Sea of Blue

SEA OF
BLUE
“We don’t
build we
reload.”
-Pg. 8
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BIGGEST CHOKES IN
BASKETBALL HISTORY
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“WE DON’T
REBUILD
WE
RELOAD”
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How kentucky has recruited some of the best players
The University of kentucky has had some of
the best NBA/College players. Kentucky has
recruited some of the best players and still
doesn't always win the title. When Kentucky
had the best team in the league and didn't
win the title was a tragic moment for
kentucky fans. After every year kentucky
usually recruits the better players and they
could of recruited Zion Williams but he
went to Duke. According to AseaofBlue the
2016,2015,2014 draft were the best drafts for
kentucky. When kentucky recruits some of
the players on the better side to play
basketball the team tends to have better
chemistry and also seems to do better.
How phoenix suns have drafted the most kentucky players.
The phoenix suns tend to draft the
kentucky players and either keep the
player, The player signs somewhere else or
they get either traded to a team for a
player or a pickin the draft, which tends to
be 1st round. The suns have drafted 7
players that have either played their whole
career or still playing in phoenix that have
been from kentucky. Phoenix has drafter
more than 7 players that have been from
kentucky.According to the realgm there are
exactly 9 players that still play for phoenix
and or retired as a sun. When the suns
draft a player there hopes are already up
because they know there on a decent team
or is going to get traded to hopefully a
better team. Devin booker playes for the
suns and honestly I think he will for a while
and if he signs/traded to somewhere else it
will be a good team because he has had 1
all star appearance and will likely have
another one this year to because he
already has 310,944 votes on wednesday
and is still moving up the chains.
The projection for the 2019 draft.
March Madness 2014 tournament.
The 2018-2019 kentucky men's basketball season is
pretty good they've only lost 3 games so far.
Kentucky has 7 mcdonald all american players.
Kentucky is looking forward 2019 prospect that is a
mcdonald's all american player that was a mvp in
the game. According to Gocats the players that got
to kentucky have most of the all american players
this year. This is saying that kentucky so far don't
really have a good team next year since most of the
players now are one and done.
“A successful
person never
loses, they either
win or earn”
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Nick Richards
Nick Richards
EJ Montgomery
Nick Richards
Brad Calipari
Jamar Baker Jr.
PJ Washington Jr
Jamar Baker Jr.
PJ Washington Jr
Winner PJ
Washington Jr
PJ Washington Jr
Reid Travis
PJ Washington Jr
Tyler Herro
Tyler Herro
Keldon Johnson
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Quade Green
Quade Green
Zan Payne
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Ashton Hagans
Ashton Hagans
Ashton Hagans
Ashton Hagans
Immanuel Quickley
Jonny David
Jonny David
Jonny David
Ben Ferguson
Noah Martin
Noah Martin
Bella Pangallo
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BIGGEST
CHOKES IN
HISTORY
Top 5 chokes from the
past 5 years in Ncaa
basketball
By:Bella, Noah, and Ben
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VIRGINIA
vs. UMBC
Virginia Was a 1 seed coming to the tournament in
the first round and UMBC was a 16 seed coming in
and the first round is when the game
happened.Virginia come out probably not trying and
that costed them the tournament. UMBC came out
and trying hard and won by 20.
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VILLANOVA
vs. UNC
The year was 2016 and the game was tied and The
villanova wildcats bring the ball up and do a few
passbacks quick and f
inally Ryan Arcidiacono passed to Kris Jenkins for
the final time in his career to win the Ncaa national
championship. Kris Jenkins made the dagger three
to win.
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VIRGINIA
vs. AUBURN
The final run to close the game was reminiscent of
many that this Tigers team put together during the
12-game winning streak that carried across the SEC
Tournament and into the NCAA Tournament.
After Kentucky had tried to slow Auburn down,
Virginia did the same, and just like that Elite Eight
game the Tigers were able to make a run late. The
only difference was this time the opponent did hit its
free throws.
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DUKE
vs. UCF
Duke was a 1 and UCF a 9 seed.They played in the
second round the game. Dukes Zion Williamson and
UCF Tacko Fall had a very good game and it came
down to the very last seconds to see who would win.
One of the players on Dukes team missed a free
throw and RJ Barrett put in the bucket to win the
game.
There were a few seconds and there could of been
two chances to win the game but UCF choked and
missed layup and then the put back rolled out. Zion
Williamson got the rebound.
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Duke was a 2 seed coming in and Mercer was a 14
sead.The game was close but Mercer was about the
time. Duke had a very good chance to win the game
but lost to a hard fought game.
DUKE
vs. MERCER
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HONORABLE MENTION
LOUISVILLE
vs. DUKE
Kevin Ware was one of Louisville's best 2013 payers
at the time. He went up to block a shot and hurt
himself. He didn’t even fall on his leg wrong, but his
bone came out of his leg.
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THE
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GAME
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that if you had two schools one hour away two fan bases friend v freind.To determine who goes into the sweet 16.Who will win who will lose.Well have had that already in
2015 on march 1 2015 cincinnati bearcats faced off against the kentucky wildcats.
In this game i will start of by telling you the starting 5 for the cincinnati bearcats and the kentucky wildcats.The
starting 5 for the cincinnati bearcats is octavius ellis,shaq thomas,Farad cobb ,Troy caupain.THe starting 5 for the kentucky
wildcats is Aaron harrison,Trey lyles,Willie cauley-stein,Andrew Harrison,Karl anthony towns.So this is the starting 5 for each
team the kentucky wildcats have the uphand since more of their whole team looks better.
Now that you now the starting 5 for these teams now i will tell you the coaches for these teams.The head coach for
the cincinnati bearcats Is and was is Mick cronin He has been the head coach for the cincinnati bearcats since 2006.He still
is the coach today in 2018.The head coach for the Kentucky wildcats is john Calipari .He has been the coach for the kentucky
wildcats science 2009.He is also the present coach for the wildcats.These choach are both good for their programs and have
done well for the colleges they coach for.This was a great game with these two amazing coaches.
Now we are done talking about the people in the game.We are going to talk about the game.So In the first HAlf the
game was pretty close the score at half was 24 cincinnati 31 kentucky.Cincinnati leading most of the first half until Willie
Cauley-Stein,devin booker and Aaron harrison started to go off in the last couple minutes of the first half and took the
lead.At the start of the second quarter octavius ellis and troy Caupain came out firing getting the game close with
kentucky.Willie Cauley-Stein was playing good for kentucky keeping the length for the bearcats they needed.And They keep
the length And indeed up winning . the final score was kentucky 64 cincinnati 51
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What if you had two schools one hour away two fan bases
friend v freind.To determine who goes into the sweet 16.W
who will win who will lose? Well have had that already in
2015 on march 1 2015 cincinnati bearcats faced off
against the kentucky wildcats.
In this game i will start of by telling you the
starting 5 for the cincinnati bearcats and the kentucky
wildcats.The starting 5 for the cincinnati bearcats is
octavius ellis,shaq thomas,Farad cobb ,Troy caupain.THe
starting 5 for the kentucky wildcats is Aaron
harrison,Trey lyles,Willie cauley-stein,Andrew
Harrison,Karl anthony towns.So this is the starting 5 for
each team the kentucky wildcats have the uphand since
more of their whole team looks better.
Now that you now the starting 5 for these teams
now i will tell you the coaches for these teams.The head
coach for the cincinnati bearcats Is and was is Mick
cronin He has been the head coach for the cincinnati
bearcats since 2006.He still is the coach today in
2018.The head coach for the Kentucky wildcats is john
Calipari .He has been the coach for the kentucky wildcats
science 2009.He is also the present coach for the
wildcats.These choach are both good for their programs
and have done well for the colleges they coach for.This
was a great game with these two amazing coaches.
Now we are done talking about the people in the
game.We are going to talk about the game.So In the first
HAlf the game was pretty close the score at half was 24
cincinnati 31 kentucky.Cincinnati leading most of the first
half until Willie Cauley-Stein,devin booker and Aaron
harrison started to go off in the last couple minutes of
the first half and took the lead.At the start of the second
quarter octavius ellis and troy Caupain came out firing
getting the game close with kentucky.Willie Cauley-Stein
was playing good for kentucky keeping the length for the
bearcats they needed.And They keep the length And
indeed up winning . the final score was kentucky 64
cincinnati 51
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THE
HISTORY
BEHIND
KENTUCKY
MARCH
MADNESS
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The History of Kentucky
Basketball
Kentucky basketball has a lot of
history behind it. There first game
was in 1903 in Lexington YMCA at
the State College gymnasium.
Kentucky did not have its first
winning season until 1909. In 1921,
the Kentucky basketball team made
history by winning the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(SIAA) Championship. The Wildcats
began playing in Alumni
Gymnasium, which would be their
home for the next twenty-six years,
in 1924 after playing for fourteen
years at the Buell Armory
Gymnasium on campus
The Most Famous
Coach
In 1930, Kentucky hired Adolph Rupp,
who had played at Kansas under
legends Phog Allen and James
Naismith, as their new head
basketball coach. Before Rupp's
retirement in 1972, he would lead the
program to national prominence as
Wildcat squads earned four NCAA
Championships (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958)
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Southeastern Conference (SEC)
regular season titles and 13
Southeastern Conference regular
season titles during the coaches
career. Rupp's coaching days at
Kentucky were not always successful.
The team's 1952-53 schedule was
suspended after several players
were implicated in a wide-ranging
point-shaving scandal that nearly
cost Rupp his career at Kentucky.
And in one of the biggest upsets in
college basketball history. Texas
Western who fielded an all Black
starting five for the first time in
NCAA history then defeated Rupp's
top-ranked Wildcats in the finals of
the 1966 NCAA Tournament.
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Personally over the few
years either devin booker
in the 2014-2015 season or
Tyler Herro in the
2018-2019 season was my
favourite player.
Kentucky has 8
national
championships
and is tied 2nd
most in the
country. The
state of
kentucky has
the most
amount of
wins.

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