Alex Poythress

Jackson Ives got just what he wanted at John Calipari’s camp — and not what he feared. The Stanford boy was looking forward to his chance to meet Calipari during the Kentucky coach’s satellite camp Monday at Boyle County High School. He...

Perhaps the 80 youngsters expected to be entertained with inside stories about Kentucky’s upcoming basketball season or learn about John Calipari’s recruiting secrets. Instead, the Calipari Satellite Camp at Boyle County High School on...

She was holding two basketballs, two camp T-shirts and two backpacks, but Harrodsburg’s Christie McGlone wasn’t going to miss a chance to take a picture of her two sons with Kentucky basketball senior Jarrod Polson — or any UK coach or...

When Marcus Lee decided to play for Kentucky, he was just thrilled he would get to be part of the program’s tradition and play for coach John Calipari. The 6-10 California center had no idea he would become part of a historic recruiting class....

Count Florida’s Will Yeguete as one who expects big things from Willie Cauley-Stein next season. Yeguete said he was impressed by the progress the Kentucky center showed in the second of two meetings between the Wildcats and Gators and said he...

LEXINGTON — If Kentucky coach John Calipari is right, last year’s NIT season was “the beginnings of success” for the upcoming season for the Wildcats. “What we’re about to undertake has never been done before....

Kentucky missed out on Andrew Wiggins earlier this week, but John Calipari hasn’t changed his mind about next year’s team. Wiggins, considered the top prospect in the nation, chose Kansas over Kentucky, Florida State and North Carolina....

What impact will it have on Kentucky now that Andrew Wiggins, the nation’s No. 1 recruit, has announced he will not play for the Wildcats? Instead, the Huntington (W.Va.) Prep star announced Tuesday that he was going to play for Kansas and not UK,...

NBADraftblog.com’s Ed Isaacson correctly predicted that two of Kentucky’s freshmen (Archie Goodwin and Nerlens Noel) would put their name into the NBA draft and two (Willie Cauley-Stein and Alex Poythress) would return to UK for their...

LEXINGTON — Nerlens Noel is headed to the NBA, and could be the No. 1 pick in the June draft, but he thinks Kentucky has a rising star for next year in center Willie Cauley-Stein. “Another year, Willie can be one of the best big men in the...

Mark Dec. 28 as the day where anyone who is a college basketball fan will be paying attention to the Bluegrass. Sources have confirmed that’s the date for the Kentucky-Louisville game in Rupp Arena. Kentucky won the national championship in 2012...

LEXINGTON — Alex Poythress isn't second guessing his decision to return to Kentucky next season. “I'm happy with my choice of coming back,” Poythress said Monday. “It was a long process and you just wanted to make sure your heart...