Posts Tagged ‘Billy Gillispie’

Adding Insult to Upsets (Kentucky Basketball)

Monday, November 17th, 2008

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The start of the college season for Billy Gillispie’s second year in Lexington looked an awful lot like the first. Instead of Gardner-Webb, Kentucky fell victim to the Keydets of the Virginia Military Institute in embarrassing, weak-wristed fashion. [...]

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No More Early Madness

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Apparently, people are going to have to find another reason to complain about UK basketball now that the NCAA implemented an “emergency rule” stipulating schools are no longer to hold “opening night festivities” before the NCAA’s alloted date. While other schools took advantage of the now-closed loophole, Kentucky took the brunt of the criticism.
The [...]

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Kentucky Loses a Great Ambassador

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

The state of Kentucky is in mourning today after the loss of University of Kentucky equipment manager Bill Keightley. “Mr. Wildcat,” as he was known, had been with the University since the days of Adolph Rupp.
Mr. Keightley died from complications related to an undiagnosed tumor near his spine. He was attending the Cincinnati Reds [...]

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UK’s Patrick Patterson Out For The Rest of the Season

Friday, February 29th, 2008

And the hits just keep on coming for Billy Gillispie’s first season at the University of Kentucky. Word has just came down from Kentucky.com (via Kentucky Sports Radio) that Patrick Patterson has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left ankle.
Patterson is in a cast and will miss the rest of the season. [...]

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Intentional Upset: Kentucky Beats Tennessee

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

This is weird territory for a University of Kentucky fan… Normally, when you are talking about upsets and Kentucky basketball, it’s UK that’s on the receiving end.
However, this has not been a normal Kentucky basketball season and with that in mind, when Bruce Pearl’s Tennessee Volunteers entered Rupp Arena as the 3rd ranked team in [...]

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Taking Shots at Gillispie, UK

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Kicking someone when they are down is usually looked upon with poor taste except when it comes to sports and sports fans. With UK Basketball getting off to an inauspicious 4-4 start, a beginning that includes a current three-game losing streak, a lot of folks are getting in line to take pot shots at [...]

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