Lance Stephenson didn’t look ‘Born Ready’ in his college debut.
The 6-foot-5 Brooklyn native started and shot 2-for-10 for 7 points in Cincinnati’s season-opening come-from-behind 69-62 victory over Prairie View A&M.
He was 0-for-3 from beyond the arc while adding 4 rebounds, 2 assist and 1 turnover in 22 minutes.
“He was a nervous wreck,” Bearcats coach Mick [...]

Sometime on the evening of June 24, 2010, NBA Commissioner David Stern could well utter the following words…”With the first pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz select John Wall of the University of Kentucky.”
Of course, the team that could really use Wall — just named to the Bob Cousy Award Watch List – [...]

Kentucky freshman guard John Wall has been cleared to play by the NCAA.
The 6-foot-4 Wall must repay nearly $800 in expenses and sit the first exhibition game against Campbellsville (Nov. 2) and the first regular-season game against Morehead State (Nov. 13).
“I’m grateful to have this decision behind me. All I ever wanted was to go [...]

Senior forwards C.J. Leslie of Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God Academy and Terrence Jones Portland (Ore.) Jefferson both attended Kentucky’s Blue-White scrimmage Wednesday night, according to various reports.
Leslie, the No. 4 power forward in the Class of 2010, was supposed to attend Kentucky’s Big Blue Madness last week but didn’t attend. Seton Hall is hoping [...]

Kentucky freshman point guard John Wall is facing eligibility concerns because of his relationship with his former AAU coach, Brian Clifton, according to a report.
Clifton, who coached Wall with the D-One Sports program and was with him in the summer of 2008 at the Steve Nash Skills Academy in New Jersey, was a former certified [...]

When Midnight Madness tips off around the nation Friday night, many of the top New York-area prospects won’t be in the Big Apple.
They’ll be taking in the show at Kentucky.
“I’m excited, it should be good,” said Dix Hills (N.Y.) Half Hollow Hills West forward Tobias Harris, who leaves Friday for Kentucky’s “Big Blue Madness.”
“I heard it’s a really great atmosphere [...]

Forget about that Jordan Crawford dunk on LeBron…this one by the Kentucky frosh beats it.

This interview with Kentucky Coach John Calipari at the “Summer in the City” event is the third in a series of interviews with Division 1 head coaches conducted at camps this summer.
NEW YORK — John Calipari has yet to coach a single game at the University of Kentucky and already the expectations are sky high.
After [...]

UConn coach Jim Calhoun knows that the Kemba Walker Era in Storrs won’t last forever.
Walker, the former Manhattan Rice star, averaged 8.9 points and 3.5 assists as a frosh on a team that made the Final Four.
If he has a big year this season paired in the backcourt with Jerome Dyson, it’s possible that Walker [...]

NEPTUNE, N.J. – A little while back, a Division 1 coach from an East Coast school received a telephone call that caused him to perk up just a little bit more than usual.
“I received a call asking if I was interested in a player and the call did not come from his high school coach [...]