http://www.kentuckybasketballblog.com Big Blue Nation Fan Site - Cats News, Scores, & Sports Talk Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:59:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On a day of upsets, 1 Kansas, 2 Villanova, and 3 New Mexico all saw their seasons come to an earlier end than expected.  Could Kentucky get by the upset bug against Wake Forest and move on to their first sweet sixteen since 2005? Wake Forest started the game on fire ... http://www.kentuckybasketballblog.com/a-1-2-3-punch-of-upsets-could-kentucky-get-by-wake-forest-20-march-2010/ The Kentucky Wildcats started their first game of the 2010 NCAA Tournament rather slowly, but that only lasted a few minutes until the Cats portrayed total dominance.  Patrick Patterson and Eric Bledsoe were both in double-figures in points half-way through the first half.  Both finished the first half having 15 ... http://www.kentuckybasketballblog.com/kentucky-wildcats-handle-east-tennessee-state-easily-ncaa-tournament-18-march-2010/ The brackets are out for the 2010 NCAA Tournament and Kentucky has earned the second Number 1 seed of the Tournament.  Kentucky was placed in the East Region and their first opponent will be East Tennessee St of the Atlantic Sun Conference.  The game will be played on Thursday, the ... http://www.kentuckybasketballblog.com/kentucky-earns-a-number-one-seed-in-the-east-ncaa-tournament-2010/ Kentucky came into the game looking for their first SEC Tournament Championship since 2004, while Mississippi State looked to repeat as champions to secure a bid for the NCAA Tournament.  The game started as a close game and continued that way throughout the game.  Neither team could gather a big ... http://www.kentuckybasketballblog.com/kentucky-beats-mississippi-state-in-a-thriller-sec-tournament-championship-14-march-2010/ The Volunteers came in as only one of two teams to edge out Kentucky in the regular season, but Kentucky would have none of it today.  Kentucky led early, and the Wildcats led by even more late in the game.  The Wildcats pulled out on Tennessee early in the game ... http://www.kentuckybasketballblog.com/kentucky-cruises-past-tennessee-in-sec-semifinals-13-march-2010/ It was the first game of an SEC Tournament for about half the Kentucky basketball players and the Alabama Crimson Tide showed them what it's all about.  The Tide jumped out to an early lead on Kentucky in the first half of the basketball game.  Alabama had just survived South Carolina ... http://www.kentuckybasketballblog.com/kentucky-holds-off-alabama-behind-wall-and-patterson-12-march-2010/ It was Senior Day in Rupp Arena, so naturally, the Seniors for the Kentucky Wildcats started the game.  The Seniors honored were Mark Krebs, Perry Stevenson, and Ramon Harris.  Patrick Patterson was also honored since he will be graduating in May of this year.  Now, on to the game. The Florida ... http://www.kentuckybasketballblog.com/kentucky-takes-care-of-florida-on-senior-day-7-march-2010/ After losing to the Tennessee Volunteers last week, the Kentucky Wildcats looked to get back on track in Georgia against the Bulldogs on Wednesday night.  The game started with the two teams going back and forth for most of the first half.  Neither team could run away with the game ... http://www.kentuckybasketballblog.com/kentucky-routes-georgia-3-march-2010/