Kentucky Wildcats Archive

Kentucky is a great job, if you like insane expectations and a rabid fanbase

  • Alex Bozich 03/26/2009 2:42 pm  
 

As I watched the Hoosiers struggle through a six win season, I took some solace in what I saw take place in Lexington, Kentucky this season. Despite two future NBA players and one of the worst years ever in the ...

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Around the Hall: IU-UK

  • Staff 12/14/2008 9:17 am  
 

Around the Hall is recommended reading from the Inside the Hall crew. IU’s abysmal start {Indianapolis Star} Jones gets physical in return to action {Indianapolis Star} IU never got started {Herald Times} Crean or Patton? {Hoosier Scoop} Wildcats ripped at ...

Hoosiers can’t overcome early surge from UK

  • Alex Bozich 12/13/2008 10:43 pm  
 

The combination of Kentucky playing its best six minutes of basketball and Indiana playing perhaps its worst six minutes of basketball was too much for the Hoosiers to overcome Saturday afternoon in Rupp Arena. The Wildcats (7-3) jumped to a ...

Good, Bad and Ugly: UK – Open Thread

  • Alex Bozich 12/13/2008 6:15 pm  
 

That was awful. Wait, it was worse that that. What’s the word I’m looking for here…Horrendous, Atrocious, Deplorable. All of those work, so take your pick. With Sir Ryan out of commission this evening, it’s time to open up this ...

Early line: Kentucky by 18

  • Alex Bozich 12/12/2008 5:59 pm  
 

The oddsmakers in Vegas like the Wildcats to win big — by 18 to be exact on Vegasinsider.com — in tomorrow’s game at Rupp Arena. Kentucky is coming off a 23-point home win against Mississippi Valley State, but they’ve already ...

Know Thy Opponent: Kentucky Wildcats

  • Alex Bozich 12/12/2008 9:15 am  
 

John Clay is a columnist for the Lexington Herald Leader and is the author of Sidelines. He covered Kentucky football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. We recently caught up with him for a Kentucky edition ...

Should IU block Jordan Crawford from transferring to Kentucky?

  • Alex Bozich 06/15/2008 10:33 am  
 

The latest departure in the mass exodus from the Indiana program, Jordan Crawford, is reportedly hopeful that he’ll garner interest from a program in Lexington, Kentucky. This according to Jerry Tipton of The Lexington Herald Leader, who got the following ...

Le Weekend: Louisville and Kentucky aren’t good

  • Alex Bozich 01/04/2008 6:13 pm  
 

Le Weekend is Inside the Hall’s look at what’s ahead this weekend in college hoops. It’s also a perfect opportunity to post pictures of hot chicks, like Jessica Biel. – Not a lot going on in Hoosierland this weekend, but ...

The Morning After: Kentucky

  • Eamonn Brennan 12/09/2007 12:23 pm  
 

Big win, huh? After hearing early in the day that Armon Bassett would miss the game alongside Eric Gordon, I was worried. Of course, I am neurotic about wins and losses; I always think IU will lose even if it ...

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No Gordon, No Bassett, No problem for IU

  • Alex Bozich 12/08/2007 6:16 pm  
 

No Eric Gordon. No Armon Bassett. No problem for No. 15 Indiana. Jordan Crawford returned from a three-game suspension to score 20 points and D.J. White added 16 points and 13 rebounds as the Hoosiers crushed Kentucky, 70-51. Gordon missed ...

Game Thread: Kentucky @ Indiana

  • Alex Bozich 12/08/2007 11:40 am  
 

Opponent: Kentucky Date: Saturday, December 8, 2007 | 4:05 EST Arena: Assembly Hall (17,357) – Bloomington, Indiana Line: Indiana by 8 All-time series: Kentucky leads 28-22 TV: CBS (Verne Lundquist and Billy Packer) Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Todd ...

IU-UK: Keys to the game and fearless predictions

  • Alex Bozich 12/07/2007 4:06 pm  
 

Our Hoosiers host everyone’s favorite team, the Kentucky Wildcats, tomorrow afternoon in Assembly Hall. It’ll be the first appearance for Big Blue in Assembly Hall in 17 years. That meeting saw a No. 7 Hoosier team hold off the pesky ...

Inaugural Inside the Hall Podcast: You know, you know, you know

  • Ryan Corazza 12/06/2007 1:00 pm  
 

OK, so, hang with us here. Me and E hastily threw together a podcast last night, and well, there’s more than a few glitches. My mic messes up a few times (especially during the stripe out part), the editing is ...

Know Thy Opponent: Kentucky Wildcats

  • Alex Bozich 12/06/2007 6:00 am  
 

John Clay is a columnist for the Lexington Herald Leader. He covered Kentucky football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. We recently caught up with him for a special Q & A edition of Know Thy ...

Where will Ratliff fit in Hoosier rotation?

  • Alex Bozich 11/08/2007 5:00 am  
 

One of the more disappointing pieces of news this offseason was the announcement that A.J. Ratliff would be academically ineligible the first semester. I’ve always liked Ratliff’s talent, but he’s never really put it all together for a full season ...

Hoosiers ranked No. 9 in preseason coaches poll

  • Alex Bozich 10/26/2007 12:18 pm  
 

The first college hoops poll of the season was released today and IU is represented as a top 10 preseason selection by the coaches. The Hoosiers are slotted at No. 9, just behind Michigan State. When was the last time ...