DeMarcus Cousins News

Kentucky has long trumpeted itself as the program with "the greatest tradition in college basketball." Now the Wildcats are closing in on another piece of history: the first program with 2,000 victories.

Behind the bar at Two Keys Tavern, one of this town's best-known watering holes, there's a 3-liter tower for dispensing drinks.

Kentucky freshman center DeMarcus Cousins' career is seven games old. He is already a veteran when it comes to gamesmanship.

DeMarcus Cousins scored a season high of 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead fifth-ranked Kentucky to a 94-57 win over North Carolina-Asheville last night in Louisville, Ky.

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In what appears to be a monumental mismatch, the Kentucky Wildcats welcome the UNC Asheville Bulldogs to Rupp Arena in Lexington tonight.

Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson walked toward the Louisville Cardinal logo splashed across midcourt at Freedom Hall on Sunday night, looked over his shoulder and did a playful jump-stop on the bird.

John Wall's game-winning shot at the buzzer gave Kentucky a 72-70 win over Miami .

After beating Stanford on Wednesday, Kentucky Coach John Calipari kept emphasizing that the victory would not have come without DeMarcus Cousins' contributions.

The championship game of the Cancun Challenge will feature a matchup between the Stanford Cardinal and the fifth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats.

You'd have to be a pretty hardened, cynical person to doubt that coach John Calipari's Kentucky Wildcats are going to be anything less than great this season, particularly if junior forward Patrick Patterson and freshman guard John Wall stay reasonably healthy.

The gesture was a simple one, a nod of respect from one teammate to another. It meant a whole lot more than that to Kentucky coach John Calipari.

The fifth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats leave the friendly confines of Rupp Arena for the first time this season, as they travel to Mexico for this afternoon's showdown with the Cleveland State Vikings as part of the Cancun Challenge.

John Calipari is far from satisfied with his team's defense, but Kentucky 's first-year coach saw progress in the Wildcats' last game.

NCAA: Wildcats buck Broncos John Wall #11 of the Kentucky Wildcats celebrates after dunking the ball during the game against the Rider Broncs on November 21, 2009 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

Freshman John Wall scored 21 points, dished out 11 assists and grabbed six rebounds to help fourth-ranked Kentucky cruise to a 92-63 win over Rider at Rupp Arena.

Kentucky center DeMarcus Cousins saw Rider's Brandon Penn pull up from well behind the 3-point line and stretched every last inch of his 6-11 frame in an effort to get a hand on the ball.

Good or bad, freshman big man DeMarcus Cousins is never boring. He gave Kentucky fans a bit of both extremes in Saturday's 92-63 victory over Rider.

The fourth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats are coming off a rather unimpressive victory, and they will attempt to get into a rhythm when they host the Rider Broncs today as part of the Cancun Challenge.

The Kentucky Wildcats' first two games may not have yielded the overwhelming victories Big Blue fans anticipated.