Tag: SEC

SEC Notebook

SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn Tournament Brackets Shaping Up With one game left for each team in the regular season, the SEC Tournament field is all but set. The only seed that is up for grabs is the number one spot in the West. If Alabama wins this weekend, they […]

SEC Notebook

SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn Just to illustrate the great parity in the SEC, South Carolina shocked the 3rd-ranked Kentucky Wildcats on Tuesday. A season-high 21 turnovers, combined with just 35% shooting from the field, prevented the Wildcats from getting anything going down the stretch. The other big game this […]

SEC Notebook

SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn The SEC season continues to be utterly unpredictable. In the past few games, Kentucky squeaked out a victory by one point, a Vandy freshman has scored 30 points, and Alabama trounced a “top” conference team by almost 50. It is becoming clear that this year’s […]

SEC Notebook

SEC Notebook by Ryan Glenn SEC Player of the Week Vanderbilt’s Mario Moore was named SEC Player of the Week following Vanderbilt’s impressive wins over Alabama and Tennessee. Moore averaged 17 points and 5 assists in the two games. During the Alabama game, he helped the Commodores take control of […]

SEC Preview

SEC Conference Preview by Thomas Beisner The Southeastern Conference enters its 72nd season with an influx of new talent, one new coach and several teams looking to unseat the powers at the top. Unfortunately for these teams, Kentucky again looks to be at the head of the class. The Eastern […]

SEC Offseason News

SEC 2004 Offseason News Recap by Thomas Beisner Another hot, sticky summer came to an end in the Southeastern Conference and after the haze cleared there were some serious changes to some teams. Alabama The only real news at Alabama over the summer was the appointment of coach Mark Gottfried […]

Kentucky Midnight Madness

Live from Lexington – Big Blue Madness by Thomas Beisner The Kentucky Wildcats kicked off their 101st basketball season Friday at midnight in a packed Memorial Coliseum with their appropriately named Big Blue Madness. Ashley Judd and former players Sam Bowie and Larry Conley emceed the festivities but it seemed […]

SEC Recap

SEC 2003-04 Season Recap by Thomas Beisner Mississippi State and Kentucky were in a two way battle for SEC supremacy throughout the season. After a last second victory in Starkville, it looked like UK had the upper hand. In the end, Mississippi State was a game better and claimed the […]

A Look Back at Dirk Nowitzki

What Could Have Been: Nowitzki for the Wildcats by Thomas Beisner At the time, German basketball star Dirk Nowitzki’s decision to enter the National Basketball Association rather than enroll at UK and play hoops at Rupp made little noise in Wildcat country because foreign players did not make big impacts […]

SEC Semifinals Recap

Southeastern Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Matt Jones Kentucky 78 South Carolina 63 The Big Blue Nation was out once again in full force for this opening game of the semi-final session and they certainly had to be pleased with the show that Kentucky put on. The Cats got off […]