Nerlens Noel

MOON, Pa. - Mike McFadden hit two free throws with 8.7 seconds remaining and Robert Morris shocked defending national champion Kentucky 59-57 in the opening round of the NIT on Tuesday night. The Wildcats decided not to call timeout after the second free...

Kentucky, last season's national champion, headlines the list of teams set to compete in this year's NIT. The Wildcats aren't the only SEC team snubbed by the NCAA tournament selection committee. Alabama and Tennessee also missed the cut, marking the...

Louisville is the top seed in the NCAA tournament after a topsy-turvy season in college basketball, capped by another round of upsets over the weekend. That other team from the Bluegrass State won't even get a chance to defend its national title....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — He had a towel draped over his head and tears streaming down both cheeks as he proclaimed he was the reason Kentucky’s NCAA tournament hopes may have disappeared. Sophomore point guard Ryan Harrow wasn’t the only...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Dai-Jon Parker scored 12 points, and the Vanderbilt Commodores beat Kentucky 64-48 Friday night in a rematch of last year's Southeastern Conference tournament championship and put a serious dent in the Wildcats' hopes of at least having...

When University of Kentucky athletics officials told coach John Calipari a few weeks ago that if his team did not make the NCAA Tournament UK could not host a NIT game, the coach said he “absolutely” still wanted to play. Kentucky did stumble...

LEXINGTON — As speculation continues about what Kentucky’s roster might look like next season, UK coach John Calipari was mum about whether any players would not be welcomed back next year. “Well, we’ll sit down and all that stuff...

His first two years at Kentucky, the Wildcats went to the Final Four each time and won the national championship in 2013. Coming off the success he had at West¿Jessamine High School the last two years of his prep career, UK junior Jarrod Polson expected...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Blue Ribbon College Basketball editor Chris Dortch covers Southeastern Conference basketball — and writes for nba.com — was in Nashville for the SEC Tournament.  He’s know Kentucky coach John Calipari since his...

Louisville is the top seed in the NCAA tournament after a topsy-turvy season in college basketball, capped by another round of upsets over the weekend. That other team from the Bluegrass State won't even get a chance to defend its national title....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Does Kentucky belong in the NCAA Tournament? “I don't know. When you play a game like this, it hurts you,” said Kentucky coach John Calipari after Friday’s 64-48 loss to Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference...

The hours before Selection Sunday are what Lakers announcer Chick Hearn used to call "nervous time." Defending national champion Kentucky might want to chew on some of Jerry Tarkanian's old towels after probably blowing its bubble bid with an early...