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The Kentucky men’s basketball team will make its annual presence felt at NBA All-Star weekend in New Orleans with nine Wildcats participating the league’s showcase of talent.
Headlined by three NBA All-Stars, more alumni than any other school, UK will touch nearly every part of All-Star weekend.
The main event will be Sunday night at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans for the All-Star Game....
The NBA season has been over for more than two weeks but that doesn’t stop players from competing in the summer months.
Two summer leagues began this week in Orlando and Utah, giving players an opportunity to earn roster spots and further develop their skills. Several former Kentucky standouts are playing in the two leagues, including Dakari Johnson and Trey Lyles.
Dakari Johnson is enjoying...
Former Kentucky men’s basketball players Trey Lyles and James Young will play in the NBA’s Utah Summer League, which begins Monday and runs through Thursday.
Lyles (2015) will play for the Utah Jazz while Young (2014) will suit up for the Boston Celtics for a third season.
Trey Lyles will play in the Utah Jazz summer league event this week
Former Wildcats Aaron Harrison (Charlotte Hornets), Dakari...
Willie Cauley-Stein, Andrew Harrison, Trey Lyles, Dakari Johnson, Devin Booker, Karl-Anthony Towns and Aaron Harrison declared for the NBA Draft April 9. (Photo by UK Athletics)
By Jonathan Coffman
KyForward intern
When John Calipari arrived as head coach of Kentucky in 2009, he came with a reputation for quickly developing future NBA superstars. But few expected there would soon be multiple...
Willie Cauley-Stein, Andrew Harrison, Trey Lyles, Dakari Johnson, Devin Booker, Karl-Anthony Towns and Aaron Harrison declared for the NBA Draft April 9. (Photo by UK Athletics)
By Jonathan Coffman
KyForward intern
When John Calipari arrived as head coach of Kentucky in 2009, he came with a reputation for quickly developing future NBA superstars. But few expected there would soon be multiple...
John Calipari’s summer Pro Camps will include all members of last year’s Wildcats who declared early for the NBA Draft (UK Athletics Photo)
Former Wildcats and current professionals Devin Booker, Willie Cauley-Stein, Dakari Johnson, Trey Lyles, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Aaron and Andrew Harrison will be the featured pros at the 2015 Kroger John Calipari ProCamps, which will be held...
Some experts predict Karl-Anthony Towns will be the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA draft and John Calipari thinks he’ll be one of at least five Cats to leave early (UK Athletics Photo / Chet White)
By Guy Ramsey
UK Athletics
John Calipari may have wanted a morning to decompress, some time to himself after a heartbreaking, season-ending defeat to Wisconsin on Saturday night.
He...
Trey Lyles looks for an opening against Wisconsin in the NCAA semifinal round Saturday (UK Athletics Photo/Bob Donnan-USA TODAY)
Kentucky basketball’s pursuit of perfection would have made for great cinema all along. But the ending is only reminiscent of a Shakespearean tragedy.
After a 38-0 start – the best in men’s Division I men’s college basketball – the show that captivated...
Trey Lyles looks for an opening against Wisconsin in the NCAA semifinal round Saturday (UK Athletics Photo/Bob Donnan-USA TODAY)
Kentucky basketball’s pursuit of perfection would have made for great cinema all along. But the ending is only reminiscent of a Shakespearean tragedy.
After a 38-0 start – the best in men’s Division I men’s college basketball – the show that captivated...
Trey Lyles cuts down the nets after Kentucky defeated Notre Dame in the Elite Eight to earn a trip to his hometown on Indianapolis for the Final Four (UK Athletics Photo / Chet White)
Long before he tweeted pictures of an NCAA regional trophy, before he tweeted about a snow day at UK and before he Instagrammed pictures of himself and his “brothers” going through the daily life of a Kentucky...
Former UK walk-on EJ Floreal is not only the team’s best dancer, he says he’s the best dunker, too (UK Athletics Photo)
Every team has its tics, its superstitions, its rituals. For the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats, their’s is EJ Floreal.
No one remembers how it started, or which game it preceded. But somebody on the team pushed Floreal in the middle of the pregame huddle...
Former UK walk-on EJ Floreal is not only the team’s best dancer, he says he’s the best dunker, too (UK Athletics Photo)
Every team has its tics, its superstitions, its rituals. For the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats, their’s is EJ Floreal.
No one remembers how it started, or which game it preceded. But somebody on the team pushed Floreal in the middle of the pregame huddle...
Trey Lyles, Karl-Anthony Towns and the rest of the Wildcats don’t seem to be feeling any pressure as the victories mount in what has been a perfect season (Jamie Vaught Photo)
Twenty minutes before undefeated Kentucky took on Cincinnati in Saturday’s Round of 32, Trey Lyles perked his head up during shoot-around. The speakers boomed with Beyonce belting “Crazy in Love,” and Lyles...
Willie Cauley-Stein had a monster dunk to spark a Kentucky run that led to a NCAA win over Cincinnati, giving the Cats a record 36-0 record (Jamie Vaught Photo)
If there is a style of play that No. 1 Kentucky hasn’t seen yet, it will probably have to be invented in the next couple weeks. And it still might not be enough to beat the Wildcats.
With a 64-51 win in a Round of 32 wrestling...
Willie Cauley_Stein had a monster dunk to spark a Kentucky run that led to a NCAA win over Cincinnati, giving the Cats a record 36-0 record (Jamie Vaught Photo)
If there is a style of play that No. 1 Kentucky hasn’t seen yet, it will probably have to be invented in the next couple weeks. And it still might not be enough to beat the Wildcats.
With a 64-51 win in a Round of 32 wrestling...
John Calipari has twice led the Wildcats to undefeated SEC seasons, 2012 in addition to this year. UK won the national championship in 2012 (Jamie Vaught Photo)
One year ago, it was Florida running the table in the Southeastern Conference, winning all 18 of its league games — including two over Kentucky.
Billy Donovan’s Gators then tripped up the Wildcats for a third time...
John Calipari has twice led the Wildcats to undefeated SEC seasons, 2012 in addition to this year. UK won the national championship in 2012 (Jamie Vaught Photo)
One year ago, it was Florida running the table in the Southeastern Conference, winning all 18 of its league games — including two over Kentucky.
Billy Donovan’s Gators then tripped up the Wildcats for a third time...
John Calipari rewarded his three walk-on seniors with a start against Florida Saturday as the Wildcats completed an undefeated regular season with a win over Florida (Photos by Jamie Vaught)
There was no confetti, no streamers falling from the rafters. No trophies or rings.
But there were T-shirts, and an aura of history, nevertheless.
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UK forward Trey Lyles earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the second time this season (Jamie Vaught Photo)
Trey Lyles was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday after a breakout week in which he led top-ranked Kentucky to a pair of wins, including a Southeastern Conference championship-clinching win over No. 18/16 Arkansas.
Lyles picked up the honor for the second time this season....
Tyler Ulis and Aaron Harrison applied the defensive pressure in Kentucky’s lopsided win over No. 18 Arkansas, its 29th win without a loss on the season (UK Athletics Photo)
Nine McDonald’s All-Americans are one thing. But nine McDonald’s All-Americans with motivation and a killer instinct is a whole new level, and it’s a level that No. 1 Kentucky reached Saturday in its 84-67 win...