D'Angelo Russell and Terry Rozier were taken in the first round of the NBA Draft on Thursday night, while Montrezl Harrell surprisingly fell to the second round.
The second-favorite team of many University of Louisville men’s basketball fans is usually whoever Kentucky is playing. This weekend, though, we think Cardinals fans should put their Big Blue bias aside and actually root for the Wildcats in the Final Four.
Louisville native, and Ohio State University freshman, D'Angelo Russell was named a men's basketball first-team All-American by the Associated Press and a finalist for the Wooden Award on Monday.
The University of Kentucky men's basketball team improved to 36-0 on the season with a 64-51 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon in the third round of the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Region at the KFC Yum! Center.
After a week that saw UK lose two games by a combined 47 points; and perhaps the best player in college basketball this year to a torn ACL, the Cats rebounded by holding on to defeat the Commodores 74-70 Wednesday night at Rupp Arena.