Mark Krebs News

Freshman sensation John Wall - the subject of a Sports Illustrated feature hitting newsstands later this week - added to his already immense renown in Kentucky's 104-61 victory over Hartford Tuesday.

John Wall looked over at Kentucky teammate DeMarcus Cousins perched on a chair talking to reporters after the Wildcats beat Austin Peay this month and just shook his head.

Last season, John Calipari missed out on an opportunity to face former assistant James "Bruiser" Flint for the first time since their days at Massachusetts.

The Kentucky basketball team practiced late Sunday afternoon in preparation for Monday's matchup with Drexel.

Like fame, milestones can be fleeting. That's how it felt to reporters who had less than four minutes on Sunday to talk to Kentucky players about the chance to achieve the program's 2,000th victory tonight against Drexel.

Like fame, milestones can be so fleeting. That's how it felt to reporters who had less than four minutes on Sunday to talk to Kentucky players about the chance to achieve the program's 2,000th victory on Monday against Drexel.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - University of Kentucky guard Eric Bledsoe came into Saturday's game at Indiana University with a message to deliver to the Hoosiers - and the rest of college hoops.

Kentucky Coach John Calipari would like to expand the program's annual game in Louisville to a separate ticket package of games in the state's largest city.

Kentucky basketball players Mark Krebs, left, Josh Harrellson and John Wall played around in the pool after practice Monday ahead of their game against Cleveland State in the Cancun Challenge.

With the win, No. 4 Kentucky improves to 4-0 and with the loss, Rider drops to 2-2. UK's 4-0 start to the season marks the best start in five years dating back to the 2004-05 season, where Tubby Smith's team opened 4-0, before going 19-2 in its first 21 games.

I guess the proverbial hype balloon has taken a lot of needles to it this week. Second, the Crispin brothers performance about eight years ago still resonates in my mind.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Remember Gardner-Webb? Remember VMI? The University of Kentucky basketball program has been riding so high on hype since it hired John Calipari as head coach 71 2 months ago that it's easy to forget that, in recent years, the early season wasn't so kind to the Wildcats and Calipari's successor, Billy Gillispie.

Last season Mark Krebs was a 6-foot-5 junior playing for Kentucky who'd never thrown down a dunk.

John Wall had no trouble speaking during preseason interviews, but the UK freshman admitted that he's not always comfortable letting his voice be heard.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The message was delivered on Tuesday night, and the University of Kentucky men's basketball team received it loud and clear.

Monday's exhibition victory over Campbellsville showed that Kentucky players still have much to learn about new coach John Calipari's dribble-drive offense.

We have a long way to go," is what Cal kept on saying over and over and over in different ways after beating Campbellsville 74-38. If you are Campbellsville, it's a great moral victory.