Win After Shaky Start

Cats Record Advances To 25-1; 11-0

 

 

Cats Take Florida Apart By 20-Hit 9-15 From Three

Record Advances to 24-1; 10-0 As Trip To Vanderbilt Looms

 

 

Cats Take South Carolina Out in First 4 Minutes
Coast To 34 Point Road Win In UK's Most Complete Game

Record Moves To 23-1; 9-0 and 5-0 on SEC Road

 

Cats Take Tennessee Out In First 10 Minutes
Coast To 25 Point Win As Team Continues To Peak
Special Edition Three Photo Citation

Cats Securing Hold On SEC, Move to 22-1; 8-0

 

Cats Put It All Together and Overcome LSU Thuggery
For Complete Beat Down At LSU

 

#1 Ranked Cats Record Improves To 21-1; 7-0

 

 

Cats Protect Their Perfect SEC Record
With Third Road Win-At Georgia

Cats Wins 20th Game, Move To 20-1; 6-0

 

 

Cats Ward Off A Very Strong Alabama Team
Continue To Set SEC Pace

Move to 19-1; 5-0

 

Cats Return Home And Ride Dunk-Fest
To 23 Point Win Over Arkansas
Davis Sets Single Season Blocks Record During Game

Cats Move to 18-1; 4-0

 

 

Cats Survive By 3 Points At Tennessee
Get Second Straight SEC Road Win

Cats Move To 17-1; 3-0

 

 

Cats Get Tough 15 Point Road Win At Auburn

Cats Move to 16-1; 2-0

 

Cats Open SEC Play With 15 Point Win Over South Carolina
Late Game Defensive Lapses Allow Gamecocks
To Trim 10 Points From Lead

Cats Move to 15-1; 1-0

 

Cats Lethargic In 22 Point Win
Miller Joins 1,000 Point Club

Cats Finish Non-conference Schedule 14-1

 

Cats Get By Louisville's Slugfest
In A Game With 52 Fouls Called, This Was NOT One Of Them

Move To 13-1

 

Cats Begin Cardinal Week
With 22 Point Win Over Lamar's Cardinals

Cats Advance to 12-1 And
Begin To Focus On Little Brother's Cardinals

 

Kyle Wiltjer Finds His Shot And
Leads Cats To 24 Point Win Over Loyola

Cats Head Home For Christmas at 11-1

 

Cats Focus On Samford; Handle Bulldogs With Dispatch Without Terrence Jones

Move to 10-1 As Christmas Nears

 

Cats Coast Past Tennessee Chattanooga With Uninspired Play

Cats Advance to 9-1

 

Cats Fall At Indiana by 1 On Buzzer Beating Three Pointer
Despite Turnovers, Poor Three Point Shooting,
and Missed Free Throws
Cats Had Game Won, UNTIL......


Cats Fall To 8-1, Out of #1 Ranking After 2 Weeks

Cats Overcome Poor Outside Shooting and Hot UNC Shooting



Cats Beat Tar Heels - Remain Unbeated at 8-0

 

Cats Put St Johns Away By 22 In A Sleep Walk

Davis Two Blocks Shy Of Triple Double

Cats Manhandle Radford

Teague Cuts Turnovers From nearly 5 per game to only 2

 

Cats Struggle Against Aggressive Old Dominion

 

Cats Crush Penn State

 

Cats Get 10 Point Win Over Traditional Power Kansas
In MSG Despite Sloppy Play and 19 Turnovers


Cats Pass First Real Test of Season
Advance to 2-0; 0-0

 

Cats Open With 50 Point Win Over Marist
108-58


Record Eases Out To:
1-0; 0-0

 


Terrence Jones On Cover of Sports Illustrated

 

Kentucky 125 Morehouse College 40
Cats Explode Out of the Gate
Lead 63-6 In First Half

 

Kentucky 97 Transylvania 53
Cats Explode On Pioneers After Sluggish Start

 

Blues 126 Whites 104
Jones Puts Up 52 Points

Calipari Comments After the Scrimmage 

 

Coach Calipari Address the Big Blue Nation

At 2011 Big Blue Madness
"Tonight We Begin To Write the Next Chapter.
Tonight, We Feel the Kentucky Effect in Full Force
As We Once Again Redefine College Basketball"

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BIG BLUE MADNESS - 2011

 

Miller's Last Big Blue Madness

 

 

Anthony Davis Soaks Up Big Blue Madness Experience

 

"It's Going To Be CRAZY"

Teague: I've never seen anything like that in my life

 

"Going To Work Hard and Do Whatever Coach Cal Asks"

Wiltjer amazed by fan support at Madness

 

"Can't Get Somewhere Unless You Work Hard"

Same slogan, same hope at Kentucky
By Dana O'Neil

"Kentucky fans, they expect you to win a national championship every year," said senior Darius Miller

 

Calipari aims to make history
for Kentucky, himself
By Garry Parrish

"He's always got a great team and a great freshman class coming in. He's just not winning national championships. But [this] year we're gonna try to win it for him," said Kentucky sophomore Doron Lamb.

 

 

 

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The Sporting News Includes Two Wildcats On Their
Pre-Season All American Team
Terrence Jones-Second Team and Anthony Davis-First Team
Kentuciy Is Their Pre-Season #2 Team

The Nucleus Of A Championship?

MEET THE PLAYERS

The Seniors
Darius Miller and Eloy Vargas

The Returning Sophomores and Juniors
Doron Lamb and Terrence Jones

Stacey Poole and Jon Hood [Medical Redshirt in 2011-12]

The Freshmen
Marquis Teague and Anthony Davis

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Kyle Wiltjer

The Transfers
Twany Beckham and Ryan Harrow [Transfer RS 2011-12]

The Walk Ons
Jarrod Polson

Brian Long and Sam Malone


 

Since Coach Calipari Arrived at UK in April 2009
He Has Recruited the #1 Classes for 2009, 2010, and 2011

2011 Incoming Class

 

2011-12 Year Book Cover

2011-12 Basketball Fact Book Cover

 

 

 


POMEROY SCOUTING REPORT
KENTUCKY 2012

GAMER PREDICTIONS For 2011-12 Kentucky Wildcats

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