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The NCAA has officially closed any inquiries into former Kentucky guard Eric Bledsoe's eligibility during his one season with the Wildcats.

The Birmingham school board is letting basketball star Eric Bledsoe keep a grade that helped him gain NCAA eligibility to play at Kentucky.

Kentucky head coach John Calipari said he never thought he would lose five players to the NBA draft when the season started, saying he only anticipated losing freshman point guard John Wall and junior forward Patrick Patterson. "I thought Eric Ble...

NBA draft boards are safe. Saturday's NCAA-imposed deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft (international players still have until June 14) didn't produce any last-minute decisions that will affect the first round, but that's not the case for the ...

Kentucky coach John Calipari said Friday night that Eric Bledsoe and Daniel Orton will join their three teammates and stay in the NBA draft.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Kentucky basketball seemed to be back to its royal status as soon as John Calipari was hired a year ago. The rock star stature of its coach within the Commonwealth and the Wildcat diaspora spread throughout the world believed tha...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Watching John Wall get out on the break can be intoxicating. Seeing DeMarcus Cousins control the paint at times can be intimidating. When Kentucky has Eric Bledsoe finishing with a thunderous dunk or Patrick Patterson scoring ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A few quick hitters to prepare for Thursday's games: West Virginia will spread the floor without Darryl Bryant in the lineup. Don't be surprised to see plenty of Devin Ebanks and Da'Sean Butler bringing up the ball to jump-start...

Mike Davis' plan for this season was to surround Elijah Millsap with DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe and Casey Mitchell. He would have already had Jamarr Sanders and Aaron Johnson and would have been the pick to win Conference USA. But he lost Co...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- If you doubted Kentucky's ability to make a run to the Final Four and likely challenge Kansas and Texas for the national championship then you were not alone. It was natural. The Wildcats were led by freshmen, had not truly be...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Texas-Kansas on Feb. 8 should live up to the hype as the most anticipated game of the season. Let's hope so. Louisville at Kentucky was supposed to be 1A to Texas-Kansas, but the game was hardly memorable beyond the first 45 s...

A few quick hitters on Saturday's slate: UCLA is officially toast. The Bruins have no shot to get in the NCAA tournament unless they win the Pac-10 tournament. Seriously, even if the Bruins were to win the Pac-10, the question will be what have t...

Circle Jan. 12 on Kentucky's calendar. That may be the next and first time the Wildcats lose this season. The Wildcats will be at Florida for that Super Tuesday affair on ESPN. Sorry, but I don't see a defeat in the next six: home games against...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- As John Wall ran up court during Friday's shootaround at the University of Kentucky's Craft Center, an NBA scout turned to me and said he wasn't going to write up a report. There is no need, the scout said, since all Wall needs ...

John Calipari left his coaching colleagues in awe of his first recruiting class at Kentucky. Getting John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins and Darnell Dodson to join him after recruiting them at one point for Memphis, and getting Daniel Orton to...