Jodie Meeks News

No. 10/11 North Carolina will face off against No. 5/4 Kentucky for the 32nd meeting between the two winningest programs in college basketball.

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.

When U of L coach Rick Pitino faced former pupil John Pelphrey on Tuesday, it wasn't like seeing a mirror image.

UK Coach John Calipari was presented framed jerseys from Bill Sacco, Calipari's high school coach, left; Clarion Coach Ron Righter; and Joe DeGregorio, Calipari's coach at Clarion, before the Nov.

John Calipari has proven he can coach winners. Coming off two disappointing seasons, Kentucky has put a lot of money in his hands to bring his talent to Lexington and restore its program to its glory days.

OUTLOOK: Last season was one to forget for the SEC, as only three of the 12 league members earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Mark Story recounts UK's 25 most memorable basketball games since the 1983-84 season.

For the second-straight season, the Southeastern Conference finished last amongst BCS leagues and sixth overall in RPI standings in 2008-09. Just three teams made the NCAA Tournament, none of which made the Sweet Sixteen.

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Jodie Meeks scored 54 points in a game last season, breaking a University of Kentucky school record that had stood for 39 years.

The best thing about John Calipari's infusion of top-level talent into the Kentucky basketball program is this: Assuming he stays healthy, it should mean that Patrick Patterson at last gets to play in an NCAA Tournament.

Laura Woolf / Courier & Press Robert Wood, left, and his wife Jenny get an autograph from University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari on Thursday.

Lexington police have charged former University of Kentucky basketball player Derrick G. Miller with the fraudulent sale of UK season basketball tickets.

He pulled together perhaps the best spring batch of recruits ever assembled. Getting John Wall , DeMarcus Cousins , Darnell Dodson and Eric Bledsoe in the late period just doesn't happen.

P.G. Peeples, president of the Lexington Urban League, said UK Coach John Calipari made a good first impression.

University of Kentucky standout Jodie Meeks is set to do autograph sessions August 15th at Wal-Mart in Pikeville, Kentucky from 11 am to 1 pm, Knott County Sportsplex in Soft Shell, Kentucky from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and at Pikeville High School in Pikeville, Kentucky from 6pm to 8pm.

University of Kentucky standout Jodie Meeks is set to do autograph sessions August 15th at Wal-Mart in Pikeville, Kentucky from 11 am to 1 pm, Knott County Sportsplex in Soft Shell, Kentucky from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and at Pikeville High School in Pikeville, Kentucky from 6pm to 8pm.

About the only thing former University of Kentucky basketball standout Jodie Meeks turned down during an autograph signing appearance on Thursday at Sportsville in Florence was the offer on a sign from a young female fan asking him to marry her.

University of Kentucky standout Jodie Meeks is set to do autograph sessions August 15th at Wal-Mart in Pikeville, Kentucky from 11 am to 1 pm, Knott County Sportsplex in Soft Shell, Kentucky from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and at Pikeville High School in Pikeville, Kentucky from 6pm to 8pm.

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