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SEC Preview: Kentucky Wildcats

The SEC microsite is wrapping up previews on each team this week, and with the start of the season approaching we begin wrapping up with the league favorite, Kentucky. Kentucky Wildcats Strengths....

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Freeze Frame: Is It Time For a New “Tweak” In Kentucky’s Offense?

During the 2013-14 season, John Calipari’s team lost six games in SEC play (including three of its last four) on its way to a 22-9 regular season mark. Kentucky, which had entered the season at No. 1...

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SEC Week That Was: Volume IX

The regular season title is solidly Texas A&M‘s to lose at this point as the Aggies are two games clear of a trio of second place teams. But if college basketball has taught us anything this year...

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Freeze Frame: Kentucky’s Defensive Transformation

Speaking after Kentucky’s beatdown of Missouri on Wednesday night, coach John Calipari talked about desperation. He credited his team’s ugly loss at Auburn as the catalyst for his team’s turnaround....

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Freeze Frame: Tyler Ulis in the Pick and Roll

Everybody loves Kentucky’s Tyler Ulis. His teammates love his competitiveness. His coach thinks he should be one of the favorites for SEC Player of the Year as well as National Player of the Year. The...

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Kentucky is Suddenly in Control of the SEC

On February 2, Kentucky inexplicably blew a 21-point first half lead against a mediocre Tennessee team in Knoxville as the Vols upset the Wildcats. John Calipari’s team at the time sat 6-3 in league...

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Texas A&M’s Scenic Route to the SEC Title

In some ways, the final Saturday of the SEC regular season played out like many thought it would in October. Kentucky’s Skal Labissiere altered shots left and right; LSU’s Ben Simmons nearly put...

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Kentucky Needs More Post Production For Deep March Run

Given the way Tyler Ulis and Jamal Murray have played over the last couple of months, there really can’t be much debate about whether Kentucky has the best backcourt in the country. In Saturday’s...

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64 Thoughts on the 2016-17 SEC Season: Part I

The beginning of another college basketball season is already in progress, and with it an opportunity to start talking about SEC hoops again. The SEC last season managed just three bids to the NCAA...

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The RTC Interview Series: One on One With Kyle Tucker

The college basketball season is now less than a week away and one of the sports premier programs resides in Lexington, Kentucky. We reached out to SECCountry.com‘s Kentucky basketball beat writer...

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SEC Team Capsules: The Top Tier (#4-#1)

Per usual in the SEC, there is very little question that Kentucky is once again the prohibitive favorite to win the league. While there is always some early-season speculation about how things will...

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Freeze Frame: Kentucky’s Reboot

Late in conference play is usually the point when young teams start to click. John Calipari’s latest edition of a young team at Kentucky, however, appeared to be regressing during a recent five-game...

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Three Takeaways from Kentucky’s Big Win Over Florida

The SEC regular season championship was most likely on the line Saturday when SEC co-leaders Kentucky and Florida met in Lexington. Both teams entered the game at 13-2 in conference play (23-5...

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Analyzing Kentucky’s Improved Defense

Kentucky scored at least 100 points five separate times this year so it is no surprise that the Wildcats’ offense has grabbed most of the headlines. When the season was on the line on Sunday afternoon,...

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Rushed Reactions: #2 Kentucky 86, #3 UCLA 75

RTC is providing coverage from start to finish of the NCAA Tournament for the next three weeks. De’Aaron Fox knifed through the UCLA defense to the tune of an NCAA Tournament-high 39 points (Photo:...

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