Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

CHICAGO — On the court, Andrew Harrison is an intense competitor — a Michael Kidd-Gilchrist or Deandre Liggins type. Off the court, he’s just as intense and not afraid to voice his opinion. Not only did the future Kentucky point guard...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Gerald Henderson came up big, and Jrue Holiday came up small. That was the story in a nutshell as the Charlotte Bobcats rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 88-83 on Wednesday night. Henderson scored a...

CHICAGO — Kentucky commit Dakari Johnson compares his game to that of Philadelphia 76ers center Andrew Bynum because of his strength, rebounding and low-post scoring prowess. He averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds and 4.3 blocked shot per game for...

While many were expecting Alex Poythress to be a certain one-and-done player at Kentucky and likely NBA draft lottery pick, the UK freshman said that was never his expectation about his college career. He says that’s why he would not call his...

PHILADELPHIA -- Jrue Holiday overcame poor shooting to score nine of his 14 points in the last 5:24 Saturday night as the Philadelphia 76ers outlasted the Charlotte Bobcats 100-92 for their third straight victory. Evan Turner scored 22 points to lead...

The first time Kevin Boyle saw Dakari Johnson was the summer of the player’s eighth-grade year when his family had left Kentucky and was looking for a new school for him. Boyle was the successful coach at  Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick — he...

Before the season started, Kentucky had three freshmen — Nerlens Noel, Alex Poythress and Archie Goodwin — already projected as lottery picks in the 2013 June NBA draft. Not long after the season started, freshman Willie Cauley-Stein did...

YEAR OF THE DRAGON 1. OKLAHOMA CITY (38-12) Resting Durant, Westbrook combine for 0 points this week in 4th quarters. (1) 2. MIAMI (33-14) LeBron James is so good, he makes even the fans around him better. (2) 3. SAN ANTONIO (39-12) Winning streak that...

Ed Isaacson is learning to appreciate more how Kentucky coach John Calipari has put the Wildcats in position to win annually despite have a roster that continually turns over. “What he does is develop the mental attitude the guys need to be NBA...

LEXINGTON — Will there ever be another undefeated team in college basketball? Kentucky went 38-2 and won the national title last year, but suffered a loss in December at Indiana. This year there are no major undefeated teams left in mid-January....

Former Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl thought Kentucky’s home-court win streak would end this year and said so in October. Yet the current ESPN college basketball analyst thought it would likely be Florida or Missouri, not Baylor, that gave UK coach...

Hal Morris, the assistant sports editor at the Advocate-Messenger, is a lifelong Louisville fan. He still has his T-shirt from the original “Dream Game” between Kentucky and Louisville from 1983, but notes that he has sadly outgrown it in...