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Ochai Agbaji’s six 3s lift Kansas to title game: ‘We’ve got one more to go’

NEW ORLEANS — Lounging in a golf cart just outside the Caesars Superdome interview room, moments before hitching a ride to the Kansas Jayhawks’ locker room, Ochai Agbaji on Saturday night discussed the fulfillment of a dream.

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UNC basketball family could be key to beating Saint Peter's and advancing to Final 4

PHILADELPHIA — Monmouth played Saint Peter's three times this season, which in a way is like saying North Carolina should be prepared for the first No. 15 seed to ever reach the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight.

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Mark Story: In the Calipari era, the same thing keeps sinking Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament

When Kentucky free throws started clanging off rims last Thursday in what became UK's shocking NCAA Tournament loss to No. 15 seed Saint Peter's, Wildcats backers must have felt trapped in a hoops version of the movie "Groundhog Day."

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Kentucky struggles at the line and from long range in stunning overtime loss to Saint Peter’s in NCAA opener

INDIANAPOLIS — Sahvir Wheeler apparently saw what was coming in the team’s NCAA Tournament opener Thursday night.

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NCAA Tournament bracket picks: J. Brady McCollough's prediction for every game

LOS ANGELES — While UCLA and USC will fall short of New Orleans, there will be a distinct Western flavor in the Big Easy with Gonzaga and Arizona. And how about a Pac-12 champion as national champion for the first time in 25 years?

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East Region Breakdown: Can Injury-Laden Baylor Survive and Advance?

The Bears’ injury woes open the door for UCLA or a Kentucky team led by Oscar Tshiebwe.

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One Rebound at a Time, Oscar Tshiebwe Has Electrified a City—and a Sport

Rebounding extraordinaire Oscar Tshiebwe has electrified the city of Lexington—and next up are the bright lights of March.

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The Top-50 Men’s Players of the 2021–22 College Basketball Season

Ready for March Madness? Sports Illustrated ranks the names that have shaped 2021–22.

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The Big 10: Kofi Cockburn vs. Johnny Davis, ‘three-peats’ in Indy and all my award picks

The Illini and Badgers were conference co-champs in the regular season, and a couple of awards don’t do anything to tip the scales. That’s what the Big Ten tournament is for.

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'He loves basketball and he loves God.' Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe preaches at Lexington church.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — About a month ago, a Lexington church began planning to hold what has become known as an African Worship Service each Sunday. This was intended as a way to more fully embrace its 20 or so members from Africa now living in the Lexington area.

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Kentucky’s ‘monster’ roars again as Oscar Tshiebwe stars in victory at Florida

Before facing Kentucky on Saturday, Florida guard Tyree Appleby summed up the challenge Oscar Tshiebwe presented.

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John Clay: Kentucky basketball can win it all, if it handles all the ifs

Jerry Claiborne, Kentucky's football coach in the 1980s, had a response for anyone who mentioned what might or should have happened.

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Mainstays come through as Kentucky outlasts Ole Miss

LEXINGTON, Ky. — During a Zoom teleconference previewing Tuesday night’s game against Mississippi, assistant coach Ron “Chin” Coleman saluted Kentucky’s depth.

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John Clay: UK's Oscar Tshiebwe is the leader for player of the year. Here's his competition.

We know about Oscar Tshiebwe's candidacy for national player of the year honors.

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Arkansas clips Kentucky in back-and-forth duel, 75-73

Kentucky and Arkansas staged a memorable basketball duel Saturday.

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Mark Story: How Morehead State’s Johni Broome ended up starring for a school he’d never heard of

Morehead State men’s basketball star Johni Broome (21) has spent his sophomore year battling Utah Valley’s Fardaws Aimaq (23), Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe (22) and North Carolina’s Armando Bacot (21) for the NCAA Division I lead in double-doubles.

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Five things you need to know from Kentucky’s 71-66 win over LSU

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Five things you need to know from the No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats’ 71-66 win over the LSU Tigers in an SEC men’s basketball game at Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center in downtown Lexington:

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Short-handed Kentucky rallies past Alabama for 90-81 victory

LEXINGTON, Ky. — With March Madness looming, Kentucky coach John Calipari had a forward-thinking objective for the windup of the regular season.

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John Clay: Tennessee basketball’s win over Kentucky is a blueprint others will try to follow

To me, this whole “toughness” thing has become a cliche. You hear coaches use it all the time. We have to get tougher, they say. We have to play tougher. Claiming the opponent was tougher and more physical is a common excuse after a loss. Too often a convenient one.

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Bad Beat: Kentucky bettors can’t be well after Oscar Tshiebwe turns down a dunk as time expires

Absolutely brutal.

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Kentucky doesn't yield in gut-check victory at South Carolina

Jacob Toppin injuring an ankle late in the first half might have raised the specter of yet another loss on the road in Southeastern Conference play Tuesday night. A third time after such losses at LSU and at Auburn surely would hold little charm for Kentucky.

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Kentucky defeats Vanderbilt again, but it was anything but routine

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Wednesday saw Kentucky defeat Vanderbilt for the 12th straight time; it was the 14th in a row in Rupp Arena.

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Keion Brooks and Oscar Tshiebwe co-star as Kentucky crushes Kansas, 80-62

Before his team played Kentucky on Saturday night, Kansas coach Bill Self attributed Oscar Tshiebwe’s almost surreal productive play this season to having room to operate around the basket.

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Veteran leadership propels short-handed Cats past Mississippi State in OT

LEXINGTON, Ky. == In defeating Mississippi State 82-74 on Tuesday night, Kentucky breathed life into something associate coach Orlando Antigua said in previewing the game. If star freshman TyTy Washington could not play, UK could adjust and win.

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