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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, Arizona's Nico Mannion speaks at the Pac-12 NCAA college basketball media day in San Francisco. Mannion, who averaged more 30 points for Pinnacle High School in Scottsdale, should team with Australian shooting guard Josh Green in giving the Wildcats an exciting backcourt. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron, File)
Wiseman tops Memphis prep class and nation's freshmen

By Dave Skretta Oct. 30, 2019 01:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, the Kansas Jayhawks host the Baylor Bears during an NCAA college basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. For coaches, lawyers and other leaders in college basketball, the approach of the upcoming 2019-2020 season has been nothing like business as usual. The storied Jayhawks program faces serious questions about whether it will remain eligible for the postseason come March 2020 in the wake of NCAA allegations of recruiting fraud that could sink both the program and its Hall of Fame coach, Bill Self. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)
For college basketball, a season begins on the brink

By Eddie Pells Oct. 28, 2019 10:38 AM EDT

Florida's Kerry Blackshear Jr speaks during the Southeastern Conference NCAA college basketball media day, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Tip Ins: Blackshear Jr leads latest crop of impact transfers

By Dave Skretta Oct. 28, 2019 03:04 AM EDT

In this Sept. 24, 2019, photo, Memphis center James Wiseman dunks as his teammates celebrate during an open practice for the NCAA college basketball team in front of the Rebounders Club in Memphis, Tenn. Wiseman was selected as a member of The Associated Press preseason All-America team Tuesday, Oct. 22. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)
Top-rated recruiting classes not always key to hoops title

By John Marshall Oct. 27, 2019 12:12 PM EDT

Kentucky coach John Calipari greets the crowd during the NCAA college basketball team's Big Blue Madness at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Alex Slitz/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)
Second-ranked Kentucky looks to veterans for leadership

By Gary B. Graves Oct. 24, 2019 09:00 AM EDT

Kentucky head coach John Calipari speaks during the Southeastern Conference NCAA college basketball media day, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Michigan State opens at No. 1 in AP Top 25 preseason poll

By Aaron Beard Oct. 21, 2019 12:03 PM EDT

No. 1 Michigan State tops AP preseason men's basketball Top 25; Kentucky, Kansas, Duke and Louisville round out top five

Oct. 21, 2019 12:00 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — No. 1 Michigan State tops AP preseason men's basketball Top 25; Kentucky, Kansas, Duke and Louisville round out top five. ...

Ed Beck, part of Kentucky's 1958 NCAA title team, dies at 83

Oct. 17, 2019 09:30 PM EDT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Ed Beck, a fierce rebounder for Kentucky's 1958 NCAA championship team nicknamed the "Fiddlin' Five," has died. He was 83. The...

Vanderbilt head coach Jerry Stackhouse speaks during the Southeastern Conference NCAA college basketball media day, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
The Latest: Stackhouse headlines 4 new SEC head coaches

Oct. 16, 2019 11:02 AM EDT

Kentucky head coach John Calipari speaks during the Southeastern Conference NCAA college basketball media day, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
New SEC faces get opportunity after offseason talent drain

By Steve Megargee Oct. 16, 2019 05:00 AM EDT

Kentucky Wildcats are again preseason picks to win SEC

Oct. 15, 2019 01:02 PM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Kentucky is once again the favorite to win the Southeastern Conference men's basketball title and Florida forward Kerry Blackshear is the...

Kentucky head coach John Calipari answers a question during the university's NCAA college basketball media day, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
Kentucky sophomore Hagans works on his offense, leadership

By Gary B. Graves Oct. 01, 2019 06:11 PM EDT

Kentucky, Texas Tech top Cardinals' non-conference schedule

Aug. 08, 2019 07:04 PM EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville will visit rival Kentucky, host Michigan and face NCAA Tournament finalist Texas Tech in the nonconference portion of its...

Kentucky to visit Texas Tech in 2020 Big 12/SEC Challenge

Jul. 25, 2019 11:46 AM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Kentucky will visit 2019 NCAA Tournament runner-up Texas Tech and Kansas will host Tennessee on Jan. 25 as part of the seventh annual Big 12...

Kentucky AD next to lead NCAA D1 men's hoops committee

Jul. 12, 2019 02:47 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart has been selected to lead the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee. It was...

Brad Calipari will transfer from Kentucky to Detroit Mercy

Jul. 01, 2019 05:04 PM EDT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky guard Brad Calipari says on his verified Twitter account that he will transfer to Detroit Mercy. The 6-foot son of...

Calipari signs $86 million, 10-year extension with Kentucky

Jun. 13, 2019 07:13 PM EDT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky coach John Calipari has signed a 10-year contract extension through 2029 worth $86 million that includes an option in the sixth year...

FILE -- In this March 28, 2019, file photo, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes calls a play during the first half of a men's NCAA tournament college basketball South Regional semifinal against Purdue in Louisville, Ky. Barnes believes he'd be settling in as UCLA's coach right about now if buyout negotiations hadn't broken down. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Vols' Barnes to get $26 million over next 5 seasons

By Steve Megargee Apr. 26, 2019 05:46 PM EDT

Kentucky signs Keion Brooks, graduate transfer Nate Sestina

Apr. 18, 2019 04:58 PM EDT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has signed forward Keion Brooks to a national letter of intent after adding former Bucknell forward Nate Sestina as a graduate...

Kentucky adds Bucknell graduate transfer Nate Sestina

Apr. 18, 2019 01:16 PM EDT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has signed former Bucknell forward Nate Sestina as a graduate transfer for next season. The 6-foot-9, 245-pound Sestina...