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Not knowing what to expect, Cal just wants his team to battle (with video)

Posted March 15, 2013 by Eric Lindsey

Coaching a team that has been defined by its sometimes head-scratching inconsistencies, Coach Cal doesn’t know what to expect from his team Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET when it faces the Vanderbilt Commodores, who hung on by the skin of their teeth Thursday in a 75-72 victory over Arkansas.

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Cal says it’s time for his team to ‘take it up a notch’ as postseason begins

Posted March 12, 2013 by Eric Lindsey

To discard this Kentucky team from doing anything special just because of the erratic regular season would be wrong, John Calipari said Tuesday.

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Notebook: Cauley-Stein was too important not to roll the dice on

Posted March 9, 2013 by Fink Densford

Coach Cal had a choice to make: Does he gamble and put Cauley-Stein back out there with four fouls and risk him fouling out, or does he leave Cauley-Stein on the bench and risk putting him back in the game too late? It turns out there wasn’t much of a decision to make after all.

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Although year hasn’t gone as planned, Mays, Beckham have relished their senior seasons

Posted March 8, 2013 by Fink Densford

Although their senior seasons didn’t go as planned, graduate student Julius Mays and senior Twany Beckham said their time at UK has been a memorable one.

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In do-or-die time, Calipari hopes his Cats figure out how to survive

Posted March 8, 2013 by Eric Lindsey

Faced with very real possibility that their at-large NCAA Tournament hopes could die with a loss against Florida on Saturday (noon on CBS), Coach Cal is hoping survival instincts bring out what he’s been trying to get all season from his players: a will to win; a will to fight.

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