Kentucky basketball fans flooded the streets of Lexington following the men's team winning the national championship over Kansas. Dozens were arrested and one person was shot in the celebrations.
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Selasa, 03 April 2012
Kentucky Cruises Early, Holds on to Win Title / Kentucky Fans Celebrate Championship
Kentucky dominated early and held on to beat the Kansas Jayhawks 67-59 to the school's eighth NCAA basketball title and the first for coach John Calipari. As AP's Haven Daley reports, the 'Cats are savoring the moment.
Kentucky basketball fans flooded the streets of Lexington following the men's team winning the national championship over Kansas. Dozens were arrested and one person was shot in the celebrations.
Kentucky basketball fans flooded the streets of Lexington following the men's team winning the national championship over Kansas. Dozens were arrested and one person was shot in the celebrations.
Kentucky Beats Kansas For NCAA Title
By EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Before his confetti-flecked suit gets back from the cleaners, John Calipari will be on the road.
Such is life for a coach who recruits all that NBA-ready talent - especially when those players get in the habit of bringing championships back to their ol' Kentucky home.
Cal's latest group of one-and-doners doesn't have much left to prove at this level. Despite a rough shooting night by the best of Kentucky's talented freshmen, Anthony Davis, the Wildcats defeated Kansas 67-59 on Monday night to win their eighth national title, and first since 1998. CONTINUE....
AP National Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Before his confetti-flecked suit gets back from the cleaners, John Calipari will be on the road.
Such is life for a coach who recruits all that NBA-ready talent - especially when those players get in the habit of bringing championships back to their ol' Kentucky home.
Cal's latest group of one-and-doners doesn't have much left to prove at this level. Despite a rough shooting night by the best of Kentucky's talented freshmen, Anthony Davis, the Wildcats defeated Kansas 67-59 on Monday night to win their eighth national title, and first since 1998. CONTINUE....
Minggu, 01 April 2012
Basketball Battle In The Bayou: UK-KU Preview
John Calipari and his Kentucky juggernaut will face Kansas for the national championship Monday night. Bill Self's Jayhawks are the same school that beat Memphis in overtime for the 2008 NCAA title, back when Calipari was coaching the Memphis Tigers.
Kentucky Fans Burn Car
Thousands of University of Kentucky fans swarmed the streets of Lexington last night after the men's basketball team beat cross-state rival Louisville. At least one car was set on fire.
Kentucky's Anthony Davis Honored As Top Player
Atlanta Tipoff Club
Throughout its storied history on the hardwood, Kentucky had yet to win the sport’s most prestigious award. That streak ended Sunday when freshman forward/center Anthony Davis was named winner of the 2012 Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T as the Men’s College Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced. He joins Texas’ Kevin Durant (2007) as the only freshmen to win the award. Davis was honored at the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Guardians of the Game Awards Program at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La.
Other finalists for the award included Draymond Green (Michigan State), Doug McDermott (Creighton) and Thomas Robinson (Kansas).
Davis, who racked up conference awards for his regular‐season performance, including SEC Player of the Year, SEC Freshman of the Year, SEC Defensive Player of the Year and a first‐team All-SEC selection, averaged 14.1 points and 10.1 rebounds per game this season, leading the Wildcats to an SEC regular-season championship. Entering the 2012 NCAA tournament as the No. 1 overall seed, Kentucky has relied on the solid play of Davis, who has averaged 15.2 points and 11.2 rebounds in the tournament, and matched his regular‐season average of 4.6 blocks per game. Kentucky defeated Louisville Saturday 69‐61 to make its first NCAA championship game berth since 1998. MORE....
Throughout its storied history on the hardwood, Kentucky had yet to win the sport’s most prestigious award. That streak ended Sunday when freshman forward/center Anthony Davis was named winner of the 2012 Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T as the Men’s College Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced. He joins Texas’ Kevin Durant (2007) as the only freshmen to win the award. Davis was honored at the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Guardians of the Game Awards Program at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La.
Other finalists for the award included Draymond Green (Michigan State), Doug McDermott (Creighton) and Thomas Robinson (Kansas).
Davis, who racked up conference awards for his regular‐season performance, including SEC Player of the Year, SEC Freshman of the Year, SEC Defensive Player of the Year and a first‐team All-SEC selection, averaged 14.1 points and 10.1 rebounds per game this season, leading the Wildcats to an SEC regular-season championship. Entering the 2012 NCAA tournament as the No. 1 overall seed, Kentucky has relied on the solid play of Davis, who has averaged 15.2 points and 11.2 rebounds in the tournament, and matched his regular‐season average of 4.6 blocks per game. Kentucky defeated Louisville Saturday 69‐61 to make its first NCAA championship game berth since 1998. MORE....
Kentucky Will Face Kansas In The NCAA Title Game
Kansas and Kentucky survived the Final Four semifinals Saturday night to advance to Monday's NCAA championship game. Kansas edged Ohio State, while Kentucky eliminated Louisville.
Sabtu, 31 Maret 2012
Final Four Set To Go In New Orleans
The national semifinal games in the men's NCAA basketball tournament take place Saturday in New Orleans. The first of the Final Four games has Kentucky playing Louisville with Ohio State facing Kansas in the second contest.
Jumat, 30 Maret 2012
Kentucky's Anthony Davis Is Associated Press' Player Of The Year
Anthony Davis is The Associated Press' college basketball Player of the Year, the first Kentucky player and second freshman to win the award. Frank Haith capped his first season at Missouri by being selected AP's Coach of the Year.
Senin, 26 Maret 2012
Kentucky, Kansas Head To Final Four
Kentucky and Kansas round out the Final Four field in New Orleans. Kentucky won the South Regional 82-70 over Baylor and Kansas pulled away from North Carolina 80-67.
Senin, 12 Maret 2012
NCAA Men's Basketball Field Is Set
Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina and Michigan State lead the way as the top seeds in the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament.
Minggu, 11 Maret 2012
Kentucky Snares No. 1 Overall Seed
The Associated Press
This time around, the madness began before the brackets even came out.
Kentucky, Syracuse and North Carolina all earned top seeding for the NCAA tournament Sunday despite weekend losses that brought even more intrigue to the three-week, 67-game tournament better known as March Madness.
Michigan State earned the other No. 1 seed and was the only one of the four top-billed teams to win its conference tournament. The Spartans defeated Ohio State 68-64 in the Big Ten title game — a contest widely viewed as the game for the last No. 1 seed, even if selection committee chairman Jeff Hathaway wouldn’t quite go there.
“As it turned out, this game put the No. 1 seed into the field,” he said.
While No. 2 seeds Kansas, Duke, Missouri and Ohio State wonder whether they could’ve been rated higher, teams such as Drexel, Seton Hall, Mississippi State and Pac-12 regular-season champion Washington think about what might have been. Those bubble teams were left out, and all will be wondering how Iona, California and South Florida made it.
In the moments immediately after the brackets came out, the Iona-Drexel debate was getting the most traction. MORE....
This time around, the madness began before the brackets even came out.
Kentucky, Syracuse and North Carolina all earned top seeding for the NCAA tournament Sunday despite weekend losses that brought even more intrigue to the three-week, 67-game tournament better known as March Madness.
Michigan State earned the other No. 1 seed and was the only one of the four top-billed teams to win its conference tournament. The Spartans defeated Ohio State 68-64 in the Big Ten title game — a contest widely viewed as the game for the last No. 1 seed, even if selection committee chairman Jeff Hathaway wouldn’t quite go there.
“As it turned out, this game put the No. 1 seed into the field,” he said.
While No. 2 seeds Kansas, Duke, Missouri and Ohio State wonder whether they could’ve been rated higher, teams such as Drexel, Seton Hall, Mississippi State and Pac-12 regular-season champion Washington think about what might have been. Those bubble teams were left out, and all will be wondering how Iona, California and South Florida made it.
In the moments immediately after the brackets came out, the Iona-Drexel debate was getting the most traction. MORE....
Rabu, 07 Maret 2012
NCAA Tournament Selection Chairman: Kentucky, Syracuse Have NCAA Edge
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeEven the chairman of the tight-lipped NCAA selection committee can't deny this simple fact: Heading into this week's conference tournaments, there's Kentucky and Syracuse, and then everybody else.
In a teleconference to preview Sunday's release of the NCAA tournament pairings, committee chairman Jeff Hathaway all but handed two of the four top seeds to the Wildcats and Orange, each of whom entered their conference tournaments with a record of 30-1.
"I think we all agree that if the season ended today, we know who the two best teams are," he said Wednesday. "If you're looking at 3 and 4 on the first line and the entire second line, we have the same handful of teams in mind but where they would be laced will be a tremendous debate."
Though Hathaway, the former athletic director at defending national champion Connecticut, did not get specific, among those lumped into consideration for the other top seeds are Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio State and Michigan State.
The brackets come out Sunday evening, with the tournament starting Tuesday. MORE....
Selasa, 06 Maret 2012
Patrick Ewing Among 10 Chosen For College Basketball Hall Of Fame
Image via WikipediaAP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Joe B. Hall played under Adolph Rupp at Kentucky in the late-1940s. He spent seven years as an assistant to the Baron of the Bluegrass, too.
So when Rupp stepped down after winning nearly 900 games and four national championships, and Hall was appointed his successor, the size of the challenge never really occurred to him. FULL STORY....
Senin, 05 Maret 2012
USA Today / ESPN Men's College Basketball Coaches Poll - March 5, 2012 (CBSSports.com)
| Rankings updated (03/05/2012) | ||||
| Rank | Teams (first-place votes) | Schedules/Results | Points | Prev |
| 1 |  Kentucky (31)Overall: 30-1 Conference: 16-0 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 775 | 1 | |
| 2 |  SyracuseOverall: 30-1 Conference: 17-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 744 | 2 | |
| 3 |  KansasOverall: 26-5 Conference: 16-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 703 | 4 | |
| 4 |  North CarolinaOverall: 27-4 Conference: 14-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 690 | 6 | |
| 5 |  MissouriOverall: 27-4 Conference: 14-4 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 620 | 8 | |
| 6 |  DukeOverall: 26-5 Conference: 13-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 604 | 3 | |
| 7 |  Ohio StateOverall: 25-6 Conference: 13-5 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 575 | 11 | |
| 8 |  Michigan StateOverall: 24-7 Conference: 13-5 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 540 | 5 | |
| 9 |  MarquetteOverall: 25-6 Conference: 14-4 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 537 | 7 | |
| 10 |  Murray StateOverall: 30-1 Conference: 17-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 526 | 9 | |
| 11 |  BaylorOverall: 25-6 Conference: 12-6 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 03/08 vs. Kansas State 12:30 PM EST | 422 | 10 |
| 12 |  WisconsinOverall: 23-8 Conference: 12-6 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 417 | 15 | |
| 13 |  MichiganOverall: 23-8 Conference: 13-5 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 397 | 16 | |
| 14 |  GeorgetownOverall: 22-7 Conference: 12-6 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 369 | 12 | |
| 15 |  IndianaOverall: 24-7 Conference: 11-7 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 03/08 vs. Penn State 1:55 PM EST | 287 | 20 |
| 16 |  Wichita StateOverall: 27-5 Conference: 17-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 241 | 14 | |
| 17 |  Florida StateOverall: 21-9 Conference: 12-4 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 199 | 22 | |
| 18 |  St. Mary'sOverall: 26-5 Conference: 15-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 03/05 vs. Gonzaga 9:00 PM EST | 198 | 21 |
| 19 |  FloridaOverall: 22-9 Conference: 10-6 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 187 | 13 | |
| 20 |  UNLVOverall: 25-7 Conference: 9-5 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 03/08 Wyoming 11:30 PM EST | 181 | 17 |
| 21 |  San Diego StateOverall: 24-6 Conference: 10-4 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 03/08 vs. Boise State 3:00 PM EST | 165 | 23 |
| 22 |  CreightonOverall: 28-5 Conference: 17-4 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 164 | 24 | |
| 23 |  Notre DameOverall: 21-10 Conference: 13-5 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 134 | 19 | |
| 24 |  TempleOverall: 24-6 Conference: 13-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 112 | 25 | |
| 25 |  GonzagaOverall: 25-5 Conference: 14-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster | 03/05 vs. St. Mary's 9:00 PM EST | 80 | 26 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Louisville (22-9) 60; New Mexico (24-6) 26; Iowa State (22-9) 24; Memphis (23-8) 24; Drexel (27-5) 21; Virginia (22-8) 18; Kansas State (21-9) 11; Mississippi State (21-10) 8; Saint Louis (24-6) 6; Nevada (25-5) 3; Virginia Commonwealth (27-6) 3; Harvard (26-4) 2; Middle Tennessee (25-6) 1; Montana (23-6) 1 | ||||
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