Tag: Kentucky Wildcats

Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Greg Sankey talks about the advantages of the 9-game football schedule format

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DESTIN, Fla. — Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Greg Sankey has made particular note of his preference for coordinating the football schedule for its members. And if his schools can’t reach a consensus this week at the SEC meetings, Sankey can step in to try to push the resolution toward what he personally believes is in the best interests of the conference. What that will be — going to nine games or staying in eight — Sankey won’t say on the eve of the SEC meetings. But as he spoke…

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Kentucky pride: Nuggets’ Jamal Murray handoff in Game 1, but Game 3 belonged to Suns’ Devin Booker

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PHOENIX — Devin Booker scored his first points on a lane runner, a shot Sun guards practice with before every game so loose it seemed to unfold in slow motion. Denver’s Jamaal Murray responded quickly, dribbled right and hit a hop-up back. They are KFC products. Two of the best guards in the NBA. Only 26 years old. Murray starred in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinal Series. But Game 3 belongs to Booker. In a must-have situation Friday night, Booker scored 47 points to lift the Suns to…

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Sankey: The SEC is discussing a “series” of ideas to address field and court safety concerns

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IRVING, Texas — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Greg Sankey said Tuesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission continues to discuss a “continuum” of ideas to address safety concerns from field forays and courthouse forays. Speaking at College Football’s annual spring meetings, Sankey said the three-member working group tasked with evaluating the SEC’s current event safety policies and potential changes to them had discussed several ideas, including: no penalties, doubling of fines Fines are tripled. , the penalties quadrupled, and the loss of the game for the home team and…

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Bronny James, Ron Holland, DJ Wagner, and notes from the McDonald’s All-American Game

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All 24 players selected for the 46th Annual McDonald’s All-American Game met in Houston at the Mi3 Center to showcase their skills to more than 50 NBA scouts and members of the media who showed up for Tuesday’s game (9 p.m. EST, ESPN). ). As one scout put it: “The real action is during practices and scrimmages. Tuesday’s game is just an open running session.” There’s been a lot of talk about Bronny James, from when he’s going to make his commitment decision to how he’s going to take on…

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Kentucky’s basketball woes resurfaced in the SEC Championship loss to Vanderbilt

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Nashville, Tenn. — If Kentucky’s bizarre, upside-down basketball season has taught us anything, it’s this: Count these Wildcats at your own risk. But this too: Count on these cats at equal (or maybe even greater) risk. And so it was Friday night again in the SEC Tournament, as third-ranked Kentucky collapsed to Vanderbilt and was knocked out in the quarterfinals with an 80-73 loss less than a week after a stunning upset victory in pointless Arkansas. From everything possible to everything that ignites, again and again. This is the story…

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Are Georgia and South Carolina set to play each other less frequently in the new SEC schedule?

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Georgia and South Carolina have played every year since 1992, when the latter joined the SEC. Prior to that, the two frontier rivals roughly 160 miles apart had played nearly every year since 1958. So the natural assumption was, provided the new SEC schedule moved to nine games, that the Bulldogs and Gamecocks would match up as annual rivals. But that may not be the case. South Carolina Athletic Director Ray Tanner, in discussing the schedule Monday, first emphasized that the three annual contenders weren’t finalized: “We’ve talked about different…

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Sixth man? Antonio Reeves is Kentucky’s recording machine right now

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There is no way. Kentucky beat Arkansas on Saturday without a single point guard? Is it arguably against the SEC’s most talented backroom? Not only should the Wildcats have lost this game, but the Razorbacks should have played it live from the Bud Walton Arena as well. No Wheeler, no Casson Wallace, three total points from Chris Livingston and CJ Frederick, and Oscar Chebue a foul with five minutes left? That’s the kicker recipe—and that’s exactly what Kentucky gave Arkansas. wait what? from? how? Kentucky led by 35 1/2 minutes,…

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Rexrode: The Vols’ loss to Kentucky feels like a March, and it’s not good

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Knoxville, Tennessee. – The last time Rick Barnes’ Tennessee Volunteers faced any pressure getting into a basketball game, they greeted it with a blistering, frantic performance and fell into a whirlwind of long misses, the kind of shots that don’t fall when you play tight and frantic. It was March 20 in Indianapolis, a 76-68 NCAA Tournament second-round loss for No. 3 seed to No. 11 seed Michigan. We’re sorry to bring it up, but the flashbacks from being on the side of the court in that game while sitting…

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Tucker: Alabama removed all doubt — Kentucky stinks

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Tuscaloosa, Ala. — John Calipari looked dazed and confused, wearing a dim look, his hair which had become an ever-graying pile after being dragged around for two frustrating hours on a Saturday afternoon. As the waning gasps of Kentucky’s final insult under him, a 78-52 loss to seventh-ranked Alabama, Coleman Coliseum’s student section serenaded Calipari with chants of “NIT! Fool! Fool!” Most have turned free promotional hard hats into little billboards on which they scribble insults to wild cats and their 63-year-old trainer. Someone read “cal washes”. Then, Crimson Tide…

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Can Kentucky basketball right the ship in the SEC? Here are 4 ways to improve

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With a third of the regular season gone and the SEC’s grueling schedule, we still don’t know much about Kentucky. But that’s a lot we do: The Wildcats (8-3) should be better than they have been so far. Much better. They brought back the National Player of the Year, the SEC leader and the former Big Ten 3-point percentage leader, added two McDonald’s All-Americans and the second-leading scorer in the Missouri Valley Conference—but for now, none better than the fourth-best. A team in the SEC, certainly behind Tennessee, Arkansas, and…

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